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hi all...

Im completely puzzled over here... imagine running a rotary table that is seating off the center of the main center of rotation on a HMC...
the post was changed with the appropriate values to compensate the shift, on the mastercam the part is programmed according to the views [right view]... front plane is B0. C0. ...
The G-Code outputs pretty good except the Z value... because G54 Z value is taken from the exact main center of rotation the G-code Z values are very difficult to measure but seemed okay...

Is there any way of programming it that the Z value would come out as a normal 3 axis machine?

thank you all

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Sorry you cannot as you need the center of the two rotary s to use as pivot gauge length.
Onec you get this you will alwas use this as your X,Y and Z
So this is a HMC center with an add Rotary on Rotary correct not for example a Yasda HMC 5 axis machine. this is a nice machine by the way the HMC 5axas Yasda.

Wgat is the machine?

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Sorry you cannot as you need the center of the two rotary s to use as pivot gauge length.
Onec you get this you will alwas use this as your X,Y and Z
So this is a HMC center with an add Rotary on Rotary correct not for example a Yasda HMC 5 axis machine. this is a nice machine by the way the HMC 5axas Yasda.

Wgat is the machine?

HMC 5axas yasda? never heard of it -
no budget for a new 5 axis machine over here....

yes, this is a HMC with an added C axis rotary on a rotary B...
# Machine Name : TOSHIBA B80-MC
# Control Name : TOSNUC 777/888

usually we run it right on center but this time the project is way to big...

I think- might be away... with the creation some how of a point representing the center of rotation and WCS it... but I'm very confused about this theory... and the Z values are still huge...