thanks, that's what it was.

I have an issue with the active report that I've modified. Cover page is fine , but for some reason no matter how many tools I have selected when I generate the report it outputs the operation list 3 times. Any help would be appreciated . I've attached what it is generating. FADAL - 4 - AXIS VMC.pdf

I have been modifying an active report to use and I have it like I want all but 1 thing I can't figure out. Is it repeats the operation list 3 times . Whatever tools I have selected and generate a setup sheet from cover page is fine then it'll have 3 operations list same tools same everything and I can't figure out how to fix it. I've attached a copy of what it's generating. Any help would be appreciated. FADAL - 4 - AXIS VMC.pdf

When I create a solids layout in x6 mu3 and I use a template file it doesn't allow me to pick the size of drawing I want. also if I select 1 :1 scale the template doesn't seem to enlarge as the part. I thought maybe you didn't have to select the size of sheet you wanted it automatically changed the size of your template based on size or scale of part. any help would be appreciated.

thanks that's what i did and it worked all it takes is a few pin holes in that weld to drive you crazy. Seems like mits wires with power master are easier to use cutting weld just my opinion.

I'm trying to cut a welded die land on a sodick aq535l the material is A-2 r/c 58-60 keeps on wanting to break wire. I've cut the on time down slowed the feed down still wanting to break. Just wonder if any body else has any info on how to modify the cutting conditions. Thanks in advance

Can you clamp 2 parallels to the table to create a vee block out of cold rolled steel and toe clampe it down. machine half then you can turn it 180 deg. and machine the other half, at least you wouldn't have to pick center back up. HTH

Thanks Ernie! Works great!

What seems to make a diffirence for me is after you select the endpoints and when you go to select the line is if your close to the endpoint it makes it convex, If your away from the endpoint closer to the midpoint it's concave.

I've used both Fadals and Mazak's. Mazaks rule!I know some of the jobs I use mastercam to program for these Fadals if it was a Mazak I'd have it programed at the machine a lot faster and just setup on a Mazak is faster especially with tool touch probe and spindle probe and about 4 times faster. The graffics are actually useable, to me fadals graffics are useless and speed and feed control is a bit prehistoric on Fadal's 2 control Knobs that when you adjust you have to caculate what it's running where on a Mazak it has Buttons and tells you what you've changed it to. I may have to program and operate Fadals but I don't have to like it.

I don't know if this company will have fully threaded or not but regular pull dowells I know they do.http://www.fastenal.com HTH

Mine will disappear at times but I'm running dual monitors so I don't know if this is the same thing happening to you. But if I'm verifying a toolpath and click anywhere on the monitor that showing the toolpath then move back to the other monitor where I keep my operations Mgr.and verfiy dialog box it disappears or seems to it's just moves behind my op. mgr. I just move the Op. Mgr down and that's where it'll be everytime click on it and it brings it back to the front then I can exit the function.

One of the main benifits I have using solids is at times we're constantly moveing bolt holes or button holes. With solids I can just select the geo. for the hole move it where ever regenerate the model and it's updated if it was just a surface model half the time you might as well just start from scratch and draw a new model depending how complex the part is. Plus I like that I can generate a drawing by doing a solid layout. You can just do a lot more if you have solids it gives you more opitions. Some complex parts I'll turn the solid into a surface model for machining because it's easier for me to tell what I'm selecting to machine but if there's a change I can make it to the solid regenrate it then create a new updated surface model.

Thanks Del for the help yesterday. I did figure something out though. You don't have to check the max leadout box just fill in the overlap I didn't use any thread or cut points just told it my leadin length was .250 and set my overlap to .250 and it worked fine. The only thing is when it post out the program on my G40 line its not sending u&v back to 0. Thanks Again

When a company I use to work for bought there first Mazak the setup tech from Mazak took me over to the main power cabinet and told me I'm not telling you how but! handed me the electrical manual opened to the page with the door lock and pointed to the number corresponding to it then pointed in the cabinet. So unpluged it and He said you figured that one out pretty quick. So I have to say I thought everybody unpluged the door safty switches. I run to Fadal now that both are disconnected on. Oh yea I'm not implying you should go look at the electrical connection manual I don't want to be sued either.

