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Mastercam and Swiss machines


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We recently purchased a Nomura Swiss machine and got a quote for a Mastercam post for the machine. Our dealer sounded confident they could provide  a post that would do what we need and Mastercam could handle it well.

But...I was talking with the Nomura apps guy yesterday and he was pretty adamant that we could never get Mastercam to post properly for a Swiss machine. He recommended partmaker from Autodesk for programming. He also told me a few things about Mastercam that I know are not correct too so I'm talking his advice with a grain of salt. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to output code with a dialed in post.

Do any of you Swiss guys have any luck programming with Mastercam?

TIA for any replies.

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The only limitations I have heard of involved eccentric turning and Mastercam.

I do not know if they have figured that aspect out yet...

The Topic covering this issue was deleted along with off topic unfortunately..

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1 hour ago, Thee Byte™ said:

Maybe post this on our site as well?

I will. 👍

1 hour ago, neurosis said:

Does the Nomura salesman have a list of customers you can call to ask what they're using for that specific machine? 

Are you going to want full machine simulation with that?

I'll check with the Nomura guys. The apps guy said he personally had partmaker and he recommended that or Esprit.

As far as the full machine simulation probably  not but I'd be interested in the cost.

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23 minutes ago, [email protected] said:

******For anyone asking about eccentric turning please keep in mind there is no official supported solution yet, It can be done with some minor edits and tweaking.

I recreated an approximation of the part from the deleted example.

If you can make this, then it's definitely a good solution, just need too incorporate into Mastercam.

Eccentric Model.png

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1 hour ago, Jayson Kramer-CNC Software said:

Chris L,
if you want to play with the file they are talking about. I have the file and can send to you. it is a little different then what this picture is but not by much.

Yeah, I was only going by memory..

The shaft should have started in the middle I think..

Really cool stuff..

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