Mill parameters question

[heck]

When setting up parameters for a mill toolpath i noticed that all of a sudden retract defaults to 50.0 inches and feed plane 10.0 inches. Settings before were more inline with our machine.Feed plane 1.0 and retract 1.0.How can i restore the defaults?

[Reece L Gibson]

Did you some how switch over to Metric?

If not, go to "screen", "configure","operation defaults" and go in and modify the settings on each operation as a default.

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

Are you in inch or metric configuration? Look in lower left corner of the screen, if nothing there, try pressing F9. Those values sound like metric to me. They can be changed under NC Utils, DEF OPS (Define Operation Defaults) for each toolpath type and then saved. If running a newer release of Mastercam, make the changes and then go back to the first page of the toolpath parameters. Right click in the box where you normally select a tool, and ust the save to def option near the bottom of the lis under right click menus

[Sai]

Hi guys!! New to the forum. I have a basic question. I need to cut out closed profiles in a 1inch thick Aluminium plate. Should I use Countor option or use Pocket option. In other words whatz the basic difference between these options in this case

[vatsav]

hi,

The default setting is change by either configuration or customize the postproceessor (default setups).