Boom. I had the method set to coordinate with a 0 delta translate. Changing it to Toolplane did the trick. Thank you!

:shrug: Am I missing something? 2020trim3D.mcam

Need to break the upper arc into 4 segments. Watch were you break them as that will control where the loft try to fit the solid to.

Are you looking at whatsnew.mastercam.com? If so, you’re looking at features that will be in the upcoming release, Mastercam2021.

100% fact the control implementation is the MTB's responsibility. Control manufacturers have suggestions, but ultimately, it's up to the MTB to option, implement and execute the control and all it's happenings. Some builders are disciplined with implementation, IOW, building backward compatability in to the capability matrix, and others... not so much. Not gonna name names I'll leave that to the end users.

Try these settings

We inspected it on the cmm. The renishaw macros do calculate the true position if want to use it to check the hole

That's not what happens, people that are just having problems with the software get help. People like you who decide to go off and rage about an issue and proclaim that you're better than the developers get no help. See the difference? Just look at your very own thread and replies. This is why people here think you're a doosh

nothing! but at least he wouldn't be here annoying everyone with how much smarter and better he is

I only used the demo version because when I posted this I was at home. The dongle is at work. Got to go to work. I'll be back on this topic after work.

Check with robb jack. They make a lot of nice solid carbide saws.

That should be pretty easy. Do you need to go all the way to a floor or can it be on a regular style arbor? One shot? Also can try AB tools for a custom brazed carbide tool. Maybe not the best high performance tool, but they always get the job done for me. Ultradex built me a nice custom 7" that worked really well, though it was 1/2" wide cut.

You can run from the pcmcia card on fanuc. Use the ones under 512 megabyte.

I did that to my boss years ago. I took a screen shot of his desktop with the icons on it and hid the task bar. He clicked for about 15 minutes thinking that his PC was locked up.. LOL. Yea, he didn't think that it was as funny as I did.

What I will normally do is a Parasolid wash. I will save the file out as a Parasolid then merge back in and then save out as a step. You can also pick the solids for building 3D tools right out of the solids manger. What I do for files I have a lot of 3D tools in and I need to share the Mastercam file with the Customer.

If you have to use the facing path, how about cutting the sphere into slices to the depths of cuts that you want. Then those slices would represent the actual cutting area. LeoC

Man i actually figured it all out and got everything i needed to get it done. I just had to figure out where everything went. But after I did that it works perfect now. Thanks for you help.

FOUND IT. Apparently all these items under the right click were unchecked. How ? unknown.

if everyone stops he'll go back to Mom's basement and play video games

Well I have invested my own money into using Mastercam and it has allowed me to feed my family. Why would someone want to hire me to program their parts if I hate the software I have invested it to earn a living at? Wouldn't that make me foolish and kind of stupid? You bashing Mastercam is telling every potential customer to look elsewhere and possible take food out of my mouth. You don't care to see it that way because you really don't care as long as you get what you need. Purple heart hero is such a disrespect to those men and women who gave their lives or got wounded for the Untied States of America defending the freedom we have. I know you think your world is falling apart and your the only programmer on the face of the earth to have your problems, but your not. We all have our issues, but only your issues are important and the rest of us need to bow to your complaints and your grips because your the most important programmer on the face of the earth. Sorry, but if this dummy with no degree and not real formal education can figure it out and earn a living doing it then anyone can.

Trim toolpath... It's one of those cases where I'd use this method 2020trim.mcam Not my favorite thing to do but it works

Using Opti-Rough you can get it to follow the sphere but I would be the machining time will be far greater then the 2d Facing.

It will not follow the surface with the path you want because by definition it is a 2 dimensional path. It cuts a single area at a specified depth(s) defined by a 2d boundary, regardless of how many times you call it. As Rstewart and Leon82 said you need to give the system your starting stock in 3 dimensions and your finished part in 3 dimensions in order for the system to calculate the toolpaths you want. You might be able to use "Trim toolpath" but this has a tendency to be problematic as editing and regenerating can take more time. Because of this I avoid it unless backed into a corner, maybe I use it once every couple of years. I have never used it with facing or 2D Dynamic but you could give it a go.

IMNSHO Mori is a shadow of what they used to be since they were bought..

Make a stock model of the sphere, then use optirough ,rest material one other op your stock model Then you can take a final pass with a standard facing path

P20 polishes better, in general it is made to finer tolerances than 4140. P20 is specifically made for the mold world.

