How to set multiple work offsets for each degree of rotation for my 4 sided part?

How to set multiple work offsets for each degree of rotation for my 4 sided part?

ShaneEmmons
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How to set multiple work offsets for each degree of rotation for my 4 sided part?

ShaneEmmons
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My part is held horizontally in a rotary union. It gets machined on all four sides A0, A90, A-90 and A180. My preference in this type of setup is to assign each side of the part its own work offset. A0=G54, A90=G55 etc..  I know how to set the model orientation for each operation so the A moves are all at the correct degree of rotation in the posted program. But when I post the program I than need to edit my program to change the work coordinate for the corresponding degree of rotation. This gets to be very time consuming when reposting the same setup multiple times throughout the day after making even the slightest changes. 

 

So in review I have a four sided part with all four sides programmed from the same point on the center of rotation. But Fusion doesn't allow for multiple work offsets per setup, as far as I can tell. 

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seth.madore
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In your Setup tab, there is a field for "Multiple WCS offsets" which does exactly what it means. In your case, however, you will need to put the A axis orientation in your offset table and then posted code is going to look like this:

 

G54 A0.

G55 A0.

G56 A0. 

etc

etc

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Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing


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da_fish
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Hi, You can also create a folder and override the setup WCS number in the Post Process tab:

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This will override the Setup WCS number for all the operations within this folder.

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ShaneEmmons
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That's what I was looking for thanks
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