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Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

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daniele.vigoloU85KT
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Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

daniele.vigoloU85KT
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Hi to all,

in a postprocessor I found a strange behaviour.
it seems that in writing it takes into account the position of the head defined within the kinematics of the post.
in the end I find the X and Y coordinates translated by the value of the position of the head.
what could it depend on?
Thanks in advance...

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Coordinates issue in a Powermill post processor

Hi to all,

in a postprocessor I found a strange behaviour.
it seems that in writing it takes into account the position of the head defined within the kinematics of the post.
in the end I find the X and Y coordinates translated by the value of the position of the head.
what could it depend on?
Thanks in advance...

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iamcdn79
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Without seeing your post it's hard to say but you may have a parameter called "Machine X" or "WP Machine X" somewhere in your post and it may be getting the values from that.

 

The way to turn it off would be to set output to tape to never.

 

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Without seeing your post it's hard to say but you may have a parameter called "Machine X" or "WP Machine X" somewhere in your post and it may be getting the values from that.

 

The way to turn it off would be to set output to tape to never.

 

iamcdn79_0-1668610894738.png

iamcdn79_0-1668611075196.png

 

 


Intel Core i9 13900KF CPU
128 GB Kingston Beast DDR4 SDRAM
PNY RTX A2000 6GB Video Card
WD 1 TB SSD Hard Drive
Windows 11 Pro

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Jonathan.Artiss-DSI
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@daniele.vigoloU85KT 

 

The image at the bottom is only a preview and it doesn't take into consideration the other options you could have active. 

 

Output NC Code, ensure you have TCPC active in the output and confirm the tool tip coordinates inside Powermill using Tool Position and the active output workplane. 

 

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Jonathan Artiss
Senior Applications Engineer | DSI

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DSI, Design and Software International Autodesk Gold Partner

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@daniele.vigoloU85KT 

 

The image at the bottom is only a preview and it doesn't take into consideration the other options you could have active. 

 

Output NC Code, ensure you have TCPC active in the output and confirm the tool tip coordinates inside Powermill using Tool Position and the active output workplane. 

 

2022-11-16_11-27-50.png

Jonathan Artiss
Senior Applications Engineer | DSI

Autodesk Expert Elite member
DSI, Design and Software International Autodesk Gold Partner

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