Tool # not matching tool offsets in Mill v9/Sp1

[Hy D. Tran]

Mastercam Mill v9/Sp1. When I create a job setup, I also click on the button saying "length & diameter offsets from tool #". After creating an operation, when the parameters menu comes up with "right click to get tool from library", & I bring in a tool (say Tool #1), it still wants to give it diameter offset #21 & length offset #2 (which is extremely annoying).

 

When I reuse the tool for a subsequent operation, it again wants to give the tool a new diameter offset & length offset #.

 

Has anyone else seen this? Any fixes? Right now, I just tell my students to keep an eagle eye on *ALL* the little boxes, but that's going to be a drag.

 

Thanks!

[cadcam]

In the Job setup to the right look you will see were it say add to tool.

 

you will see add to Dia 20 and in most cases add 1 to Length change them both to "0" and when they go to the pramaters page and pick a tool this will now match.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Soooooo,

 

How did everything work out?

[Hy D. Tran]

Done the "add to tool" 0; 0 in job setup.

 

Works once, does not work the next time I bring in a new tool.

[Rick Damiani]

In Screen|Configure select NC settings and click on Operation Defaults. Open the standard op file and right-click in the Operations Manager window that comes up and select 'Job Setup'. Change the default to 'Add' and '0' for length and '0' for diameter. Select OK and save the defaults file. That will fix all new files.

 

For existing files, as you have discovered, changing the setting in Job Setup after the fact is kinda hit-and-miss. New tools and new operations are affected, but existing ops and tools don't seem to take the change.