I have not had a chance to test what I will write, but here are my suggestions: a) Before you post, select the operation and right click, selection "Options" -> "Select NCI destination and give the name that you want the .nc file to have. Try to use Job Setup to import your operations from a simular job. c) Start with a mc_ file that has the operations you want but has no geometry. Merge in the gemometry and apply the toolpaths. I like to select a group or all operations and pres regenerate path. The program will ask you to select each geometry that is missing. This is faster than going into each operation and adding a geometry manually. I hope that I have been helpful. The forum has been a grat help for me.

I wanted to let you'se know that I found the problem. If you plunge and run, the path is as expected. If you ramp-in, then the path will only roll around corners. Like it or not. The forum is great and has helped me a lot. Thanks for your input.

We will do our best with planning. Sometimes we have enough operations to keep a fast mill busy for 8 hours on a side. When there is a design revision, it is nice to be able to splice. Same thing for a model change.

If I save toolpaths in a library, how do I reconnect them with the geometry of a merged part?

We often machine several parts at one time from a flat plate. I would be a great help to be able to merge parts with the toolpaths. Is there any way to do this? (PS: The forum has been a great help to me and I have not always expressed my thanks. Thank you)

Where can I find the wait option?

i am trying to make a groove with fingers but the tool rolls around corners like this. Which looks like this: I tried turning off "Roll cutter around corners" but it did not have an effect. Do you have any suggestions?

Characters got lost: The first line should say: screen/configure/nc settings.

I was working with the screen/configure/nc settings to make my posted names default to the operation group. Now I get two files when I post an operation group with some operations in one, the rest in another. The first .nc file defaults to the name of the original file that I used, the second is named after the operation group. Anyone know what I did wrong and how to fix it? I would like to be able to post selected operations into a single .nc again. Thanks, Bert [ 02-07-2005, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: CADin & CAMin ]

Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the NCI path. I have made some experiments with mixed sucess at this point. It seems that I get an extra post that I didn't expect, When I post more than one operation group at a time. I do get multiple files and this would be a huge help. The posts seem to have a tool change at the beginning. Maybe they expect to be loaded in sequence. One thing is sure, when I try to do a number of repetative tasks and have any distraction, I make mistakes. This and some other great tips i have found in the forum help me to organize and automate. It makes CAMin fun.

When I post jobs I often produce as many as 8 nc files. The default file name that MC starts with may be set to the drawing name I started with, or a different job if I merge files. Is there a way that I can select the default name used for a job when saving nc files?

Thanks, If I use the adjust arc feed in the job setup. Will it apply to all tools? We use groove tools that do not need to slow down. Only external cuts.

I am using a contour and setting a ramp value. I have not had a chance to try new values so I am using the 3 degree default value.

I need to slow down my cuts around corners. I am cutting glass. When I make radiuses on the corners there is a lot more material and the material is prone to chip. I have been running 1/10 speed around the corners. Is there a way to do this? If I want to put a factor into my post that when I set this variable to a non zero number, the feed will be divided by this factor. I can see where I would enter this number in the "misc values" of the operation parameters. I do not know how to reference the number in the post and I would need to make sure mastercam knew that I changed the feed so that it would output for the next linear move. Would appreciate your help

This simple numbers are 15 lb/in^2 holding force at 30 in of vaccum. If you are getting 15 in of mercury vacuum, you will get about 7.5 lb/ square inch of area you are holding. The gasket you use can help also. If you are pulling 10 square inches, you get 75 lb of clamp down force. Next is the question of how slipery is the surface you are pulling on. We use a seal around a rubber surface that is less likely to slip.