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in regaurds to retention knobs:
some of the people here used loctite on them,we have not had any problems. I was always against the practice because we used to interchange knobs between machines. Now we don't have that problem anymore. I have always used a spanner wrench with a soft hammer.
if you left click on the toolpath you can give it a name but the # will not go away. I do this for an explanation to the operator so they know what the cutter is supposed to be doing.
I hope that helps you.
I have had problems, but most of them were resolved by either reading the book or asking on this forum. I don.t neccesarily dislike it but you are right about liking it because I learn something new.
when I try to set the type of machine that I'm using I get an error that says: Control definition file for machine not found. default control settings will be loaded.
I thought I had already configured all my files to x
why is it that when I start a new toolpath group my previously used tools are not there anymore.
It has taken me almost a full day to program a square part with holes in 2 sides.
I'm not trying to change the read only files< I thought I was tryin to fix a machine def that I had given the system. No matter what I do I keep getting the same error that I stated above.
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