John, do you know off hand the commands to use AI on a Fanuc 18i?
We got the new Fadal, but most of the documentation is in the mail somewhere. The "Fadal" manuals (which are just annotated Fanuc .pdfs) blow, they don't match what is on the machine. The AI is covered only in the RISC/HPCC/NANO section and we don't have those options. The Fanuc Infolink disks were corrupt and we're waiting for new ones from Fanuc. Our dealers service tech spent a week in Chatsworth getting trained on it. Due to a broken leg he had Fadal ship all his notes so he didn't have to carry them to the airport and shit, and they have yet to arrive. Without his notes he doesn't remember the commands.
I gotta' say I like the way the machine feels so far even though I haven't done any 3D in it yet. I would like to get a grasp on the AI before something big and hot is tossed at me though.
I've got some rants comming about the machine too. But I think I'll wait until I'm in a sour mood to post them.