v4.2 ph10m head rotation problem.

[eg92b16a2]

Hi guys.
I just upgraded to v4.2 and notice that if there is a rotation command in the program like this.

CLEARP/ZPLUS,-4,XMINUS,-7,ON
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
TIP/T1A0B0, SHANKIJK=0, 0, -1, ANGLE=0

The head while moving to the CLEARPLANE will also rotate. Is there a parameter to change it to move to the CLEARPLANE first and then rotate the head to avoid crashing into the table?

Thanks.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Sounds like you have MOVE ALL turned on somewhere. That is the ONLY way and time it should do that.

[eg92b16a2]

I rechecked the and do not see any MOVE ALL code in the program. I did not notice this when I was on v4.1. Do you think this is an enhancement?

[Underspec]

Yea sounds like a Move all command. Insert a move point before the clear plane and/or remove the clearplane all together.

[eg92b16a2]

What is weird is that the probe head will do the same thing when I am calibrating any probe tip.

I started a new program. Build up a new probe tip and added angles for the head. When I execute the calibrating routine at each angle change the probe head will go up in Z to clear the sphere but will also be rotating the head on the Z move. I did not notice this behavior in v4.1.

[Underspec]

Has to be some global setting in v4.2. This is dangerous and should be turned off by default IMO. Would be interesting to find out what's causing this.

[eg92b16a2]

Just got an email from Hexagon today. Wilcox programmers wrote a new .dll for my machine. I guess that was the problem with v4.2 on my machine, and hopefully should fix my machine from crashing into the table when rotating.

[bw_bob]

Yea sounds like a Move all command. Insert a move point before the clear plane and/or remove the clearplane all together.

Do move points & clearplanes play well together now. I was always told don't mix the two....just curious