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split ncl file by time

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September 26, 2024
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Hi, I need to split a ncl file by machining duration to calibrate the tool before resuming the path.

Thanks,

Federico

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Catalina

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hheinze

11-Garnet

Well.. I do not think this is hard to understand..

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KenFarley

21-Topaz II

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BryantMorgan

13-Aquamarine

Hello Federico,

What type of NC Sequence are you trying to split?

Are you using GPOST?

There are a couple columns you can add to the process manager that you might find helpful:

Machining Distance

Machining Time

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-Bryant-

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NG_1018857

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Hi Bryant, we are working a large piece of granite and we have necessity
to split the ncl file every three hours to measure the lenght of the
tool because milling the granite cause the changement of the tool
lenght. I'm using the volume rough feature.

Best regards,

Federico

PS: i'm the creo's users, Niki Giusti is the ceo of Model Idea

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KenFarley

21-Topaz II

There is no automatic method that I know of to split up a particular sequence or operation based on estimated run time.

If I had to do this what I'd do would depend on what kind of sequence(s) you are running, etc. I'd make as many operations as necessary to handle the number of 3 hour portions of the total machine time, then copy the sequence(s) into each of them. Then I'd use the estimated time and a lot of sequence editing to customize each operation to handle its own part of the total time.

There are a lot of details we don't know about things, like what is to be done between each 3 hours of work done; tool replacement? cleaning? sharpening? How do you restart the cutting (i.e. entry into work area, lead in, etc.)? How is a tool that has been changed/modified calibrated so it has the correct offsets? These are all things needed to figure out what to do about the maximum cutting time for each tool.

The only way I can think of to do this is by manually splitting up the operation into as many pieces as you need.

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