Verify: Warning - zero length arc

[Da Mann]

I have 61 OPS. When doing the verifying I only have to click warning-zero length arc twice. Backplotting did not give me this warning. Would tool comp off cause this warning?

 

thanks

damann

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

no, it is one of the toolpaths you have withe a corner rad that equals the radius

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

p.s. damann where you from in washington?

[edmBosto]

There is a bug with optimize. I use wire and some of my programs would not be accepted by my Fanucs. The same geometry would run just fine with another cad program, but I am trying to make MCAMX work 100% of the time. This bug was sent in to mastercam on Friday and I just got word that it is fixed in X2. Our mastercam reseller verified this with me first as we stepped though it.

 

In backplot you can step the operation and there were very small linear moves in there that should have been part of an arc move with optimize checked.

Maybe optimize gives those linear moves with mill at times.

 

I'm really hoping all those zero arc lengths you get and those linear moves I mention really go away with X2. But for now I will not optimize.

 

I just had to add all this since it may be all related. No problems since.

[Da Mann]

I am in Puyallup, WA and working for the big B.

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

you working for tony? B?

[Da Mann]

No Boeing

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

oh! I didn't realize they were using mastercam

welcome to the forum

[Da Mann]

Thanks, you are close. Yes we switched from Esprit to Mastercam. I am back almost a year now after been layoff for 4 years.

[Guest]

Rick, I can see where you might have missed any one of Colin's posts

 

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[Da Mann]

Hi John, what do you mean SW2007 already waiting? I am using SW to do work for other Companies at home.

[Guest]

Waiting on the '08 Beta

 

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

john I seen collins but he is in everett. each area is diffrent like puyallup and auburn diffrent machines and software

[Colin Gilchrist]

Mastercam is now a "Standard" programming software here at Boeing. Other software is still in a "maintainence" status, but Mastercam and Catia V4 and V5 are now the only new programming softwares that can be purchased.

 

Boeing conducted a test between Catia, Gibbscam, Esprit, and Mastercam. Mastercam won hands down for: Power, ease of use, capabilities (just try doing a 5 axis job in Catia...), and cost.

 

Mastercam was the clear winner. I costs less and does more. Auburn now has 40ish seats installed, Everett has 25 seats and there are more being added. I believe that Portland and Salt Lake City are also running Mastercam.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Colin Gilchrist

The Boeing Company

MR2 and Beta test site