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  1. Josh, anything under 40" nowadays is small part for me. When I see a 2" part with about 50 features I get a smile on my face and think yeah something easy, then you have to figure out how to fit 500 of them on a machine and get lights out then the smile quickly fades. Got a 3D mouse after Jay and Gcode talked me into getting one. I had to disable my center scroll on my mouse for a month to force myself to get use to it, but after that I have not looked back.
    4 points
  2. 3d chamfer did a good job when chaining the top edge of the chamfer and usign 0" top offset for the value. I have a video below on how i would setup the path. https://fastechincorporated-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/joshc_fastechinc_net/EYbxWG-GPbZAlNQ9hH6uqSABztXK2PWF50E4JSX6G_1IAw?e=ToeQ1y might be other ways to get this done but this works.
    4 points
  3. If all your ops are set to TOP wcs, right click in the ops manager, display options, shut everything off except the WCS; Anything other than TOP will jump out at you.
    3 points
  4. In the case you presented you could have the built in warning system of checking the WCS , but since you know that it's OK, you get warned by the post , but post it out anyway knowing all is fine in THIS CASE . it*s the 50 ops where one is programmed with a different WCS than all the rest that will overwhelm You , that's where my WCS check would be worthwhile ... Gracjan
    3 points
  5. Laying on my back, looking at the underbelly of the bus and wondering who threw me here... Thanks Ron. lol Actually, I am glad to help. Short answer: Try using OVERALL-LENGTH for the XML tag. This is where some of the confusion starts to happen. In the XML file, Physical Length is the overall length. The overall length is the stickout or projection length. The "Setup Sheet XML Outline and Tag Glossary" doesn't have accurate definitions for the tags. The XML tag "Physical Length" is the number that you entered for the "Overall Length" when you were defining the tool. Overall-length is the stickout or projection length. The spAssembly/ToolProjection tag should work, (the same stickout number is in that field) but unless you have drilled down to that level of the XML file in your report, Active Reports won't output anything. Longer answer: Get a XML file viewer. I like XML Notepad from Microsoft. It is free and you can easily see the outline format of the XML file. If you don't want to install another piece of software, just drag and drop the XML file into Chrome. It will display all of the tags and the data stored in them. From either of these programs you can search for the "Tool Projection" number that you entered when you were setting up the tool on the holder page of the operation. Another way of thinking about the "hierarchy" of the xml file is to think of each branch of the outline as a floor in a building. Unless you are on that floor, or have created a path statement to that floor, you can't output that data to your report. Form the screen grab above, you can see that OVERALL-LENGTH is on the floor above spAssembly.
    3 points
  6. Yes, this is a royal PITA, when you need to change the WCS, but want the T/C Plane Combinations to remain the same. The best way I have found is to do this: Set your WCS, Cplane and Tplane, to a given "rotation" plane. (one you want to "correct") Select "All Operations" in the Toolpaths Manager Right-Click in the Ops Manager, and use the "Select" function in the RMB Menu In the "Select" dialog box, there is an option to select Operations by "Plane". This should be the Active Toolplane, for a given set of Operations. For example: if you have 200+ ops, but Operations 53, 55, 105, 111, and 187 all use "B330. - Angled Port Holes" for the Toolplane, then you will see that "plane name" in the drop-down list. Mastercam in this case, will report "5 Operations Found". Now, press the Green Check Mark. When the dialog closes, those Operations will be "Selected" with the Green Check Mark. Now, use "Edit Selected Operations > Edit Common Parameters", and it will change only the Ops that have the matching T/C Plane Combo. So when you do a "Planes", it will copy the current WCS, Cplane and Tplane into the dialog. This prevents you from changing any Ops that you don't want too...
    3 points
  7. Yeah, thanks for the video Josh. I have no immediate need for the chamfer aspect of it, but I learned a new way to remove holes!
    2 points
  8. not freeware, I make a lot of videos so I use a professional screen recorder called Camtasia Studio, I also use their snagit tool a lot too. I just shut the audio for the video since i didn't feel like talking through it so maybe that made it appear like freeware but its a great software.
    2 points
  9. Great video, thanks for sharing!!!
    2 points
  10. I had found yesterday he had the only display associative geometry button enabled, and I had completely overlooked it, I knew it was going to be something simple... Thanks for your input!
