Custom Tool File

[ruger2]

After creating a MC9 file in X and y +....to the exact dimensions of the tool geometry I need the tool to be....I save it in the tools folder. I then call up the MC9 file I am working with and select toolpaths....contour and select the toolpath I want. When I right click in the white area of tool parameters I select create new tool. I select tool type undefined. I enter .0625 for the diameter and 6.0 for the tip angle. I believe I am to select custom file at the bottom of that same page. It then takes me to the tools folder and asks me to name the file to be saved....when I do that I get an error message that says "Problems with custom tool file or data." Is this the correct procedure and why the error message.

 

Thanks,

Ruger2

[gcode]

email me the tool file

[kazmir44]

Check out which colors you used when you drew the tool.

Taken from mastercam help: "It is strongly recommended that you use the default insert and holder colors. The default colors are: 14 (insert up color), 55 (insert down color), and 116 (holder color)."

[Leigh @ Kodiak]

I may be mistaken, but I believe the color requirements are for Lathe custom tools only.

[Guest]

quote:

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I may be mistaken,

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You are not mistaken

[Superman]

And they must be only lines and arcs

....NO splines

....NO duplicates

....NO overlapping entities

 

Hint

----make sure you can change the color by chaining

 

A centreline is not necessary

 

If just starting out, put your custom tool profile on one level and then select that level instead of a file until more familiar with the technique

 

This is good practice if moving the MCX file to different PC's