need an oldtimer like me that understands old machines... my buddy has a Seiki 5NE-1100 with a 6T control... I am a mill guy so I am a little lost and I can't find a post to do what the old programs look like... the last guy that was here has it setup to run with code that looks like this... :2001(20SL 427 L1) /G0G28U0. /G28W0. /G50X18.6Z35.62 /M41 G0X18.6Z10.T0500 G50S500M3 G97S450M8 G0X0.Z1.T0505 Z-.4 G1Z-3.7F.009 G0Z1. G0X18.6Z10.T0500 M01 N9 G0X18.6Z10.T0900 G50S500 G97S424M3 G0X20.1Z1.T0909M8 Z-.6G96S1400 G72P10Q11U.005W.005D1000F.016 N10G1Z-1.75 N11X19.73 G0Z.21 X19.9 Z-.8263 G1X18.8126F.016 G3X18.069Z-.7545R.9988 G2X9.5302Z.07R11.4663 G1X8.6778 Z.2 G0X19.9 Z-.9263 G1X18.8126F.016 G3X18.069Z-.8545R.9988 G2X9.5302Z-.03R11.4663 G1X8.6778 Z.2 G0X20. Z-1.65 G1Z-1.75F.01 X19.73F.009 Z-.9925 G2X19.6576Z-.9563R.0363 G1X18.8126 G3X18.0466Z-.8823R1.0288 G2X9.5302Z-.06R11.4363 G1X8.6778 G0Z1.M9 G0X18.6Z10.T0900 M01 N1 (BORING BAR) G0X18.6Z10.T0100 G50S700 G97S450M3 G0X2.Z1.T0101M8 Z.1G96S1400 G71P100Q101U-.005W.005D1000F.016 N100G0X9.75 G1Z-.06 X9.6552 G2X8.0662Z-.0876R11.4363F.009 X4.921Z-.5792R3.5612 G3X3.298Z-.8516R2.0287 G2X3.2508Z-.8671R.0313 G1X3.Z-1.0842 Z-2.5 N101X2.9Z-2.7 G70P100Q101F.008 G0Z1.M9 G0X18.6Z10.T0100 M30 % Any help would be great you can email me at [email protected]

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Still gives me the same error... Nice try tho... I am out of ideas... What I have to do at this point is create a new maching group and copy all the toolpaths to the new group and then post... UGH This is takeing forever and a day to do...

I'm not sure that will do it... as it's the NCI file I am having poroblems with... I wish there was a way to point a toolpath to a specific NCI file... This is the error I get

Yes... and any new file I create have the correct location for the NCI file... But when I open a old file it wont post anything because it is still pointed to the old location.

My network dude moved the files I had on the server for mastercam to a different location and now when I edit an old file I can't repost because it can't find the old NCI file that goes with it... I have pointed everything I can find to the new location... New files work fine, just the old ones are a problem How do I reset where an existing file looks for it's old NCI file... Thanks

OK... last Bump...

Bump for some help...

This may be the wrong area to post this but... A sister company in Hawthorn, CA is looking for somebody to program in X2 and be able to get there Makino Horizontal with pallet pull robot up and working... I would do it but I like my job... Email me if there is any interest...

Correct me if I am wrong...I think what they are talking about is having an option to start a multi step threadmill operation either from the top step or bottom step... as of now you can only start at the bottom step...

?.... A good thread mill would do all of the holes... I do this all the time and seems to be much better than tapping in 304

?.... A good thread mill would do all of the holes... I do this all the time and seems to be much better than tapping in 304

EURIKA!!!!! It worked!!!! Thank You For All Your Help!!!

I have tried that... and a few other combinations and still can't get it to work... even tried to make the tool dia different in the tool definition and it always puts the tool length and dia the same as the tool number? I don't get it...

Hey guys... The new shop I'm working at uses the tool dia offset +30 from the tool length offset Example T5 = H5 D35 Is there an easy way to make this happen automaticly when I create a new tool or when I pull a tool from a master tool list?

I fixed that as well... just took some digging... now it looks like this... code: O0000 (1080377 EDM TOOLING BOTTOM) (MPMASTER GENERIC 3/4-AXIS VERTICAL) (MACHINE GROUP-2) (PROGRAM - 1080377 EDM TOOLING BOTTOM.NC) (MCX FILE - 1080377 EDM TOOLING.MCX) (MASTERCAM - X2 MR2 SP1) (POST PROCESSOR - MPMASTER) (DATE POSTED - SEP-09-2008) (TIME POSTED - 8:07 AM) (PROGRAMMER - DAVID MCCRACKEN) (>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TOOL LIST <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<) (T3 - 1.000 DIA FINISHING ENDMILL - H3 - D3) (T8 - .250 DIA FINISH ENDMILL - H8 - D8) (T10 - .250 DIA 90 DEGREE SPOT DRILL - H10) (T11 - .246 DIA #D DRILL - H11) (T13 - .252 DIA REAMER - H13)

Hey... Thats Me!!! How do I change all my info... I don't remember my log in info and I don't work there anymore...

I found it... when I remove punit, it got rid of the " mark I'm sooo happy!!! Now I need to figure out how to remove the file location path from the top of the nc file and I will be Very happy!!! Any help on this would be great.

So far when I remove , " - " , The only thing it removes is the - ? I'll keep trying new stuff...

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction... I have figured out how to make the extra tool Dia info go away but now I am getting just the " mark on the drill lines only?!? Help :-)

Hey fellas... I have been a long time user but can't figure out what my old login info was for the life of me and needed to get a question answered quick... In the too list area when I post with the mpmaster mill post I get ... code: (T10 - .250 DIA 90 DEGREE SPOT DRILL - H10 - D0.2500") (T11 - .246 DIA #D DRILL - H11 - D0.2460") (T12 - .1935 DIA #10 DRILL - H12 - D0.1935") (T13 - .252 DIA REAMER - H13 - D0.2520") (T14 - .125 DIA 60 DEGREE ENGRAVING TOOL - H14 - D14 - D0.1250") And I want this... code: (T10 - .250 DIA 90 DEGREE SPOT DRILL - H10) (T11 - .246 DIA #D DRILL - H11) (T12 - .1935 DIA #10 DRILL - H12) (T13 - .252 DIA REAMER - H13) (T14 - .125 DIA 60 DEGREE ENGRAVING TOOL - H14 - D14) How do I make this happen? Thanks in advance for all your help...

Schweet.... Thanks Fellas... :-)

Why is it when I put my part in iso view then hit the dynamic rotate mouse button the part snaps back to top view and seems to only rotate about the z axis? This is very anoying when you are zoomed in and the part goes flying off the screen. Anybody else have this problem or better yet a solution?

Thanks for all your help guys. i will send this file to QC in a while. It's not just this file... It's all the files I get from Solidworks. Thanks again,

The thing that is bugging me is it works in V9.1 but not in X?