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find out toolpath type

find out toolpath type

find out toolpath type

(OP)
I would like to show in my program sheet the type of the toolpath.
How can I check that it is 3axis, 3+2 or simoultaneous 5 axis path?
I found a variable, mom_tool_axis_type in a default sinumerik post
but there are values like 0, 1, 3, 19 etc.
Could anybody please help?

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kukelyk

RE: find out toolpath type

There is a mom_opertion_type variable available.

John Joyce
N.C. Programming Supervisor
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor CT
NX6 & NX7.5

RE: find out toolpath type

(OP)
Thanks for Your answer,
but if I have a Z-level profile operation, the mom_operation type is Z-Level Milling. If I have a local coordinate-system, then the tool-axis IJK vector is not 0,0,1 in the main csys. And if I use tilt tool axis on this toolpath, it is the same. My doc postprocessor could watch, if there is a local csys, and the changing of the IJK vector.
So the operation_type is not enough information..
And furthermore there can be 3+2 operations with or without local MCS too..

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kukelyk

RE: find out toolpath type

(OP)
The question is still open..

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kukelyk

RE: find out toolpath type

Look for mom_tool_path_type, which should be set to variable_axis or fixed_axis.
We added this for cases like this, such as tilting the tool axis of a fixed axis operation, which results in a variable axis path.

Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM

RE: find out toolpath type

(OP)
Thanks for Your answer, it is almost what I need.
When the toolpath is a Point-to-point type operation in a tilted local CSYS, that's not a variable axis path, as the tool axis not varies along the path. Really, it need a 4 or 5 axis machine..
Could I differentiate the paths with 'variable-axis'?

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kukelyk

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