Expert Machinest

Does anyone know how to get Proe to output the time it estimates a tool
path will take. I want to see the difference between, feeds speeds,
step over all the fun stuff. Thanks

David J where are you?

 

Yeah, Shuan, I'm here. But it's been a while since I did any Pro/NC stuff. I
thought I remembered you could get a rough estimate out of Pro/NC-CHECK or out of
Verify. But I don't see it anywhere. Where I do see it, you won't like. It's
definitely buried in an add-on module called Pro/PROCESS for Mfg.

I mean this is just the meanest, stupidest, stick-it-to-the-loyal-customer thing
imaginable: you have a feed of 3ipm and a cutter path of 3 feet which is contained
in the CL data (36"/3ipm=12 minutes, what's the big deal, PTC!). Why does it take
a special module to tell you an estimated time!?! I really can't believe it. Is
this the ultimate in stupid, narrow minded, short sighted greed or what? Hey, PTC,
make it easy on these guys! give them to the tools they need to do everyday,
obvious things.

David Janes

 

don't you get it when you post it , like on the last line of the page
that pops up when it's done posting..
you might have to check one of those verbose //??or whatever the other
one is called... checkboxs for it to come up

This might also just be something that was on r2001 and is not there on
WF

 

Thanks guys!

David you are still the man.

 

Not in expert machinist, but regular NC.
Info/Manufacturing/ pick the NC sequence tab in the popup,
pick a sequence, then look in the info window.
it has all sorts of goodies, and even in expert machinist, drop out of
it into regular ProNC for this info.



see the below example:



|*********************************************|
| Machining Sequence Report |
|*********************************************|
Manufacturing Type : ASSEMBLY
Stock : 3D_TEST
Date : 08-Jun-05 09:10:53

|*********************************************|
| NC Sequence Number : 3 |
|*********************************************|
Feature ID : 7466
Feature Number : 30
Operation Name : OP010
Workcell Name : FOAMCUTTER
Workcell Type : Mill
Sequence Type : Volume Milling
Cut Mtn Feat : 7468
Axis Type : 3 Axis
Fixture Setup : FSETP0
Mill Volume : VOL2
Tool ID : 2INCH_BNE

Machining time : 4.93516 min

Retract Plane : RETRACT_PLANE
START POINT : N/A
END POINT : N/A
NCL File Name : SEQ0003

MACH CSYS : PROG_ZERO
NCSEQ CSYS : PROG_ZERO

Tool Travel Envelope:
X_MIN : -16.8552
X_MAX : 9.06292
Y_MIN : -1.16346
Y_MAX : 1.21396
Z_MIN : 2.27024
Z_MAX : 13.5

|-------------------------|
| NC Sequence Parameters |
|-------------------------|
TOOL_ID 2INCH_BNE
NCL_FILE -
PRE_MACHINING_FILE -
POST_MACHINING_FILE -
ROUGH_OPTION ROUGH_ONLY
SCAN_TYPE FOLLOW_HARDWALLS
CUT_TYPE CLIMB

This is great! Just the Info menu, naturally! Well, it's come a long way since V19, 20, and i, which was the last time I had anything to do with Pro/MAN or Pro/NC.

BTW, can it do more than a single sequence of a single tool? Maybe a whole operation involving several tools? Or even several operations encompassing the whole program for a part? I'm wondering if you don't have to get involved with some kind of manufacturing analysis feature which accumulates all the separate sequences and operations.

David Janes

 

How do you get a hold of WF3?