These are the shops that often close doors in times like these, when the aerospace industry goes through a new downturn... We're this inneficient as well, but in Oil&Gas so too big to fail. Problem with that approach is that in 5 years you have hundreds or thousands of machining processes that are obsolete somehow and don't have time or resources to bring them to the speed, so you don't understand when Boing moves the order to a competitor who kept his company nimble and had low tolerance with complacency. Easier said than done and FAI is a PITA, but tolerating this kind of issue and allowing it to grow is a dangerous mindset if you ask me.

CIMCO MDM can also create links to the model's file location instead of forcing you to duplicate the model. So one single source of truth here. Then you can create a CNC program or document, create a sub structure (level) where you can have the CNC program, the Inventor model (Not as a duplicate, but instead a live link to the Vault local cache), setup sheets, tool lists, pics, whatever you want. Operators and programmers can see the MBOM in a web browser or a desktop application. CIMCO MDM and NC-BASE are essentially PDM systems with STRONG focus on shop floor users, low cost per seat compared to a mainstream PDM, and ease of use. All that + a direct connection to CNC machines via DNC. Mainstream PDM systems don't touch DNC, even with a ten foot pole.

Autodesk Vault has one ability that is not available in most PDM systems: It does not encrypt file names and folders in the local cache. That means that the folder location you see in Vault is the real folder location where the file is stored in the local file system, usually a sub-folder of your C:\Work\... cache. Want a simple and somehow reliable protocol within the possibilities of your tool set? Something that can save you from renaming Inventor models and appending rev levels to the file name? 1 - In Vault, do a "Get" on the model you need to download locally. 2 - In Mastercam, open the Inventor file from the original location where it sits in the Vault local cache. 3 - Now every time there's an engineering rev, run a "Get" command in Vault again and use the option overwrite files. If the model changes, size and filestamp / md5 hash will change, and that will tell Mastercam your model changed and will force it to reload it just with a "Get" with "Overwrite" in the Vault side. 4 - If possible, get CIMCO MDM or NC-BASE to manage the CNC programs while having a DNC connection to the machines. Vault can store CNC programs but it would suck to integrate to your DNC. Suck bad. JM2C

Sometimes I think that the vector and direction settings in the generic 5axis PP in Mastercam were created especially with Haas machines in mind.

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Until their stocks are fully vested... 2 years avg... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielcadcam_manufacturing-technology-activity-6836884185622290432-xWvK

Thanks everyone, This is for one of our facilities in Australia... They got a Haas VF5 with a HRT310 and I'm trying to help them with the machine simulation models... They got everything from Haas except the tailstock... I ended up adding 3" to the base of the 6" model and call it a day... Thanks everyone!

Thanks! I think those are the 6" models correct? I searched for models in GrabCAD this morning and could only find the 6" models... I'm not sure if the difference between them is simply a 3" plate in the bottom or not... It seems so in the picture from my original link...

Hi all! I'm sorry if someone already asked this before... I did a search and could not find it... I'm looking for the 3D models of a Haas 9" Manual Tailstock that works with their HRT310 rotary... This guy here: https://www.haascnc.com/productivity/workholding/hts9.html Anyone that could share the tailstock models? I managed to download the HRT310 models from Haas website, but nothing for the tailstock. Thanks and cheers to everyone!

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This is good stuff. Keep the questions coming... they help us to remember that sometimes it needs to be more than just get the job done... got to try something new every once in a while... comfort zone is a terrible thing...

This is a not a Mastercam problem but rather a design approach used by several CAM systems. And for a number of reasons it is the best approach for the problem although operators may not like it. CAM was not invented with operators in mind, but rather to obtain reliable and predictable results and times during the development of a process to cut a part.

15 years ago I worked for 3 years in a small tooling shop and used a bootleg copy of MC. Back then I was really immature, single, and was coming from a previous role as CNC operator, so moving to programming was everything I wanted. I didn´t care about that, and to be honest, didn´t even know how to report that even if I wanted. The owners were good people, gave me a chance when I asked for one, and the last thing I´d do was to report them. After that shop I moved to a big aerospace company and learned many things including the importance of being legit and all benefits that comes with it, from training resources to support. I never had to do wrong again and today I´d not accept a job offer in a company that chooses the free ride. It´s just far away from who I strive to be and from what´s right.

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https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/attachments/48018300/828D_LH1_1110_en.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjdrdS306DbAhXHFJAKHXXRCpQQFjAAegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw2Yh9iWUMyhh10HmrUEnqLQ

You need to use shortest motion set in the rotary axis parameter... is it set as an EIA axis? I´m sorry, I don´t know the parameter number and the bit for Fanuc now...

Could not think about a scenario where having dwo/rtcp/rpcp as a possibility in the control is a bad thing. If you don't want to use it just don't call their codes. If you need them, they will be there.

+1000 on having a post tied to machsim.

Absolutely. The post will handle the tilted plane cycles and TCPM during simultaneous 5x... The simpler you set it up in MC the better. Make sure you get a good post though.

15 years ago it was possible to use TCPM and tilted plane cycles to handle all the math and let the programmer free from the math abstractions of a nutator. No need to over think it just because it's a nutator setup. In fact it's unwise to approach it the hardest way. A good post will make the code pretty human readable.

Look at the C & B values in the picture above, then read the comments in my last post about mechanical angles and you´re going to see the math I used seems to be spot on. However, notice that C is always positive in the picture. That´s because the value of the component vector on a head/head 45 degrees nutator is the opposite of the value in table/table machine.

Here you go - Did it in fact 12 years ago ftp://mastercam:[email protected]/Mastercam_forum/unspecified_uploads/DMU70v Kinematics.xls In your example, if you think in PART angles, if you rotate 45 degrees around A, that would require mechanical angles B at 65.53 degrees and C at -65.53 in your machine, considering your nutator angle is 45 degrees in B. If you rotate in PART angles, 45 degrees around B, that would require mechanical angles B at 24.47 degrees and C at -65.53. Just play with the spreadsheet. All you have to do is to think about rotations in part angles, and it will calculate real B/C values for you. You can combine rotations in ABC. In the tab 'Kinematics Math' just hover the mouse over the results and the formulas used are shown.

10 years ago I wrote a spreadsheet that could calculate B/C angles for a 45 degrees nutator table/table DMU 70 eVo and uploaded it to the the FTP. Should still be there I hope. You enter the ABC angles relative to the part and it computes mechanical angles for B/C. The formulas are shown too. The chamfer mentioned in the top is achievable in this kinematic model. But angles won't be integers, orthogonal angles like in a trunnion or orthogonal axes setup. JM2C

It's a secret? Really? Same company? I'm sorry for the kind of colleague you have to put up with. Glad you chimed in. This place is where real professionals hang out.