后处理构造器说明书 外文翻译.docx

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后处理构造器说明书外文翻译

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PostBuilderHelp

GettingStarted

PostBuildercreatesandeditspostprocessors. Thesepostprocessorshavethreeelements,eachidentifiedbythebasenameandoneofthreeextensions. Assumingyourpostprocessornameismy_machine_tool,thesefileswouldbethefollowing:

my_machine_tool.pui

OnlyPostBuilderusesthisfile. Thisfilecontainsstaticinformationonhowtowriteoutthe.tclfile. AlthoughPostdoesnotneedthisfile,itmustbepresentinthesamedirectoryasthe.tcland.deffilesinordertoedityourpostprocessor.

my_machine_tool.tcl

ThisfiledeterminestheblocksthatneedtobeoutputfromeventsthataregeneratingbyPost. ThisfileusestheTCLlanguage.PostBuildercompletelycreatesthisfileeverytimeyousaveyourpostprocessor. PostalsousesthisfileatruntimetogenerateNCcode.

my_machine_tool.def 

Thisfiledefinesallthestaticinformationforthepostprocessor. Thisincludesformats,addressandNCblocks. TheformatofthisfileisaspecialsyntaxcreatedbyNX. ThisfileisusedbyPosttopostprocessthetoolpathandgenerateNCcode.

Bydefault,PostBuildercreatesyourpostprocessorinthedirectorywhereyoustartedPostBuilder. UsetheSaveAsoptioninthefiledialogtosaveyourpostprocessorinthedirectoryofyourchoice. InordertouseyourpostprocessorinNXyoumustaddanentrytoyourtemplate_post.datfileinyourcurrentpostprocessordirectory.

PostBuildersupportsEnglishdialogsonly.

ProceduresintheBaseFile

NXPostdependsheavilyonproceduresintheugpost_base.tclfile.Thisfileislocatedinthemach/postprocessordirectory.ThesystemusesittosupportthefileI/Oandotherbasicfunctions.ThisisupdatedwitheachNXrelease,andshouldnotbemodified.Itispossibletooverwriteproceduresinthisfilethroughtclprogramming,butthisisnotrecommended.Youcanoverwritetheseprocedureswithausercreatedtclfileorbyusingtheuplevelfeatureoftcl.Whenanyoftheproceduresinugpost_base.tclareoverwrittenbytheproceduresinthepostprocessorwenolongerguaranteethatthepostwillcontinuetoworkcorrectlyfromonereleasetothenext.Someofthecriticalfilesthatmaycauseproblemswhenmodifiedare:

CreatingaNewPost

Tocreateapostfollowthestepsbelow:

1.SelecttheNewFileiconorselectNewinthefiledropdownmenu.

YouhavethefollowingchoicesfromtheCreateNewPostprocessordialog:

2.Youcanselectthenameofyourpostprocessororusethedefaultname.Youcanchangethisnamewhensaving.

3.Youcanenteratextdescriptionofyourpostprocessor.

4.Specifywhetherthesystemoutputsininchormetric.Ifyouselectinch,allcoordinateoutputandformatsareininches.Ifyouspecifymetric,allcoordinateoutputisinmillimeters.Allofthedefaultparameterssuchastolerances,minimumsandmaximumsarebasedupontheoutputunits.SeethesectiononChangingPostprocessorKinematicsforhowtochangefrominchtometricormetrictoinchafteryouhavecreatedthepost.

5.Selectabasicmachinetype.Onceyouhaveselectedthemachinetypeyoucannotchangeitagainforthispostprocessor.Yourchoicesareexplainedinthefollowingsections:

Mill,Lathe,WireEDM.

Mill

Selectingthisoptiondefinesyourmachineasamilltype.Thefollowingmilltypesareavailable:

3-Axis

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）.

3-AxisMillTurn（XZC）

Yourpostisthemillportionofamill/turn. YoucanoutputstandardCartesianXYZoroutputpolarcoordinatesX（radius）,ZandC（angle）. SeetheMillTurnsectionformoredetails.

4-AxiswithRotaryTable

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）androtaryindexingorcontouringtable（A,BorC）.

4-AxiswithRotaryHead

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）androtaryindexingorcontouringhead（A,BorC）

5-AxiswithDualRotaryHeads

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）andtworotaryindexingorcontouringheads（A,BorC）.

5-axiswithDualRotaryTable

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）andtworotaryindexingorcontouringtables（A,BorC）.

5-axiswithRotaryHeadandTable

Yourposthasthreelinearaxes（X,YandZ）,arotaryindexing,orcontouringfourthaxisheadandarotaryindexingorcontouringfifthaxistable（A,BorC）.

Lathe

Selectingthisoptiondefinesyourmachineasalathetype.Typicallylatheshavetwolinearaxes（CartesianXandZ）.ThechuckrotatesandthetoolremainsinaturretthatmovesintheXandZ-axis.Inthemachinesectionyoucanalsospecifyyourpostasafouraxislathewithafixeddistancebetweentheturrets.

WireEDM

SelectthisoptiontocreateoreditaWireEDMpostprocessor.ThesystemprovidespostsforthreecommonwireEDMmachinetools:

Agie,Mitsubishi,andCharmilles.TheycontainalltheGandMcodesusedtocontrolstandardWireEDMfunctions.Theyalsocontainthebasictwoandfouraxismotion.

