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September 25, 2006

In V9 the STL would save correctly in any any plane, didn't matter.

In VX, you must switch to top plane before saving.

September 23, 2006

Howdy James,

Just started expeimenting with this....

If the file is open in SolidWorks when trying to open in Mastercam, you get that error.

I had engineering make a file from scatch in SW 2007

and it came in just fine as .sldprt in X-MR2....

September 20, 2006

Right click in the operations manager and click "select".

September 1, 2006

Here is what I have going now on our Makino A55e cell:

http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...0746;p=1#000008

August 14, 2006

I already have my Makino post spitting out H1 D2.

I can force my other posts to spit out the right offsets.

quote:

OK now I'm confused. I have my MMD set for "tool >add to tool offsets> length 0, diameter 0. If I right click on a tool and edit just the tool # to say 25, the diameter and length offsets become 25 + 0 no matter what I have them as inside the tool edit screen. I thought that's what he was looking for. My bad if its not.

That is the correct settings, but the tool definition does not update always.

If you change a tool number the offsets should change with it in the tool definition...

Then the "add to tool offsets" takes care of the rest.

If you have say, tool 20 and change it to tool 10

the offsets stay at 20. If you have add 20 in the offsets, tool 10 becomes offset 40!!!!!

Just had another strange one,,,,

Brought in a V9.1 file and all the tool numbers were correct but ALL of the offsets were 1!!!

(Every Tool)

August 10, 2006

John,

I realize that offsets need to change....

Go back to v9.1, open a tool definition,

change the tool number and the offsets change with it. Always have.

Go to job setup, tool offset registers, add 30 or whatever and away you go.

After it being this way for years, I don't see the logic of not doing this in VX.

Like I said in my original post, If I have a tool that is #55 and I want to change it to #20, the offsets will stay 55. So then, T20 reads offset H55 and we all know the result of that!

It's ridiculous to have have to watch over every change like a hawk.

August 10, 2006

Will this be addressed in X2?? (Beta testers???)

August 10, 2006

For steel, Sandvik RA215 series

4 inch dia with .850 step over!!!!

For aluminum, Carboloy R220.79 series

2.5 dia with .55 step over, 8000rpm 192 ipm!!!!

Have not found ANYTHING that can keep up with this tool in Aluminum........

August 10, 2006

In MR2, when bringing in tools from a predefined tool library. (tools 1 thru 220) If I change a tool number the offsets don't change with it...

(change tool #20 to #1 but the offsets stay at 20)

Is there a way to force this??

Came REAL close to a major crash!!!

August 9, 2006

If it's Novell you can right click on the folder and salvage the file.

It seems to be some kind of delay when saving to the network that causes the crash. This is happening in VX also.....

August 9, 2006

Are you saving to a network drive or locally???

August 9, 2006

Got it to work.........

for some reason, lead-in lead-out MUST be on in VX for it to work.

August 9, 2006

Has anybody played with this yet??

I create a contour, drive the tool to it.

In plunge rough settings, select source operation

(previous contour) and the properties of the NCI path of that contour says "invalid path name".

Then the plunge rough says: "Operation to project needs to be regenerated (or yields no nci motion)"

If I go back to V9.1 it works fine.....

August 3, 2006

I've been fighting this also,

Seems to revert back to default directory everytime.

Also, have any of you been playing with custom tool graphics?

It also always wants to revert back to the default directory.....(Everytime you open a file, you have to re-associate the custom tool mcx files back into the the tool definition.)

June 21, 2006

This is from the end of ptlchg_com:

code:

 if nexttool = first_tool$,

pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, scoolant,[if coolant$ = 3,"(HP COOLANT)"], "T0", e$

else, pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, scoolant,[if coolant$ = 3,"(HP COOLANT)"], next_tool$, e$

sav_coolant = coolant$

if coolant$ = 1, sm09 = sm09_0

if coolant$ = 2, sm09 = sm09_1

if coolant$ = 3, sm09 = sm09_2

absinc$ = sav_absinc

pcom_movea

toolchng = zero

c_msng$ #Single tool subprogram call

plast

this is my current pretract:

code:

 pretract        #End of tool path, toolchange

sav_absinc = absinc$

absinc$ = one

sav_coolant = coolant$

coolant$ = zero

# if nextop$ = 1003, #Uncomment this line to leave coolant on until eof unless

# [ # explicitely turned off through a canned text edit

if all_cool_off,

[

#all coolant off with a single off code here

if coolant_on, pbld, n$, *sall_cool_off, e$

coolant_on = zero

]

else,

[

local_int = zero

coolantx = zero

while local_int < 20,

[

coolantx = and(2^local_int, coolant_on)

local_int = local_int + one

if coolantx > zero,

[

coolantx = local_int

pbld, n$, scoolantx, e$

]

coolantx = zero

]

coolant_on = zero

]

# ]

#cc_pos is reset in the toolchange here

cc_pos$ = zero

if convert_rpd$ = 1,

[

gcode$ = 1

feed = maxfeedpm

ipr_type = 0

]

else, gcode$ = zero

pbld, n$, sccomp, *sm05, psub_end_mny, e$

pbld, n$, sgabsinc, sgcode, "G28", "Z0.", [if gcode$ = 1, `feed], scoolant, e$

#if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *sunlock, sunlockcomm, e$

#pbld, n$, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", protretinc, e$

#if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, slockcomm, e$

if abs(fmtrnd(cabs)) > 360 & nextop$ <> 1003,

[

if lock_codes = one, pbld, n$, *sunlock, e$

rotretflg = 1

pbld, n$, 'G28', protretinc, e$

rotretflg = 0

if lock_codes = one & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, e$

]

absinc$ = sav_absinc

if prv_coolant$ = 3, <----------NEW

[

n$, "M52", "(AIR BLAST ON)" ,e$

n$, "G4 X9.5" ,e$

n$, "M53", "(AIR BLAST OFF)" ,e$

]

coolant$ = sav_coolant

"G49", e$

pbreak, e$

June 21, 2006

code:

 if prv_coolant$ = 3,

[

n$, "M52", "(AIR BLAST ON)" ,e$

n$, "G4 X9.5" ,e$

n$, "M53", "(AIR BLAST OFF)" ,e$

]

That's exactly what I started with....

I cannot get it to accept the prv_ command.

If I say:

code:

 if coolant$ = 3

it will output on the previous tool....

Stumped...........

June 20, 2006

Back again,,,,

quote:

Mpmaster for X MR1/SP2 and above. It's our master configurable 4-Axis G-Code post. Rotary settings are configured in the Machine Definition.

Configuring Matsuura H600 cell post.

I have created:

code:

#( )======================================

#*>=========================<***************************************

#( COOLANT AIRBLOW COMMANDS )======================================

#*>=========================<***************************************

#( )======================================

ptool_airblast

n$, "M52", "(AIR BLAST ON)" ,e$

n$, "G4 X9.5" ,e$

n$, "M53", "(AIR BLAST OFF)" ,e$

I,m trying to insert:

---> if prv_coolant$ = 3, ptool_airblast <---

into pretract when coolant-tool is shut off.

Cannot get it recognize prv_coolant??

I think it is conflicting with the new x-coolant stuff....

Anybody care to steer me in the right direction??

Here is my pretract:

code:

 pretract        #End of tool path, toolchange

sav_absinc = absinc$

absinc$ = one

sav_coolant = coolant$

coolant$ = zero

# if nextop$ = 1003, #Uncomment this line to leave coolant on until eof unless

# [ # explicitely turned off through a canned text edit

if all_cool_off,

[

#all coolant off with a single off code here

if coolant_on, pbld, n$, *sall_cool_off, e$

coolant_on = zero

]

else,

[

local_int = zero

coolantx = zero

while local_int < 20,

[

coolantx = and(2^local_int, coolant_on)

local_int = local_int + one

if coolantx > zero,

[

coolantx = local_int

pbld, n$, scoolantx, e$

]

coolantx = zero

]

coolant_on = zero

]

