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4 hours ago, Newbeeee™ said:
I distinctly remember Incog saying you were She/Her....
I think incong was just hoping I was a she/her. He's been too long between marriages. Facial hair is optional at this point.
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I don't mean to start dropping pronouns but I don't know if we're talking to a guy or girl.
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8 minutes ago, cncappsjames said:
I think I may have confused 2D HST which DOES stay down exactly as shown in the Tebis clips so between two paths (2D HST and gcode's sample) it is manageable. Possibly more work that desired but, it's definitely possible.
Some of the videos I watched were definitely a 3d roughing routine. Some were 5x. It was a dynamic/opti milling type routine and not retracting during the step ups.
What I don't know, and what was admitted to here, is that some kind of linking was involved when he/they used mastercam opti to get it to work?
I don't know anything about the other software used so I don't know if it was a similar shs roughing routine like opti? linking?
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1 hour ago, cncappsjames said:
And I suspect this topic is going to disappear into the ether at some point in the not too distant future.
Ron made a good point when he said, and I'm going to chop this up with a horrible paraphrasing; if you're not on maintenance, what do you gain from your attempt to make mastercam better.
I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt before jumping on the dog pile.
That said, I'd like to see this work in Mastercam.
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8 minutes ago, bird2010 said:
In the future, when Mastercam is really completed, does it have something to do with this theme?
But...now I am being attacked by everyone
If it were you, how would you feel....I've been there.
When I first started posting on this forum over 15 years ago I came from a system called Cimatron. There were some things that I couldn't do in Mastercam that were simple in Cimatron so my questions were always framed negatively "why can't mastercam do this" using Cimatron as an example. I was met with the same negativity, although I was never labeled as a pirate. I was however, willing to post files any time they asked for one. Even if it were just an example.
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Software pirate or not, I'd like to see Mastercam be able to do this.
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1 hour ago, bird2010 said:
Thanks
I have solved it ,but it doesn't work for every model
Mastercam’s core algorithm still needs to changeThis is just a forced calculation
What settings did you use to get this to work?
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8 hours ago, SlaveCam said:
I wish mcam supported variables and formulas in its numeric fields
YES! This would be fantastic.
Having used a system that has this ability I feel hamstrung inside of Mastercam at times because it lacks this functionality.
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If I didn't know why you guys were asking them to post a file, I'd post one just to see if someone could get it to work.
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3 hours ago, bird2010 said:
Yes, you are someone who actually uses Mastercam every day!!!
Thanks, but believe me when I say that these guys are far better with the software than I am.
This is something that everyone may not have realized didn't work. The parts I make are usually longer than they are tall so the rapid retracts don't affect me. If I were machining a part that was 2" wide and 6" tall the retract to clearance would be horribly inefficient.
This sounds like a good enhancement request.
3 hours ago, bird2010 said:People here are not friendly. I never knew Americans were so unfriendly. Thank you all for letting me know about American demeanor.
I don't need to come in here anymore! Thank you allI wouldn't base your opinion on that interaction. Over the years there has been some mischief on the forum that starts off looking innocent enough but there are some key characteristics of a post that raise some suspicion. The best way to remove that suspicion is to post a file so they know you're 1) using a legit version/copy of the software and 2) not just here to criticize Mastercam
40 minutes ago, AHarrison1 said:Hate to say it, but the fella does have a bit of a point. Flame away..
Assuming his intentions are good, yea, he kinda does.
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41 minutes ago, cruzila said:
Who cares if it retracts?
After going down the rabbit hole a little I see some scenarios that it's obviously more efficient if the tool doesn't retract.
I'm not sure his given example is one of them.
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42 minutes ago, Jake L said:
Neither of these are "easy" or "good" options, but you can get Mastercam to output that motion.
I'm not 100% sure optirough can't do it. I just know that I can't figure out how to get it to do it.
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58 minutes ago, #Rekd™ said:
Pretty sure this is Asian Joni Bonkers posting!!!!!!
I honestly can't tell what his intentions are. These guys are usually a better judge of character in that way than I am.
Until he creates 3 other accounts and comes in having a 3 page conversation with himself about how horrible Mastercam is while the other systems he's pointing out are so much better. I hold off on the JB comparison.
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7 minutes ago, cncappsjames said:
To use the strategy correctly and I believe Ron covered it, you have to enable step up, then go full length DOC, keep tool down length of part and it just works as the video shows.