2Axis

Yourposthastwolinearaxes.

4Axis

Whenyouselectthisoptionyougetbasicfour-axisoutputthatyouneedtocustomizeforyourmachine.Youmayselecteithercoordinateorangleoutput.Forcoordinatemode,thepostwillcalculatethepositionontheupperplanewhereyouneedtohavethewiretoachievetheprogrammedtiltdefinedbythetoolaxis.ForanglesmodeyougetthebasicAgieoutput.Thepostcalculatesthetiltalongthedirectionofmotionandthetiltperpendiculartothedirectionofmotion.

WhenyouselecttheAgiecontrol,yougettheAgieQandRangleoutput.WhenyouselectMitsubishiorCharmiles,yougettheUandVoutputfortheupperplanecoordinates.

Controller

Youmustnowselectabasiccontrollertype.Youcanchooseagenericcontroller,aspecificcontrollerfromthecontrollerlibrary,orapostyouhavepreviouslycreated.ThespecificcontrollershavenurbsoutputfortheFanuc,SiemensandHeidenhainmillcontrols.Thechoiceofcontrollersisdifficultformill,lathe,orwireedmmachinetools.

Aftermakingallyourselectionsthesystemusesalltheinformationyouhaveselectedtocreateyourpost.

ChangingPostprocessorKinematics

YoucanstartwithanyexistingpostprocessorcreatedwithPostBuilderandchangethekinematicsortheinch/metricsettingthroughthefollowingprocess:

1.Makeanewpost.

2.Selectthenewinchormetricsetting.

3.Selectthenewkinematicssetting.

4.Selecttheuseroptiononthecontrollertobrowseforthepostyouwanttochange.

5.Createthepost.

Yournewpostnowhasallofthecustomcommandsandeditsfromyouroriginalpost,butwithnewkinematicsand/orinch/metricsettings.

Youmayneedtoaddrotarywordstothemotionblockswhenmakingafourorfiveaxispostfromathreeaxispost.Todothisfollowthestepsbelow:

1.GotoProgram&ToolPath→Program→Motion.InthisdialogyoumayneedtochangetheLinearMoveandRapidMoveblocks.Todothis,followthestepsbelow:

a.ClickontheLinearMove,orRapidMoveblueeventmarker.

b.Inthedialogthatdisplays,selectthedownarrownexttothedropdownmenu.

c.Fromthedropdownmenuselectfourth_axis.

d.ClickandholdtheAddWordbuttonuntilablockdisplays.

e.Dragtheblockovertheblockuntilawhiteoutlineappears,thanreleasethemouse.

Ifyouhaveafouraxispostyoumayonlyneedtoaddthefourth_axisword.Ifyouhaveafiveaxispostyoumayneedtoaddboththefourth_axisandfifth_axis.

2.GotoProgram&ToolPath→Program→CannedCyclesandselecttheCommonParameterseventmarker.Addthefourth_axiswordinthesamemannerastheLinearandRapidMoveeventmarkers.

Options

ValidateCustomCommands

Youcanturnonorturnofferrorcheckingwhileimportingorcreatingcustomcommands:

UnknownCommands

Whenyousetthisoptiontoactiveitdetectsanysyntaxerrorinthenameofacommand.

UnknownBlocks

Whenyousetthisoptiontoactiveitdetectsanyreferencestoanundefinedblock.

UnknownAddresses

Whenyousetthisoptiontoactiveitdetectsanyreferencetoundefinedaddresses.Thiscanbeusedtovalidatecommandssuchasmom_force_once.

UnknownFormats

Whenthisoptionissettoactiveitdetectsreferencestoundefinedformats.

Thisisaveryusefulfeaturethatpreventsmanyrun-timeerrorsthataremuchmoredifficulttodebuginarun-timesituation.Ifyouselectthedottedlineyoucancreateadetacheddialog.

BackUpPost

ThispreferenceallowsyoutodefinehowthesystemcreatesbackupversionsofPostBuilderfiles. Youhavethefollowingchoices:

BackupOriginal

Backsuptheoriginalpart.Allintermediateversionsareoverwritten.

EverySave

Backsupeverytimeyousave.Thisisthedefaultsetting

NoBackup

Thesystemonlysavesthelastversion.

HelpFunctions

BalloonHelp

SelectthisoptiontoactivateBalloonHelp. WhenyouplacethecursorovermanyoftheobjectsinthePostBuilderdialogs,aniconappearsandgivesyoumoredetailontheexactfunctionalityoftheobject.YoucanturnonBalloonHelpduringpostprocessorcreationmode.

Thisexampleshowsthenameoftheblockthesystemoutputsaswellastheformatoftheoutputcode.

WhenyouselecttheBalloonHelpicon,itturnstoapinkbackgroundcolor.

Whenyoucanceltheselection,theiconreturnstoitsgraybackgroundcolor.

ContextSensitiveHelp

SelectthisoptiontoactivateContextSensitiveHelpmode. WhenyouactivatethismodeandselectaniteminPostBuilder,thesystemdisplaysadescriptionofthatitem. Forexample,whenyouactivateContextSensitiveHelpmodeandyouselectProgramStartSequence,thesystemdisplaysthefollowingdescription.

Thisfeatureisnotimplementedforalldialogsandobjects. Whenyouactivatethisf