Crazy^Millman: Thats a tap cycle with a peck depth. We had a hurco that supported that Q in a pecking tap cycle. The hurco post uses it like that in mastercam. We purchased a new Haas, and to get a pecking tap cycle it needs a G84 with every "z" depth, when it sees a new depth it automaticly chip breaks and goes to the new z depth. The problem is we do very deep tap cycles and to hand edit all those z depths would suck.

Can a post be edited to output the peck depth I set in a tapping cycle as a new line with a G84 and a z depth? my Post output is this... % O0000 G20 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 T3 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.986 Y-.6975 S150 M3 G43 H3 Z2. M8 G98 G84 Z-1.875 R.1 Q.025 F9.38 G80 M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 M30 % My Mill dont support the "Q" on a tap cycle. I need this.. G90 G54 X1.5 Y-0.5 S450 G43 H01 Z1.0 M08 G84 G99 Z-0.1 R0.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-0.15 R0.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-0.2 R0.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-0.25 R0.1 F22.5 G84 G99 Z-0.3 R0.1 F22.5 G80 G00 Z1. M09

Thank you, that did the trick! Robert

I use a Haas VF3 mill, for tool changes all the axis movments needed are a z retract to tool change height and then return to cut plane. But When I use the provided Haas (or any other) post from master cam I get a unwanted move during tool changes. the code below shows a drill and a contour repeated, Just before the tool change the mill goes to X0-Y0 and then returns to orig pos from the last cut. Is this a post issue or Machine defintion? Thanks Robert % O0000 G20 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 T1 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.1687 Y1.6648 S2139 M3 G43 H0 Z1. M8 G98 G83 Z-.05 R.05 Q.025 F4. G80 M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 G28 X0. Y0. (here!!!) M01 T2 M6 G0 G90 G54 X-1.0173 Y.1054 S4278 M3 G43 H0 Z1. M8 Z.02 G1 Z0. F3.08 X1.5814 Y.8017 F10. X-1.0173 Y.1054 G0 Z1. M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 G28 X0. Y0.(here !!!) M01 T1 M6 G0 G90 G54 X1.2148 Y.0337 S2139 M3 G43 H0 Z1. M8 G98 G83 Z-.05 R.05 Q.025 F1.03 G80 M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 G28 X0. Y0.(here !!! M01 T2 M6 G0 G90 G54 X-.8999 Y-.6462 S4278 M3 G43 H0 Z1. M8 Z.02 G1 Z0. F6.16 X1.631 F15. X-.8999 G0 Z1. M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 G28 X0. Y0.(here !!!) M01 T1 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.8999 Y-1.6535 S2139 M3 G43 H0 Z1. M8 G98 G83 Z-.05 R.05 Q.025 F1.03 G80 M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9 G28 X0. Y0. M30 %

Is there a way to over ride settings from another MCX drawing? When I use other companies drawings in MCX format I seem to inherit there settings, like adjust feed on arc move, it always sets to .01 IPM. It doesn’t seem to affect anything but settings in the operation managers Tool Settings, Stock Setup and Safety Zone. If I create a drawing those changes don’t happen, what can I do? To fix it I just reload my .mmd file and it changes them to my defaults. seems like just openning it in my system would over ride these. Thanks

It was my Chordal devation tightened it up and smoothed out my cuts Thanks everyone.

In the machine, but it looks the same in verify

Can anyone help me with surface cut quality? Milling in V9 is far better than the equivalent in MCX. I’m sure its something I’m doing. But it's not just one or two tool paths but all of them could use some help. On a contour cut in the Z axis it looks fauceted and flat areas and pockets I can’t seem to get a smooth finish. Thanks

What is the best way to do a 3d arc. I want to create an arc between to entities. One is an arc that lies in the right side view. the other is a line that lies in the top view. So we would be blending one arc into another and end into a line, if that makes sense. any help.

Storkman, your method worked great thanks. Whats the difference in the work offset in the Planes menu and the one in the Misc. parameters page? thanks everyone.

In MC-X, Im trying to do what I thought was a simple operation but failed miserably . I have a 2 jawed vise. Im using the center jaw of the vise to locate 2 parts, my 1st part (g54), the second part (G55) is a mirror of the fist about the "X". I drew only one part and used the transform tool path. selected mirror about the "X" and it shows it correctly. But when I post it glancing over the code shows the first operation a G54 and the second a G56 or G57(the second work offset seems to be random). The increment is set to one. If I try auto increment then there is no work offset used for any other operations. They all share the G54. Let me ask what is the correct steps to use work offsets. I use G54 for my default work offset number. Thanks