Thanks Craig. I appreciate. The problem is though that nothing is there including the editor!

RUNNING X5

anyone know how to turn on toolbars in cimco editor? missing them all.

drill at 353.5 degrees,

you can program and post one side, rotate the geometry so now it's "dirty", regenerate, post to a different file name and splice the programs together in your editor. your conventional and/or climb milling tool paths will not be affected.

I need to convert a DWG file to an IDW file using X6. anyone know? thanks.

Using X6 lathe with a modified generic post proccesor. I am getting redundant coordinates on my posted programs. For example, on a peck drilling cycle, machine rapids to X0.0 like it should but then every line with a Z feed also outputs a not needed X0. N1 ( NO.18 DRILL ) G00 X1.5Z4.0 G97 S1577 M13 T9090 X0.Z.5 Z0. G98 G01 X0. Z-.02 F4.04 G00 Z0. Z-.017 G01 X0. Z-.05 G00 Z0. Z-.047 G01 X0. Z-.08 G00 Z0. Z-.077 G01 X0. Z-.11 G00 Z0. Z-.107 G01 X0. Z-.14 G00 Z0. Z-.137 G00 Z.4 This can chew up a lot of memory on my control and can be an issue on longer programs. Same thing happens with turning tool paths. Any ideas? Quote MultiQuote Edit

Using X6 lathe with a modified generic post proccesor. I am getting redundant coordinates on my posted programs. For example, on a peck drilling cycle, machine rapids to X0.0 like it should but then every line with a Z feed also outputs a not needed X0. N1 ( NO.18 DRILL ) G00 X1.5Z4.0 G97 S1577 M13 T9090 X0.Z.5 Z0. G98 G01 X0. Z-.02 F4.04 G00 Z0. Z-.017 G01 X0. Z-.05 G00 Z0. Z-.047 G01 X0. Z-.08 G00 Z0. Z-.077 G01 X0. Z-.11 G00 Z0. Z-.107 G01 X0. Z-.14 G00 Z0. Z-.137 G00 Z.4 This can chew up a lot of memory on my control and can be an issue on longer programs. Same thing happens with turning tool paths. Any ideas?

planes are correct. +D+Z it's happening with or without stock recognition.

Having a problem in Verify mode. Using X6 lathe. The drilling tool graphics are fine. It displays the drills entering the part from the right side of the screen. When it reaches a turning tool, such as an O.D. cut, the graphics rotate 90 degrees so I'm looking at the face of the part and the tool is displayed cutting from the right side of the screen when that tool should be cutting from the top of the screen. Also, when all the tool paths are finished, you should be able to rotate and zoom in and out on the part. I'm getting a warning message that says "changing graphics view is not allowed at this time". fubar. anybody have any ideas?

Using X6 level one lathe. In verify mode the drill graphics are fine e.g. the drill enters the face of the part form the right side of the screen. Happy Happy. as soon as it reaches a turning opp. the part graphics spin 90 deg. so you are looking at the face and the O.D. tools are cutting from the right side instead of the top of the screen. HELP!

when running a c-axis program whith live face tooling, (cutting a hex), it runs fine while the C value is desending. example. X2.3205 C7.704 X2.3254 C5.858 X2.327 C4.012 C0. X2.3271 C355.988 X2.3255 C354.142 X2.3206 C352.296 as soon as it reads the larger (X2.3271 C355.988) C value the stock splindle reverses direction to get to that coordinate. this is a Fanuc 21 contol and I heard there was a code to keep the spinle moving in one direction. Any body have a clue?

when communicating a program from a machine back to mastercam X, i get two blank lines beetween every program line. anyone know of a switch or a setting???? thanks rick

any one know how to click on a dimension and drag it to a new location like we did i v.9? thanks

how do you browse geometry files in X? thanx rick.