Inventor CAM - C axis increments

gregormarwick said:

Not specific to Inventor CAM as I don't use that, but the logic is that it's much quicker to move XY than it is to index C and reclamp, so if it can drill even two or three holes out of your hole pattern without moving C, the cycle time will be lower.

However, if every hole has a different X, Y, and C, then you probably have a post issue or something to resolve...

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Comatose said:

If your Haas post is anything like my Okuma post, call XY_OFF as an action before the hole pattern. No Y axis enabled for the move means there's no choice but to do it the way you're looking for, as purely CX moves.

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Schjell said:

I'll look into that! Sounds promising!

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Comatose said:

You doubt this will work... why?

This is the pertinent snippet from my Okuma post.

function onSection() {

if (hasParameter("operation:strategy") && getParameter("operation:strategy") == "turningStockTransfer") {
return;
}
// use interpolation XY --> XC on the machine
usePolarMode = gotYAxis && (currentSection.getGlobalBoundingBox().lower.y < yAxisMinimum ||
currentSection.getGlobalBoundingBox().upper.y > yAxisMaximum) &&
(currentSection.getType() == TYPE_MILLING &&
getLiveToolingMode(currentSection) == 0) &&
(hasParameter("operation:strategy") && getParameter("operation:strategy") != "drill") &&
!currentSection.isMultiAxis();

if (hasParameter("action") && getParameter("action") == "XY_OFF") {
usePolarMode = true; // overwrite usePolarMode from manual NC

} else if (hasParameter("action") && getParameter("action") == "XY_ON") {
usePolarMode = false; // overwrite usePolarMode from manual NC

}

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