Solids is the way to go, you can create good surfaces from a solid but you can't always create a good solid from surfaces....therefore solids gives you the best of both worlds....also once your accustomed to building a solid it's so much easier than trimming/blending/filleting surfaces.

Ron, I tried the easy fix first.....going to lower case didn't change anything.....as far as other changes, like you said let's see if roger/jim have any input on this....thanks

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my settings...

database alloc. = 25% of ram

toolpath alloc. = 50% of ram

use these increments....32, 64, 128, 256, 512

hth

Haven't had too much time to work on post this past week.

Here is a whole lot of info...

**This is what I want.**

(TOOLS LIST)

(TOOL-1 - .75" ROUGHER)

(Z_MAX - Z-.900)

(Z_MIN - Z .100)

(TOOL-2 - .75 END MILL)

(Z_MAX - Z-.900)

(Z_MIN - Z .100)

(TOOL-3 - .75 OD X 45 DEG C'SNK)

(Z_MAX - Z-.753)

(Z_MIN - Z .100)

**This is what my post outputs now.**

(TOOLS LIST) pheader 42

(MAX - Z-99999.) pheader p__13:968 42

(MIN - Z99999.) pheader p__13:968 42

(TOOL-1.-.75" ROUGHER) pwrtt 42

(TOOL-2.-.75 E MILL) pwrtt 42

(TOOL-3.-.75 OD X 45 DEG C'SNK) pwrtt 42

Portions of my post......

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It seems as if I'm close, but not quite there yet.

forgot to mention....i just purchased the "post cd" a couple of weeks ago.....

You can use my reseller...OptiPro, ask for Lynda Bechtold

www.optipro.com

585-265-0160

hth

Solids are great...but you must be careful..it's easy to lose model geometry when copying, translating, rotating geometry etc....I constantly hit ALT-Y ....this is shortcut to solids manager where I look for red X this will tell me if my solid is or bad/corrupt.

Use your levels to your advantage, I have solid geometry and program geometry. Rarely do I use the geometry I used to create a solid with as "program geometry". I copy to a different level and use the copied geometry. An extra step but well worth it IMO.

Some where along the way you have some bad geometry.

HTH

I'm not sure what the standard stitch tol. should be set at. So in instances like this one I experiment to see if the results are any better after adjusting tol......I tried .0001, .0005, .001, .002, .003, .004, .005

none worked

I am creating a part solid from scratch...trying to do a boolean remove for this one particular feature.

I worked around it....not solve errors.....but

I created slight draft at corners and solid was built.

This is a PITA however as there will times when I won't be able to alter my geometry. What will I do then?

I'm trying to create what I feel is a simple solid from surfaces....but I rec. the following errors.

Parasolid kernal interface error

KI error code:1043-

tolerance is less than parasolid tolerance

Parasolid kernal interface error

KI error code:15-

distance or zero is negative

The errors are where flat surfaces meet at 90° walls/intersections.

Any ideas???

I have the PWRITBUF5 called in the PWRTT. I believe I need help with the "and more" part of the statement.

thanks chris

robk....not sure if that applies to z_min z_max

roger...don't assume....can I cut/paste from MILL.SET to Post?

...also is there switch I can set so that when I post a program it tells me what part of the post did what?

I've put many hours into this over this past week and I can't figure it out.

I want to post each tool z_min z_max value in the tool table at the start of program.

(i have the tool table)

....what I want....

(TOOLS LIST)

( TOOL-1. - .75" ROUGHER )

( Z_MIN -.500 )

( Z_MAX - 2.50 )

( TOOL-2. - .75 E MILL )

( Z_MIN -.900 )

( Z_MAX - 3.50 )

( TOOL-3. - .75 OD X 45 DEG C'SNK )

( Z_MIN -.753 )

( Z_MAX -.753 )

Here are some portions of my post.....

tooltable : 1 #Read for tool table and pwrtt - use tool_table to disable

output_z : yes #Output Z Min and Z Max values (yes or no)

z_min : 99999 # Min Z

z_tmin : 99999 # Overall min Z

z_max : -99999# Max Z

z_tmax : -99999# Overall max Z

fmt Z 2 z_tmin # Total z_min

fmt Z 2 z_tmax # Total z_max

fmt Z 2 min_depth # Tool z_min

fmt Z 2 max_depth # Tool z_max

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As always, your guidance is greatly appreciated.

I got it!!!!!

I have my tool table where I want it and I also added a question/prompt at the beginning of the post.

I still have more edits to make my post the way I want it......but I see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Don, thanks....is there anyway you can tell me where/what to change.

I really want to learn about post.....if I can't figure it out then I'll send to you.

I want to move the tooltable from pheader to psof.

( i wasn't finished )

No matter what changes I made, the tooltable always posted in the same section.

I need some diection again....How do I move the tooltable?

thought I had my tooltable where I wanted it but noooooo......

I want to move my tooltable from the pheader to psof

I've looked at everything, tried everything........psof postblock, nc output variables, bldnxtool, tooltable, pwrtt, pwrttparam etc...etc.....I

search the internet....you'll find free DNC software out there.....no frills....you'll need a cable from each machine to a switch and some other hardware.....some assy needed

silly question....but at machine you do have NEW program (not old program)....

another option could be....create-next menu-letters

Don, yes it helped...I still had to edit where the info was placed and what order it was in but I was able to get thru it. Thanks for steering me in the right direction. I also finally realized that psof & pheader are totally independent of one another.

Storkman, I appreciate your help but I'm unfamiliar with adding questions/prompts to the post and what needs to be changed/added to what location in the post.

I've made numerous changes and nothing has worked.

I did order the post cd. Hopefully the cd has what I need on it. With a good "how to" section.

Can anyone steer me in the right direction as far as making my own variable .