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Matthew Hajicek - Singularity

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  1. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I sure hope not. That would suck as bad as trying to do CADCAM on a touch screen.
  2. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I've done that for freehand drilling Ti sheet.
  3. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    That's about comparable to my nine year old home computer.
  4. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Definitely talk to whoever wrote your post.
  5. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    You should be able to get really close to what he's asking for on a head/head machine. Technically not perfect, but he won't see the difference.
  6. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I've got one. Datum A is a flat plane. Datum B is a cylindrical hole through that plane. Datum C is another cylindrical hole through that plane, about 3/4" away, with .002" position to Datum B. Features are specced to .005" position relative to these datums, some over 12" away from them.
  7. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    What brand cutter, and what's the flute length and stickout? I've been using Helical, and the parameters from their Machining Advisor are spot on. Checking for a Helical 7 flute 1.0" LOC variable pitch, 1.25" stickout in a shrink fit holder: It recommends .035" stepover, 4160RPM (545SFM), 91IPM. MRR 3.175.
  8. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    If you need a custom, Maritool will do them at a good price. They take a couple weeks though.
  9. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    There should be a few threads covering this if you can search them out. Basically this happens when Mastercam can't find a valid machining region, either due to depth settings, boundaries, or "skip pockets smaller than XX".
  10. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Every threadmill I've used has been a little undersized from its spec, presumably so you're always material safe and can dial it in.
  11. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    This can also happen if the configuration you're trying to load has not been rebuilt. Rebuild all configurations in SW, save the file, then try loading it in Mastercam.
  12. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I wonder if it would be practical to work at 1000X scale, and have your post shift the decimal place?
  13. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I use stock models for this purpose, and it helps me keep track of what state the part is in as I program. This works well for my palm-of-hand sized parts, it may not be practical for very large and complex parts.
  14. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    As said above, I could maybe see it for super simple 2.5D parts, but you'd better hope each machine operator is a whiz at Mazatrol. Just remember that each minute the operator is programming and debugging at the machine is a minute of lost production. Program it offline, run it through verification, and it's ready to go when the machine is done with the previous part.
  15. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Did you use the sharp pointed Harvey threadmill, or the "tipped off" one for "hard materials"? The sharp pointed ones break down much faster.
  16. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    I think a composite job is a perfect use for an old Prototrak with a shop vac.
  17. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    This might not be practical for those working on very large and complex parts, but I like to put a stock model every few operations, so I can quickly check what the part looks like at each step. Then if going back for changes I can quickly look through the stock models to see when a particular feature was machined.
  18. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    When you reinstalled did you keep the same OS or go with something newer?
  19. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    The pagefile is used to store memory contents when the system is out of usable RAM. Reserving RAM to use as a RAMdisk for the pagefile would be counterproductive.
  20. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Pretty sure Ron knows. Ah, this might be it: In X9:
  21. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    That can change core usage priority, which can help a little, but not what I was thinking of. Perhaps one of the others here can remember how to change the amount of memory Mastercam will use. I think it's safe to say though that if the system is paging to disk while Mastercam is crunching, adding RAM will help.
  22. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Task Manager and Resource Monitor. Oops, sorry, though you were asking how to tell. For the change, I don't recall, it was a long time ago. Something in Mastercam's settings IIRC.
  23. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    It might, but it might not. You should monitor how much RAM your operations are using, and if the system is paging to disk. IIRC there is a way to set Mastercam to use a larger portion of your memory before paging to disk. In my previous job of 5+ years ago, I was running a lot of memory intensive stock models, and I found that if they started paging to disk (at 32GB) that was the transition between a 15 minute regen and a multi-hour regen.
  24. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    Don't need the <Alt>, just <T>.
  25. Matthew Hajicek - Singularity
    It helps people see how other people are doing things. It's nice to get out of the bubble once in a while.

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