Nope he is helping others not just complaining big difference and sad you can't see that because you're so caught hating the software you're not trying to be helpful to others only worrying about how bad you got it. Having been in death bed 5 times through out my life trust me as bad as you think you got it using Mastercam there are plenty of people who would be happy to even have a job. This is a forum to help others and we all have our complaints and make requests to CNC Software to get them addressed. However bogging this help board down with all of them would help no one and if I was a Mastercam dealer running this board and it turned into a how much Mastercam sucks Forum I would close it. Pick your battles, but he has been around for 20 years trying to help others you less than one year and have helped how many here? My personal email and my Website are listed I am not hiding so feel free to contact me and see I am no one special just someone like you trying to do my job and feed my family. Oh and I used you, your and you're correctly.

for instance... our drawings are in metric but we still program in inch for the time being. In 2018 I can analyze a distance and choose to view the result in Inch or Metric, in 2020 I can do that plus I can analyze an entity and view the result in Inch or Metric. That's big time saver for me; I don't have to continually multiple by 25.4 on my calculator, have a minor heart attack, correct my dyslexic calculator entry, and calm down again, lol. Many moons ago I wrote programs in Pascal, C (yes, C, not c++ yet) and Assembler. I never found writing a working program to be the big issue, the big issue was trying to think of all the things that could go wrong. And, these were tiny programs compared to Mastercam. Hats off to CNC and all the programmers out there.

Hi Tim, I can offer as much, or as little training as needed, depending on the particular needs of your business. I have been doing quite a bit of Productivity Plus Implementation lately, which really involves a couple different steps: Implementation Implementing Productivity Plus in any shop involves a couple different tasks: Modifying the Mastercam Post Processors (depending on their original "vintage" or build date), to be "configured for Prod+ Support". There is a PDF Document, contained in the Mastercam Post Processor Documentation, that walks you through the process of making these modifications. For me, this is roughly 10-30 minutes of work, per Post Processor, to make the necessary changes to support Probing. But that is only the very 1st step. It also highly depends on if you: 1.) Just want me to do the work for you, or 2.) want me to teach you how to make these modifications in the Post(s), so that you can do the same work for new machines in the future... Once the Mastercam Posts are configured, we then tackle Configuration of the Renishaw Machine File (.RenMF). It takes (me) about 2-3 hours to configure a Renishaw Machine File, with teams that are already familiar with the Probing Process, the on-machine Macros being used, and Probing in General. I have also taken an entire day to focus on the 1st machine being configured, because the users had never done Probing before, and we had to figure out "what macros, variables, and processes were already in-use". Once the 1st RenMF file has been configured, it is typically a 2-3 hour process, per Control Type, to do the rest of the RenMF Files. However, I have had shops where we ended up having to create a unique RenMF File, for each specific machine, since there were differences between how each machine had originally been setup. Once the Mastercam Posts, and Renishaw Machine Files have all been configured, I then generally do training on the Renishaw Prod+ "Toolpath Interface" in Mastercam. This typically takes a half-day (on the low-end), to two full days (on the high-end), to get everyone comfortable with the "Mastercam side of the Process". Then, we typically do some "on-machine" training, running through Probe Calibration, Setting Work Offsets, and executing Measuring Cycles with the Probe. Finally, we will do some investigation into "what kind of output options are available on the machine", and finish with configuring the "Probe Measuring Results, formatted in some kind of Inspection Report Format". Typically, we involve the Machine Tool Builder for this part of the implementation, since each machine (and shop) has unique requirements. Training This can be for several "Programmers", and usually involves showing them the Mastercam Process for creating the Probing Cycles. I will usually also cover some things like Boolean Logic (Fanuc Style), and Conditional Branching. The Prod+ interface gives us the ability to create "custom Sequence Blocks", with "GOTO" statements to control Program Flow. Much of the "Training" will also depend on what gets covered "during implementation". I have done Training/Implementation together, when the shop is small, with only 1-2 users and/or machines. However, the training and implementation needs grow exponentially, as the number of machines and programmers grows. It sounds like you've already got quite a step up, since your Inspection Department is already executing (poorly) the inspection processes with PC-DMIS, which will make the transition to Prod+ actually fairly straightforward. Please send me an email, so we can discuss your needs, and I can put together a custom quote for your shop. [email protected] or [email protected] Thanks and best regards, Colin Gilchrist

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No. This forum is a clique. That is why so many leave.

HST looks like not exept check surfaces ?!