Does that mean you have to purchase the hole axis c-hook now???

http://www.verisurf.com/mastercam/downloads.html

Link is not working......

Thanks Colin.

That works fine... Learn something new everyday...

I still like the old way because it's easy to view where your at in the programming process "on the fly" without stl's being saved as meshes in the file.

The Rest Roughing is fine.....

I always use Xform,STL to view my "as machined"

part to see where stock is left or if I missed something. Kind of hard with another STL lying over top of the one I want to "see"......

I'm seeing this problem in X4 MU3.....

I have an .STL model saved (OP4_REST ROUGH1_375.STL) for Surface High Speed Rest Roughing (compute remaining stock from CAD file)

I also have an "as machined" .STL with a different file name (OP4_1.STL)

Now,, if I go to Xform, STL, both STL files show up even though I only select "OP4_1.STL" to view my part "as machined"

Is there a way to "blank out" the Rest Roughing STL???

Is this possibly a bug in X4???

I went to the one put on by McamNW yesterday..

Lots of good stuff coming!!!

The new Dynamic mill toolpaths are awesome.

Also 5-ax circle mill will be very usefull..

On the downside,,, Tim said that CNC is working on MMT but it will not be in Mastercam for at least 2 more years!?!?!

The multi turning-milling machines are the wave of the future, how can they keep ignoring this???

Anyone remember MATSS???

Here's the one to try:

http://www.osgtool.com/product_detail.asp?id=2231601

DO NOT use form tap in cast iron!

Cast iron taps very easily, just use a good spiral flute tap and lots of flood coolant.

Look Here:

http://www.osgtool.com/product_list.asp?ty...=Spiral%20Flute

Once you are finished creating your solid you can get rid of the associativity to the wireframe.

(if you don't need it)

(c-hooks)alt-c, NoHist.dll will turn it into a "dumb" solid. Then you can get rid of all wireframe tied to it.....

HTH

Composite speeds and feeds

This might help also....

You should contact Onsrud

They specialize in composites and laminates...

I'm just not sure if they make something that small.

Those are for the highspeed toolpaths...

The next versions of Mastercam will be going this way....

It will be much nicer.

Hi Keith,,,,

Why are you using a ball em?

I would try Harvey Miniature Drills

You should be able to peck 1X dia. with no problems.

Well said Ron,,, I totally agree....

You should get hold of any and all books, software,

and info possible. You CAN learn alot without a machine in front of you.

And as I always say --- Read, read, read, until your eyes bleed!!!!

Certain tools will just not verify correctly for some weird reason..

We draw and scale all of our tools with the spindle

(A whole other subject...)

With the default settings in verify, the tools look like friggin' stop signs! (and verify that way too!)

Always have to switch "Tool Profile" from "As Defined" to "Auto" and keep tool tolerance way down.....

HTH

One more thing,,,,,,,,

Set "Tool Tolerance" to .0005 in verify.

(I think the default is .008??)

See if that helps.

Try changing your verify options:

Switch "Tool Profile" from "As Defined" to "Auto"

and see if it makes a difference....

That's what we do......

Too many chances for something BAD to happen using multiple offsets. (I've personally seen it happen!!)

On occasion we "might" have to change a D offset to something different if getting weird tool deflection or something like that.

(we'll just do that at the machine)

The live video is X4...

The download is X3.....

You have to "scale" your tool drawing...

Read here:

http://temp.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimat...ic;f=1;t=032999

Your looking for this:

PMT Rotary Wiper

They have 2 styles, screw-on or stick-on

We have both styles,, if you ever have to replace the stick-on style, plan on replacing the whole window Once they are stuck on,, they don't come back off!!!

Import the model with edge curves as usual,

then window around the whole model and simplify before toolpaths, done....

I don't even look at file size anymore,,, who cares...

The latest and not so great Intellipoint 6.2 software does NOT work...

I love Microsoft.....

When is Mastercam going to port to Linux??

I sure would like to run it in Ubuntu....

That's exactly what happened...

It's working now,, Thanks!

I'll play around with this and report back..

After copying the mastercam files into the modes folder,

it just hangs at "run startup scripts"

on the splash screen.......