Thank you again for feedback, yes, the problem is that is is our first Integrex (and first mill-turn type of machine anyway), so I do not know what kind of problems might arise. We chose all control options for full five axis machining, so I hope we didn't miss anything critical, but anyway, it's a a new territory for me. As for MasterCam Mill-Turn option, I am glad to hear David's experience that all major programming can be done by Lathe - Mill options & good post. As our machine comes without lower turret, there will be no need for simultaneous work on both turning spindles and synchronization stuff. And, personally I also do not like the idea of not being able to modify the post nor no G-code simulation possibility. In this sense MasterCam lathe + Vericut seems to be OK. I am not sure it is worth to spend money on both MasterCam MIll-Turn and Vericut. As for Cimco post, I will definitely ask the dealer why they suggest Cimco post, although I think it is because the company representing MasterCam in our area sells Cimco products, too. Maybe it is easier for them to communicate with Cimco. Well, it will definitely be an interesting autumn this year with the new machine arriving.

Thank you all for feedback, regarding CAMplete, I have never heard of it before. Regarding the place I live (Estonia) I doub't there is any dealer nearby (or maybe in Scandinavian countries, which are nearby). For some reason (which is not clear to me yet) our local Mastercam distributor suggests Cimco post (as standalone post). Any big difference compared to Postabillity or Inhouse Solutions posts? Can we expect any problems by choosing Cimco? I have not much experience with post building&modification, we use generic posts which came with MasterCam, I just have made some modifications, but these are more or less cosmetic, nothing special. I admit I am a bit of an "old school" programmer. Yes, of course I use MasterCam for any bigger piece of progamming, but I am not afraid to modify, correct & improve the G-code myself during first run-in by the machining centre, part geometry changes or even write G-code directly by the pendant for some simple stuff, if it is quicker way. Therefore I still lean towards the solution which allows me to simulate plain G-code, although it might is a good idea to evaluate Mill-Turn demo MasterCam offers.

Hi, we ordered mill-turn Mazak Integrex i100S for machining medical parts, it is intended for 3D milling work mostly. It will be our first mill-turn machine (and also first turning machine), all other machines in company are vertical machines, mostly 4 axis Haas and Okumas + one HAAS V3 with 2 axis rotary table, but we only use 5 axis for indexing work, have no experience in full 5 axis machining. We use MasterCam for programming, but we do not have any high end verification software like Vericut (well, we have Okuma's Admac which can be used to verify G-code). So, my concern is, what kind of software should we get for programming and program simulation for Integrex ? For programming it will be MasterCam, but I have been suggested to buy additionally Vericut or NCSimul for program verification. As we do not have NCSimul representative nearby and NCSimul main office has not been answering even to my quotation e-mails, there is only Vericut left (they have been quite supportive). But, as I was told by local MasterCam reseller, we could also by Mill-Turn add ons for MasterCam with full machine simulation + integrated post processor for Integrex. So now I am struggling with questions: 1)Should we just buy MasterCam's Lathe option + postprocessor for Integrex (local representative suggests Cimco as post builder in this case) for programming and also Vericut for G-code simulation ? Vericut has some nice options, too, like Optipath, which could be beneficial. 2) Or should we buy complete MasterCam's Mill-Turn package and rely on this for simulation, too? Is it capable of simulating plain G-code ? I make program modifications quite often so that I just paste the changed part into G-code with help of simple text editor, so G-code simulation possibility is a must. Maybe adding Mazak's own PC based simulation software (ie SmoothX control for PC) for final G-code simulation is worth considering, too ? I do not plan to make program verification behind machines control, all should be done in office. Any suggestions ? Greetings, Jaanus

Well, I do believe in "you pay for what you get", but as this computer is intended for 2D programming mainly, I think the perfomance is not so important, for given amount of money I prefer stability. Nobody likes to deal with problems "hey, come see what happened, my computer stopped responding..."). It's also waste of money buying a high perfomance video card which capabilities you will not use (after five years it's all outdated anyway).

Thanks for suggestions. We do not have nor intend to buy SolidWorks, we have AutoCad LT, so I think there will not be compatibility problems. I already considered buying FX580, but its price at local store is twice as much as GTS450 (or GT9800) and my boss wants to keep the price within the range. The other limitation is the fact I live quite far from the "centre of the world" (Estonia) and the choice of computer components is quite limited at local stores. I have never used Ebay too. Greetings, Jaanus

Hello, I have to put together a new low cost desktop computer for MCAM Mill X2 Level 3, mainly for 2D and some 3D milling. I did some research in internet and put a Nvidia 9800GT video card to list (one available at local electronics store list), but salesman said today that GTS450 (Club 3D) is newer and should perform better. Well, i cant find any information how GTS450 works with MasterCam (9800 GT should work, from people experiences). I am more interested in stability than performance. Any ideas, which one to pick ? Is 550W Chieftec PSU sufficient ? (Processor will be Intel E700 Core 2 + 2 hard disk drives) Jaanus

Thanks for you opinions ! Well, I don't know the origin of the post , it was used before I started to work here. I was told that it didn't work from the beginning and someone from tehnical university had modyfied it, but ...well, its not working as it should anyway, for ex. rotary axis doesn't work correctly. Nobody just did not know it until needed... :-) Now I tried one other post I got from this forum some time ago when looking for working post for rotary axis and it does not output feedrate value to every line after filtering, so it's my current post problem. Now I just wonder, does anybody know which line(s) in post to modify to correct the issue ?

Hello ! We use Fadal machines and Mill 7.2. Every time I filter and post nci file, my postprocessor adds feedrate value to every movement line. It's very annoying to change & delete these "useless" values. How can I get rid of this feature ? Jaanus

Thanks a lot, Jim ! Your MC 7 Fadal post really works, as long as to NC file output. I haven't tried to cut anything in real yet, but in Fadal Emulator it seems to work fine. Huh...lucky me, I guess... :-) Jaanus

To cadcam: I downloaded your post from ftp.ppcadcam.com/.../fadalv7 post.zip - Correct ?) and used it. It gave me an error message as follows: 'getnextop' should be set to 'yes' Postblock label psof Program execution halted due to error(s) running.pst Well, I don't know anything about modifying posts (started to learn yesterday :-) ), but just to give a try I copied a line I found from original post (getnextop : yes # Scan ahead to get the next operation)to your post (mpfadc.pst), just to see what happens :-). Well, nothing special happened, ie. I got rid of error message, but it posted me an NC file without 'body', ie. motions. Just like with original post. To be sure I wrote toolpath correctly, I used the sample exercise for rotary4ax (from MC CD, rot4axm.mc7) and did all as told in Additional Help/FAQ/Multiaxis guide. Yet the same result. Jaanus

Hi anyone out there ! Seached WWW to find information and found emastercam.com. Maybe someone can help me? We are using Mastercam Mill 7 and Fadal VMC-s with rotary tables. Today I tried to post rotary4ax toolpath (for the first time), but ...nothing happened, ie. it posted just the beginning and end of NC file, but no motions. In Mastercam all seems to be fine, backplot works and shows the motions as expected. Is there a chance that the problem is in post processor ? We have a modified Fadal post, so I thougt maybe it is the problem, but then I tried the one on MC7 CD too and yet nothing better happened. Then I tried a fanuc post from CD and it did something, well, not correctly I think, but it did something, at least. But Fadal post does nothing. I have understood that it doesn't suppport 5 axis, but it should support rotary axis...or what? Jaanus