# ]

#cc_pos is reset in the toolchange here

cc_pos$ = zero

if convert_rpd$ = 1,

[

gcode$ = 1

feed = maxfeedpm

ipr_type = 0

]

else, gcode$ = zero

pbld, n$, sccomp, *sm05, psub_end_mny, e$

pbld, n$, sgabsinc, sgcode, "G28", "Z0.", [if gcode$ = 1, `feed], scoolant, e$

#if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *sunlock, sunlockcomm, e$

#pbld, n$, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", protretinc, e$

#if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, slockcomm, e$

if abs(fmtrnd(cabs)) > 360 & nextop$ <> 1003,

[

if lock_codes = one, pbld, n$, *sunlock, e$

rotretflg = 1

pbld, n$, 'G28', protretinc, e$

rotretflg = 0

if lock_codes = one & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, e$

]

absinc$ = sav_absinc

coolant$ = sav_coolant

"G49", e$

pbreak, e$

May 30, 2006

Thank you Dave!!

Sometimes the obvious will get you.....

Added !tool_typ$ !tldia$ to ptlchg0$

code:

 ptlchg0$         #Call from NCI null tool change (tool number repeats)

if op_id$ <> last_op_id,

[

rd_params$ # Read parameters - pparameter

pmisccheck

]

pcuttype

toolcount = toolcount + 1

prvtp = rbuf(3,toolcountp)

if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)

else, nexttool = first_tool$

if (mi8$=one & (op_id$ <> last_op_id | (op_id$ = last_op_id & xform_op_id$ <> op_id$)))

| ((tlplnno$ <> prvtp | rotary_type$ <> last_rotary_type) & ret_on_indx), pstop

pcom_moveb

pcheckaxis #Check for valid rotary axis

!tool_typ$ !tldia$ <--------Added here ----

Changed callouts to prv_tool_typ$ and prv_tldia$

and it works!!!

May 30, 2006

Back again.......Makino A55e's

OK, I'm trying to insert a tool break check at the end of each tool: G65 P9613 A0.030 H1

The -A- value is a +/- tolerance (how much variance on touching probe before machine alarms out)

I've copied a section of the MPMaster post (ppredtool) and modified to this:

code:

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Tool Break Check Output

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

pbreak

"(BREAK CHECK)", e$

if tool_typ$ = 1, "G65 P9613 A0.030 H1" # CENTER DRILL

if tool_typ$ = 2, "G65 P9613 A0.030 H2" # SPOT DRILL

if tool_typ$ = 3, #-----------------------# DRILL

[

if tldia$ <= .500, "G65 P9613 A0.025 H3"

else, "G65 P9613 A0.050 H3"

]

if tool_typ$ = 4, "G65 P9613 A0.025 H4" # TAP-RH

if tool_typ$ = 5, "G65 P9613 A0.025 H5" # TAP-LH

if tool_typ$ = 6, "G65 P9613 A0.025 H6" # REAMER

#if tool_typ$ = 7, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H1" # BORING BAR

#if tool_typ$ = 8, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H1" # COUNTER BORE

if tool_typ$ = 9, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H9" # COUNTER SINK

if tool_typ$ = 10, #----------------------- END MILL FLAT

[

if tldia$ <= .500, "G65 P9613 A0.010 H105"

if tldia$ > .500 & tldia$ < .750, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H106"

if tldia$ >= .750, "G65 P9613 A0.020 H107"

]

if tool_typ$ = 11, #----------------------- END MILL SPHERE

[

if tldia$ <= .500, "G65 P9613 A0.010 H11"

if tldia$ > .500 & tldia$ < .750, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H11"

if tldia$ >= .750, "G65 P9613 A0.020 H11"

]

if tool_typ$ = 12, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H12" # CHAMFER MILL

#if tool_typ$ = 13, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H1" # FACE MILL

#if tool_typ$ = 14, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H1" # SLOT MILL

