simple chaining

[gregory23]

I am new to Mastercam, but this should be simple. I have browsed several forums and haven't seen a similar question. I am trying to make a slot to a depth. For some reason I cannot get the arcs and the lines to chain together. I am using a pocket profile. This makes absolutely no sense! I am using X2. Thanks in advance.

[Midwest]

Make sure you have chain picked and not single.

 

 

Also

 

 

Are they trimmed right???

 

 

Also welcome to the forum......

 

 

[Ocean Lacky™]

are the arcs and lines trimmed to each other?

are they all at the same Z depth? or on the same plane?

[Guest]

gregory, welcome to the forum. are they trimmed, on same level,have duplicate entities etc. just guessing.

[Guest]

doh, too late

[Robert Critelli]

welcome to the forum, you have come to the right place. I had the same problem when I started out and the guys on the forum will get you through anything. Make sure your wcs and planes are in the same view.

[gregory23]

It has been trimmed, and on the same level. I started by creating 2 circles. I then snapped a line between the circles. One of my problems is when I move the pointer over the arc to start the line I get several icons. A horizontal line with a X throught it, a X to X icon, and sometimes a circle with marks at 12pm 3pm 6pm and 9pm. Not sure what I need. I have been uning the X to X icon when it appears.

[Guest]

gregory, i dont know what other geometry you have ,but for the heck of it just save the slot and go to screen statistics. you should have 2 arcs and 2 lines right.

[Ocean Lacky™]

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A horizontal line with a X throught it,

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Midpoint

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X to X icon,

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Endpoint

 

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a circle with marks at 12pm 3pm 6pm and 9pm.

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Quadrant Point

[gms1]

click somewhere on one arc, someplace that doesn't pop up an icon. Then click on the next arc. That will give you the tangent line between the arcs.

 

When you click on the first arc you should be able to see the line rotate around the arc as you move the mouse before you click the second arc.

[Robert Critelli]

Right click and you can adjust all of your auto cursor settings