NX Option to change MCS Output from G54.1Pn to G154Pn from post UI

2023-07-19T21:25:41Z
NX for Manufacturing

Summary

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An MCS is added to a CAM program with a Fixture Offset of 10. The posted output from Post Configurator for this extended Work Offset is by default G54.1P4 but should be G154P4 for some controllers. How can the post be configured to change between these formats?

Notice the Fixture Offset value in the MCS:

Standard Posted Output for extended work offsets:

Solution

A menu pulldown can be added to switch between these two formats using the following TCL. This code would be added to a custom Layer in Post Configurator.

Custom Layer:

TCL code for this  is attached below.

G154PnOffset.txt (1.56 KB)

Now notice the new work offset pulldown:

Final posted output would look like this:

Notes

KB Article ID# PL8560971

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Manufacturing Post Configurator