I have tried to use my reseller and made several attempts to contact them. They have left me high and dry so I'm on my own. On the bright side, it has taught me to be self reliant. Thanks for your reply.

Just to let you know that if you change this G32 to G84 here, # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Select canned cycle type, profile is direction of finish profile vector sthdg32 : "G32" #Cycle type G32 <-- Change the G32 to G84 sthdg76 : "G76" #Cycle type G76 sthdg92 : "G92" #Cycle type G92 sthdg33 : "G32" #Cycle type G32 with alternating position sthdgcode : "" #Target string fstrsel sthdg32 thdtype$ sthdgcode 4 -1 it will change the single point thread cycle (long hand) to G84 and not effect the tapping cycle at all. The code that I originally sent is were it needs to be changed. Over time, I have successfully made changes to the code G32 tapping to use the G84 canned tap cycle. I'm amazed that there is no information on any forum about this exact subject. This was a trial and error process. You were the only response I had on the subject from 2 different forums.

Haas lathe also has G84 for rigid tapping.

I'm using Mastercam 2021 with a a generic Haas TL 2 lathe post. It uses a G32 tapping format and I want to convert it over to G84. Does anybody no what or how to change this in the post? I know were the canned tap cycle is in the post but have no idea what the G84 would look like. This is the post for G32 ltap$ #Canned tap cycle, lathe gcode$ = zero prv_dwell$ = zero @dwell$ comment$ pcan pe_inc_calc xabs = vequ(refht_x) ps_inc_calc pcan1, pbld, n$, sgcode, pzout, strcantext, e$ pe_inc_calc xabs = vequ(depth_x) ps_inc_calc opcode$ = 104 #thread address from feedrate pbld, n$, *sthdg32, pfzout, pffr, pnullstop, e$ if dwell$, pdwell1 pe_inc_calc xabs = vequ(refht_x) ps_inc_calc pswtchspin pbld, n$, *sthdg32, pfzout, *spindle_l, e$ if dwell$, pdwell1 prv_gcode$ = m_one pbld, n$, pnullstop, e$ pswtchspin if refht$ <> initht$, [ gcode$ = zero pe_inc_calc xabs = vequ(initht_x) ps_inc_calc pbld, n$, sgcode, pfzout, *spindle_l, e$ ] pbld, n$, spindle_l, e$ opcode$ = 81 #Restore opcode pcom_movea

thank you, I will give this try.

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