DMG CTX 800 postprocessor

[AchimN]

Hi All,
we are working on a DMG CTX beta 800 post processor and would be happy to get some feedback from you before we put it into production.
Feel free to download and test this post processor with caution and provide any feedback you might have.
Thank you.

https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?p=dmg_ctx_800_beta_tc

[a.laasW8M6T]

Hi Achim

It appear this post and similar are missing the setCurrentABC(abc); for machine simulation.

see:

https://feedback.autodesk.com/project/forum/thread.html?cap=326ccb1f9653409c8884c57523f9e054&forid={...}

[Magnus.BimexSweden]

@AchimN Hi! would like to start using this post for a CTX 450 Beta TC in the coming weeks, wondering if the machine-sim updates that have come for many other posts this year will be included soon?

[AchimN]

@Magnus.BimexSweden I´m sorry, we currently do not support machine simulation with millturn posts.

[Magnus.BimexSweden]

@AchimNThanks for the answer, follow up are: is "official support" fully let go from this post will there be any updates or has there been any that havn't just been released on the download-link?

[AchimN]

@Magnus.BimexSweden Once the functionality exists, all millturn posts we have on the library will get updated to support machine simulation.

[Magnus.BimexSweden]

@AchimN sorry if i was unclear with my message, not specifically asking about machine-sim here, just do "you(autodesk)" still work on this post, or will any feedback go in vain? =),

[AchimN]

@Magnus.BimexSweden Ah ok 🙂 Yes we are still looking for feedback on this post so that we can release it finally. Any feedback is very welcome!

[Magnus.BimexSweden]

Great, iam able to give some feedback for what is beta 450 tc but should apply here to and to many other, which is sinumerik one and the machine that's supposed to replace the 800 if i have understood correctly:

B-Axis tool-orientation for Secondary with some tools: Gives for exampel sign: B-130 should just be B130.

Radial Drilling on subside posting wrong coordinates, inverted somehow

TRANS_5A need to be preceeded by that L707 "directly" is followed with the C-axis Initial value.

More will come

Toolcalls is only with names not with tool#

[scottmoyse]

You can't post out G95 with G96 on these machines, they will alarm. Feed per rev is active by default with G96 (CSS). So that needs to be corrected.

[scottmoyse]

This code is wrong. The closing bracket is in the wrong place, so the conditionals don't do anything.

They should be like this:

The hardcoded (0) included in the Enable C Axis code means the C axis constantly homes for each positional toolpath. 

[scottmoyse]

CYCLE832 isn't implemented in the post either and should be

[scottmoyse]

TRANS_OFF needs to be called before Disable C-Axis and any G153 calls in onClose()

[scottmoyse]

The initial C axis value needs to be output in the C-Axis Enable command, then also called on the line before TRANS_5A

[scottmoyse]

G153 Y & Z outputs should be using the spacialFormat and not yFormat / zFormat... because if reverseAxes is true, then the YZ values for G153 get inverted as well when they shouldn't be.

xFormat still needs to be used because that's never inverted, but is impacted by diameter mode on and off