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quickcam 2d design post processor

Post by Rich » Wed 05 Dec , 2007 20:46 pm

Hello,
Is it possible to post for a mitsubishi meldas control from quickcam 2D design?
Thanks

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Post by Denford Admin » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 10:10 am

Probably - have you got an example program ?

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Post by Rich » Sun 16 Dec , 2007 16:47 pm

Hello,
Thanks for the reply. I've managed to cobble together a post that does the job for mitsu I was wondering if there are any Heidenhain posts
available ?
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Post by Steve » Mon 17 Dec , 2007 20:05 pm

If you need a post we need a sample program to look at.

We need a program with lines arcs and a toolchange in the normal format for the machine so we know how to name the file and what is required in the header.

Please supply a sample file and name the machine model and any other infor.

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Post by Rich » Tue 18 Dec , 2007 11:10 am

O.K. I'll try and sort one out, we have an old version of quickcam milling the heidenhain post in that program works fine could it be adapted to use with quickcam 2d design ?
Thanks for your help

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Post by Denford Admin » Tue 18 Dec , 2007 11:35 am

Its a totally different system used in the new post files.
The old one that included an Heidenhain post is based on a 16-bit and would have taken us years to update, therefore we have gone for a much simpler way of changing the output.

A basic Heidenhain shouldn't be too much of a problem (I think) in any case you could always run the Heidnhain in ISO mode instead of dialogue, and the basic G code posts will work (with a bit of tweaking)

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Post by Rich » Wed 19 Dec , 2007 8:58 am

I have a sample program and drawing how do I attach them?

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Post by Denford Admin » Wed 19 Dec , 2007 11:36 am

Have a read of this:

viewtopic.php?p=4514#4514

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Post by Rich » Wed 19 Dec , 2007 12:18 pm

I don't get the option to attach files[/img]

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