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  1. inside the machine group set it from tool as shown as not to have it go to default feeds and speeds , also check in configuration that the lock feed rate button is not checked hope this helps
    2 points
  2. Totally agree. I disagree. I think subscription services where you lose your work when no longer paying are a scam. I also look forward to the next release. I've been included in several development studies and some of my input has been implemented in the software. I guess it depends on how you view the world but I'm going to put my best effort into any tool at my disposal.
    2 points
  3. You know what i would love to see and i don't know of any manufactures that make it. What if you combined a hole popper edm with a wire edm. That would be so nice to have those two combined.
    1 point
  4. I know that wire has always taken a backseat to mill and lathe. After seeing what ***** can do, I was hoping that CNC Software might finally try to catch up. While ****** can do some pretty cool stuff, it is not very user friendly when transferring from MC.
    1 point
  5. CYCLE832 is a method to specify vector tolerances. It's probably not explicitly supported though it probably could be; TRAORI ORIAXES ORIWKS CYCLE832(0.005,_ORIFINISH,0.05) ORISON .......... ORISOF ORISON = Orientation Smoothing ON which activates the smoothing of the orientation vectors. ORISOF= Orientation Smoothing OFF which deactivates the smoothing of the orientation vectors. The ORI tolerance should be set to the CAM tolerance * sqrt³ *10 The ORISON function can only be used in conjunction with 5-axis transformations TRAORI. It's not part of CYCLE832 or CUST_832 and needs to be programmed separately in the workpiece program if vector smoothing is required.
    1 point
  6. Correct. We actually keep endmills on hand already relieved and can run over to the Monoset if not.
    1 point
  7. X, J, O in solid chaining. All lowercase letters I just made them upper case since they are all uppercase on my keyboard. No you don't need to hit the shift key when in solid chaining. X is NeXt or same direction you want to be chaining in that you were O is PreviOus or backup becuase that is not the next direction I wanted to go J is AdJust or change direction to us lesser educated folks. J will not underline E is End. Pretty much sums itself up as a function R is Reverse. Reverse the direction of the chain
    1 point
  8. well that sounds like a pirated problem
    1 point
  9. Shoot the guy that designed that.
    1 point
  10. first, in your post search for "fmt" and create the following variable: then in pparameter add the following to parse the 4th piece of nci parameter 20104 to the noserad variable you just created: add this or similar to your ptoolcomment section: output will look like this: This is the post I used: It's a little easier if you're using a Postability post and will be done here: I did this in a hurry to make you an example. Let me know if you need more help. Hope that helps!
    1 point
  11. Just to jump into this. Last year we started using machine simulation a LOT. We had POSTABILITY link up the post they made for our 5axis machine, but we also had our reseller make a couple of basic, custom models of our 3axis machines that are NOT linked up to the post. Those only cost us $200 a piece. Not sure what the postability one cost us. But they've all been extremely helpful...other than they keep getting 'broken' from time to time...little glitches. Dealing with one right now. We also spent a ton of time customizing our tool and holder libraries to take full advantage of machine simulation and learning how to use mastercam's stand alone library to build 'assemblies' as we often have to build tool-extension-holders that end up being 15-20" long and tooling clearance as well as machine limits can be an issue for us from time to time. It took us a couple of months to do all the customization plus lots of help from our reseller and even pulled CNC Software in a few times to address issues, but now I look at what we do today with machine simulation and what we did 18 months ago and it's like coming out of the dark ages where we made programs, crossed our fingers and hoped the operators could find a way to make them work. Now we provide them a detailed tool build sheet thru Jim Varco (Varco Reports) that directly interfaces with Mastercam and after having put it thru verify and machine simulate (they each check different things) I can 99% guarantee to my operators that my programs will run, without crashes, and using much shorter tooling than I might have suggested in the past. (We are a mill/turn only shop doing prototype work mostly for the automotive industry) Scott
    1 point
  12. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. When I was playing with UNROLL it put the toolpath out in space. Didn't think it was the right setting to make it work, so I didn't bother toying with it much. Tightening it up really helped. Now I know. Thanks.
    1 point
  13. Hopefully not. I like that you can create solids with any constraints currently. I realize for assemblies you would want constraints.
    1 point
  14. This sounds like an EDM process all day, everyday...wire or plunge....
    1 point

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