Easy programming for tilted working plane machining with guidance screen
FANUC MANUAL GUIDE i
FANUC added a new feature to FANUC MANUAL GUIDE i, a popular function to integrate operation and programming guidance.
The new user-friendly input operation screen with icons, guide map and guidance message helps program machinining of complex tilted working plane by the 5-axis machines of table rotation type, as well as by the 5-axis machines of combined type with both table and tool rotation.
FEATURES:
- Click an icon to select a method of defining tilted working planes, out of the following six methods.
Tilted working planes are defined in terms of:- Euler's Angle
- Roll-Pitch-Yaw Angle
- 3 Points
- 2 Vectors
- Projection Angle
- Tool Axis Direction
- Easy data input for the selected tilted working plane's definitions on the Interactive Data Input Screen with Guide Map
- MANUAL GUIDE i is available for FANUC Series 30i/31i/32i-MODEL A CNCs

Selection Menu for Defining Tilted Working Plane

Interactive Data Input Screen
(February 2007 FANUC NEWS)