I have a quick question regarding mirroring 3+2 and 5 axis NC programs on Heidenhain. We have only recently made the switch over to Heidenhain from Fanuc controls within the department, so nobody here is equipped to answer this question. We are running TNC 530.
At present we program the mirrored part offline when in reality it feels like should be able to be mirrored on the machine no problems. I come from a Siemens control background where the mirror command was simply added to the beginning of the program – X0C0 or Y0A0C0 – Heidenhain seems slightly different.
I cannot seem to find a definitive answer on what is required, a lot of people (inc a service chap from Heidenhain) are saying just program the mirrored part, but this will take time and because our parts are one offs it is a waste of time, even using the much improved mirrored projects in CAM software. I can not believe that this is not possible as a function, if I was running Siemens it would be a 10 second job to mirror.
At present we program the mirrored part offline when in reality it feels like should be able to be mirrored on the machine no problems. I come from a Siemens control background where the mirror command was simply added to the beginning of the program – X0C0 or Y0A0C0 – Heidenhain seems slightly different.
I cannot seem to find a definitive answer on what is required, a lot of people (inc a service chap from Heidenhain) are saying just program the mirrored part, but this will take time and because our parts are one offs it is a waste of time, even using the much improved mirrored projects in CAM software. I can not believe that this is not possible as a function, if I was running Siemens it would be a 10 second job to mirror.
All of your climb cuts will become conventional, etc, etc... Potential collision issues. If your parts are simple enough for this to work effectively, it should only take a few minutes to mirror them in CAM.
