Hi! I want to control the Tool orientation during a circular motion. I've assigned a different orientation for the initial, the auxiliary and the final points. The initial and the final points are respected but the auxiliary is ignored. Is there a way to realize a circular motion controlling the tool orientation like what was showed in my picture?
CIRCULAR MOTION and TOOL ORIENTATION
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IlFincoITA -
March 6, 2018 at 11:54 PM -
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yes, more than one.
simplest option is to use SCIRC instruction and parametrize it to consider orientation at aux point.
another is to use two CIRC instructions,
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being down this road myself with the same problem, i would put a base in the center of your circle and then rotate the base. a little bit more program work but it gave me the best results.
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Thanks everyone! For Leon... I'm not shure to have inderstood you approach. Do you mean establish a base, establish a position, than rotate the base and go to the same point rotated. But the result is it a perfect circle? Not a series of small linear points...
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you understand it correctly. you will have to use enough points to get a smooth circle. it's hard to tell from the picture how big your circle is but i would start with a single degree of rotation each time and see what happens. Then use C_VEL or C_DIS to smooth everything out.