Making opposite part

[tedly]

in Master cam 2017 there is no more mirrortoolpath.dll in c-hook. How would I make opposite part from existing program?

Thanks

[pullo]

mirrortoolpath.dll was not 2017 , but like X6 or X8 ? . It was a  temporary workaround created by Yavuz  or some of his henchmen from ModuleWorks because Transform Toolpath did not work ( with Toolplanes  ??? , twas so long ago). 

So Toolpath Transform,

Type : Mirror ,

Method : Toolplane  if you are multiaxis , otherwise  Coordinate

Source: NCI or Geometry,  Geometry has always been the preferred choice for Mirroring, so go with Geometry

Gracjan

[tedly]

Yes that is only way we can do, but it's painful when our programs rarely have just a few units. We have to make shown and opposite parts and they took away the productive little file. Imagine that, is it money?

 

[lowcountrycamo]

I just mirror the part itself after the shown is programed.  Reverse chain and change sides on contours is about the only things I have to do the get the opp going.  All the other toolpaths just regenerate.

[pullo]

I am sorry to have misled You . Mirrortoolpath .dll was last seen in  X5   . I definitely remember reading  at that time that  "sorry , but this is a workaround as  Transform Toollpath does not perform correctly." . So ,  install X5 , export your NCI out of 2018 and import it into X5  and use Mirrortoolpath.dll ........ or just use Transform Toolpath in your native Mcam . Sometimes old c-hooks work in newer version, this was not the case , i tried it ....

 

Gracjan