??? I get the error just opening the file??? When it opens there are no fillets. Now this is just snowballing now. lol FYI I'm using Mill V9.0SP1

Thanks Yours model works fine even when I try and redo it. I think the problem is the way I made my model. I revolved the cutouts because there are actually dia changes at the ends that I did not add yet (I figured this varying radius was going to give me trouble so I'm getting a head start on it). Maybe I'll have to extude my model for it to work. I'll mail you my model if you like to give it a try.

hi Jg I made the model and tried to do one edge at a time but still fails. Thanks for the pic Phil. Much easier

Thanks for the help. This is what I have been trying: 1. Solids 2. Fillet 3. Edges Y the rest N 4. Select the 2 edges that form a curved v shape 5. Done 6. Fillet Parameters window: Variable Radius...Smooth Overflow:Default Edit window: Edge 1, 1st vertex .27rad. 2nd vertex .5rad. Edge 2, 1st vertex .27rad. 2nd vertex .5rad. 7. Click OK 8. Blend Creation FAILED! 9. go have a beer. 10. Come back...Still failed ??????????

Hello all Fist off let me try to explain what I am doing. I am making a mold half for a T shape 5" dia. pipe (looks like a block that a 5"dia ballnose cutter ran through in a T shape 2.5" deep) . I want to fillet the solid model with a variable radius where the two diameters intersect (.27R at the top to .5R at the deepest point), I keep getting the error "Blend Creation Failed. Probable cause: Blend overflow removes adjacent face or edge". Any ideas on how to do this?

lol..oh no...he didn't just say that? and only 10 post!

Hello You can change your post to output a M00 before the operation using the miscellaneous values.

Hello all I can't wait to try it out. Looks like fun! http://www.mastercamart.com/ I had better start to think of a reason why my boss needs to add this

Thanks cadist! Editing the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER--»CNC Software--»V9mill and enter the logo string[/edit Worked for me! Thank you VERY much for all your help this one has been killing me. Eric

I have tried rotating and renaming "logo" as "wallpaper" neither made a difference. I was wondering if you might have a bmp file that has worked for you in the past that I could try? This way I could rule problem with my bmp file out. Thanks for you help

Thanks for the quick response cadist! I am running on windows 2000 Am using Mastercam Mill Version 9.0SP1 When I start Mastercam there is no error message it just starts like always but the background is still just black? "exactly in your registry are you entering it" I am entering it here: 1. run regedit 2. My Computer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE CNC Software, Inc. V9 Mill 3. I left clicked on V9 Mill folder 4. right clicked in the window on the left side 5. click new string value and named it logo 6. double clicked on logo entered "C:Documents and SettingsesalsmanDesktoptest.bmp" in the value data area 7. closed it then opened mc9...just black? This is all over my head so any help would be appreciated. Question... at start up how does mastercam know to load the logo as background? Thanks Eric

Hello all I need to bring this topic back to life again. cadist I have been trying your method to place a .bmp image in background but it is not working for me. So I have a couple of questions: 1st is there a certain size or # of colors the image should be? 2nd In the ScreenConfigure do I need to have the "Enable OpenGL® drawing" checked? If so mine is not lit up...is this an option? Also would somebody be able to explain what this is OpenGL option is for. I have been wanting to figure this one out for a long time now. It would be nice to finally get it working! Thank you for your time Eric

I have had to use the chemical "tap out" a un..few times in SS with great success. The draw back is it takes a long time and it will dull the ss where the acid comes in contact, but nothing that cant be removed with some 600 grit sandpaper. It also works faster if you heat the part up and clean out the hole and refill it with tap out often.

Martin it right. It should be just a simple switch in your post. Just search for stagetool in your post and change the 0 to a 1. That should do the trick. Eric

Hello Taping the part down always scares me, but it has worked for me in the past( with much smaller parts than yours). If I tried to use coolant the part would come lose and you can't get too aggressive with the cuts. I would think with that much area taped it should hold pretty well. Oh ya one other thing that I can across was that if I used alcohol to clean the table and part there was a residue left behind and it would not hold. My best results were with lacquer thinner (sometimes the problem was how to get the part off without bending it ) Hope this helps a bit. Eric

Thanks Stephen I did not know that. I had better start using 1/25.4 from now on

My mastercam is set to 4 decimal places so it acuually works out to 0.0394 when 1/25.4 is entered. So far I have not run into a problem but I would expect that the larger the part is the larger the error would become.

I am not sure what you are looking for. Do you what the tool changer just to stage the tool at the previous tool change?

One trick I use when I get a print that has alot of metric dimensions on it, is I create the geometry to scale in inch mode 1" = 1mm. Then when it is done I'll scale the whole thing using .03937 for the scale factor. This converts it to the proper size in inches.

You could also use toolpath editor to move the tool where you like.

You could create a spline and use it for your toolpath?

Turning grinding wheels is usually done mounted on the machine, for the same reason that when you first mount a grinding wheel it should be dressed. If not the wheel will most likely not run true.

Thanks for all yor help guy's! This is all new to me so thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Eric

It works! Thanks for your help Randy Now I gat to play with DNC..I'll probably be back with more questions soon. lol Thanks again Eric

Thanks for you help Randy. I'll give it another try in a bit. Do you know if setting #134 "Connection type" should still be set to floppy? not NET or ZIP?