51 minutes ago, JoshC said:

you must not have looked all that hard because I see a description on auto angle in the help section. Not sure what you mean about post management so i cant comment about that but Auto angle is certainly described in the help.

 

"Auto angle

Determines the roughing angle automatically. If the stock is larger in width than height, the roughing angle is 0 (zero) degrees. If the stock is larger in height, the roughing angle is 90 degrees."

NOT AUTO ANGLE DETECTION... IT IS AUTO ANGLE INSIDE THE FACING OPERATIION THAT SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO SPECIFY THE ANGLE THE TOOL TRACKS IN Z.

15 hours ago, #Rekd™ said:

There is a “Command Finder” on the home tab. 

DOESNT DO THE SAME THING

On ‎5‎/‎8‎/‎2020 at 11:32 AM, Shoggoth_2150 said:

So while I'm not new to Mastercam, there are things I've never been able to find good answers to, or resources for. For instance:

-How do you add to or create/update your Materials Library? Half of the Metals we cut aren't in the default library and I've no idea how to expand on it to include new materials.  I usually just end up picking a metal as close as I can find to what's being cut. 

-How do you create a new Tool Library? I often download tool models from MachiningCloud and want to make Libraries according to manufacturer. I know how to add them in by the job, importing them one by one, but no idea how to create a fresh Library so I can pull them whenever I want.

-Is there a way to add in machines to the simulator? Is there some resource somewhere that would allow you to download a 3D version of the machine you're using in the real world to show in the simulator? I'd love to add my 5-Axis Matsuura MX-520 into it so I could actually see any collisions happening.

As I said, I've never been able to find good answers to these questions. It's one area of my Mastercam knowledge that has always been lacking. Any information that anyone has to pass along, or resources, would be appreciated. Perhaps there is some corner of eMastercam that explains it all and I just haven't found it.

Thanks. 

THERE IS A LOT YOU WONT FIND HELP FOR. NOT ALL  FEATURES USED IN MASTERCAM HAVE  ANYTHING  ABOUT IT IN HELP. SEE AUTO ANGLE. NOPE.  NO ECOURSES ON POST MANAGEMENT. MY LEAST FAVORITE.. NO COMMAND PROMT THAT WILL TAKE YOU THERE.

JEEZE... ALL I WANTED TO DO IS CHANGE DEFAULT X HOME POSITION FROM 10 TO 8.  I THINK I WILL JUST CHANGE IT FOR EAVERY SINGLE TOOL EVERY SINGLE TIME  MANUALLY.