    2 points
  11. Hey Colin, Heard you got on at Blue........SSSWWWeeeet!
    2 points
  12. The "Select" function from the Right Mouse Button (RMB) Menu is a slick tool to be aware of. I use it all the time for figuring out 'which geometry' is tied to a particular operation, or which operations use a 'given tool'. You can even search by 'string', which will search through the Operation Comments for a given 'snippet' of comment.
    2 points
  13. You could toggle it with a Misc value or have the post ask if it should continue or stop.
    2 points
  14. Hi all, I really missed the way ("red plane icons") worked in Mastercam pre-2017 because they were a lot faster to create and especially to set common planes. In 2017, theses commands have been 'simplified' (according to developpers...) and now it automatically opens plane creation window (you still can select a previously created plane in a combobox). It clearly needs much more clicks, or mouse travel to go in view manager (which is often on another screen) and mental strain to look for your plane among others... Well, i had a little free time so i made a NetHook to rewrite theses commands the way they worked before. However, I improved them to suit my needs : - There are 2 commands for create/set BACK plane : one for VMC which creates a plane rotating around X axis and one for HMC which creates a plane rotating around Z axis (this one is the same matrix as the standard Mastercam back plane). VMC plane is different from the standard Mastercam back plane, so pay attention with your post if you usually need standard Mastercam back plane. - Bottom plane command creates a plane rotating around X axis (for VMC machine/useless on HMC). Again, plane matrix is different from standard Mastercam bottom plane. So pay attention. If anyone find this Nethook useful and needs standard Mastercam bottom plane i can add it, just ask. NetHook is attached to the post and I made a video to show you commands in action here. I almost forgot: Thanks to Roger Martin who helped me to start this NetHook ! PlanesRelativeNethook.zip
    1 point
  15. there are tutorials that can be downloaded here on setup sheets https://www.mastercam.com/en-us/Support/Tutorials/Mastercam
    1 point
  16. Didn't think to mention that. Thanks for giving us another thing to think about if the question comes up again.
    1 point
  17. Josh, you got a 3D mouse? Might look at getting one if you don't. They make life easier and when doing videos like the great one you just did they turn out smoother looking.
    1 point
  18. if this fixes it re-enable your hardware acceleration if you had turned that off per someone else's suggestion.
    1 point
  19. Josh, FANTASTIC!!! Your video was an EXCELLENT WAY OF SHOWING ME!!! THANKS!!!!
    1 point
  20. RMB = Right Mouse Button
    1 point
  21. #variable definitions swcs_name : "" #PRM20014 swcs_name1 : "" swcs_name2 : "" # to check if there are different WCS's , they should all be the same fq 53 swcs_name2 "OOPS , rogue WCS in your program!!!! " pparameter$ # Initialize variables, and Run parameter table if prmcode$ = 20014 , swcs_name = sparameter$ #WCS name pheader$ swcs_name1 = ucase(swcs_name) ptlchg0$ # Null tool change swcs_name2 = ucase(swcs_name) if swcs_name2 <> swcs_name1 , q53 ptlchg$ swcs_name2 = ucase(swcs_name) if swcs_name2 <> swcs_name1 , q53 very basic stuff for anybody who dabbles in posts Gracjan
    1 point
  22. Thanks Colin. I have never used the selected option off the RMB before today. I see there are other options to use too. it's always great to learn new things like this!
    1 point
  23. Buttttt..... (granted that i'm rusty now....) if you want to machine a simple 3ax 2op part... OP1 (Vice) WCS#1 G54 M00 (FLIP) OP2 (Fixture) WCS#2 G55 M30 ?
    1 point
  24. Windows Version? Memory? Have you tried turning off Hardware acceleration in the advanced configuration settings? Have you by chance reached out to your Mastercam dealer?
    1 point
  25. if you use X+ for a set up sheet you can have it list WCS name, even if you don't use the sheet you could run it as a check
    1 point
  26. Edit: I updated netHook with 'auto-preview' that will automatically set levels needed by selected toolpath. It can be disabled as it can be useful to set levels from a specific chain. I also added a button to call Mastercam chain manager for selected toolpath. It can be faster than close nethook/go back to operation manager.
    1 point
  27. You should be able to change the output in the control def... under arcs... radius should output R's for you and delta start center point and delta from center point should output I,j,K's but like JAMMAN said it depends on what your controller can read.
    1 point
  28. Well you have been here longer than me so nice to have some company under the bus.
    0 points
  29. Just show the print to the machine and hit the button!
    0 points

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