Just select one instance of the tool that you would like on your set up sheet, or use the tool list function, that filters out duplicates.

:RANT ON: Well, I know a little more now than I did yesterday, no thanks to all you guru's out there. High Feed dosen't work on a wear or control compensated toolpath, and dosen't even let you know with an error message. Now I can see why a computer compensated toolpath might not be optimizeable, as tools with widely varying diameters would result in different engagement going around a part, but a wear type compensation should be ok. A simple message stating this fact, and a choice to keep or delete the toolpath based upon the nominal diameter of the tool would allow me to use highfeed in a comped toolpath which is the only practical way to use this tool in the real world. :RANT OFF: The idea is of course to create programs in Mastercam that do not need manual editing in order to run as desired. I can edit in g40 and g41 easily enough, it just takes time (which I am spending here)

I get no optimization whatsoever. If I code out a high feed finish toolpath only it slows down the entry/exit moves, which seems a complete waste.

Gee Ken, We have 5 haas verticals here and none of them stop the spindle with an m21. I suspect tech support is just trying to blow you off.

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I was wondering if any of you folks are having problems with highfeed. We recently had a Mastercam reseller stop by and one of the things that he showed me was the highfeed feature, which I had played with but never got to work. I saw how it is supposed to work on his laptop, but it still dosen't work on my system. I can get the toolpath to step around the part, but the feedrate field remains blank. I have Mastercam installed at home, so I took the dongle home and tried it there, dosen't work. I also had the X2 Mr2 demo installed at home, and it works! The only thing that is different other than my customized toolbars and right click is x+, which I find invaluable. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

G10 works on a Haas, just look in the manual under G and M codes for the syntax

Steve, I'm going to take a stab at it when I come back from Christmas vacation. If I get stuck I'll give you a shout. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback so far. What posts are you using? Is the generic 5 ax a good starting point for me or should I be looking at Emastercam or another 3rd party post.

I am seeking a little advise here. We just bought a dual axis indexer for our HAAS VF-4, so I have now got a full 5 axis mill, whoo hoo! I am not going to need to use this for true 5 axis work yet, we are simply going to offload the smaller index and mill work from our horizontals. As you all know on a horizontal the primary construction view is the front, and if I am say, slotting the face of a part at B90. my cut would be along the Y axis. The dual axis indexer on the other hand is in line with the X axis, and making a similar slot would have the cut along the X axis. How should I approach the construction and posting of parts for this new 5 axis mill. I played around with this a little, but ended up rotating my part to a real word orientation, changing the world coordinate didn't give me good code, but I will admit, that I never use the world coordinate so I may have done something wrong there. I am also considering tweaking a post to give me the altered orientation from a part constructed as usual, but there is always an element of danger in that kind of approach. Any tips would be appreciated.

gcode yes Autohighlight is on.

A little update. I can chain thru an arc provided that it is .0034 rad. or larger. I have used .003 rad forever on outside corners, but now it doesn't work. I checked the system config settings under tolerances and they all match.

EDIT: I cannot chain thru an arc, I can power key chain lnes not connected with arcs.(simple rectangle for example)

I have power keys on but I am not able to select a chain by using shift/left click(very annoying). I have just started trying out X3 and it just doesn't work for me, it did and still does in X2-mr2. Is it just me or are there others out there with this problem.

V9 had no "force toolchange" I'm thinking that its in your post, mpmaster posts behave that way when going from one named view to another.

"Important for Non-English Users! Read This Before You Install Mastercam X3 MU1!" Just how do they read this message if they don't read english?

Are you coding R's, or IJK, for your arcs? There has been plenty of discussion here in the past of the pros and cons of using R, one of which can be inaccuracy. Do a search.

My boss dropped a Mori HX400 down on our 6" cracked slab about 5 years ago and we have never had the accuracy that we should, despite 2 ball bars alignments. You will never move that machine once you have it installed, so spend a little cash on some concrete insurance, its far less expensive than the machine tool that you are putting on it.

Is there perhaps a G94(feed per rev) above the tap cycle? Some machines ridgid tap that way, if so it sounds like a post switch to me.

Do a search on Inverse Feed, that should enlighten you.

I get that error sometimes when reopening an older (MX,MR1) file, I simply reload the machine def. I have had a couple of files that would crash the (2nd) time that I clicked on the parameters button. My only workaround was to save after every toolpath change until I got through all the ops. If you have a file like that you should send it along to QC before fixing it.

I use it with Firefox, which BTW has a nice print preview, works great!

What I would like is for Mastercam to uncheck those pesky variables and zero things like, stock and Z. when creating toolpaths. Then I can set them or forget them.

Get that programmer to do a test, same part, him against you, in Mastercam of course.