SIEMENS 840D

[DGavin0077]

is their a way to force cycle 800 even if it's not a multi axis tool path?

[serge.quiblier]

Hi @DGavin0077 

yes it's possible.

You will have to edit the post processor and make two changes in the post.

The first change is addition a bit of code in the defineWorkplane function.

Please note that some lines of code had been hidden to reduce the amount of code shown.

function defineWorkPlane(_section, _setWorkPlane) {
  var abc = new Vector(0, 0, 0);
  cancelTransformation();

  if (!is3D() || machineConfiguration.isMultiAxisConfiguration()) { // use 5-axis indexing for multi-axis mode
    // set working plane after datum shift

    if (_section.isMultiAxis()) {
.......
// Hiding some code for concise display
.....
.....
        setWorkPlane(abc, true); // turn
      }
    }
  } else { // pure 3D
    var remaining = _section.workPlane;
    if (!isSameDirection(remaining.forward, new Vector(0, 0, 1))) {
      error(localize("Tool orientation is not supported."));
      return abc;
    }
    setRotation(remaining);
    setWorkPlane(abc, true); // ADSK Added to force TWP in 3 axis
  }
  if (currentSection && (currentSection.getId() == _section.getId())) {
    operationSupportsTCP = (_section.isMultiAxis() || !useMultiAxisFeatures) && _section.getOptimizedTCPMode() == OPTIMIZE_NONE;
  }
  return abc;
}

The code displayed on line 23 is the addition. The rest of the lines are here for reference.

You can either delete, or comment some lines at the start of the setWorkPlane function

function setWorkPlane(abc, turn) {
  /*
  if (is3D() && !machineConfiguration.isMultiAxisConfiguration()) {
    return; // ignore
  }
  */

  if (!((currentWorkPlaneABC == undefined) ||
        abcFormat.areDifferent(abc.x, currentWorkPlaneABC.x) ||
        abcFormat.areDifferent(abc.y, currentWorkPlaneABC.y) ||
        abcFormat.areDifferent(abc.z, currentWorkPlaneABC.z) ||
        (!currentWorkPlaneABCTurned && turn))) {
    return; // no change
  }

..... rest of the function

Lines 3 to 7 are the ones that need to be deleted, or commented.

Regards

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