Thanks for the suggestion John. Is this going to be fixed anytime soon or have i just lost rolldie?

I was given the answer that setting axis travel limits can't be down at this time. Haven't heard when it might be available.

thanks. I fould out they have it on the server instead of a pc on the network. Does this make a difference now with MCX?

Has anyone had problems getting a "NetHASP diconnected" during a session? I am seeing it know at two different facilities. Any help would be great.

Thinks for the reply.

Roll die is blowing MCX out when I hit done. Is anyonelse having this problem? Thanks

Here's a little something I tried today to get rid of a little pet peeve. I can now select if I want an M00 or M01 with a simple mi!!! No more changing M01's to M00's in the editor. I'm sure there's other ways to do this, but cantext is such a pain and this is the first thing I got to work. Feel free to comment or make suggestions. code: ptlchg #Tool change pcuttype toolchng = one toolcount = toolcount + 1 if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn) else, nexttool = first_tool if wcstype = one, #Work coordinate system [ pfbld, n, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", e pfbld, n, "G92", *xh, *yh, *zh, e ] if mi10>zero, n, "M00", e ##### change else, ##### change n, "M01", e ##### change ptlchg_com Enjoy!

Thanks. I'm printing out the docs for 9.1 into a notebook for quick reference and wanted to do the same for X.

Amen to that...

The c-hook doc files appear to be gone in X. It's not a big deal for the old ones, but what about the new c-hooks?

I toolpathed an arc surface using surface finish parallel with a .250 ball em. I went in and changed the machine angle to 90 so the tool would follow the radius. when I changed my filter to spit out a g19 and tightened the tolerance, the drive surface was blown out on regen. The tool path was still shown correctly. I couldn't just reselect the surface and had to delete the op and start over. The second time i set everything up front and it worked fine. I tried to duplicate the error and it happened 2 out of 5. Has anyonelse had anything similar happen?

Thanks for the info. I'll let u know what works.

Hey y'all, Installed 9 on a computer with an ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 128MB DDR graphics card. Ran good for a while. But now I randomly loose my cross hairs, origin, etc. Tried different background color, didn't help. Would a voltage adjustment possibly help. I already increased it .1v for per ATI recommendation for overall performance. Thanks for all the excellent info.

Is the only job that u want it to do this? I'm assuming that it is. If so, try putting your G28 Y0; M00 in a text file and then use manual entry. I'm guessing you'll have an M00 before and after the G28 now, but then again it's quick and dirty.

Thanks for the info guys. My apologizes, my intent was to not skew the thread of subject. Hence, I left out a lot of info. Concepttool, we currently use the same set up on a number of machines as you. But, tools are set with the machine for each machine. I was just saying that part of my project I am going to try to set up a TLO parameter in Tool Definition. Then have the post pull the TLO out and spit out a G10. This part would also work for those using control wear to reduce button pushing at the machine and improve QC. FYI: We currently dont have an electronic setter in my dept. So using a ground-to-length piece of round stock (4"length x 3.5"dia), I will drill and bore a taper (matching a C40) until the gage distance from the top of my stock to the shoulder of the tool holder matches the gage between the tool holder and spindle nose of one machine. Then I will set the g53 z offset in the rest to compensate for the differences in spindles. Now I should be able to have set TLO's in my tool library that never change and set each new tool to the current TLO on file. Eliminating using the machine for setting tools, the chance of punching in the wrong offset and the program can run on any of the machines in the group. We only build gages, fixtures, models and R&D parts. So currently I am just interest mainly in the TLO set-up. If it runs smoothly, I will probably move to incorporate fixture offsets, but that is down the road. Again, I apologize for getting the thread a little of track. Maybe I should learn to start one? lol

Thanks for the correction on the Mazak. We don't have any in our shop so I was just going off of others concerns I've heard. I am wanting to standardize several machines of the same model. I will be using a master spindle block on a surface plate for gaging. Using one machine spindle as a master, I am going to adjust the rest through the G53 offset. I can then run the same program with the same tool offsets in multiple machines.

Jeromey, There is no reason for u to use control if all your machines will accept wear. The rub lies when u have a machine (like Mazak) that doesn't. Currently in our shop we don't have this problem (thankfully), but many do. I am starting a little side project that I stated above to insert my g10 code for TLO offline setting. I am doing this for more spindle up time and higher QC. I believe it will also easily do diameter offsets as well, eliminating operators punching at the controls. Please, if I am way off base, save me now before I get started.

Oh, hey Reece, see ya Thuresday. Hope you had a good holiday.

Just a quick mention about calculators and formulas. No matter how accurate someone swears they are, it is only a STARTING point. The true test is cutting chips. A calculator that allows you to input info about cut type, fixture rigidity, horsepower, etc., as well as the standard info will get you much closer. But nothing can replace cutting that first chip.

I try to stay away from radial as much as possible because your scallop varies. It may not make much difference with this part because of the width and you are not cutting to center though. But hey, there's always a to find out!

I must agree that using wear comp is the easiest, safest, and most powerful of the choices in general. But for those who use control comp, have u considered using g10's so the operator doesn't have to input them? Over the next few months I am going to be working on a macro that will pull the data from my tool data and insert it into the NC. This way the programmer (me in this case) doesn't have a typo inputting it either. Any comments, opinions, suggestion, etc. is much appreciated.

What Ultimax version r u using? We have II & III's in the shop (possibly even an old . We just modified the mphur.pst and it worked just fine for all.

Why not just use roll die? Try creating your crest and root geometry then roll it. Create surfaces (I used ruled I think). I did this for a machined spring to get the proper 5 axis tilt but it should work the same way. You could probably do a revolved surface and trim to get the lead it thread. Now you got me curious. Think I'll try it today.

I have had excellent luck with Robb Jack's free calculator. It takes in factors from machine, material, tool and fixturing. If not right on it is pretty close. By the way, did I mention it's FREE.