jeff
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Could you do something like this: Break at Intersection/window select all entities = Enter SHIFT+Click the chains you want to keep = send it to another level Delete the rest of the entities that were leftover.
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Were these files originally drawn in Mastercam? If not, can you have the original file be imported as a .STP? I wonder if that would be faster than re-doing 1500 files.
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X+ is the best that I've used, it's quick and easy to customize to my liking. Mastercam setup sheets suck.
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Mastercam loves clock speed. Get the processor with the highest clock speed that you can afford. Look at my signature, that's an example of a good,fast clock speed.
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I THINK there is a video guide on the official Mastercam forums.
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OK, now I am seeing this message! WTF? 1st file opened for the morning, it was a file that I programmed last week. Originally opened from a .stp file, then programmed for a couple of hours. Today I have to make an "engineering change " When it opened it was say it couldn't find the file references and was asking for the .stp file referenced. (I've seen that more and more not sure why) Then when I said no, it asks me about viewsheets, and do I want to turn them on. So, MarkVIII you weren't going senile as it's happening to me too.
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There is no undo for that feature. My only advice is to save before Optimizing in the case something happens that irreversible.
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What post are you using?
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Uncoated is definitely reliable. I've had great success with the Stealth coating from Destiny Tool, I use their Doamondback endmills in 6061-T6 and they last way longer than any other endmill I've used, coated or uncoated. ZrN isn't bad, but it's not great either.
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Is this a fresh install of Mastercam? Or do you see this popup all the time?
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Not with that card you're not
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Not sure if you have MSC in Denmark, and this is a smaller radius,but it's close to 7.5mm,and it's expensive! https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/?searchAheadTerm=CONVEX&searchAhead=true&hdrsrh=true&typahddsp=Convex+Radius+Cutters&navid=12106266#navid=12106266+4287979181
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What is the final thickness you need to be at? What is the starting thickness before machining? Cut/flip/cut/clip lather rinse repeat is usually the way to go.
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Vericut isn't cheap, and iirc it's about that price give or take. As far as the post goes, for our 5ax Okuma post, it was less than your minimum guess. (I know we're not supposed to talk $,but that's the best I can do to avoid the price talk lol). If you can do 4ax, then you can do 3+2 without much problem. There might be a little bit of a learning curve because of multiple WCS and such, but that's about it. I'm still learning 5ax stuff mostly because we don't get a lot of work that needs 3+2 or 5ax simultaneous.
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Why won't this dynamic mill toolpath regenerate?
jeff replied to DCOPE17's topic in Industrial Forum
Yep, your geometry was both part of Machining and part of Avoidance, it didn't know what to do. -
Why won't this dynamic mill toolpath regenerate?
jeff replied to DCOPE17's topic in Industrial Forum
It's because of how you chained the Machining and Avoidance. 2D Dynamic works a little different than the Core Mill path as far as chaining goes. If you're just cutting down a step left of that wall, try Chaining the single wall entity using Peel Mill, set it to LEFT and however long of a path you want. OR Or for Peel Mill:
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My understanding from what CNC said, is that they switched to this UI because more and more people use Excel and other M$ programs. If Mastercam looked more like those, it would entice newer/younger users to buy and learn Mastercam. So when they changed, some things had to be cumbersome because of the new UI and they weren't able to incorporate certain things,and we have to deal with it because "there's no going back". In a nutshell,it's a marketing tactic.
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Gimme 2019 with X9's interface and I'll be happy!
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My only suggestion is a 2 flute end mill with WD-40 if you can stand the cloud it produces. 0 temper aluminum is hell to cut.
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in the lead in/out settings: enter/exit on first and last cut only
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You just quoted yourself, have you been hangin out with Del and his wacky tobacky?
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Yep! had a backup this morning when I got into work!
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So, I followed your video, set it every thursday morning at 6am... but no backup was done when I came in. Is the status supposed to be "Ready"? or "Running"? Nevermind..... apparently quotation marks are pretty important lol
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Thank you! I've been looking for an automated solution for a while now!
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Our lathe guys were like that too, up until I helped them use the toolsetter arm. They never bothered because they didn't want to learn it. Now they can't live without it.
