Assuming I don't get fired today, I would like to speed up production on one of our Fadal machines. Its a single operator job running two Fadals, making one complete part. Well, the second station is the bottleneck point.
The person who programmed these machines and made the fixtures is no longer with the company. (can't blame him, idiot management sabotaging his hard work)
Basically, what I need is an IF statement.
IF tool 10 is in spindle
Then do not call t10 m06 ... because the stupid machine orientates the tool for a tool change (its a endmill), then AFTER orientating, it realizes that tool is in the spindle and continues on
after I get over this barrier, I can do a simple z axis homing change to the program and further speed things up, but that IF statement is really necessary for safety and shtuff
ANY FEEDBACK WELCOME
thanks
PS With a Haas VF4 I know the additional purchase of "Macros" (I'd rather just call it actual programming options) is necessary for the use of boolean operators, is this also the case with something such as a '97 Fadal (I forget the exact model, vmc20/120? idk)
The person who programmed these machines and made the fixtures is no longer with the company. (can't blame him, idiot management sabotaging his hard work)
Basically, what I need is an IF statement.
IF tool 10 is in spindle
Then do not call t10 m06 ... because the stupid machine orientates the tool for a tool change (its a endmill), then AFTER orientating, it realizes that tool is in the spindle and continues on
after I get over this barrier, I can do a simple z axis homing change to the program and further speed things up, but that IF statement is really necessary for safety and shtuff
ANY FEEDBACK WELCOME
thanks
PS With a Haas VF4 I know the additional purchase of "Macros" (I'd rather just call it actual programming options) is necessary for the use of boolean operators, is this also the case with something such as a '97 Fadal (I forget the exact model, vmc20/120? idk)