That's what I was afraid of. Oh well. Thanks

I did a search for mirroring operations and the general consensas seemed to be; "don't use tranform mirror." I'm using X4. Has anyone been able to get a program to mirror correctly. If I mirror and reverse the toopath it cuts from the bottom up. CRASH!!!!!

I'm not sure what it's doing but I think It's renumbering/changing to a differn't tool. It changes some of the previous ops tools. I did notice that when it comes up with the window after making a program with options to change the tools or cancel tool changes that if I choose cancel tool changes that it doesn't change the previous ops tools anymore and I just have to reselect the tool for the op I'm on. I don't have any of these problems when not using the high speed stuff.

I know this has been discussed a few times but I never seen a fix for the problem. I'm stuck using X4 cause my place of employement is to cheap to put me back on maintenance. I figured out that I did'nt start having a problem with this until I started using the highspeed toolpaths. I like them and would like to continue to use them but for now I've quit using them because of the tools changing. It's extremely aggravating to say the least. Is there anyway to get this problem fixed without being on maintenance. From what I've seen on here people are still having this problem with some of the newer versions anyway. It would be nice if mastercam would fix the problems they have without you having to be on maintenance. I mean, if I buy something at walmart and there's something wrong with it I get to take it back and get somethingelse. I don't have to wait for a newer version to come out and buy that one to see if the problem got fixed. Just sayin......

Thanks Mr. Wizzard. I was begining to think everyone was asleep.

I did a complete reinstall . Thanks anyway.

Where are your toobar states stored at?

I'm running X4. I installed X3 also (which I have a key with solids for) and got an error which states, The procedure entry poinet?Setupkey Up event@MCEvent@@QAEXF@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library mastercam.exe. I uninstalled X3 and now my X4 is getting the same error and won't run. Please help quick. My boss is gona kill me if I don't get this fixed.

Ok. you can email me a zip file. It would be greatly appreciated.

That would be great. How would I look at your config and machine file. would I copy them in place of mine and then replace them once I'm done? The machine is an RP800.

filters are turned off also. thanks though.

I have all the arc stuff unchecked in my control def. Not sure if my post is correct.

I'm not sure how to remove the sgplane vairable in my post. Could you explain how to do that. I looked at your code. I'm not getting any I's, J's, or K's in my code, everythings point to point except for when I try engraving an arc in the YZ plane. Also I created the same toolpath using different machines and they all output the same g19's. So I'm not really sure this is my problem. What actually happened was after the first .001 deep cut, it took a noze dive right into my workpiece. so i just assumed it was because of the g19 code. I don't think its quite right. Here's what my code looks like. G0X-.833407Y-.028901 Z2. Z.41 G1Z.301074F30. G19X-.8334Y.000252Z.301767 Y.029404Z.301077 X-.833407Y.029427Z.41F500. G17 G0Y-.028901 G1Z.300074F30. G19X-.8334Y.000252Z.300767 Y.029404Z.300077 X-.833407Y.029427Z.41F500. G17 G0Y-.028901 G1Z.299074F30. G19X-.8334Y.000252Z.299767 Y.029404Z.299077 X-.833407Y.029427Z.41F500. G17 G0Y-.028901 G1Z.298074F30. G19X-.8334Y.000252Z.298767 Y.029404Z.298077 X-.833407Y.029427Z.41F500. G0Z2. M30

Well I thought I figured it out. It's still outputting g19's. Any ideas? my program is a 3d contour set with the top of stock and the depth "incremental". I think this is how I've always done it but it's been a while. In my control def I have arcs set to none but I'm not sure if my post is set up correctly. The piece of geometry I'm having problems with is an arc.

thanks anyway. I figured it out.

I'm trying to egrave a number on a rounded surface and I'm getting g17's and g19's in my toolpath wich I believe is causing me to crash. I don't think I use to get these codes. The other day I was messing around with my control def and post and trying to see if I could use arcs for 2d cutting and point to point for 3d stuff. I set everything back to the way it was, I think but I'm getting those blasted g17's and g19's. Should I be getting these on a 3d contour toolpath? If not how do I fix the problem? tia

Machineguy, thanks for all the help. I'll try that and see if I can figure it out. Thanks again.

NC side yes. Im not sure about the full package. We just updated to a winmax control version 8.

different parts.

Can anyone explain to me in detail how to use multiple workoffsets at the machine. And also how to peck tap, and what the code would look like. tia

Ok, thanks for all the responses.

I've noticed that sometimes while a program is generating that it will say (not responding) at the top of the screen next to the file name, but then it will go ahead and generate the program. Does anyone else have this happen. Do I need to do anything to change this so it will speed up the generation times. I just started noticing this when I got my new t3500. I did a search for this and couldn't find anything. tia. I'm running X4

I knew I should've asked this question a long time ago. Thanks Mark, you da man.

I'm sure this has been covered but I did a search and could'nt find anything. Whenever I select a few programs and post them mastercam gives me a window that states "not all operations have been selected for ......, post all? Is there a way to turn this box off so it doesn't ask me this everytime. I never post every single program in my operations manager at the same time. I always do it by groups. tia

My computer guy here had me uninstall mastercam and reinstall it. He things my harddrive is going out. But now it gives me the famous unhandled exception error at start up. I just now seen your response bear. I guess were gonna put a new hard drive in it and reinstall everything and try that. Thanks. I wish I would've went to college for computers.