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  1. knobhead

    How to use Robot Service Requests on a fanuc robot

    Hi all, I've aquired an old Fanuc robot, an LRMATE200i. I have all the manuals, and i've worked out how to write a program that works well. What I'd like to do is have that program activate automatically when a component arrives in a hopper. I know this can be done using Robot Service...
  2. knobhead

    auto-scale a drawing

    Hi, I've built a family of parts model, and I'm referencing the model parameters in a drawing so that as the model changes the drawing automatically updates all sizes. In this way I can use one model to create different drawings 'on the fly'. It's a massive time saving. But: Sometimes the...
  3. knobhead

    dimensioning to mid limit

    I'm sure there is a way of doing this, but I can't work it out. Our manufacturing guys want all our models done to mid-limit sizes, so that they can drop the models directly into their CAM software without any edits. Historically, we've always dimensioned tolerances in our parts in a +0.2/-0.0...
  4. knobhead

    DNC stips out first line of program

    Hi all, we're using Edgecam's DNC system to send and recieve programs to our CNC machines. My problem is it seem to always delete the very first line of any program each time it is used. Normally not a problem so much, but if a program is sent back and forth a few times (edits, backups, etc)...
  5. knobhead

    Stuck getting a G83 to work.

    I'm trying to get a parametric program running on our Mazak Integrex 200Y, and I'm struggling to get a G83 cycle to run on it. Here's the code I'm using: T0600.0 M169 M212 (LOCK C AXIS) M13 (SWITCH TO MILLING MODE) G00 X0.0 Z5.0 (START POSITION) G83X0.H0.Z[#7+5]R5.Q1400.P0F150L1M210 G00 X0.0...
  6. knobhead

    G03 interpreted as linear move.

    Can anyone tell me why my integrex 200y is deciding that the G03 commands in this program would be intrepreted as linear moves? This code just machines a diamond shape. I'm totally confused. T0101 S5372 M203 M212 G00C0.0 X100.0 Z10. M210 G00 X0.00 Z5.0 (Fast feed to depth) G01 X0.000...
  7. knobhead

    Presentations

    Anyone done any work with presentations in Inventor? If so, is there a way to export an animation to windows media format, or Quicktime? Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.
  8. knobhead

    Broken diameter dimensions.

    IS there a way of creating a broken dimension without the geometry being there at the other end? For example, I have a cylindrical part with some intricate detail. I pull out a 'detail' view of part of that detail. In that detail view, I want to dimension a diameter, but Inventor doesn't see...
  9. knobhead

    Printing the parameter page

    Anyone know of a way of printing the parameter page? I have a large model with a few hundred parameters I want to use as the basis to create a new version, and it would be very useful to have a hard copy. The only way I can find is to do a screen-dump, but that only shows whats on the screen...
  10. knobhead

    Exporting M640MT Mazatrol to ISO G Code

    Anyone know a method to do this simply? Mazak's own CamWARE software won't support exporting to G Code from M640MT and they have no plans to implement it. Or alternatively; is there a way to convert M640MT mazatrol to another version of Mazatrol, and then convert to G code from there? This...
  11. knobhead

    Viewing variables from ISO macro on Mazak.

    I'm playing with using macros on our Integrex 200Y. I'm trying to get some complex calculations running in one of our ISO subprograms using different variable values, and it's not working how I'd like. It's difficult to see what value is in a variable at a given moment, or even at the end of...
  12. knobhead

    Macros in Mazatrol

    I've just started using Mazak's own CAMWARE program to produce Mazatrol programs. I've sort of inherited the role of programming our various Mazaks from one of our engineers who left, and he used a lot of ISO subprograms, called within the Mazatrol program. Thing is, nearly all of these...
  13. knobhead

    Xref equivalent

    I need to use the inventor equivalent of XREFs. Do they exist? Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.
  14. knobhead

    Good book to learn feeds & speeds

    Can anyone recomend a good book that can really teach me about all I need to know about feeds and speeds for all sorts of machining,(milling,turning,boring, multiaxis, everything!) including the more exotic materials? (Titanium, Ni alloys, etc) At the moment, for me, it's a process of relying...
  15. knobhead

    Effect of nitriding on nickel alloys.

    I have a piece of maraged steel welded to a piece of nickel alloy (nimocast 718). After the welding, the assy will be nitrided. What I need to know, and what seems to be driving our metalugist mental, is what effect (if any) will the nitriding process have on the nickel? The reason I ask, is we...
  16. knobhead

    Effect of Nitriding on Nickel Alloy

    I have a piece of maraged steel welded to a piece of nickel alloy (nimocast 718). After the welding, the assy will be nitrided. What I need to know, and what seems to be driving our metalugist mental, is what effect (if any) will the nitriding process have on the nickel? The reason I ask, is we...
  17. knobhead

    Updating intranet drawings automatically.

    Here, when a planning brochure is finished, we have a 'sketch planning' meeting to discuss the manufacturing method used and to generally pick holes in each others work. However, not everyone who attends these meetings has access to our .dwg files. They don't have (and are not allowed) access to...
  18. knobhead

    Referencing entities within a drawing.

    Not so much a problem, but a curiousity. I'm sure that there must be a way of doing this, but I can't find anything in the help. When I'm doing a jig and tool layout sheet, it consists of a drawing of the finished jig, or tool, assembly, and on the same sheet is a drawing of each individual...
  19. knobhead

    Extract multiple point coords

    I've got a 2D aerofoil section, consisting entirely of points from a CMM. The data I got from the CMM is not a single file, but several, and the coords in them 'overlap', in that the CMM went over certain sections of the aerofoil twice. Now, using a script I've combined all these XYZ files...
  20. knobhead

    Always round up or down dimensions.

    I've got an annoying problem with dimensioning. I'm working for a customer drawing in metric units, and my company still works in imperial (english). Now, I'm converting dimension values as I go, but when it comes to tolerancing my drawing, I have to edit each dimension individually. The reason...

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