I just saw this thanks to Matthew Hajicek. Glad you and your family is ok!

On 11/28/2020 at 2:12 PM, Sam1 said:

Hello All

ISO 7/1-R  1-1/4 Metric (OD Thread), 

Can we make this thread in Mastercam ?. Sorry, I am new and learning.

Thank you 

 

Draw it or machine it?

What machine?

First I've heard of it, what is it supposed to do? 

One other tip that might reduce file size is under the Gap Settings tab.

Broken/Direct/Smooth/Follow Surfaces.... check your setting and you could make your toolpath transitions "smoother" so to speak and also possibly reducing some file size along the way.

Thanks for this. 

I believe this is the DuraMill lineup, Sandvik bought Dura Mill over the summer.

When this happens, is the file you're working on pretty large? have lots of entities and whatnot?

Does it lag if you create a new file, draw 1 line and analyze it?

From my notes that I've had for years:

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

MC User Parameter no. 13 System Check Mode

Set #1 sys check mode to 72

Use handle to move arm

then switch screen to "machine axis parameter"

move arm until the "TS" value reaches 0  (it has a 0-360 range)

Reset from 72 to 0

Re-check tool # values.

Display change #25 & #47

What about a TNMG neutral tool?

17 hours ago, Rocketmachinist said:

What am i doing wrong when drilling with indexable drills on a lathe. I am using through coolant and all the speeds and feeds from the book. Also no pecking, but still I blow up an insert about every hole. 316L stainless, 3/4 inch walter drill.

What indexable drill? This could have a big impact on speeds and feeds.

Just a thought, but do you have your custom scripts or you custom UI running on those computers where it's freezing?

21 hours ago, J Coulston said:

Thanks everyone, IT took the upgrade recommendations per your advice.

Thanks again, caught it in time.

If they haven't ordered it yet, I'd get much faster RAM. Near the fastest that the mobo will allow. But since it's a Dell (yuck) you have no idea what mobo you're getting.

19 hours ago, mwearne said:

Just pointing out specs here...

RTX 6000 - OpenGL 4.6, 24GB Ram, 4608 Cuda $4000

RTX 4000 - OpenGL 4.6, 8GB Ram, 2304 Cuda $900

 

RTX 3090 - OpenGL 4.6, 24GB Ram, 10496 Cuda $1500

RTX 3080 - OpenGL 4.6, 10GB Ram, 8704 Cuda $700

 

Specs don't tell the whole story buy seems like the new 3080 will give the Quadra 4000 a run if not beat it, while the 3090 looks a lot better than the Quadro 6000 for less than half the price. Yes this is only hardware specs, ram type may vary (ECC), and drivers may vary as well, at the very least, this is interesting. If a new Quadro line is coming, I cannot wait to see what those numbers look like.

That's a bad comparison. Quadro cards are a totally different animal so comparing the specs head to head is futile.

For the longest time I was running a GTX980Ti in my cad system and everything was fine...UNTIL  we had to start opening up some large assembly files from our customer and manipulating them. This crippled the GeForce card. The Quadro was buttery smooth.

A lot of others here regularly have Mastercam files much larger than I have, so I'd say I'm just on the edge of needing one most of the time,but I have noticed a difference.

If your files are basic 2D, some minor solid modeling and generic toolpathing, then a gaming card could be enough for you. But if you do any type of work with larger files then you'll definitely want a Quadro, no matter what the specs say it handles cad in a different way because of the drivers, that's what sets the 2 apart.

I used to be like you old timers and didn't like to use solids for toolpathing.

Then one day I stopped yelling "get off my lawn!" and gave it a chance. I haven't looked back. Solid chaining makes your life so much easier, but I guess it's dependent on the type of work you're doing.

14 hours ago, gcode said:

you and I have been debating Quadro vrs GeForce for years.

I see you have finally seen the light 

HAH! It's because one of our customers was sending us some pretty big assemblies,the Quadro handles them much better.

The top end gaming card is still really good for Mastercam though, for a lot of stuff.

9 hours ago, Greg Williams said:

The save button gets a workout here

Yep, same here, it's habit for me to save after everything I do in Mastercam. Even if it's drawing a circle.

I made it easy for myself and put this at the forefront of every tab on my ribbon:

New,Save,Open,Print and Fit are on every tab. Makes my life 100x easier.

17 hours ago, ksbranch said:

GCode or whoever else may know. Is it imperative to use a Quadro card? Or could I use something like an RTX 2060 or 2070 Super? I will be building a new workstation soon and the graphics card is the only thing I am debating on mainly because I can get the RTX 2060/2070 Super for $400-550 where the RTX4000 is $875.  Im running Mastercam 2019. Mainly simple 3 axis mill and 2 axis lathe. But about once a week I have to program 5 axis for several turbine blisks. Verify and Machine Sim are really slow on my current machine running a i7-6700, 16gb ram, and a Quadro k1200. 

 

Not 100% imperative, but you will definitely see the difference.

I had a GTX1080 in my last system,swapped it for my current Quadro and noticed a difference immediately.

My advice, get the Quadro. It's only $500 more. 

19 hours ago, Thad said:

Does anyone have any advice on controlling the burr? The exit burr is quite heavy.

Edited to say that I'm running at 100 SFM and .002 per tooth. (1486 RPM and 3 IPM).

Backside deburr tool? Drill a little smaller and endmill the hole to size?

Not much you're going to be able to do if you're just drilling.

Just now, gcode said:

BtM did not renew his maintenance this year.

The problem will be fixed with Update 2.

Will Update 2 be back dated to 05/31/20 or will it require current maintenance ?

That is unknown.

If it was my call, it would be back dated.  It's fixing a basic function that is not running correctly.

We'll have to wait and see. 

I thought that maintenance covered the full version and any update that goes with it? I've been wrong once before.

On 8/13/2020 at 6:47 AM, Born to machine said:

I totally disagree.. 

I shouldn't have to put up with these issues.. If I buy a car and the management system is at fault I get it fixed under warranty no question.. 

Clearly I will never deal with mastercam again nor would I ever recommend it to anyone.. Clearly the people who write the software can't even get a simple thing like trim fillet sorted.. This is not over believe me and I resent anyone who tells me tough luck.. 

Your first mistake is comparing software to a car.

As for your maintenance, it's been stated that it will be in update 2, so relax tough guy.

EDIT:

Nevermind, I just changed the output from a P to an X and all is good.

Which one of these formats allows for a dwell output of NO decimal?

G04 P0200 is what I want when I tell it to dwell for 0.2 seconds.

Right now it's currently at fmt11

1 hour ago, Leon82 said:

It works good for divide.

 

Yes I really like the Divive function and use it daily.

I haven't seen the full arcs thing, but Trimming 2 entities is definitely borked. They need to revert it back to how it was, I'm not a fan of the drag style trimming AT ALL.

I use ALT+E a billion times a day,I have never ran into this issue.

Do you have 2021? The Advance Drill toolpath might do this.