Hopefully the Chinese anchor chains are better quality then my Chinese made DMG Lathe!

Here is the information that the AE sent me with that. "Attached is the engraving cycle that you will need to load into the control, for now put it into the folder you are working in and make sure it is loaded into the NC. Later, see below. The following is an example of how it is used and with a variable that will increment each time. To find out what each number in the cycle is for, press retranslate when you open it up in iso - services. I'm not sure where you want to engrave, on the surface or the face, but this is for the surface. And the coordinates have been moved with ATRANS and rotated with AROT to so that the parameters in the cycle make sense. To engrave on the face you will use transmit and work in G17 and DIAMOF, and you won't need to move or rotate the coordinates. Later: Once you get everything working put it into the "user" or "Customer" folder (in iso) then power on and off the machine. This way it can stay in on spot and not have to be moved around. When you press "retranslate" on cyclegra() in iso you will see. Rg801 is the variable that is the serial #. Hope this helps!

This is one for a Siemens 840D lathe control. It is set for doing the peripheral surface now. G19 M814 DIAMON T3 TC(1) SETMS(1) G90 G0 G95 S1=3000 F.005 M1=3 M108 G0 Z-1.5 G0 X=2 ATRANS Z-1.5 AROT Y90 TRACYL_S4(1.5) CYCLEGRA(<<RG801,.01,.5,1,1.5,0,.003,.003,.1) RG801=RG801+1 TRANS_OFF M1=5

The company here will not allow gotomypc, has to be the VPN software that they provide. Thanks guys!

JP would this work? http://www.eltima.com/products/usb-over-ethernet/

Hi, I have set my laptop up so I can access my Desktop from home. I am using OpenVPN software (mandated by the company here). It hooks up great and I can see both monitors etc. If Mastercam is already open I can access it but I can not start it up from scratch. It says no SIM found. I have a hasp plugged directly into the front of my desktop USB. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Getting a working post is a must. Training is also a must IMHO.

Aaron, Putting how to videos and webinars onto Youtube is a great idea!

I have X7 loaded but I am not using it!

Is going back to X6 an option....????ROUR!

I am sure Rick will tell you the crunch time is in direct relation to the file size for both softwares. MC = large file size and long crunch time, Surfcam = smaller file size and shorter crunch time.

Agreed JP! I would very much like someone from CNC software to address why the difference in file size that Rick has demonstrated vs another software.

+1 Rickster! This pretty much tells the story:

My Blackberry analogy was that they are not listening to what their users want and need.....guess what happened to Blackberry's users? Issuing new releases without fixing current bugs is pointless IMHO. As Rick pointed out customers who purchased the software are being asked to pay (maintenance fees) otherwise you are stuck with their problems. Not a good business model one would think.

I can say for certainty that the latest update of Vericut was prompted by a problem we had. They sent a tech to our shop and we found the lines causing the undetected gouges. They went away and solved the problem and updated their software. Great response I thought. I truly believe that you can compare Mastercam to BlackBerry....once a world leader. BlackBerry stayed complacent and the competition left them in the dust. They tried to catch up with a new great product but their users have gone some where else. The new MT in Mastercam is a small step in the right direction but the legacy of problems is still front and center.

Please do tell what "it is"????

You might never switch in that case...

The graphics look better as well.

That was set up by CGTech, it was a test part!!!

It is on a DMG lathe (POS) with Siemens Shop Turn... I did not know you could cut a helical slot though?

Here it is in all it's glory! ROUR

Well said James!

Contact your reseller.

Cough: Cutting edge?

Yes good luck!