I tried that and couldn't get it to work. It could be a setting I'm missing somewhere. I can set the 'keep tool down' distance to 100" and it still rapids (or feeds) to a clearance plane and moves to the next cut when there is a step up.
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I think what he's talking about and not explaining very well, is in the paths shown in his video, when the tool transitions to the next z level of cut (step up), it doesn't retract.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen Mastercam do that?
It's easy to keep the tool down when it's cutting on the same z-level in optirough. When you transition to the new z level it picks up and starts at that new z level. Is that wrong? I've never even considered that an issue but also never tried to keep the tool down in that way.
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On 12/28/2023 at 11:40 AM, So not a Guru said:
The other way around. I've never used the right-click menu for toolpaths.
I don't know why, maybe it was the change to the ribbon interface, but with few exceptions, always use the right click menu for toolpaths.
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7 minutes ago, JParis said:
It has not been updated for sometime...we are running 2.34...I wouldn't even know what would need updating, it does about everything we bought it to do...
As far as the updating, I'm just wondering if this will continue to run through future O/S. It was written back in the XP days and looks exactly the same as it did back then.
Do you know if it has the ability to step through macros while you're troubleshooting, or does it just simulate straight through?
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On 12/1/2023 at 4:14 AM, JParis said:
I wouldn't go THAT far...We have seats of NCPlot because of shortcomings of Cimco...it is though a useful tool.
Not to hijack the thread, but I'd been thinking about getting NCPlot for several years but it looks like it hasn't been really updated for years other than minor updates?
I wanted to get it for troubleshooting macros and the editor math abilities. It looks like it's come up in price quite a bit as well?
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I really wish we still had the popcorn emoji on the forum.
I used my own.
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1 hour ago, cncappsjames said:
A lot of the differences are the option packages put on the individual machines. Some builders skimp on the options to keep their machines in a certain price range, others option the machines appropriately, and still others are somewhere in between.
That I can understand.
What I'm talking about, is that we have 5 different machines built by 5 different companies, all using the same controls - every single one of them uses different code to adjust the Acc/Dec parameters, The Kitamuras are probably the most convoluted.
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On 10/26/2023 at 6:57 AM, KMartin said:
Hello could I please get some help with high speed maching .I am using a Kitamura and programing with mastercam .
When I turn on high speed maching the code is G990 Q1 G05 P10000 .I was told that the P value determines the accuracy
of the tool path . When I try to lower the value of the P I get a fault . Should I have high speed maching turned on
for a Parallel toolpath . Thanks for any help .
The Kitamuras, I believe, use an F value for the high speed accuracy and there are 3 Q levels just to make it more confusing.. I wish that MTB's would just stick to a standard.
On our particular machines, which were first generation Arumatik controls , I don't think that you can control the accuracy when using HPCC (I'd have to look in to this to be sure) , but it looks like you're mixing code.
The code should looks like this if you're using AICC and trying to adjust the accuracy.
G990 Q1. F157.
G05.1 Q1That would be equivalent to G05.1 Q1 R3 on our Fanuc controls
Those F values require the decimal point. It's just like using R1 - R10 except the accuracy values, on our machines anyway, are as follows
R1= Q1 F12.
R2 = Q1 F59.
R3 = Q1 F157.
R4 = Q2 F12.
R5 = Q2 F59.
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R7 = Q3 F12.
and so on.
I'd take a look at your manuals just to be sure. I'm also not the best at trying to explain things so.
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On 10/22/2023 at 5:55 AM, #Rekd™ said:
I bought my license personally, I can use it wherever I want/ need. Yes my employer should have it but….for $195.00 lifetime it was a no brainer to purchase.
I did the same.
I liked the idea of being able to take it with me if I ever needed to relocate.
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6 minutes ago, Leon82 said:
is that the guy who was rambling about graphical control of the tool path? i need to re read this thread i missed where it went off the deep end
You're thinking of JB. I don't think anyone has heard from him in a long time.
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1 minute ago, Jake L said:
My guess is around 3,000 hours for me.
I'm a bit curious as to who this yankfan dude is. Or do I not wanna know?
He was a young guy who used to hang out on the forum about 4 years ago. He knew everything about everything.
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Informal Poll: Who here has defeated the ribbon?
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I was pretty bitter about the interface change in the beginning. After a while I just conformed.