Error message in Mcam wire relating to an open contour?

[MILLRUNNER]

I am trying to chain an open contour, just like I have many times before. When I chain it and hit ok, for everything, I get an error message right at the last moment. it says:

 

"lead-out not successful, check cut position"

 

What the???

 

I tried adding a small radius and another line going another direction on the end of the contour, but it still says the same thing.

 

What am I missing?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Adding geometry to the path is very unlikely to correct the issue - as you've discovered.

 

1> Do you have a Cut Point defined (and in the Chain)?

2> On the Lead page, have you accidentally Trimmed lead to 'nothing'?

3> Do you have a Lead Distance set (on the Lead Distance sub-page of Leads)? If so, this will override your thread/cut points.

[MILLRUNNER]

1. Not sure what you are talking about here except for maybe actually defining the path or chain by clicking on the end where I want it to start??? When I do this, I do see the whole contour highlight, and the end has the little simbol it puts on it to designate the end of the chain. When I get through with the menus and ok's I see the last line of the contour unhighlight - and thats when I get the error message.

 

2 and 3. Not sure exactly where these are, but the only menu I see that relates possibly is the one that says lead in/out - the menu that pops up after you have chained your contour.

 

In there Lead in and out are both checked to line only, and the overlap is set at 0.

 

For more info, the version I was trying to use was X2. I tried it in 8 and it worked fine. I just used the post off of the V8 geometry.