Hi Bogusmill, You got mail. John

Hi Guys, Here is what I am looking at (any suggestions or changes?) Intel Xeon E5410 2.33ghz Tyan Tempest i5000xl 2x Kingston ECC Reg Panasonic 1.44 Fdd Seagate 160GB sata 7200rpm quadro FX1700 512mb pcie LG 2-X DVDRW XP pro Any suggestion or recomaendations? Thank you John

Was your post a V9.1 then updated? John

Hi, Unless you have V9 and use a reverse post you are out of luck. Welcome to the forum. John

__________________________________________________ "About 30 secs when JP is logged in." __________________________________________________ Is that not 24/7???? John

Hi, I like to create my own geometry when ever possible. John

I downloaded Rhino and converted the to stp files with no problems. I forgot my laptop at home , it has XP on it. Thank you for all your help. John

Hi JP, Thank you for trying! I need to machine from the model. I am not sure if it was 32 or 64 bit Machine. I know it was an Educational License. The student gave me a zip file containing 7 files. I guess I could download a trial version of Rhino and open them and save them as a stp file? Thank you John Ford p.s. I am running windows 2000.

Hi JP, Thanks for the screen shot!!! It did not help??? Any other ideas? John

Hi Jp, The first one did not work! How do you unregister and then register? I have that Dll. Thank you John

Hi, I am trying to view a solidworks 2008 file and keep getting this error. "Cannot find parasolid data in solidworks file" Any ideas? I am using X2 MR2 SP1. Thank you John

Hey Ray, Copy the IMG tag and paste it in your posting. Another thank you to Kannon again! John

Hi, If you want to capture something in the operation manager or tool bar use http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ This works well, thanks to Kannon again for this one! John

__________________________________________________ "I'd use a spot drill instead" __________________________________________________ +1000 for this!

Hey Rick, Looks nice and clean! Are you doing the tool paths from the solid or surfaces or both? John

I thought VHS killed beta a while back...Just Kidding. Many thanks to the people who do the beta testing and help out on this forum! Only constructive criticism is welcome destructive criticism is not welcome or wanted on this type of forum! If you have a problem with the way CNC software does buisness take it up with them and if you do not get satisfaction that way try another cad/cam program. Remeber "don't shoot the messenger" (the beta testers). Just my 2cents. John

Hi, Can you use circle mill and create a point instead of going off the geometry and enter the diameter of the bore and post with wear. The tool will plunge in the center. You can play with the multi pass and overlap? John

Hi Matt, You got mail. John

Hi Matt, Send it my way. John

Hi, Single flute endmills work well on plastics. John

Hey JP, "Lipstick on a pig, still makes it a pig" That is to freakin funny man but true... John Ford GIT R DONE

Hi Ken, 1. Restore power 2. Set mode switch to MDI and turn on parameter write to turn on parameter write, press OFFSETT-SETTING-enter 1 in parameter write. 3.Change Keep relay K1.6 to 1 (only if powered off) (to display keep relays, press SYSTEM-PMC-PMCPRM-KEEPPRL cursor down to K1 and change bit 6 to 1 (bit 6 is 2nd from left) Cursor down to K7 and change bit 6 to ). 4. Turn parameter write off. 5. On the automatic tool changer (atc) box at the back of the machine set switch to manual. (Do this first) 6. In MDI key in M#(; Press the start button. ( This starts maintenance mode and allows you to use the 2 keys for rotating the tool magazine as jog keys for the tool changing arm) 7. Turn parameter write back on 8. Change keep relay K7 bit 6 back to 1. 9. Turn parameter write off. 10.Turn mode switch to jog. (make sure you tool is clamped in the spindle or remove it manually) 11. Using the magazine CCW (use CCW only) button move the tool changer arm to home position (you have to press the button several times). Carefully watch the tool that is being placed in the spindle. Once it is in the postion in the spindle manually press the tool clamp before proceeding otherwise the tool will drop. Finish pressing the magazine CCW button until the arm is at home position. 12. Turn mode switch to MDI. 13. In MDI key in M19; and press the start button. 14. Key in M41(will complete 1 commplete tool change) 15. Ste ATC box switch to AUTO. 16. Turn parameter write on. 17. Change keep relay K1 bit 6 back to 0. 18. Turn parmeter write off. 19. Check to see if the correct tool is in the spindle. John

Hi Wdemock, Set your clearance to absolute and enter the distance you want. You should be able to see this in the back plot. John

Hi Bill, You can save the file as a bmp in paint and bring it into Mastercam V9.1...SCREEN-SURF DISP.-STUDIO-VIEW BITMAP then manually trace the image. I got this tip from Kannon, a big thank you to him! John

Hi, You can go from point to point, see the photos. Such as arc center to origin. John