when you choose corners. i used to pick select intersection if you got a big fillet on the corners. they hid it or  its a bug..

my drop down does not have this  selection

I analyzed the chain  thorough and had it fix problem areas under .01..  It did show 10 areas.  So i joined the chains to fix bypass the  problem areas and it worked fine.  You are correct. The green horn engineer had some bad geometry.... ...  

tolerances are the same in config

we just tested his seat and sent it to the machine with swirling in corners... We ran it  to cut air no swirling.

But yet it swirls on his graphic run and backplot

The broken chains are a different issue..  The chains are closed for the swirling problem..

The broken chains occur when  part is copied to another level or we bring a part into 2020 from 2017 or 2018

versions.

I have not seen or had this problem. But my coworkers seat is acting weird.  A simple .02 deep cut on a square internal contour cut with a 1/4 in endmill the endmill swirls in the corners.   I have never put a dimension in the internal corner rounding radius area.  When i put .125 it  did not do it on the graphic run anymore.  He followed with a  3/32 to clean up step to size and it also showed swirls in the corners. He ran the part and it did not swirl in the corners.  So i look at the graphic run on the screen and it was swirling.. So ii put .048 in the   internal corner rounding radius area and it did not swirl in corners.  WEIRD>>> please advise.. Also we are still having problemd with  broken chains when we load a new part we have run before. So we have to go fix the chains. It has to be a bug in MASTERCAM 

This has happened to me and coworkers.  You will copy part to another level.   For some reason the chain breaks/disappears .... part of the geometry goes away in the main level. Its an easy fix but a pain in the butt when it happens to more than one chain.    It does not show up has a red X on that op when this happens. When you run verify you can see where the chains are gone.   When your in translucent you can see the missing parts of the chain.

parameters.....linking parameters .. you know absolute vs incremental..

every time the company loads the new VERSION because of the annual maintenance it jacks my stuff everytime. 

I had my tools  speeds and feeds set etc....  it used to be in config...

ty

I got 2020 running and posting correct with our Company post in machine group properties and control on my pc.

On our other PC the Company post is correct In Machine but in Control its a default MPFAN post. Im trying to get our post 

into Control.  Maybe I got lucky on my pc but I cant get it to go in Control in the  other pC. Any help would be appreciated.

upgraded to 2020 .  where can I change stock color in verify..  collision color is red. but my stock is red...too

ty

On 5/23/2019 at 5:41 AM, nickbe10 said:

Not sure that's more difficult or harder than sending a Solidworks file.

If you just use Parasolid as your file transfer protocol for everything then it is pretty much the end of the problem. Same with all the Engineering software. Saves you having to develop a gazillion work arounds and buying software readers.

Now there are exceptions. We get orders direct from Boeing.....so we have a Catia reader, but this is not necessary for non upper tier Boeing suppliers.

We send out parasolids to our outsource shops. Saves us and them problems regardless of the software they are running.

And do what Colin suggested as well, another problem off the list. never to rear its ugly head again.

 

they only put SLD.PRTS on the agile network.   

So the Engineering guys upgraded again to solidworks 2019.   I use Mastercam 2018. I do not want to update to 2019 right now because its kinda screws thing up.

setting etc...  A new part was put in agile so i grab it and NADA,

nothing shows up on the screen..   I had to have them send me a parasolid. Why make it so hard.  I assume  unless you match the current level of solidworks with Mastercam you cannot convert a sldprt.  what a mess... any ways around this

thanks.

figured it out .....

I have done it before. i have my own tool list but coworker wants his on another computer... Its Monday and I cant think. I know you make your name your tool list in machine definition

where the tool list are. And i know you save your tools to the new tool list. But im vapor locked on  where to get  to the folder

to create a new tool list.  ty

copied group , regenerated and it worked. deleted original group.

its haunted....

Just now, mike561h said:

thats the first thing i did

 

3 minutes ago, N Eaton said:

Try this:

Make sure the operations have all been named the same. Select all OP1 toolpaths, right click in the Ops manager Change/ Edit selected operations / change NC filename.

Now do the same for OP2 and name differently. This should allow 2 ops to post separately.

When i try  and post OP1 tool group the window comes up and i click okay and nothing happens. No code....

I go to OP2 tool group and  it posts no problem..

please advise

ty

the tool group or machine group.  ie.. fixture drill then main program etc...

ty

On 2/7/2019 at 5:21 AM, Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc. said:

I believe only MC2018 Update 3 supports importing of files from SW 2018. Please check that your co-worker is up to Update 3.

If he/she is, then it might be this sepatrate problem...

There is a .DLL that both SW and MC use that sometimes get in conflict with the versions of MC and SW being run.

Use the process to re-register the dll for Mastercam...

• Shutdown Mastercam go into Windows Start Button > Mastercam 2018 > Advanced Configuration > Click on Componenets
• Navigate to...C:\Program Files\mcam2018\common\SWORKSDATA
• Right-click on SWDocumentMgr.DLL and choose "Register"

Then restart MC and try again to open the SLDPRTs.

There are other posts on this forum which point you in that direction.

Trevor fixed it in house... All is good. Great Job!!!   Its above my Taco Tech level...

6 hours ago, Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc. said:

What version of SW did the SLDPRTs come from?

You're running MC2018 update 3 ... there's no support for SW 2019 SLDPRTs until MC2019 Update 3.

we upgraded to solidworks 2018  last year

The video card is AMD Radeon HD 8570 Graphics card. I have the same in my station and I have no problems with

converting Solids works 2018 sldprt  file into MC18

thanks,

5 hours ago, Trevor Bailey said:

mike...i tried to email mr. galey but his email bounced back. make sure that one of you guys sends me a direct phone number. ill do my best to get over there sometime close to noon, if not before.

sent you a email with phone

39 minutes ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

Are you 100% sure that the computer with the issue is set to launch Mastercam with the Graphics Card???

Most systems will default to "Onboard graphics", which means that Mastercam launches without ever using your high-end card.

Right-Click on Desktop, and go to NVIDIA Control Panel (assuming you have an NVIDIA card?), and go to "Manage 3D Settings".

Under the "Global Presets", select a Profile for either Catia or Solidworks. (Dassualt Systems - CATIA Compatible). And set the preferred processor to "Higg-performance NVidia Processor".

Then, go to the 2nd Tab "Program Settings", and choose the "Add" button, then "Browse".

Navigate to:

C:\Program Files\Mcam2019

and select "Mastercam.exe".

Make sure it is set to "High-performance Nvidia".

Do the same process with:

C:\Program Files\Mcam2019\Extensions\CodeExpert.exe

and

C:\Program Files\Mcam2019\Extensions\ToolManager.exe

Make sure all three programs are set to use the Nvidia card...

 

ill check it out thanks.

emailed trevor and he thinks its the video card. but  its the same card  in my computer and i have no problems. any help will be appreciated.

On 1/23/2019 at 12:42 PM, Allan said:

The alloy 42 is Kovar 42% nickel.

The pecking is not good or recommend causes work hardening; how deep is the hole?

Check out these drills: http://www.osgtool.com/_branding/books/80060CA/resources/_pdfs_/80060CA__.pdf

 

Allan

the holes are .200 deep.. I did the Kovar part and it was not to bad.. but the alloy42 was killer on drills

ill check these out.... thanks