Hi jelmerra- I would be forever indebited to you if you could scan a few relavent pages of that manual and post it somewhere for me to upload.. ;-)
Dave
Yes, however when you go into Post Builder and want to build a lathe post, you only have the option for a 2 axis lathe. Admitedly I am a novice Post Builder user (have used MDFG lots though), but this seems pretty simplistic seeing allthe multi-axis lathes that are out there now.
Our machining center had this same limitation (80mm past center travel limit @ vertial spindle position.)
For this reason, I usually mounted parts on a tombstone and machined them horizontally, or made sure that the part was mounted on the near side of the C axis center of rotation to avoid...
Looking again at the picture, I see that your X axis is in the same orientation of the Y axis on the machining center that I made the post for. It looks similar though. What control does it have?
D
Your machine looks more like a machining center to me-
(XYZAC). Not a lathe. Am I mistaken?
I built a post for a machine like that, but it is in MDFG (GPM) which still works, but is considered legacy by NX standards.
I am building a post for a Lathe- with a spinning chuck in turning mode, that...
