Tool length offset and Diameter offet doesn't match with tool number Mastercam 2023

[HOANG VU ANH NGUYEN]

Hi everyone,

We have one problem when update mastercam 2022 to 2023. When we have 5 toolpath use the same tool, if we re number for the tool, just only the 1^st toolpath match everything and all other only update tool number but tool length and tool dia use old value. I known I can use renumbering tool option but when I want to randomly change couple tool, the problem still there.

I think this is an bug on Mastercam 2023. I has already contact my local reseller and they got the same problem. They told me that this bug gone on mastercam 2024 but update 1 on mastercam 2023 still have it.

Anyone see that problem and any trick to deal with it?

Thanks.

[cncappsjames]

I personally don't change tools details that I expect to be global in toolpath operations, I change them from in the tool manager. It will prompt you to update the tool/assembly or create a new tool/assembly.

HTH

[JoshC]

to make mastercam change the offsets of a tool to match the tool number automatically when changing tool numbers you need your control definitions tool page set to Add to tool 0

 

steps;

1. go to the machine tab

2. go to machine definition

3. check out of the warning that appears

4. inside that machine definition window click the control definition button, which will open up another window

5. on the control definitions Tool page, change the tool offset registers to "add to tool" and set lenght and diameter to 0, this will cause mastercam to add 0 to your tool number and offsets and automatically use that value, so any tool number entered when creating a tool will automatically make the offsets match. then save all of the pages, check out and choose yes to replace the machine

 

this is a machine specific setting so each machine (or control definition) will have those settings to control this functionality, so you may want to check this on each machine you program for in mastercam

[#Rekd™]

Colin helped me set my post so the Tool, H and D numbers always match.