quote: All 4 issues shown in the original post are logged and scheduled for fixing in the next update. Currently the next update is scheduled for an early October release. At this time there are no plans to release any fixes prior to this. Jim when will be fix this ??? early October ??? Some of this issues are a huge problem.

Sorry Tony I understud you want to change feed. Have a look in the Pocket toolpath. Pocket allow to you to override feed and speed For this you cann rough with your 450 rpm and finish to 700 rpm. You cann also set keep tool down to avoid retract. May be this help you

Select you contour in both ways. (Blue button) Than edit with the Toolpath Editor.(right click on the operation in the Operation Manager - last option) Select your point. Edit your point and change the rpm. Complicate but posible.

Greg: Check your e-mail Your geometry had some problems: duplicate lines, untrimed lines and so on. But obviously Mastercam don´t like your DIN grooves. I create a new level named: LEANDRO and copy the geometry there. Remove the groves and works.

Greg: I send you an e-mail. Just add your file and send it back. I will take a look tomorrow. I hope I can help

Try with other Toolpths but actually for a simple face there are to complicate. Did not exist just a Pocket facing where my entry point is outside the contour? Or a face that support an island ? Any other suggestion ??? This are just two faces in different depths ?

X3 Wich one did you recomend ?? I will take a look on this Thanks

I have a simply face with a boss. I can not take Face for facing because the boss. Than I try with a pocket facing insland but I can not get that the tool starts outside of the contour. Actually I prefer to start outside to avoid to use a ramp,helix, plunge rate.... When I could enter outside I run with G0 to final depth. How did you do this kind of simply facing ?? Thanks

Mic I always get the helixes in that way when I take the helix bore Toolpath. For keep simple the main program. I do my Helixes in a subprogram. I don´t have any problem with disk space or transfering to the CNC machine. For create a Z2G check in Menu-> Help -> Create Zip to Go

You are right the colors are wrong but works. I use it in this way when I need, no matter about colors.

Just change the toolholder from right to left or from left to right.

I am working on X3 without the Solids option. ¿Did I need the X_T file? ¿Is the SLDASM an assembly file? Actually my customer givme Solidwork files an STP files. I could open the STP file but is rotated 180º. And because I dont have the solid option I can not rotate the part. I try to open the Solidwork in the hope is in the right side. I open the STP file as Surfaces and then I cann rotate but changes all the colors and now is complicate to differ the parts. Any sugestion will be apreciate. Thanks

I don´t have any experience with a solidwork file and I get from my customer a subdirectory with a lot files. Some of them SLDASM and others with the extension SLDPRT. Some SLDPRT looks funny like ~$204.SLDPRT When I try to open the SLDASM file that the customer said is the main file I get following message: Cannot find Parasolid data in SolidWork file But when I try to open the SLPRT file I cann open it well. What cann I do to open the complete project ??

Look here http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=031183

Daniel: What are you parameters (P00-P01 .....)in the Serial Parameter Table in your xxxxor Control ?? How look your Serial Cable. Is a complete or e simple one ? Obrigado Leandro

Lans What Control did you take?? Siemens xxxxor Fanuc???

Lans: Depending of my controls (Siemens and xxxxor)I cut standard thraeds with a canned cycle via Mastercam. Sometimes for complicate threads I do this with a Manual entry. For very complicate thread (different tapper angle, rounded root or something like that) I don´t use Mastercam. In this case I programm my threads direct in the control with the controls utility. Manual Turn for Siemens Auto Turn or something like this. Depends of you control. For this I draw my thread in Mastercam and take this points for program. Regards

I have got two lathes with xxxxOR 8055 where I send my NC files with WINDNC V2.0 from xxxxor. But actually this programm is not friendly. Is complicate to change machines. Sometimes this produce an error. What did you xxxxor user´s use for this? Thanks

kazmir44 looks nice. I will send them an e-mail. Thanks

I need to mill on a 3500 kg piece a 14 Inches, 2 Tees per inch Butress Thread. I am not succesfull finding an apropiate tool. Did Somebody have any idea where cann I get this kind of tools. In advanced thanks Leandro

Alex I could not install you app. I suppose the Spanish windows. Anyway I thank you very much.

Alex: Thank you very much for all your colaboration. Of course I undertstand that you are not a full time programmer for Spanish windows applycations. But I will try your apllication. Again I thank you very much. Leandro

Alex: I check your soft but I had some problems to test it. May be inspite of the Spanish Windows. But i don´t think that this is what I´m looking for. I personally "imagine" a tool where I can load my TXT file in a Excel sheet. An with the Excel tools (Filter,Auto filter, replace and so on) I cann change values from more to one tool in one time. Something like this. Ofcourse with all the datas. Could be also in different sheets. for example one sheet for drills, one for flat mills. And than I coould replace all the values from one type of tool in one step. for example If I want to change all the 1 Peck %dia values from all my drills now I had to edit one by one all the tools. This is not simple. With a sheet like this I could changes all values just in one time. Obviously that there are some values that don´t make any sens to changes. I think diameter. After I changs that what I need I had to save to TXT and brin it back to Mastercam. Thanks Leandro

