Same tool 2 operations do not want the tool to go home in between operations.

[rak70463]

I have a turning tool CNMG to face and finish turn. It faces retracts to home the comes in to do finish pass. How do I get it to face and the just do the finish turning. My turning tools dont have the do not go home check box.

[seth.madore]

Which post processor are you using?

[rak70463]

I haven't posted it out it is doing it in simulation.  But I am using the Doosan fanuc post. 

[akash.kamoolkar]

@rak70463 is the issue here that you don't want the tool to retract to X = clearance radius between operations?

Regards,

[seth.madore]

This is a bug in the post.  There are a couple of changes that need to be made to fix it:

var machineState = {
...
tailstockIsActive : false, // <<< Change to false // Engage tailstock
if (getProperty("useTailStock") != "false") {
// <<< Change currentSection.useTailStock to currentSection.tailstock in the following command
if (!retracted && ((currentSection.tailstock || forceTailStock) != machineState.tailstockIsActive)) {
goHome();
retracted = true;
}
engageTailStock(true);
}

[seth.madore]

I've edited the generic Doosan Turn/Mill post processor to produce the code you are expecting. That said, I'm not a Post Processor expert (by any stretch of the imagination), so please do test very carefully. Currently, the machine is set to "LYNX" (which has no Y axis, but a tailstock and part catcher)

[rak70463]

In simulation it goes home the does finish pass I want the tool to face then do the finish pass then go home. 

[seth.madore]

@rak70463 did you see the post processor I attached in my prior post? I'm wondering if you had a chance to try it out and was that able to work around the issue?

[HughesTooling]

Do these setting help?

[rak70463 · Accepted solution]

Thank you yes it fixed it!