Hi All, Just wondering if this was resolved. I just noticed this same issue happening to me and only on this particular workstation. I'm using X5 and have enabled depths of cut with one finish depth, and one finish pass on the diameter set for the final depth. The total depth of cut is -.500". The depth of cut is set at .100" and a finish depth of .015". The toolpath in both the backplot and the post goes down to the feed plane set at .05" above the final depth (i.e. no depths of cut are posted.) I've tried restarting Mastercam; deleting the operation and creating a new circle entity on a different level and still no depth cuts. Your help is appreciated! Thanks, Norbert

We have been slowly replacing our old XP workstations with newer Windows 7 64-bit (enterprise edition) machines and I have come upon errors that I have not seen before. Has anyone else encountered them or know how to get fix them. The (Mastercam X Editor) message box reads: "Invalid procedure call or argument C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\shared mcamx5\common\editors\Mastercam\Memberlists\entities.mbr" click "OK" and this message follows: "An error has occured in sub OpenFile() The parameter is incorrect. #-2147024809 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\SHARED MCAMX5\-001.NC Thanks, Norbert

We recently bought a Fortis 400mc rapid prototype machine and I would like to run a hockey (goalie) mask as a sample. If you have one and can share it, please e-mail me ([email protected]). Thanks, Norbert

Jim, Thanks The user tells me he used to be able to do it in V9, but I tried the same thing and he is incorrect. So, Project it is!

Hey folks, Using X4 MU3 to generate a 3-d contour (chained a single, sloping line entity.) During the verification, it appears that the point of tangency does not shift as the part starts up the slope. I tried to attach the file, but received an error, so here are some of the settings: Contour (3D) Cutter Comp (Left); Type (Wear); Tip Comp (Tip) Max depth var. (.0005) Lead in/out: Tangent (50%, 50%, 90deg, .05 Helix ht.) I can e-mail the file if needed. As always, your help is greatly appreciated! -Norbert [email protected]

After installing X4 over X3, I have an issue posting operations and sending them directly to the machine ("Send to machine"). I get the message: "File format not valid." The NC extension is as it was before -- .nc. I can, however, post to the (Mastercam) editor with no problems and then send the file to the controller with no problems. The posted program is good. The controller is a Fanuc 15-M. I have checked all the comm settings and they are the same as the settings in our existing MC9 setup. I retried the Update Folder process and update post c-hook to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks HM...he's trying out your suggestion right now...

A co-worker is working on a part with an island that protrudes from the base at a 6.2 degree tilt (the top of the island is at 6.2 degrees to the base and the walls extend up from the base normal to the top of the island surface.) I placed a copy of that particular part on the FTP site (ftp://www.mastercam-cadcam.com/Mastercam_forum/MC9_files/angle_draft/)-- filename is rough-a.mc9. He has tried several surface finish options to no avail. I suggested we tap the expertise of the forum. We are ordering a .500 lollipop tool for the job. Thanks in advance!

Thanks Jimmy. I deleted the existing geometry for those holes and created new ones...it worked this time, but I still am not sure why the original geometry gave me the error. I compared the properties to other similar holes and they all "looked" the same.

Hi all, I have just started using solids and have run into an error while trying to generate a .2945 DIA x .500 deep hole into an existing solid block. I had no issues with the other parts in the set, but this morning I started getting the following messages: 1. Invalid face created -- My WCS and C-planes are the same; I click on EXTRUDE, select the arc (that is lying on the same plane as the parent solid face); click on CUT BODY; EXTEND BY... .500; Trim to selected face; Reverse directions (because the chain direction points away from the surface); click on OK (green check mark); select the face of the parent solid; click on OK (green circle) and then I get the error message. 2. Parasolid® Kernal Interface Error: PK Error Code: 22 - tag is invalid or dead. -- I got this message when I created a new circle to see if it was just something with the existing geometry. I don't see anything wrong with what I've done, but then that's why I need your help! The file is posted on Cadcam's FTP site in the Solids folder (norberts-solids-error.mcx). Thanks, Norbert

Thanks John. The files were very clean.

Thanks John. I just sent it.

I have an AI file that I am having trouble converting over to a usable DWG or DXF....care to try converting that for me? It's a set of logos for the China Sharks hockey team. E-mail me if you can help ([email protected]) Thanks!

Thanks JM. I couldn't find it anywhere, I just needed confirmation from an expert!

I dug this up after searching for an answer to the question: How or can I change the translate default from "Copy" to "Move"? Can it be done? Thanks, Nt

...if you picked a line that was parallel to the "first" line, you'd get an error message and the problem would continue until you picked a line that was perpendicular.

Thad, I tried rebooting and moving the file to my laptop to no avail. I was still being prompted to "select line 2"... I finally got rid of the problem by selecting a second line that was actually perpendicular to the first line. It was guesswork since I didn't know where the first line selection was made. So I can say that I got away from the problem, but I don't know why it wouldn't go away with the ESC key.

I'm having trouble accessing the FTP site, but if anyone wants to see the file just send me an e-mail.

I don't know what happened here... I tried to save a file that I was working on and the bottom of the window shows the file path it is trying to save to (i.e. Saving C:etc...) and right next to it is "...Select line 2". ??? I press ESC twice to cancel it and I'm left with "Select Line 2" If I press anything associated with the WCS and T, C, and Gview managers, it asks me to "select line 2" I create Tplanes on different sides when I program and I figure I must have been doing something associated with this. I may have been changing Tplanes to start programming a second operation. I don't remember exactly what I did because I was heading out to lunch. Anyway, I'll post the file on the FTP if anyone wants to take a look... Thanks.

quote: how to calculated the depth for any taps Do you mean calculate the feedrate for the taps? Depths should be specified on your print.

quote: ...In a few instances I had over a couple of hundred ops. to edit like that. I'm sure this is something that could be made a lot easier via a macro or some other automated function that can find ops that share the old Tplanes and convert them to the newly desired Tplane. It's a tedious task that takes away from my forum reading time

I have an existing program that I have edited to reflect our change in set-up. Because of this change, I had to change my Tool Plane. (i.e. I've gone from using View #12 to #15.) Now, I go into each operation affected by the new Tplane and change the T and Cplanes. Sometimes there are over 30 ops in a group. I want to know if there is a quick way to change all of the ops without having to go into each one -- in the same manner as changing the NCI file. Thanks in advance!

I've had instances where I would open a file and see the same thing, but, once you hit regenerate all, all the geometry becomes visible again. It's happened more than a few times over the last couple of years. I don't know why it happens though.

I've done that on both of my Haas mills (VF-2ss and VF-9)...I didn't know there was a parameter switch to repeat the rigid tap cycle but I'll look for it. I know that the Haas manual says that you can't do it, but I have never seen a problem with cross threading whenever I've done it.

Skinning the cat, method #23: Creat new fillet radii along the chain in a color different from your existing wireframe and then delete the broken arcs using a color mask. I get some "dirty" files like that and when deleting duplicate entities or combining views doesn't work, I create new ones or trim one of the arc fragments to make a complete arc. <