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  2. Hi i have a problem with simulation , the work piece has the same color of stock. please how to solve this issue.
  3. Hi I need help . I import waterline operation in c++ but I don't find in documentation how I can select machining geometry for this operation.
  4. I'm running a DellS3221QS as my center screen, an antique Dell U2410 on the left and a Dell 2715H on the right. I had to dial the resolution of the 32" down to match the 27" to get Mastercam's Toolpath Manager to behave on the right screen. It's native resolution is 3840 x 2160 but I'm running 2560 x 1440. That was a disappointment, but not a deal breaker. I am running the Nvidia Desktop Manager with hot keys set up to snap windows from screen to screen. Each screen is also divided into 2 grids. I just use CTRL-drag to snap windows into the grids. My wife is buying a Dell 49" to replace her old pair of 24" monitors at work. I'm looking forward to playing with that.
  5. I'll check that out Monday when I'm back at the shop. Thank you.
  6. I have a 34" diagonal extra wide curved for my main monitor, plus a 27" standard ratio (same height) next to it for reference documents, etc.. Seems to work fine for me.
  7. Yesterday
  8. Edit: Nevermind. As ALWAYS, I figured it out right after. Unintuitively they do not appear under "Add-ins" but "Commands not in ribbon" selection. Moreover the add-in name of the example was missing so it was hard to spot.. Okay, I've done this before and it worked then but can't figure out what I'm missing here. Shouldn't the icons of nethooks appear here that you put in [shared mcam holder]\Add-Ins ? I built the 2023 examples and they launch ok using Run Add-In command but their icons do not show nor does my own We can't update to 2024 yet so ribbon customization is not an option.
  9. Appeasing the OCD and what the machine actually cares about are more often than not completely seperate issues. For example I will typically have an S code, then have the M03/M04. In my NC Format, one situation will have the M03/M04, then the S code. I twitch when I see it... but I leave it there on purpose just as a reminder that it REALLY does not matter one single bit. The control executes the block just fine with zero issues. My OCD with code borders on the absurd.
  10. I did this with high speed blend blend.zip
  11. Pros big screen space. Cons Big screen space with no real division of what is what. I have 3 27" Asus flat monitors and have mt method and process down using them. Going to curved would be hard. The other thing is screen sharing using Teams or something else it sucks for the other people to see the curved screen.
  12. It been requested numerous times over the years. Join the Mastercam.com forum and send an email to QC and add your name to the list.
  13. That's awesome. I have only ran 3+2 jobs so far on the matsuuras so I have yet to feel the need to tackle this subject but this sounds like a great way to go about it. I do not mind a Z retract at all, but the M05 + M09 for no reason between toolpaths would probably be a little annoying if I was feeling O.C.D. haha Always a fun line to walk when trying to appease my O.C.D. and just let "good enough" be good enough. Usually how busy I feel dictates my decision.
  14. sorry if the title is a big cryptic. I am trying to help a friend out who just started a new CNC programming job. He needs to learn the PST/MP scripting language and asked me to help him search for something that can help him view the output G-Code that would result from a .pst file. I have seen similar tools and plugins for e.g. VS Code that does this for other software's post-procecssor scripting languages, but so far I could not find something specifically for MasterCam's MP language. So as an example, the other tools I've seen, you can click on a G-code block in a .nc file and it will point you to the exact place in the .pst where that routine is defined. Is there something similar for Mastercam scripts? I do apologise but while I'm a seasoned software developer, the totality of my experience with CAD/CAM and CNC sofware is about two months worth of Ladder Logic for Mitsubishi PLCs so i don't have the vocabulary. Update: an example of what I'm looking for is the Autodesk Fusion Post Processor Utility plugin for SV Code. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Autodesk.hsm-post-processor
  15. I've got my NC Format set to be able to use both Auto-Link or Mastercam's Linking... just on the off chance I want it. Being in feed mode (as opposed to rapid mode) while in 5-Axis is essential for smooth positioning. Some CAM systems struggle with this. Fortunately CAMplete can correct that issue if it presents itself.
  16. I'm having this issue also. Solid will disappear for no reason, toggle the level that contains solid off/on and it will reappear.
  17. Looks like you removed the avoidance, and added a containment. Is the jagged path stemming from the software trying to avoid that face? That toolpath looks nice. I'll try it. Thank you.
  18. Equla Scallop...the step distance will be more even
  19. Is it possible to use Unified toolpaths independently for 3 axes in the future? Because not all users will use multi-axis licensing...
  20. I should understand what you mean...select the geometry and let the software determine that there is no undercut. This is also a way! But it must be suitable for the graphics. If avoidance geometry is used, it may still cause undercut. If there is no multi-axis permission, as Colin said, Flowline and Surface Finish Contour directly support the calculation of undercut, and using avoidance geometry should not affect it. cut straight walls that are in the shadow of overhanging geometry....Surface Finish Contour is more suitable Surface Finish Contour needs to use a tool that can undercut to enable the undercut option. TERRYH did not use the correct tool, so the undercut option is grayed out.
  21. I never used C++, sorry if I ask a lot. I have already added the reference and the windows form. Could you tell me how I show it? my code works in C# //creamos la copia del formulario FrmOffset FrmOF = new FrmOffset(); //hacemos dialog FrmOF.ShowDialog(); Thanks
  22. We have the 1053 delimit tool path setting on as a recommendation from Camplete. What this does is on 5 axis paths since there is no transition block it zero returns z and starts the next path, no tool change spindle keeps running. It doesn't affect 3plus2 because there is an approach block short that transitions to the next path. I did mess around with the multi axis linking in Camplete but for us it's not worth using.
  23. Last week
  24. I can definitely see your point. I will stick to forced tool changes between multiaxis operations on the Matsuuras then For the Haas I have found some "workarounds" that seem to really smooth out the process. Main one being under "feed rate control" in a multiaxis toolpath I will have checked "custom feedrate for clearance blend spline" and "replace rapid with feedrate". and then under the multiaxis link settings I'll have it checked to output feedrates as well. I'll usually have them set around 50-100 inches per minute (with butt puckered and hand on the feed stop button) to first prove it out and if the motion is smooth out at the machine I'll up it to 200-250. Essentially this will force all of the multiaxis toolpaths to stay in TCPC during relinking (while in that operation) but during the actual multiaxis linking moves it does swap back to dynamic work offsets (haas g68.2) so I am still technically rolling the dice a bit. Now really thinking about it I'll probably stop using the multiaxis link on the haas just for standardization's sake though especially since eventually I'll be too busy to prove out every single multiaxis program. Appreciate the insight!
  25. That is just crazy I tell you. Crazy talk.
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