MasterCAM X2 View Bug

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

See if you can tell me what is wrong with these two pictures?? The geometry is a simple solid rectangle.

 

This is the view from the top of my part.

 

 

This is the view from the bottom of my part.

 

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Why does MasterCAM flip my part over the Y-axis to view the bottom of the part? The view for the top and the bottom should be the same, but they are not.

 

What is happening to me is that I have a part I am machining on a 4th axis. I have toolpaths applied to the top and bottom faces of the part using C/T planes as TOP and BOTTOM for the respective sides. When I cut the top part of the piece, all the X moves are positive. When I cut the bottom of the piece, all the X moves are negative which will cause my tool to run into my rotary table.

 

Any input would be good. Thanks.

[gcode]

Take your Top toolplane and

rotate it 180° about the X axis and save it

Use that for your toolplane for the bottom side of your part

(use Plane/rotate to do this)

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

I did create a new plan on the bottom to fix the problem, but you shouldn't have to do that.

[doyleg]

The reason for this is that the x0 y0 is the same location on the part for both the top and bottom. So your programs will have reversed axis outputs from each other. You haven't manipulated the part or your offset, You are just looking at it from the other side. If you really don't want to change anything, go off centerline of part.

[LaszloK]

mc does a y-axis flip or rotaion and since the origin is normally in the center of the screen it gives the appearance of shifting your part.