thanks! hopefully I will figure it out. We have a guy coming in to train us the week after next, but I like to know a lot about it before they come in so its a little easier for me to learn.

If the file is open in Mastercam do a save as and select .STL as the type of file. If you are trying to convert an stl file to a surface or solid you will need to use another software.

The crazy^millman strikes again. I would deburr those edges on the machine also. Can use a Ball endmill or chamfer mill.

I'd like to let yall know that that endmill from Sandvik worked GREAT! The cut is super smooth, looks weird but very smooth. Thanks again.

Robotmaster does the job, fully integrated to Mastercam Mill (and Router), for any robot manufacturer and application. From Mill 2D to Mill 5 axis, Robotmaster transform/creates 6 axis robots movements (or more with external axis).

I did both of these, and still have the same warning. Strangely, the verification carries on perfectly fine anyways.

I know this is an old thread. But this problem has been nagging me for years. Whenever I print to PDF in Mastercam, it always makes it "Raster" and not "Vector". I have Mastercam X9 and I use Adobe XI Pro for printing to PDF. 10 years ago in older versions of Mastercam it would produce a nice vector PDF but not any more. Customers send me great looking vector PDF CAD files all the time, But I can't do the same. Any solutions? Thanks

Variable Chamfer on a part. I needed to do this today and broke out the old school Surface Fillet to Surfaces. I used the Variable Fillet and then went into the advanced and click chamfer and rails. I need to drive a 5 axis toolpath around a complex shape to deburr it, but need the exact edge of the chamfer to drive it from to get the cut and motion I wanted. Model was a sheet solid so couldn't just chamfer it and Solid Chamfer wouldn't work on the complexity of this shape. That is where Surface Creation Tools shine in Mastercam.

I have found 2019 to be considerably slower opening larger files (100+ megs)...I have a solidstate drive....a local installation on files on the solidstat drive, 32 gigs K4000 Videocard I have tried opening same file across the network and local......no discernible noted difference I have just chalked it up to slow performance plain and simple Not griping about just fetting the job done as I can

What post do you have? If you have the Postability Post then there is a mid restart in the mr section that allows you do do what you need and restart the spindle and everything.

Interesting, I'll have to keep an eye out for that. I usually contain the tip of the cutter because sometimes things go haywire when trying to use contact point in steep areas.

Thanks @#Rekd™ !

Hello , I had a question about drive and check surfaces. As we have an option for using a CAD file to define drive surfaces. Is there an option which will allow me to use a CAD file to specify check surfaces. This sounds a bit unnecessary but if it allows me this option, it saves a lot of computation time for me instead of using a CAD model for using drive surface. Thanks Ashi