Now is something that i don´t understand. When I exoprt i can get a convertion to txt, a report and a detailed report. Reports looks nice but any changes that I make there can not be imported back to Mastercam. The txt file looks like follows # TOOL LIBRARY FORMAT - Fri Aug 22 15:32:57 2008 # TOOL LIBRARY FORMAT # = comment if 1st character in line # line 1 - TOOL (start of tool definition) # line 2 - tool material (1-HSS, 2-CARBIDE, 3-COATED CAR, 4-CERAMIC, 5-BORZON, 10-UNKNOWN) # line 3 - tool comment # line 4 - tool name (geometry reference for backplot) # line 5 - tool manufacturer # line 6 - chuck designation # line 7 - tool_no, tool_type, rad_type, dia, crad, thds, tip_angle, # dia_off, len_off, feed, plunge, retract, rpm, coolant, n_flutes, bottom_turret, station # line 8 - Drilling attributes (see tool_type in line 7 above) # line 8 - cycle, peck1, peck2, peck_clr, chip_brk, dwell, shldr_angle, root_dia (tap), bore_shift # line 8 - Milling attributes (see tool_type in line 7 above) # line 8 - cut_able, rgh_x, rgh_z, fin_x, fin_z, tip_dia, root_dia (thd mill), thd_angle # line 9 - pilot_dia, flute_len, oa_len, shldr_len, arbor_dia, hldr_dia, hldr_len, spindle_ccw, sfm, fpt, metric # line 10 - Holder type, Work offset, Initial dir vector[3], Head offset[3], Tool offset[3] # line 11 - Canned text coolant information (canned text 1, canned text 2, ..., canned text 20) # (tool types) (tool capabilities) (canned cycles) # CENTER DRILL 1 ROUGH & FINISH 0 SIMPLE DRILL 0 # SPOT DRILL 2 ROUGH 1 PECK DRILL 1 # DRILL 3 FINISH 2 CHIP DRILL 2 # TAP-RH 4 TAP 3 # TAP-LH 5 (tool corner radius) BORE1 4 # REAMER 6 NONE 0 BORE2 5 # BORING BAR 7 CORNER 1 MISC1 6 # COUNTER BORE 8 FULL 2 MISC2 7 # COUNTER SINK 9 # END MILL FLAT 10 (coolant types) # END MILL SPHER 11 OFF 0 # CHAMFER MILL 12 FLOOD 1 # FACE MILL 13 MIST 2 # SLOT MILL 14 TOOL 3 # CORNER RAD MILL 15 # DOVETAIL MILL 16 (spindle direction) # TAPER MILL 17 CW 0 # LOLLIPOP MILL 18 CCW 1 # END MILL BULL 19 # BLOCK DRILL 20 # ENGRAVE TOOL 21 # BRADPT DRILL 22 # *** DO NOT REMOVE LINE NUMBERS OR DELETE ENTIRE LINES! *** # *** ALL TOOL DEFINITIONS MUST CONTAIN 9 LINES AND THE 'TOOL' LABEL! *** # 1 - TOOL 2 - 3 3 - FRESA CHAFLAN Ø10 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSCHMFMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - 7 - 200 12 0 16. 0. 0. 60. 1 1 0. 0. 0. 0 16 2 0 -1 8 - 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 8. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 10. 50. 12. 16. 50. 25. 0 0. 0. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - TOOL 2 - 2 3 - Fresa plana Ø8 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSFLATMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - Pinza 7 - 2 10 0 8. 0. 0. 0. 1 1 70. 40. 70. 3000 16 2 1 -1 8 - 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 28. 40. 30. 8. 40. 40. 0 100. 100. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - TOOL 2 - 3 3 - Fresa de cara Ø80 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSFACEMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - 7 - 3 13 0 81. 0. 0. 45. 1 1 250. 250. 250. 650 16 6 0 -1 8 - 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 93. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 12. 90. 30. 80. 40. 40. 0 0. 0. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - TOOL 2 - 3 3 - Fresa de escuadrar Ø50 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSFACEMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - 7 - 4 10 0 50. 0. 0. 0. 1 1 200. 150. 200. 800 16 4 1 -1 8 - 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 12. 50. 40. 40. 50. 25. 0 0. 0. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - TOOL 2 - 3 3 - Fresa esferica Ø32 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSBULLMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - Pinza 7 - 5 19 1 32. 6. 0. 0. 1 1 150. 70. 150. 1500 16 2 0 -1 8 - 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 12. 120. 15. 20. 40. 40. 0 50. 50. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - TOOL 2 - 1 3 - Fresa plana Ø3/4" 4 - C:MCAMX3MILLTOOLSFLATMILL.MCX 5 - 6 - Pinza 7 - 6 10 0 19.05 0. 0. 0. 1 1 20. 20. 20. 300 16 6 0 -1 8 - 2 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 9 - 0. 28. 40. 30. 19.05 40. 40. 0 0. 0. 1 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I don´t think I cann manipulate this file easily. What am I doing wrong??

ToolMan: I try to exporta as text from MC and import in Excel.¿Is this correct? But the file that I get is complicate to handled. May be I´m not importing correctly. Is another way?? Thanks