I have year old machine with QUADRO P4000 8GB and 32gb memory so it should work.

It has been broken from the beta releases of 2021. I have sent several bug reports about this to QC but it is still there. This happens so often that sometimes in a simple part I just create stock model from the operation and check if there is any problems. Restarting all open Mastercam sessions fix it for a moment..

I have seen this in 2020 and every beta release of 2021. It happened every time I used stock model. I have sent the files to qc. I just installed 2021 and for the first file I tried it seemed to work fine.

Im seeing this same problem in 3 axis work using WCS.

We got exactly same product licenses and services than last year, only the price went up! We have paid the maintenance over 15 years so you can imagine how this felt.

Probably just overflow of happy customer feedback after their latest increase on maintenance price. Mine went up 60%

I had the same problem of staining and we machine cast iron and many other materials with this machine. When I start aluminium job I will top out the coolant tank with high concentrate coolant and it has solved my problem for now.

I have a Fanuc controlled VMC that has side mounted toolchanger. The toolchange logic is different from our other machines so I have to make some changes to the postprosessor. I have managed to edit toolchange when there is multiple tools in the program but in one tool programs I have trouble getting it right. What I would need is toolchange like this: T1 M6 T1 <First tool posted again I have edit the postprosessor so that stagetool posts to the same line after M6 but in single tool programs I would need it to post the same tool number like in the example. What changes do I need to make?

After changing the tool number you could try regenerating the operation even if it doesnt go dirty. This should update your tool numbers.

We have a vmc with 18i- mb control that randomly shut down when running programs from memory card. Fanuc tech changed all the hardware inside control cabinet effecting memory card usage but nothing fixed the problem. Last resort he decided to update the control software with a newer version that he happened to have with him. If I remember right he had backed it up from a newer same manufacturers machine that he had serviced. After the update we have had zero problems using memory cards in this machine.

You dont know what kind of work I do or my background so please save you belitting attitude to somewhere else. Like David Im also toolmaker so thats why this topic got me writing because we seem to share a same problem. BTW. I have 18 years of experiece in machining, ten years programming with Mastercam (mostly one off stuff with mill and lathe) and almost all the machines that I have used have had Fanuc control. Im I qualified enough to write in this topic?

I did not miss anything, I´ve just learned from experience that when you start eye balling your program zeros on easy parts and save maybe 5 seconds doing so, sooner or later you scrap a part because of this. I prefer using one certain way of taking my work zeros that works almost every workpiece and its just happens to be the most accurate way also. I dont even remember when was the last time I Scrapped a part because of wrongly placed program zero so atleast it has worked for me, everyone else can use what ever works best for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fuToCteErc&feature=youtu.be Here is an quick and dirty example how I take X- axis program zero to center without calculator. Requires only pressing three keys and I dont have to input any coordinates. This software is made by the machine tool builder. Feature like this should be part of every fanuc control.

Isnt this kind of primitive in a high end machine tool? BTW You only have to be on the right work offset and enter for example X0. press measure and it will automatically update the right axis

Majority of my parts are like this and also too big to measure with caliber. I like to put my part zero in the center so I have even amount of stock on both sides of the part.

This is what I was after. Thanks.

Im glad to learn. Please show me a video where program zero is set to center of a work piece (X or Y axis) and where I dont have to use some kind of calculator to get the coordinate.

I have one machine with Fanuc control that has feature built by the MTB that makes this procedure easier by letting you press a key at both ends of part and it records the position, after this you press calculate and it updates part center point to desired work offset automatically. This feature should be standard in every fanuc control.

I have the Haimer 3d taster that can be dialed to the rotation center so setting program zero at the edge of part is not the problem. Here is a scenario, I have part about 1000mm in X direction, I want the program X zero point to exact center of the part. What I do now is touch one end of the part and zero relative display, then I go touch other end of the part, look the number in relative display (for example 1004.324mm) and use calculator to divide it by two. After this I jog the machine to relative 501.162mm and dial x0. then press measure. The style showed in the video does not eliminate touching of both sides of the work piece and dividing the number by two.

What if the x+ and x- distance is 101.287mm and i want my x zero at the center? Usually i use calculator to divide it 2 to get center point. It is amazing that fanuc does not have easier way to calculate this.

This machine has Fanuc 0i-td control so no touch screen. It has NT airbag and work navigator like the higher end models. I will be testing dynamic toolpaths when it comes for sure. Thanks for the info.

Has anyone any experience of this new Nakamura Y-axis lathe? We are getting this machine in near future and I was wondering how this "attractive priced" Nakamura compares to other machines. Machine has also half indexing turret. How usable is this feature in the real world?

You should have raster to vector C-hook in Mcam 9 that will do this conversion for you.

I´ve been using X7 about year now and still dont like the new verify. I see no benefit of it opening in a new window. It is slower to open that old one and not so well integrated. Looks like X8 has also integrated backplot to same interface..

I use both Mastercam and Solidworks for designing. If I just need 2d-sketch for machining, I dont bother lauching Solidworks because Mastercam is faster for me in sketching. Bigger assemblies and solids, I do in solidworks. There are also things like offsetting a complex surface where Mastercam is less "picky" on small surface defects and gets the job done where as Solidworks just gives me an error and a headache.