Kelly Burns
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quote: I feed out at 3x feedrate. How is this being set up out of MCam?
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Thanks guys.
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I keep seeing a bore in/feed out coming up as defaults in several programs. I was wondering what the preffered method of reaming was for most people. I have always just G81'ed in and out of the hole using 35sfm and .0025 per tooth for most general materials. Opinions please.
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Thats it. I dont know what got changed. Maybe with the install when it updates for the new version? I did a side by side because prodrill and other hooks wouldnt be ready to run for a while yet untill everyone got there stuff updated. I had an issue with this once before where I had to clear out the config file and start building it over. Thanks for all your help
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ignore this, trying to figure out how it works.
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Thanks gcode; Ill do some more digging later, maybe some fresh sofware installs are in order. Ive got admin rights on the box, you cant do anything without it. The network always worked ok before ill ask the i.t. guy on monday if he changed anything. Till tomarrow...
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Convert the surfaces to solids and try it.
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Nope. Didnt work either Todd. I think I found the culprit file though. Its one of my machine tables. I put it up on the .ftp McX2 files/VF10 table if anyone wants to take a look at it. It doesnt want to shade and its the only feature all of my problem files have in common. Worst case I guess I can redraw it and try again.
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Thats the same as Ive always kept it before, with the exception of the edge curves. Ill try some more imports tommarow and let you know how I make out with it. Thanx
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gcode: Solids direct from SolidWorks,through the MCam direct. Also just importing them from the network as a solid seems to tie things up. In particular several files with multiple solids,ie fixture, part, machine table etc. Still using 06 Solidworks, I wonder if this has an effect on it. Didnt have the same issues with MR2, I have a library of my components and X2 wants to crash when bringing in some, but not all, of those components. Thanks for the input.
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I have noticed that solids are hanging up real bad when importing into X2. Some wont come in at all, and when changing surfaces to solids it just pukes. Task manager locks up at 100 % and I have to just close the file and try something else. These are files that would open fine with the MR2 release and now I have to dump the shading down to wireframe just to save them. Any suggestions related to this would be apprecitated; thanks all
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Chord height is already at .00005, wont go any smaller. Thad: Ive always used swept surface before and it would appear fine untill X2. Im not sure if the fillet would apply for this application. Im just trying to wrap a surface to wireframe. Thanks for the help.
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When I create a swept 2d surface on an arc the surface edges are really segmented. How do I clean this up so that when zoomed in upon they appear cleaner? Ive tried to figure out which setting controls it, but no luck.
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Thanks Matt.
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Someone throw this up on the ftp? Cant bring in executables to the shop. BTW Ernie this is a hook I use quite often; Thank you for the quick update.
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I just figured that one out. Thanks John.
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Ive got the same as Brian with x+ not showing up in the category column. Whats the fix?
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Mick, I also would like more info on this subject. Thanks in advance.
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I would start with 40sfm .004 on fpt on your drills - spot drill -1" thru - 153 rpm, 1.22 ipm(2flute) 1.5 thru - 101 rpm, .81 ipm (2 flute) HTH
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Do a search, has been talked about many times.
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There is also John Paris. MasterCam needs to stuff him into a cd.
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Toolpaths/circle paths/helixbore/entities/(grap the circle you want)/input the values.
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In the helix parameters page there is the option of outputting arcs, or setting a tolerance value. I usually leave it set to output arcs for our machines. Also, in the control def. make sure that the helix is supported for the plane your trying to cut.
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Whats the problem? Creating the helix, or toolpathing it?
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What the heck is a nuc nuf tap? Unless this is a "special" kind of tap; Metric tap drill size is easy, subtract the pitch from the diameter to get size. ex. 8mm x 1.0 tap uses a 7mm drill.