Our man Tim Markoski (R.I.P. brother), had some good info regarding Siemens Controls; SIEMENS Vector programming for 5-Axis.pdfSIEMENS CYCLE800 - 5-Axis Tilted Work Planes.pdfSIEMENS CIP Arcs - Are you using them_.pdfSIEMENS 840D - Creating Custom M-Codes.pdfSIEMENS 840D - Creating Custom Cycles.pdfSIEMENS - Manual Vectored Retract_Approach of Tool for 5-Axis.pdfFYI to Post-Processor Developers regarding SIEMENS and G17, G18 & G19.pdf Above are what we have from him.

I would say that the big question is why didn't you radius those sharp corners?

I set these up as misc Integer codes in the post processor so I can control them independently for each operation.

I got it. Open the tools subreport, select "Sort Tools" from the Detail drop-down, enter "ASCENDING" in "Datafield" .

I used 2 versions of SC lathe that were about 15 years apart. The lathe was the same in both. I do not wish SC on anybody.

Here is a couple of options that are easy on your printer toner or paper supply -In-House Solutions - active reports.zip

they will tell you a 6 year old can do it too. lol

Frasia.

I would try running it in compatibility for Windows 7. My tool manager was crashing quite often(I would rush to draw a tool holder and sometimes not make it in time). I switched to Windows 7 and...it still crashes, but not nearly as often.

thats a good point, i actually drive a truck to work that uses Gas, i hate putting gas in it tho, they should release a truck that doesn't use gas or batteries or anything so i can get around without needing to put anything in it. since we are just eliminating the need for stuff.

quote: Your WCS is ALWAYS going to be your B0 Plane James, I have never tried setting my WCS to the b0.0 plane, is there a advantage to doing this rather then setting it off the top?