Even if they do you can still knock it out with manual inputs right in CAM without having to have to hand edit the final code. Smaller companies are becoming held up on the $25K startup price for complex software to program these machines that 98% of the time do not require synchronization. This is exactly what I think is happening in the Swiss CAM industry. I will try my best to share as much info I have in the upcoming months on how to program and set up a Star. The problem is always the same - lack of information sharing. For every toolpath in head2, make sure your axis combination is set to lower right and set your origin to the back of the part.Īwesome. For side 2, make a transfer toolpath and put zeros in all the values. I have never seen it done like this, but this is key to this post. * - a note on how I program Mastercam Lathe. If you follow the sample part, you should be able to get her done. I will update the site as soon as I can with mill turn examples and instructions on all its features. This is the header for head one and head two. * - open up Star_SR-20RII_H2_001.NC and modify the top * - open up Star_SR-20RII_H1_001.NC and modify the top The mastercam file looks for the transfer folder then dumps the info you have there into your program. You must have this in the same folder as your mastercam file. * - there is a "transfer" folder in there. Post all operations and you will get two streams of code. This post makes code that runs on the machine with Zero hand editing. Please share your post if you modify it for another machine.
If this works for you please share your experience. Not so, full mastercam milling toolpaths work awesome on the Star. There is also a common misconception out there that one must purchase expensive and complicated Swiss software to program complex parts. There is not enough information out there on how to program these machines, hopefully this will help get someone started. The link above contains an unlocked, plain text post. I plan to get the users manual up as soon as possible. I have placed the download link on the bottom of this site. I have been working on it since 2016 (over 60 hrs of work) - Consider it 95% complete. If anyone is interested in programing a Swiss machine with Mastercam here is a post that works very well.
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