fence surface at 90 Deg AWESOME! Sometimes I love this game! (but, it's still a love hate thing) stevieboy

Noel Thanks for replying, But I don't know. stevieboy

Thanks Greg Van Nurden Thad That's about what I thought, I was just hoping for a quick fix. Thank again!

Hello All I was trying to extend a surface, so that my tool would not roll off the edge of part I was machining, When I do a Surface extend, I get.. Cannot extend trimmed edges of trimmed surfaces and when I untrim the surface the surface turns into a cylinder. Is there any other way to extend the surface to keep the tool from rolling the edge? Thank for your help

Well thanks guys It's just what I thought, I know that some software you can go back to any time you saved (Pro/e) What happen to the file that has written over? No history log? I my have to get CSI on this one.. hahah I back up everynite, It would not have helped in a cases like this, autosave yes maybe, but then again autosave can be a pain also. I think if you use Mcam long enough, this is going to happen to you. nuff said! Thank for your help jmparis chip SLJ and Monday

Hello everybody I have saved one one part over another by mistake In other words now I have two parts that are the same because I saved and have lost one because I've saved. Is there any way to go back in time an undo File manager maybe??? Help..SOS... Thanks

Thanks Roger I'll try it tomorrow, I've got to many pokers in the fire right now, I'll let you know how it turns out. "Oh yea... its # 2 Thanks again quote.. Would any feed < 1.0 would be considered an IPR? most likly, Probaby not... a 1" mits .045 @ 1600 rpm Mat. D-2 [ 11-10-2005, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: stevieboy ]

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Ok, so what I'm saying is 80 IPM = about 50 mins. .o45 IPR = about 1457 hours If I use IPR, my cycle time are way off How can I fix this.. Thanks

kinglouieXI This is what I get, note tool time. CUSTOMIZABLE MILL SETUP SHEET - MILL.SET ======================================== PROGRAM NAME = MACHINE_GROUP_1 DATE PROCESSED = Nov - 09 - 05 MATERIAL TYPE = STOCK SIZE = X7.6720 Y7.2360 Z3.5000 STOCK ORIGIN = X3.336 Y-3.382 Z0. ( At Center, Z at Top ) OPERATION = SURF-ROUGH TOOL NAME = 1 in. Mitz BULL .118 radius TOOL NUM. = 10 TOOL DIA. = 1.0000 NUMBER OF FLUTES = 4 FLUTE LEN. = .5 OVERALL LEN. = 2.1 SHOULDER LEN. = 1.5 ARBOR DIA. = 1. HOLDER DIA. = 2. TOOL CORNER RAD. = .1180 DIA OFFSET = 10 LEN OFFSET = 10 SPINDLE = 1600 FEEDRATE = -2. CUTTER COMP. (computer) = LEFT STOCK TO LEAVE (XY)= .03 STOCK TO LEAVE (Z) = 0. CHORDAL DEVIATION = .0005 STEPOVER DISTANCE = 0. ---------------------------------------------- TOOL FEED CUT LENGTH = 1928.0865 TOOL RAPID TRAVERSE LENGTH = 91.7267 ---------------------------------------------- TOOL TIME = 715 HOURS, 18 MINUTES, 53.63 SECONDS ---------------------------------------------- PROGRAM TOTALS (1 Tool) -> -------------- Max_X = +7.1839 Min_X = -0.5157 Max_Y = -1.6911 Min_Y = -5.3089 Max_Z = +1.0000 Min_Z = -0.7500

Hello again I'm trying to get the right cycle time. In the operations manager if I set my feed rate to say..20 I have no problem with cycle time But if I set it to say.. .02 ( like you would for a Mazak)(IPR)the cycle time is not right. Is there a fix for this kind of problem? Thanks

Thanks Thad, That did it! It was... screen>Regen Display List wraith,woozy,weirdness everytime! It dozit everytime! Thanks again

Oh ya, In the bottom right hand corner right next to where the word INCH is on my screen this appears 1"#$%0+, Thanks

Hello All When I print my part, on my printer, the part prints fine, But...My part Disappears from my screen, if I do a alt-s I'll see a wire frame. What's up..... help..... Thanks

Thanks jmparis You may have saved me from going nuts! (key word may) hahha thanks

Hello there Where do you set the defaults for the operations manager, Like if you want the coolant to stay on by default. thanks

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Hello Then I bring a.. "say Iges part into X and rotate the part like I want it using Move NOT copy and save the part as a parasolid. Then export the part into SolidEdge, When the part opens up in SE I get Multiple parts, It looks just like when I rotated the part in Mcam I had used copy, But I did not, I used move. I've always had this problem since X In the past and now, I just deleted the extra copies from the model tree in SW anyone else seeing this happen

I got it thanks Storkman Truetype... Thank you

Hello How do you get lower case letters, when you use Create Letters. "Oh and please don't say" "Hold down the shift key" Unless there's a special trick to it... Because I tried that and It didn't work.. at least on my screen. Thanks

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dave ferraro The Visi-Progress Die Design Demo was the BEST I've seen to date. Awesome to say the least! Pro/e PDX seens to be a wash for now. SW QuickPress QuickForm still in the running. NX Progress die design still in the running also. NX has one of my Models. waiting for the web cast. Sending Vero one model next week. stevieboy Quote: "Sometime you just have to take life by the crack and lick the crap out of it"

Randy, Yes, I did see the Web cast and it tis as you say. I'm still hoping Pro/e Progressive Die Design will be better, I know Pro/e is better (smarter) than SW But, SW QuickPress & Quickform VS Pro/e PDX I'm not sure, and then there's NX & Visi Its kinds like shopping for a motorcycle! Its all about the ride and the rhythm of the software. VVVVVRoooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks,Dave,Gilberto,Chip and James for your responces. We did the demo with SolidWorks QuickPress, and I must say... some pretty neat stuff! Though their surfacing maybe a little weak. This week going to see PTC's Progressive Die Design from a Co. that uses it daily. Thanks again Guys "Oh yea" Gilberto, "The pictures are all in English! "Now thats Funny!!