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RENISHAW programming in NX?

RENISHAW programming in NX?

RENISHAW programming in NX?

(OP)
hi,
is there a way to make it?

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kukelyk

RE: RENISHAW programming in NX?

IF your looking for "Canned" probing routines then No they are not there.  With the new Generic Motion option in NX5 you can create the motion to approach the part then call the probing routiune and then move away from the part.  If you don't have the license you can do this with Sequential Mill or a Mill Control operation and several GOTO moves.

Most of the Probing routines are sub programs you need to call and pass a string of variables.  

If you understand Post Builder you could customize the Post Processor and add these as User Defineind Events and then use a drilling operation to position the machine for probing.

RE: RENISHAW programming in NX?

I did this many years ago. In the interim most of the equipment has been replaced by machines that can accept an IGES translation, or similar and work out the rest for themselves.

I can recollect using Renishaw heads on a range of equipment, so that I'd have to know what you are programming, and how your measurements may need to be applied. Generally I fed a point and a vector into a GRIP program outputting a text file with serviceable results. I didn't try to cater for all possible eventualities preferring to stick to the simple stuff and re-program nasty approaches by hand on the rare occasion it was needed.

If you're interested in GRIP my best guess would be that I probably never strayed too far from adapting something available in the GRIP library. I had a brief look and it seems I haven't a copy of the source code any longer.

Good Luck

Hudson.

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