#if tool_typ$ = 15, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H1" # CORNER RAD MILL

if tool_typ$ = 16, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H16" # DOVETAIL MILL

if tool_typ$ = 17, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H17" # TAPER MILL

if tool_typ$ = 18, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H18" # LOLLIPOP MILL

if tool_typ$ = 19, "G65 P9613 A0.015 H19" # END MILL BULL

And inserted pbreak at end of pretract:

code:

 if abs(fmtrnd(cabs)) > 360 & nextop$ <> 1003,

[

if lock_codes = one, pbld, n$, *sunlock, e$

rotretflg = 1

pbld, n$, 'G28', protretinc, e$

rotretflg = 0

if lock_codes = one & cuttype = 0, pbld, n$, *slock, e$

]

absinc$ = sav_absinc

coolant$ = sav_coolant

pbreak, e$

So, I'm getting ouput, but it's calling the next tool_type instead of current or previous tool_type

code:

 Y-8.9243                                                    ppeck_2$ ppeck_2$

X-5.0074 ppeck_2$ ppeck_2$

X-4.7574 ppeck_2$ ppeck_2$

G80 M9 pcanceldc$ pcanceldc$

M5 ptlchg1002$ pretract

G91 G28 Z0. ptlchg1002$ pretract

(BREAK CHECK) ptlchg1002$ pbreak

G65 P9613 A0.025 H4 <------tool_type 4 = tap --next tool ptlchg1002$ pretract

M01 ptlchg$ ptlchg$

T5470 M6 (8-32 EXPRESS TAP -GH5-) ptlchg$ p__48:1625

(MAX - Z9.) ptlchg$ p__51:1638

(MIN - Z1.25) ptlchg$ p__51:1638

M11 ptlchg$ p__50:1635

G17 G0 G90 G54 X-5.2574 Y-8.4243 B90. S3000 M3 ptlchg$ p__50:1635

M10 ptlchg$ p__50:1635

G43 H1 Z9. M8 T2120 ptlchg$ p__50:1635

/M97 (SHOWER) ptlchg$ p__50:1635

Z2.6 pzrapid$ prapidout

G95 M135 S3000

How do I get to call previous tool_type??

When all is working well I will change all H values to 1 (Right now I've modified h values to reflect tool_type # to see what is coming out where......

May 24, 2006

Finally got it to run....

Only 6 trials left!!!!

quote:

mill_accel : 1 # Accelerate processing time for Mill or Router only setup sheets [0=No,1=Yes]

max_toolno : 9999 # Maximum tool number (not including lathe offset portion of tool call)

# The 'stock_info' switch allows selecting to output detailed Stock Information

stock_info : yes$ # Display Part location, stock size/location

stock_img : 1 # 0 = No screen capture image

# 1 = EMF: auto image cap, fast run, large file size, bad on-screen, prints perfectly -

not supported by Firefox/Mozilla

# 2 = PNG: auto image cap, slow run, small file size, clean on-screen, prints reasonably

# 3 = GIF: auto image cap, slow run, small file size, clean on-screen, prints reasonably

# 4 = GIF: manual image cap, searches for pre-existing GIF

# [NC_directory][ncfilename].[sextgif] for file_naming = 0

# [MCX_directory][mcxfilename].[sextgif] for file_naming = 1

quote:

slaunch "C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe"

Can't use firefox??????

May 24, 2006

quote:

So if that is set to 0 Deg and is facing from right to left, change to 180 Deg with a Zig-Zag pattern. That should work.

No, that does not work, if you rotate 180 you get exactly the same thing...

May 24, 2006

Also, you cannot get it to rapid down to cut depth.

(you can on every other type of path).....

May 24, 2006

Did not do a side by side install. Loaded MR2

over MR1.

Did a fresh install of MR2 HTML.set.

The fixedsetupsheet.dll was still there but not selected.

I removed that file and now I still get that same OnScript error but it also gives me "Increase max_toolno variable in .set file - Program will Exit"

Our tool numbers start at 1000 and go up from there.

If I change max_toolno from 99 to 9999 it just crashes...........

May 23, 2006

I am trying out the new html.set for MR2.

I keep getting an error:

ActiveScriptSite::OnScriptError()

Line:

Then it locks up.......

I'm down to 20 trials left!!!

Been searching around and haven't seen this.

May 22, 2006

Found one problem......

If the last operation is a transform op,

(in this case it was rotate 180 from top plane)

it still calls the first tool....

Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing???

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