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keith
Could someone provide a link to information about the NC module?

We're looking at some new Haas machines and wondering if the probes could be programmed with PC/DMIS (something I know a little about) and sent to the machine for execution. Does the NC module convert the Apt-like pc/dmis language to g-code format?

How much does the module cost? What software is comparable to it?

thanks,
Keith
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  • Be aware that NC is a different animal from regular PC-DMIS on a CMM.

    Regular PC-DMIS executes PC-DMIS code line-by-line. Therefore, when it encounters an alignment, it will rotate the actual coordinate system for the machine and causes the machine to move (and report) in the "part coordinate system".

    This does NOT work like that in NC. In NC you create a "static" G-code program and the data coming back is in that coordinate system. You can NOT cause the machine to move in the new part coordiante system in one program. This causes quite a bit of confusion with typical CMM programmers.

    This is not a real problem. You just have to be aware of it. Obviously, I was not, in the beginning...

    Inpsection+ and MP700 are Renishaw products, see www renishaw.com. You can (but do not have to) use Inpsection+ in tandem with NC. Since I already have MP700s and Inspection+ on all my machines, this was an obvious course of action.


    Jan.
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  • Be aware that NC is a different animal from regular PC-DMIS on a CMM.

    Regular PC-DMIS executes PC-DMIS code line-by-line. Therefore, when it encounters an alignment, it will rotate the actual coordinate system for the machine and causes the machine to move (and report) in the "part coordinate system".

    This does NOT work like that in NC. In NC you create a "static" G-code program and the data coming back is in that coordinate system. You can NOT cause the machine to move in the new part coordiante system in one program. This causes quite a bit of confusion with typical CMM programmers.

    This is not a real problem. You just have to be aware of it. Obviously, I was not, in the beginning...

    Inpsection+ and MP700 are Renishaw products, see www renishaw.com. You can (but do not have to) use Inpsection+ in tandem with NC. Since I already have MP700s and Inspection+ on all my machines, this was an obvious course of action.


    Jan.
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