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  1. Hello forum people! I wanted to let you know that after 9 years here at the helm of Multiaxis and Hole Making, I'm going to let someone else have a turn at the tiller. I'm going to transition into owning a shop nearby in Hartford, starting on Monday. This is my last day @ CNC Software. Thank you all for being here! I've been on eMastercam longer than I've worked at CNC, and I'll be here long after, but I may lose access to this particular account. I'm not sure Cheers,
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  2. No, on the View tab, turn on "Groups". Delete those groups.
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  3. Delete any Groups. Run 'Remove History' on every imported or merged Solid. (Anything copied and pasted.) Run Solid Simply on everything. Run Remove History again. Then, run Repair File when you are done.
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  4. Most definitely, that's why I like to ask how someone else would do it. Chances are there's a better way, no matter how you're doing it.
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  5. Plunge after first move, and retract before last move is a good option if you need comp in a tight spot. The comp on/off moves will be outside the slot.
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  6. 100% agree with James here. The tuning available will also depend on the knowledge and skill of the person doing said tuning. Servo Tuning is something that is on my list of skills to acquire eventually. So much to learn; so little time...
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  7. I have less than 0 experience with Hurco. In the 1,000's of shops I've been in in may career, I can count on one hand with fingers to spare the number of Hurcos I've seen. That said, take what I am about to say with a grain of salt because that's gonna be about what it's worth; most CNC's can be tuned. Typically the factory machine servo settings are shipped with Acc/Dec settings that will allow it to safely machine it's max load capacities. The end result ultimately is if you're running small parts you're leaving some performance on the table. So, I'd call the builder and explain what you're after and chances are they may be able to either offer some advice, or put you in touch with someone that performs the services of servo tuning. HTH
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  9. Why I never went down that road. At least I can work from home most of the time doing what I am doing. With a shop and employees I would have no life.
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  10. You have range on from 1-100 and that is correctly showing that. Change it to Used or named and should be all good again.
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  11. Here is a link to the 2022 file. Sorry much better modeling processes in it than previous versions. You can open in 2022 HLE if you don't have 2022 or can't get it. Level 11 is the process to make the surface to come up with a boolean remove process or trim to surface. Might even turn the surface into a sheet solid and then thicken, but that is a work in progress. I will update the file once I have sorted it out in my head. What I did to create the model above is on level 10. Level 11 is how I use to make my stock models years ago out of solids. I might spend 40-50 hours doing this process to have solids of the progressive models to work from before we got stock models. One project I cut 3000 hours a year out of the production time just eliminating air cuts that had been present for 10 years prior to me reprogramming it. I told the own that one part paid my salary for the next 10 years he was not amused. Link to Dropbox File
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  12. Congratulations and best wishes Aaron. And thank you, so very much, for help all of your and guidance thru the years.!
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  13. Well the work is coming up with the correct ratio of entities along that sweep to create the cut shape. I can do that with surfaces and then use the surface to maybe use as a trim to entity, but like I said requires some thinking and experimenting to see what works the best. Hopefully someone much smarter than me has a simple trick to do this.
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  14. Go the right view and make the bull wireframe on center. Use the new arc fit the toolpath geometry and sweep it. Then rotate the solid the number of times you want to repeat then boolean remove and good to go. I was just using what you got and make and arc from it. Make a new level and then use to create arc 3 point using the geometry you got from the toolpath. You can try filtering the toolpath and use the max arc settings and see if that will make the arc and allow you to save it to a level, but what you had using the method I have shown will work also. I tried several different filter settings and none gave me an arc and to make a nice looking model I would use an arc for the sweep verses the lines backplot is giving me. Maybe someone else has a secret handshake method when refit spline or simply spline, but using the 3 Point arc always work so I go with what I know works verses trying to reinvent the wheel.
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  15. Below would work if you were using a Ball endmill. Using a Bull endmill will be the next response. Have to do it from the inside out not the outside end like you can with a ball endmill. Okay convert your level 4 to an arc like so: Then make plane normal to the end of the arc like so: it will appear at the center. If you want to edit it and have it be at the end your choice. Now drawn and circle the diameter of the endmill at the center of that and then shift up the radius. Then use Solid Sweep to sweep that and use cut in the options. Then solid circular pattern to get it around the number of times you want. Now you have the shape cut into the part using a ball endmill. Transform rotate the solid and then do a boolean remove to create the shape.
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  16. Best of luck Aaron! Seriously, that's awesome, and I'm sure you'll be very happy and will hopefully end up with a gazillion dollars. Do you still have my number? Feel free to reach out with questions. Are you buying (or buying-into) an established company? Remember that the best employees, just happens to be painted yellow, and are controlled by a pendant. They never take a sick day either!
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  17. Good luck my friend I remember when you transitioned from Centroid to CNC Software. All the best and think In-House should be able to transition your account just need to give them the email address you want it linked too and should be good to go. Will loose the Shinny Red CNC Software under your name and be demoted to be part of common folk plowing the fields like the rest of us, but I am 100% sure you will do just fine in your new endeavor.
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  18. I sure am going to miss your advice and expertise. You've done an awesome job leading the multiaxis product!!! Thanks for all the help over the last decade or so <cheers> !!!
