Table of Contents:

Introduction
NC Toolpath Setup
Generating Drivers Data
Mechanism Setup
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Generating Mechanism drivers data

 A special post-processor developed with GPOST and provided with the tutorial data is going to be used to generate the driver data. The post-processor will generate automatically 3 files :

  • AXIS_X.tab   .....  a serie of    time   xposition
  • AXIS_Y.tab   .....  a serie of    time   yposition
  • AXIS_Z.tab   .....  a serie of    time   zposition

The simulation using mechanisn can be done only for a single tool So you will need to generate the CL file either for one NC sequence or for a SET of sequence using the same tool.

The post-processor provided is called UNCX01.P01 . Make sure that your config.pro option gpostpp_dir  points to the directory where you have installed the tutorial data including the UNCX01.P01 and UNCX01.F01.

 From the MACHINING1.mfg window in Pro|ENGINEER

  1. Select the FINISHING_SLOPE NC sequence
  2. Right mouse button / Play Path
  3. In the CL player File / Save As MCD
  4. Select Output in the Post-processor Option panel
  5. Use default name finishing_slope , press OK
  6. Select UNCX01.P01 post-processor from the list of post-processor.
    The post-processor runs and create the data
  7. Press close   on the information window.
  8. Press close    on the Play Path window.
  
 Open your system window and check that the driver files (AXIS_X.tab , AXIS_Y.tab and AXIS_Z.tab) are created.