Hello all,
How do any of you control 5 axis rapid motion? Currently when we program, we'll use a retract sphere to clear all of our tooling and fixtures. When moving between sequences in a single operation, I am assuming that the tool vector stays normal to the sphere----be we have had a few instances where the tool vector gets pretty out of whack. How is the tool vector controlled?
I also would like to be able to control the resolution (number of control points around the sphere) that the 5 axis rapid is broken up into....is there a parameter somewhere to adjust that?
One other thing that would be nice to be able to control is to choose a primary retract axis------for example, if I am doing work on one side of a part and need to flip the rotary axis 180 degrees, it would be nice to have my rapid move consist of a Z retract and a simple rotary axis spin, rather than have a lot of motion in the A axis (trunion) as well.
Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
thanks so much,
Matt