Greetings Everybody,
we have a multi axis lathe havingZ, X & Caxiswith Fanuc 21iT controller. Iam in the process of defining its post processor. Untill now I've seen that there are perheps two options in G-post for building such a post. One is in lathesection which provides option of merged post processor. The other one is in milling section when we define our machine as1 Rotary/i Radial axis (Live Tooling) machine having mill/turn option checked on. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If this is true then what is the difference between these two options & which route I should follow to define a post for the said machine (having simultaneous Z, X & C axis). Is there any special programming required to build such a post. I'd really appreciate if someone out there could help me in this regard.
Best Regards & TIA,
John Smith
NC Programmer.
we have a multi axis lathe havingZ, X & Caxiswith Fanuc 21iT controller. Iam in the process of defining its post processor. Untill now I've seen that there are perheps two options in G-post for building such a post. One is in lathesection which provides option of merged post processor. The other one is in milling section when we define our machine as1 Rotary/i Radial axis (Live Tooling) machine having mill/turn option checked on. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If this is true then what is the difference between these two options & which route I should follow to define a post for the said machine (having simultaneous Z, X & C axis). Is there any special programming required to build such a post. I'd really appreciate if someone out there could help me in this regard.
Best Regards & TIA,
John Smith
NC Programmer.