Hi all, been a toolmaker (plastic Injection) for 22yrs and i am just starting out on learning cnc on an old Fanuc 10T with FAPT programing, i am 2wks in on an "on the job" training and i am doing ok but there is one thing i just cannot understand or get my head round and my "teacher" does not know how to explain in a way to make it understandable for me, so i hope you can help.
My Q. is this.
Can anyone explain when you are drawing the shape in FAPT you have to tell the nc which paths to take in "Dividing Direction" by using direction arrows on the keypad which represent X+ X- Y+ Y- only it to me does not represent anything whatsoever, i think its asking me what i dont want to machine, which is easy but telling the m/c is a different story as every time i select what i think is correct its wrong.
What does Dividing Direction mean and what is it asking me to do??