I think I just figured it out or it works anyway I checked the max lead out and put .1 in the overlap selection and now if I just chain the btm arc and then the top arc it backplots like it's right .

Del, I just emailed you the file if you would can you post the program and send it to me so I can compare it with my program.

That maybe my problem. It's a partial chain it's not a closed chain and it's 2 arcs. I did chain my thread point I just told it .25 lead distance. Now what I did do to over come it and get it to reverse is I drew lines perpendicular to the arc's at the end of the chain and checked my max leadin/leadout which work it's a little waste of time and wire but it works. Thanks Del I'll send you the file so you can look at it and tell me what I need to do to get it to work right. Thanks

It doesn't matter how I set the leadin or leadout when it finishes the cut it cuts a straight line back to the start point instead of stoping at the lead out.

I don't do that much 4 axis wire work and none since changing to X2-Mr2. Here's my problem I had a part that needed to be programed 4 axis instead of just a contour , I programed it with a rough and 1 skim cut when it got done with the rough cut instead of reversing it wanted to cut through the part cut the wire then go back to where it was suppose to have reversed then skim.and I checked all my settings and it didn't change anything so Ichanged it to just a rough cut and at the end of the cut it still wanted to cut through the part insted of just ending. I edited it by hand and got it to work with just a rough cut. But I've found out that this is going to become a regular job so I'd like to figure out what I need to do to get it to post out correctly. Is it the post I'm using ? or is it My settings? The machine is a Mitsubishi FX-20 X2-MR2sp1 Mill Level 3 Wire Level 2 Solids

That's what I'm doing now. But if I could edit the post the other 2 programer/operators on 2nd and 3rd Shift wouldn't have to and I wouldn't have to explain what they have to change, they could just post it and go.

I just tried reversing the direction and it post out 2 seperate subs but both have the angle in the sub so I'd still would have all 3 passes cut on a taper.

Here's what it post out if I check cancel after pass % L017 (03/20/08) H1 =.0093 H2 =.0065 H3 =.0064 Z1 =1.2500 Z2 =1.2500 Z3 =1.9038 Z4 =0.3124 Z5 =0.0000 N1 G90 N2 G0 X8.7246 Y-.5951 N3 M00 (THREAD WIRE) N4 M78 M78 N5 M80 M82 M84 N6 E1450 H1 F.02 N7 M90 N8 G22 L005 N9 E1452 H2 F.09 N10 G22 L005 N9 E4992 H3 F.09 N10 G22 L005 N9 M85 M83 M81 M58 N10 M00 (CUT WIRE) N11 M21 N12 M58 N13 M02 L005 N1 G92 X8.7246 Y-.5951 N2 G91 N3 G41 G1 X.2113 Y-.02 A-.5 ( angle ) N4 G3 X.02 Y.02 I0. J.02 This is how I modify it and it works but if I could edit the post to post out like this would be nice. Then you'd only have one sub for all 3 cuts. % L017 (03/20/08) H1 =.0093 H2 =.0065 H3 =.0064 Z1 =1.2500 Z2 =1.2500 Z3 =1.9038 Z4 =0.3124 Z5 =0.0000 N1 G90 N2 G0 X8.7246 Y-.5951 N3 M00 (THREAD WIRE) N4 M78 M78 N5 M80 M82 M84 N6 E1450 H1 F.02 A-.5 N7 M90 N8 G22 L005 N9 E1452 H2 F.09 A-.5 N10 G22 L005 N9 E4992 H3 F.09 A0. N10 G22 L005 N9 M85 M83 M81 M58 N10 M00 (CUT WIRE) N11 M21 N12 M58 N13 M02 L005 N1 G92 X8.7246 Y-.5951 N2 G91 N3 G41 G1 X.2113 Y-.02 N4 G3 X.02 Y.02 I0. J.02

I just checked and the only thing left is apply taper after pass and that doesn't work because I need it on the first 2 passess.

That's how I normally do it. I tell it to cancel taper after pass 2 and it does. But when I told it to out put subs it only outputs one sub and it has the angle in it. But what I do is remove the angle from the sub and place it in the main on the line with the e-pack and offset and feedrate and that works but if I could get it to do it without manually modifiying the program would be nice.