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  19. Aaron, Good Luck and Best Wishes in your new endeavor
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  20. Good luck on your next endeavor!!!
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  21. Good luck! Aaron I really enjoyed your input and responses. You are very knowledgeable. Best of luck in the future.
    1 point
  22. On Mazatrol there is G61.1 (contour control) which is on by default, at least on our machines. You have to use incredibly tight values for filtering and smoothing to avoid faceting. With G64 the contour is not followed so strictly, allowing for smoother and less precise movement. I have exprimented with the K parameter and even with that, it is hard to match G64 in terms of smoothness.
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  23. I don't know that "groups" were standardized. Then again I don't know that they weren't That's worth some further digging. I bought the APT Standard (ANSI NCITS 37-1999). A CAM vendor (NOT one of the big one) was telling me something I knew to be different than was being explained. The actual G-Code "standard" is ISO 6983-1:2009. I don't have a copy of it. It's around $150. Not sure I can justify buying it. https://webstore.ansi.org/Standards/ISO/ISO69832009?source=preview
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  24. What this does show, is the great fact that there is always 3,4, or more ways of achieving the same end goal.
    1 point
  25. In 2020 we started adding checks to make sure your machine definition build was a valid one. Before that, it was a bit of a wild west and you could build and set combinations that weren't technically complete or possible. Since more and more elements in things like posts are relying on Machine Definition data being correct, it was important to start flagging MD's that were set up incorrectly. To confirm, this likely isn't a migration issue and going directly from 18 to 22 should not affect the outcome here. As thoughts right off the bat based on your picture, I see no table/spindle Components listed in your Axis Combination. to the right of the Axes.
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  26. Almost everything we do are small runs, so its cheap xxxx 1.25 thick Mic 6 aluminum tooling plate. If its a larger run, whatever un-certed steel we have. (yes there are monel/stainless/cast iron fixtures here) we also pad our tooling plate with steel if needed. Big Job shop so we grab whats on hand and go. Although when needed I normally order A36, and hot rolled plate and channels for our weldment fixtures. Material of choice tho is Cast iron. but who wants to cut that xxxx.
    1 point
  27. There should be a Renishaw Programming Manual, somewhere in those boxes. Lately, the great folks at Renishaw have been shipping a "plastic clamshell case", which looks like it holds a DVD (if your Probes were bought a while ago, it still might!), but now is fitted with a USB Memory Stick. The manual will be available on the Memory Stick. In addition, depending on what software you bought, there will often be a "Macro Configuration Program". This is an "executable program", which displays a configuration page. You answer the questions by either selecting a drop-down menu option, or enabling a Checkbox. Also, there are some areas to enter M-Codes, if your machine uses M-Codes to turn the Probe on/off. By going through that configuration page, you can then press the "save" button, which will either generate a bunch of separate Macro Programs, or a "single Program", which can be loaded into the Fanuc through the I/O panel. When loading the "single program", your Control will actually break up the incoming file into separate Macro Programs on your control. (using a 'single file' just makes the Data I/O part easier. The end result is exactly the same; Macro Programs loaded on your control, that end up being called as 'Subroutines'.) You'll need a Gauge Block (I like 50mm or 2") of high-precision (for measuring the Probe Length), and a Ring Gauge (ID = 2" or 50mm, for best results), to calibrate the Spindle Probe. (If you also have a "Tool Probe", you should look to see if there was a "Master Gauge Tool" included with the Probe hardware. If not; https://igstool.com/cnc/cat40-tool-probe-calibrator-calibration-gage-tool/)
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  28. Your misc integers are not right. Check out the control def and op defaults When you open a file and it's like that edit comon parameters and set to post defaults for misc integers
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  29. FUNNY THOUGH, When this happened to me in 2021 I was Lost but when I open those files in 2022 and save them as a 2022 file it cleans them right up.... Maybe when 2023 drops you can save your 2022 files
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  30. You would fit right in....Thee Circle Slack channel...lots of Ribbon Bar and V9 talk!!!
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  32. It wont matter even if you find the corrupt solid it wont fix the file....
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  33. I just checked my calendar to see if it was April 1st. Best of luck! Should be pretty fun when the local Mastercam sales rep pops by your shop to show you the new Unified toolpath in 2022!
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  34. Waspalloy? I'm going to be posting that about aluminum next week! A little light on the CNC side right now, only a few lathes and mills, but that's what I'm going to be building up. A lot of manual & powerfeed DRO big toys for industrial fabri-cobbling, though. Oooohhh, I AM the job shop! Shout out to HSMAdvisor for doing a very good job of not making me look incompetent!
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  35. you don't... you farm it out to a job shop
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  36. Everyone prepare for the transition from "Here's the 43 steps to making this point-perfect multiaxis path" posts to "How the heck do I cut this waspalloy material?!"
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  37. Is it okay to complain about the ribbon and maintain that V9 was the best ever? Luckily, I'll still be on here harassing you guys, I just won't have the inside scoop anymore!
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  38. Good luck Aaron just don't be coming on here asking for a free post
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  39. I thought we weren't supposed to have politics in the Post Processor forum.
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  40. I'd recommend to Just use safe travel practices. It's here and it's not going away anytime soon. At least your heading out just ahead or at the beginning of flu season and not the hightide of it.
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