These types of issues have been generally caused by system permissions, as some of my application files were installed to the Mastercam folder in Program Files. With my next release the Varco Reports will install outside of Mastercam in the users Public Documents folder, which should avoid permissions issues. They will continue to be used the same way they have been, just like using the Mastercam reports. I am doing more testing and hope to have this release available very soon.

I did find some issues that required me to figure out a workaround. https://www.dropbox.com/s/l8nxh4qkz5xprb7/Mastercam 2024 to CAMplete TruePath Plug-In.zip?dl=0 Close Mastercan. Download and Open this ZipFile linked above and extract the contents to your C:\Program Files\Mastercam 2024\chooks\ folder. Then it will work. In the spirit of "Teach a man to fish", when you download the CAMplete 2024 Installer, if you've accepted the default paths, you can go to "C:\Autodesk\CAMplete_TruePath_2024_2024_1_0_2882_Win_64Bit_dlm\x64\Plugins\Mastercam\Mastercam 2024" and there's a "CAMplete Mastercam 2024 Plugin (2024.94).msi" file in there. I opened that in WinRar and extracted them to the correct location. Thanks for reminding me, I need to send that into CAMplete QC for analysis. Hope this helps. Sounds like one particular "support" tech. My condolences on that experience. DM me if you have any other issues like that and I'll see if I can get you squared away.

Yes. I program in several CAM systems but Mastercam is what is primarily used as it is what the largest percentage of our machine user base uses, then I use a software called CAMplete TruePath for Post Processing. It does Post Processing, Simulation and Collision Checking of G-Code as well as a host of other features.

Vertical Turning Center. The view is really front not TOP, but since they are trying to help people program for a VTL it becomes TOP though in all reality we are really looking in the front view in relationship to the machine. Problem was when Lathe was done it never looked at the machine in TOP it was really FRONT view also. People just accepted the way it was presented and rolled with it. VTL never really got any love for the longest time and then it started to get some attention. People normally just programmed them like a Horizontal lathe and again just rolled with it. Well more and more people realized the issue with this and started making their own planes to make good setup sheets and other thing to have it look like a person running the machine would expect to see it. That is front view like a Horizontal Lathe is. We program in TOP on a Lathe, but a really looking at the front of the machine not the top of machine. Want to see what I am talking about then just got to a 3 Axis CNC Mill and look at TOP. Are we looking at the top of the machine or the front of the machine? We are looking down along Z Axis. Lathe for the most part are slant bed so in all reality we are not even looking down from the top of the machine in true relationship to the machine as it sits in a Gnomon. Again people just have never really questioned it knew it was the way you programmed a lathe in Mastercam. Then people started really using it for VTL and started running into issues. The other issue was competitive CAM shows it like a VTL not a Horizontal lathe. I got kicked out of a few place years ago trying to explain that one to those shops. It was changed, but again when we click on TOP in the C view we are not really looking at the TOP of a VTL. Then what is the active WCS and then where does the Gview decide to take its dependency on if you have other machine groups programmed in the Mastercam file that are Mill or Lathe. That is was I really see the biggest issues when programming VTL work is if I have other machine groups. I start with a VTL template and bring a model it then I don't get the dd Gview issues. I start in design, mill, or lathe and then add the VTL that is when Mastercam really is not sure where to make TOP view TOP view. The other issue is we still don't have a MT machine set up as a VTL that I am aware of. Then someone like myself who programs for many different companies with many different types of machines really gets their bran scrambled hoping back and forth between the many different methods and ways to program them all.

Jeremy, Is the Machine Definition setup with the 'Vertical turret lathe' orientation (Machine Definition Manager > General Machine Parameters > Cplane, WCS, HTL/VTL Tab)? Since you are using MPLMaster, that Post may or may not support the VTL Machine Components. When you select the 'Vertical turret lathe' orientation switch, Mastercam will automatically re-map the planes to show the Lathe in the correct orientation. I suspect this is what is happening with your X values being incorrect. Once you are using a properly defined VTL Machine Definition and Post (that reads the MD), you should get correct output. Keep in mind you will still want to use the +D+Z T/C Plane for programming. (But Mastercam will show the orientation correctly.) When you use the "Top" graphics view with the VTL Machine selected, you will see that the part is shown to you in a Vertical orientation. 'Z' will now take the place of the Y Axis, and X+ will be on the Right side of the Z axis centerline. (so make sure your geometry is created on the right side of the axis centerline. Your Tools will appear correctly for the setup sheets and Backplot and Verify will also be correct. There is an existing MD/CD/PST combination for VTL Machines in X5. There is a Multi-Turret VTL Machine, and a Right Turret VTL Machine. You can probably save yourself a lot of time and trouble by using these existing files, and customizing the Post to your preferences. If you click on the help button in the Cplane, WCS, HTL/VTL Tab of the MDM, there are several help entries that describe how to setup a VTL Machine Definition. Try reading through those sections and see if that helps you make sense of it. I can't help you with the MPLMaster Post, as it isn't a CNC Software Post. If you choose to start fresh with our 'Generic Fanuc 4X MT_Lathe' post, I can answer your questions about how to configure that post for your machine. Hope that helps,