I seem to get that error a lot also. Only when mirroring solids... What are your allocations set at??

I got mine,,, Last years was better, who comes up with this marketing? Almost as silly as V7 Mastercam Man.

quote: They are equally important and deserve lots of respect. http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=006728#000000 If it wasn't for engineers, programming would be to easy!!

Wow,,, The list is long when I look back and think about it. quote: Isnt it cool to do this stuff? That's why we do it!! Let's see, Back in Utah, at Central Valley Machine www.cvm-inc.com Hi James,,,, Parts for Space Shuttle Boosters (Thiokol) Satelite components (Space Dynamics Laboratories) Many aerospace hogouts for Mcdonnell Douglas (which became Boeing)DC-8,DC-9,DC-10,MD-80,727,737 747 Various Optics and mechanical components for USU engineering depts. Lots of parts and assys. for THRILL rides (S&S Powersports) Prototype Clutch for Polaris snowmobile "Big Air" Snowmobile and Motorcycle/ATV Carburetors for PSI Performance http://www.psiperformance.com/ Design and programming for Rotoclip Hoof trimming and Log shaping discs http://www.rotoclipinc.com/ Roll Dies for Pepperidge Farms Goldfish (The Yummy little crackers) For just over a year in Oregon, at Davis Tool Inc. What's up Jerimiah?? Medical components Helicopter parts Lots of Aerospace components and hogouts The front fork assy and complete billet hogout engine block for the new Motosycz GP Bike on the cover of January 2005 CycleWorld Magazine!! And it just keeps going, and going, and going,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Look back here: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=013555 When "drilling" with a ball em: Tip comp on Breakthrough amount = 0 Tip Angle = 0 or 180

So,,, Exactly what is is doing wrong??

Turn on tip comp, 0 breakthrough, 0 or 180 on tip angle. HTH,

Hardmill, I copied the chook into Mcam and tried to run it. I get some errors and then this: "Fast Zcut Technology is not properly installed" and then I get booted out. Will this only run on the newest version? I'm running V9.1 SP2

Hardmill, I do not have it. Did it come with the latest patch? We don't have maintenance yet,,,,, Would you please E-mail it to me?

Roger mentioned this: stlheal.dll chook Where might we get a hold of this little gem?? Didn't see it on the FTP.

Thank you Don!!!! How many files would you like?? I'll bet I have at least 50 right off the top of my head....

quote: turn down the video card hardware acceleration And get rid of the ATI card!!! Nvidia is best.

312 ops along with 5 rev changes!! Don't we just LOVE imagineers?

Makino all the way!!!

Look here: http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=005922#000003 Babbitrite is the stuff... Is this what your using?

Ok, have been tweaking on this machine (Matsuura H600 Horizontal) for awhile, and I think I've got it. code: M6 (#3 CENTER DRILL TOOL-428) M22 G90 M21 G60 G0 G17 G90 X-5.8125 Y-4.9199 S1749 M3 T411 G43 H428 Z8. /M8 M50 (SPINDLE COOLANT ON) G81 Z6.665 R6.84 F3. G80 G64 M9 G94 G91 G28 Z0 M5 G49 M52 (AIR BLAST ON) G4 X9.5 M53 (AIR BLAST OFF) (BREAK CHECK) G65 P9301 D0.015 H428 M1 M6 (3.3MM MITSUBISHI CARB COOLANT THRU DRILL TOOL-411) M22 G90 M21 G60 G0 G17 G90 X-5.8125 Y-4.9199 S3500 M3 T426 G43 H411 Z8. /M8 M50 (SPINDLE COOLANT ON) G81 Z6.59 R6.84 F9. G80 G60 G81 Z5.7517 R6.84 F9. G80 G64 M9 G94 G91 G28 Z0 M5 G49 M52 (AIR BLAST ON) G4 X9.5 M53 (AIR BLAST OFF) (BREAK CHECK) G65 P9301 D0.015 H411 M1 It's working quite well now other than transform toolpath calls a new canned cycle for every part

ID thread go bottom to top (climb milling) OD thread go top to bottom (climb milling

Thanks Ron, Easy enough... Quickmike I'll let you know how this works out.

I found more info, G60 is modal, same as G61. G64 cancels both. Must turn on at first position and off at G80. What will be the easiest way to invoke this?

Where's the best place to insert this? The postion move before the canned cycle? (G81,etc.) Would the misc. integers be the easiest way to call this? Do I need G64 to cancel? Never dealt with it before.

quote: I also get at least 1 crash a day, normally more like 2-4, been like that for me for me on two different computers, never have been able to figure out why. Sometime during file save, which is by far the worst time to crash. Must be the power in Oregon!!! Funny, I have exactly the same problem, sometimes once a day, sometimes 10 or 12!! It's never consistent, but always Mastercam. The hard drive will go crazy like it's using it for memory and then, CRASH!! Thank goodness for file salvage in Novell! P4 2.8ghz, 1gb ram, Nvidia Quadro4 750 GXL

**bump** Randle, The programming positions here pay between 22/30/hr.

1 year ago!! I came to work for Davis Tool Inc. http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...t=006997#000000 http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...7290;p=1#000004 It's been a great experience! We have just aquired a new 200,000+ sq/ft.building!! The process of moving will be going on over the next couple of months. We are looking for another programmer with 3 and 4-axis experience and eventually working into 5-axis. If anyone is interested in working in the Portland, Oregon area please send me an e-mail or check out our website: www.davistl.com P.S. You can have a front row seat for Mount St. Helens.

I'll second that!!! Glad to see you have a good post now. How's the rocket building biz going?? We're going crazy over here.

Looks like we are going with Partmaker Swiss Cam. www.partmaker.com Has anybody else out in Cam land played with this? From what we've heard, everybody with a swiss type lathe is running this.......