Hmmmm....I'm old enough to remember MANY requests going back to the X5 beta days which were spoken about as "great ideas", yet left on the cutting room floor.... And as for "feature fixes"....

It is possible with macros, as long as you know where the part is within .4" (10mm). You have to set some variables to compare where it should be to where it is, and then add/subtract the difference to XYZBC. I don't have examples of code, but I have helped debug some of that code. And I think there are parameters/code to activate the probe so if you are further than .4" it will sill work. You will probably have to work thru one axis at a time, and then go back thru them again. The compare is if the actual value is different from the set value (offset) by less than an acceptable amount then continue, if it is greater than the acceptable deviation then adjust.

Your toolpath should be the regular Mastercam thread mill toolpath with rotarty output set to C axis. Then post in using face mill interpolation. If your posts supports face mill interpolation, you enable it with a mics integer. However, I would be very surprised if you were actually able to mill a good thread. The kinematics of a C axis VTL table working with the X and Z axis is not ideal for achieving good thread mill motion. In other words if your machine and post support face interpolation you can output and run the correct code, but it is unlikely that your VTL will be able to accurately turn this code into smooth and accurate motion.

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I have a casting that is slightly off and would like to probe and adjust axis or pitch, yaw and roll so the machine starts off with the casting in the right orientation. is this even possible on a HAAS UMC750?

Having an issue when trying to run an engraving toolpath in X9. This has always worked before, however when I go to complete the toolpath, it shows engraving on geometry that does not exist. Here is the screenshot. This is a fresh test file, It is doing the same thing on all programs we attempt to engrave with. I only had created the letters and it wants to engrave that circle and blog which I did not draw! Any advice would be appreciated.

What kind of advise are you looking for? Need some more information or we'll all just be throwing darts at a board blind. What tools do you have available? What thread are you cutting? Where is the hole? IE: is it axial or radial? Radial thread milling cannot be done without a Y axis.

I downloaded the RTM this morning at home about an hour ago I just tried it here at work and the Beta Download site is down for maintenance.

So it is I must have missed the email

Have you had your lathe aligned? Proper alignment is key to finish guality.

The RTM release is on the BETA download site

Thanks, wondered if that might be the case.

Beta is over We are at PC2 (production candidate 2) I thought that was available to all licensed users, but apparently the PC's are only available to beta users. The formal public release is scheduled for June, but that could be tomorrow or 3 weeks from now

It's listed separately down lower on the page Least it was yesterday

Anyone got a copy of the latest beta they can send me, appears to have been taken off of downloads section.

And remember, a lot of fields allow negative values. Stock to leave is one of them, so if you need to cut a little more to get the fit you want, you can use negative stock to leave on your finish toolpath.

I don't know if it exists in threadmill cycle, and I don't have MillTurn where I work now. But we would mill end profiles of parts with axial live tooling and there is a checkbox in the mill cycle to use C or use Y.

Yes, beta. That's why some of us were surprised to learn of its existence and confused why we couldn't follow the link.

Fanuc 4 axis or even the MPMaster available on this site... Both will likely require some minor tweaks

I am trying to set the coolant setting in my .mcam-defaults file to default to both "Ignore" and "With" on the second two coolant settings. If I select "On" or "Off" it lets me set it to "with". I've tried setting it to "On" and "With" and then setting it back to "Ignore" and saving it but it goes back to "Before". What I have in the picture is what I'm trying to get my defaults set to. Any tricks to get this setting to stick?

Radially I think is out....that tool needs to remain perpendicular to the hole centerline

We have a horizontal Doosan NHP 4000 im just curious what generic mastercam post to use

We have a VTL (YOU JI YV1600 ATC+C) I need advice on how to do thread milling with the C-axis and X-axis, it does NOT have a Y-axis.

Aaron you beat me to it because I got called in to a department meeting while I was reading this. Stock to leave was my first thought. And since he said acrylic I was also thinking stock to leave on floor for the downcut finish pass because of the way that stuff loves to chip and pit. Make an operation that leaves enough stock that the pits don't go into the finished material, and then copy the operation for your finish tool and set stock to leave to zero.

Agreed. Seems like he needs to use the "Stock to leave on Wall" feature on the Cut Pattern page?