Never mind, I had to call the G-code for Artificial Intelligence Contour Control (AICC). It works great now, although the program is huge (140 pages). I dont think you can get anything but line segments when surfacing (STOOOPPIID!!!).

We still have x1 with sp2. What are the book titles?

yup, all the arc filters are enabled.

I am trying to cut the outside of a part on a rotary axis and i am having a really hard time getting any kind of a toolpath that doesnt rapid through the part or try to cut it from the inside out or not do anything at all. I put the autocad solid (2540 model 4th axis.dwg) in a zip file (wildbill.zip) and put it on the ftp site ftp://www.ppcadcam.com/Mastercam_forum/solids/ If anybody could lead me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. I am really new to Mastercam and this is a super complicated part, not to mention that we have to make it out of 304L stainless steel. Our MC dealer is going to look at it too, but I thought I should try to get as much help as I can. For the Rotary setup the part will be held in the bore on the rotary axis (x axis of rotation) in a vertical mill. the rotary axis is a full rotary, not just a positioner. I am not looking for someone to do this for me, just a nudge in the right direction. We usually make simple holes and slots, this is nuts!

I am trying to get a true helix posted when using a surfacing toolpath. I have helix enabled in the control definition and I checked that it was set correctly in the post (I think). I can only get it to post a million xyz steps. If I use a helix bore toolpath it works fine, but I really want it to do all of the steps in the bore. PS I am cutting this on a vertical mill using a 3" feed mill, max DOC .98 max helix angle is .5 degrees. There is a 3" hole pre drilled in the center of the bore. I stuck a zip file with 2 Autocad solids in the solid section of the FTP site (the 4th axis one is for the second op). The filename is WildBill.zip ftp://www.ppcadcam.com/Mastercam_forum/solids/

I got transforming to work (THANK YOU!!!), but isnt it just copying the last groove over to the next one at the same angle? There is a radius after the first angle, then a different angle, then a flat (man who designs these things!?!?).

I put the drawing in the drawings folder, the filename is Profile Roll Grooves FTP.dwg (autocad file). ftp://www.ppcadcam.com/Mastercam_forum/Drawings/

I am trying to cut about 50 grooves in the od of a roll. The roll is profiled so I cant just use macros or a subprogram (without spending a month trying to figure out all of the formulas). The grooves are 3mm radiuses with 1mm radiuses on either side (edge breaks). I am using a 3mm radius groover. Mastercam X yells at me when i try to chain more than 2 grooves (it will only do 1). I dont really want to have 50 toolpaths and I cant just finish the OD with the grooving tool (its 50 rockwell overlay). Any help would be greatly appreciated!