hi keith, i am still rather green at mx3 wire, but did a quick rectangle program with direct taper and came up with this program...i picked wire/power and got my settings. then in cut parameters, it is rough cut and checked box for 2 skims. in 4axis, i clicked direct taper and got this program..may be shorter than your 1st one..hope this helps. herk L001 (10/02/08) H1 = .00890 H11 = 1231 H21 = .12 H2 = .00690 H12 = 1232 H22 = .2 H3 = .00550 H13 = 1233 H23 = .14 N100 G90 N110 Z1 = 0. N120 Z2 = .5 N130 Z5 = 1. N140 G92 X0. Y0. N150 M20 N160 M78 M78 N170 M80 M82 M84 N180 EH11 FH21 N190 M90 N200 G41 H1 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.02 V-.02 N210 G1 X.26724 Y.20729 U0. V.04 N220 G1 X-.26724 Y.20729 U-.04 V0. N230 G1 X-.26724 Y-.20729 U0. V-.04 N240 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.04 V0. N250 G40 G1 X0. Y0. U-.02 V.02 N260 EH12 FH22 N270 M80 M82 M84 N280 G41 H2 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.02 V-.02 N290 G1 X.26724 Y.20729 U0. V.04 N300 G1 X-.26724 Y.20729 U-.04 V0. N310 G1 X-.26724 Y-.20729 U0. V-.04 N320 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.04 V0. N330 G40 G1 X0. Y0. U-.02 V.02 N340 EH13 FH23 N350 M80 M82 M84 N360 G41 H3 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.02 V-.02 N370 G1 X.26724 Y.20729 U0. V.04 N380 G1 X-.26724 Y.20729 U-.04 V0. N390 G1 X-.26724 Y-.20729 U0. V-.04 N400 G1 X.26724 Y-.20729 U.04 V0. N410 G40 G1 X0. Y0. U-.02 V.02 N420 M91 N430 M85 M83 M81 N440 M21 N450 M58 N460 M02 %

quote: Agie just wants to sell machines not service them. I have a buddy that has an Agie Classic and hates it and cant get anyone wth Agie to support it. I use to have 2 Agies. I have 0 now, and will never have another one. hey, kannon, are you reading this??? don't get us something we are going to regret... attitudes a brewin'

i know that we can do reverse posting in mc9, but can mx2 wire do reverse post?? it was really a neat feature...

quote: I dont think I am going to even open version 9 again. shouldn't have to when the rest of us do all the work...

quote: Well Kannon is the boss now ?? yeah hardmill, he sure got you fooled!!!

quote: You mean Kannon loaded X2 and then just left it to you to figure out? that's right!!!

dah, that may be helpful huh!!! my bad!!! going from v9 to x2 on mits. wire... i was more or less wondering what the procedure was to locate the post...it may be downloaded already..sorry for not specifying..

we just got X2 loaded today and have been playing around with it...looks pretty cool!! not sure what to do to get our post updated.. but will figure it out eventually... just wanted to say we've joined the X family!!!

well, our supers always say, if you got time to lean: you got time to clean!! they could be doing lots of things, getting next job ready, crosstraining,ect... don't really know your situation, so hard to say.. they are whip crackers here, so....

what's the chance of getting a classic car forum? that's where my wood is!!!!

yeah, the wire guides can be a big problem... been there, done that!!!! good night kannon!!!!

almost past your bedtime , isn't it kannon..

+1000 roger..

ok guys, this gave me a headache, but this is what we use for doing i.d work. i guess we don't let master cam put in our offsets, epacks, ect. cause it makes the program long..we use a main and sub.. we change the main for whatever cutting conditions we need and the sub is a variable program that all you have to change is the i.d you are using and the radius of the teardrop lead in that you want... fot the part edmbosto was doing,i would have my z scale in the machine as follows: Z1=0 Z2=.407 Z3=WHATEVER MACHINE COMPUTED Z4=WHATEVER MACHINE COMPUTED Z5=.814 the program would be for rough and 3 skims.. K rotation is so wire is going in and out at different places,not leaving any marks.. this program works for any i.d we have to cut, with or without taper, and all we have to change is a few numbers,epacks,offsets,feedrates..then kickback and burn baby burn..must be the coffee talking now!!!!! L1/ALTER-ID-MAIN H1=.00910F.120E1231 G22L2 H1=.00710F.200E1232 G22L2K-90. H1=.00570F.140E1233 G22L2K-180. H1=.00530F.200E1234 G22L2K-270. M85M83M81 M58 M21 M02 L2(ALTER ID-SUB) H50=.300/2 H51=.030 M20 M78M78 M90 M80M82M84 G92X0Y0 G91 G42G01X-H51YH50-H51 A-.25 G02XH51YH51IH51J0 G02J-H50 M01 G02XH51Y-H51I0J-H51 G40G00Y-H50X-H51Y-H50+H51 M85M83M81 G23

lars is right about epack not changing things.. do you you still have a z command in your program that it might be reading?? dan