It isn't really a secret. You can get a copy of the MP Post Documentation from your Mastercam Reseller. That said, the Post Language and Logic is powerful, and with that power comes complexity. (See the link in my signature for a class that I previously taught on Post Development.) What made you decide to purchase the "Mastercam Router" Product, instead of Mastercam Mill? We used "Mastercam Router" at Boeing, because it used to include "True Shape Nesting", and it would do everything the Mill Product would do. You can convert a Mill/Router Post by changing the "Post Header Line". I would recommend you start by "looking at a Mill Post Header Line", and comparing that to the "Router Post Header Line". (Ignore the "Time Stamp" [Txxxxxxx] Number.)

Back to 3D HST Pencil - set your maximum number of offsets to zero. That will give you the pencil crease and no side offsets.

Thanks, Colin. I have watched your video series on youtube on post-editing. Very Good! Tons of information. I was a subscriber to your Eapprentice site several years back also. My background is machining, fixturing, plastic injection molding. I've been a Toolmaker for 25 years Manual and CNC, but my new job does only routers. The machine vendor that sells routers is also a Mastercam reseller. So we purchased the Router 3D package from the machine builder. There is so much to do in post programming it is overwhelming to get started. I think I am slowly getting it though. The reseller has his own work to do like building and selling machines not training me and editing posts. I like to learn things myself rather than rely on someone else anyway. I have the MP Documentation, but it's not like the one in your video. Mastercam sent it to me. It's not called MP_Documentation it's mastercam2021-mp-reference. So much information to break down in a limited time. I'm old school where I edited posts in DOS.

Thanks again JP. I'll see what I can do.

With the correct posts you are correct in your thinking. Get a hold of your dealer and get what you need.

Does anyone know how I can create a mcam-content file for a specific machines definition, control and post? I need to install new posts on 25 different computers and I'd like to create these files so that my students can do it easily on their home computers as well

I have the same problem. One of my machines y+ is north. the other y+ is south. I would like to edit the post for the different machines. Not edit the program for the different machines.

When you launch simulation goto file/ options and change the Simulation engine to 5-axis

Hello All, New here, I'd been researching machines to get as replacements for the guys in our shop (I'm in I.T.) I came across Boxx and ordered one to test it out. Here's my benchmark result on a Boxx Apexx S3, i9-10900K (Overclocked to 5Ghz), 32GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000. If I'm reading it correctly I believe it's 2:24.

Some of the parts we make programs for cannot get that hot due to stress issues. They are strictly forbidden due to part failures of past parts where that happened. 50-60 year legacy on things makes some companies weary of even rethinking using tools like this. Can only image getting HST toolpaths used on this material. That has only taken 3 years to finally get a test going. On the machine broaching was a fun conversation with flight directors, heads of engineering and other groups. Made the test part and when they put it all together I get the strange looks and begin ask how did you do that? I was not sure what they meant and they asked about the finished height. I told them I could only hit it with a 1/4 turn of the thread. They went yeah you said that, but hit them with .001" of the nominal. Is that a problem? No, but how? I will take dumb luck any day of the week if that is a good enough answer for you.

Nope! They asked you to provide your own post processor and machine definition?

There's an option in the configuration to control this. Settings > Config > Backplot, then look for "Simulate Disabled Posting." Edit: Note that in the next version, this will be under Settings > Config > Simulation > Backplot as we're trying to consolidate the location of all the config settings for the various simulation methods..

My version of Mastercam is 3D Router. Is there a way to get the mill post files to convert to Router. Like converting the MPmaster mill post to a router post? I really need some help with simple post-editing and am having a hard time learning from videos. There is so much information. My Routers basically run with a HAAS heading, I need to add a few more codes to the heading and ending nothing complex, I just want to learn it myself. Why does Mastercam seem to keep post-editing a secret only for resellers? I spent plenty of $ on the software and I want to know how to use it properly.