It also becomes a source of inconsistent results. Different skill levels and attitudes can mean the difference between quality parts and junk. One guy may bench a part perfectly in reasonable time.. the next may go hours over and bench it right out of print

I have found that using a Bull end mill, say 1/2 with a .125 radius leaves a much better finish than a ball. You can get a wider step over too if cutting in the right direction. Of coarse than may not work in tight cavities but it would on the flatter areas and the slopes.

That said I tried using the Cantext with toolpath editor and got posting errors using MPMASTER. Here is what I got for code. % O0000 (T-2) (MPMASTER GENERIC 3/4-AXIS VERTICAL) (T-1) (MCX FILE - T) (PROGRAM - T-2.NC) (DATE - AUG-03-2018) (TIME - 6:17 PM) (T239 - 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL - H239 - D239 - D0.5000") N100 G00 G17 G20 G40 G80 G90 N110 G91 G28 Z0. N120 (COMPENSATION TYPE - COMPUTER) N130 T239 M06 ( 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL) N140 (MAX - Z.1) N150 (MIN - Z0.) N160 G00 G17 G90 G54 X-2.5078 Y1.8607 S1069 M03 N170 G43 H239 Z.1 N180 G94 G01 Z0. F6.42 N190 X-2.4821 Y1.3614 N200 G03 X-1.9571 Y.8877 I.4993 J.0257 N210 G01 X1.8767 Y1.0849 N220 G03 X2.3503 Y1.6099 I-.0257 J.4993 N230 G01 X2.3246 Y2.1092 N240 M09 N250 Z.1 N260 M07 N270 M09 N280 M08 N290 M09 N300 M08 N310 M09 N320 M08 N330 M09 N340 M08 N350 M09 N360 M08 N370 M09 N380 M08 N390 M09 N400 M08 N410 M09 N420 M08 N430 M09 N440 M08 N450 M05 N460 G91 G00 G28 Z0. N470 G28 Y0. N480 G90 N490 M30 % Here is what I got using the Generic 3 Axis post and Cantext using the Toolpath editor, Exactly what you were asking for no post mods needed what so ever. % O0 (T-2) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 03-08-18 TIME=HH:MM - 18:20) (MCX FILE - T) (NC FILE - C:\USERS\RON\DOCUMENTS\MY MCAM2018\MILL\NC\T-2.NC) (MATERIAL - ALUMINUM INCH - 2024) (T239| 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL|H239|D239|TOOL DIA. - .5) N100 G20 N110 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 N120 T239 M6 N130 G0 G90 G54 X-2.5078 Y1.8607 S1069 M3 N140 G43 H239 Z.1 N150 G1 Z0. F6.4 N160 X-2.4821 Y1.3614 N170 G3 X-1.9828 Y.8871 I.4993 J.0257 N180 X-1.9571 Y.8877 I0. J.5 N190 G1 X1.8767 Y1.0849 N200 G3 X2.351 Y1.5842 I-.0257 J.4993 N210 X2.3503 Y1.6099 I-.5 J0. N220 G1 X2.3246 Y2.1092 N230 G0 Z.1 M09 N240 M5 N250 G91 G0 G28 Z0. N260 G28 X0. Y0. N270 M30 %

Welcome aboard and glad you got what you needed. I knew you were in good hands with Colin why I step back and let him lead you in the right direction. Have a good weekend.

I have sent requests through the Machining Cloud for Techniks, Sandvik and Ultra-Dex. Add your requests for what you want and if enough are made they may add themselves on. Sandvik does have most everything modeled up but it is a pain to find them. If you or your distributor makes a request to your local Techniks rep you can get STEP files from them.

If windows 10, simply click on start and type in "device manager" and click it. Then click on "display adapters" and right click on the one you want to kill, click disable. Reboot and you are totally running your graphics card.

For the "stage tooling" thing, I am pretty sure that is turned on and off via a checkbox in the control definition.

I feel that's a way to get extra chatter. I would drill it indersize when it's whole then peck the end mill slow to clean the radius out Or rough, peck, finish with a internal corner radius like .005 or so

fmt "P" 4 dwell$ That would give you integer output. (May need to add dwell$ = dwell$ * 1000, just before output, or enter '1000' in dialog inside Mastercam, to change the output format...)

Context guys ...Context... There is a time place for everything.... Die polishing is a skilled art form that cannot be accomplished by handing some $5 an hr flunky a grinder and say go for it. It takes over a decade to develop the skills necessary perform this art form with any accuracy or consistency. I will agree that I made my tool paths as smooth as possible so there would be less time on the bench, I also knew the threshold of diminishing returns in my own shop with the type of work I was doing at any given time....of course there are instances where one can not and should not polish, But to say that there is no room for bench work is completely inaccurate......and I will and have laughed my xxxx all the way to the bank because I could consistently outbid the competition and win quote after quote..... The work this guy is doing is wide open... I was speaking in the context of this type of work. The fact that the words "polish it" came out of the owners mouth told you instantly how critical this part was. if the part here was critical you would have heard the owner say say something like....."!@#$!@#$T@ERBDFVCD#$#$#@#@!!!!!!!"