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My way is the only way things should be. I want the world to do everything the way I want it.

No other program should be formatted differently than mine.

I'm the best.

2 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

How complex is the stl? If it's simple enough you can create curves and make a new solid, then save that as a stl to replace your existing Z axis.

the nozzle at the bottom is what I want to remove. for interference purposes.

I want to make a small edit on one of my machine's Z axis and remove a coolant nozzle. How would I go about doing that? I don't know how to change the STL model.

Jan 2002 for me. Ah the good ole days.

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Yeah. This takes the cake for both arrogance and stupidity.

Then write your own post.

What do you mean "running the tool paths"? 

backplot?

verify?

simulation?

Also what are your computer specs?

On 3/14/2020 at 3:28 PM, cherokeechief79 said:

 

ive seen some of the other toolpaths use stepup as well to get rid of some of the material but it doesn't seem to be in this toolpath.

 

 

Could you use Optirough for this part?

1 hour ago, BrianP. said:

Don't have multi axis. 

Maybe that's why I could not find it. Not looking there.

Ahh, I didn't think about that.

9 minutes ago, BrianP. said:

Edit: When you talk about "deburr toolpath" are you talking about chamfer?

No, there is a toolpath called Deburr.  And it's made for ballnose end mills.

I think it's new to Mastercam 2020, although it may have been in 2019 I'm not certain.

yep, it was in 2019:

Have you tried the deburr toolpath with a small ballnose? That works really well but obviously it can't get everything. 

As for those types of tools, I've never tried them on steel unless it was in a dremel style tool. So in theory they should work.

3 hours ago, Programinator said:

thanks.  Harvey don't make a size that will fit thru the hole and get that size radius.  I will have to ask for a deviation to a smaller radius from the customer.  Hopefully they will be ok with it.

They will make you a custom tool to the size you need.

4 minutes ago, SSS824 said:

I would like to know how you can get the graphics to go a normal speed instead of either painfully slow or faster then you can blink.  I see verify in other programs simulating how they actually look machining running smoothly..my verify is 0 to 100..

The machine simulation has much better control over speed than verify.

I've found verify to be spotty... meaning if I am just verifying 1 toolpath,it is hitchy and seems to be dog slow. But if I have 4 more toolpaths after that one, then it's "normal" speed.

Also restarting Mastercam seems to help at times.

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1 hour ago, htm01 said:

i use mirror all the time, usually just have to right click on geometry and reverse path, then check your start position and comp direction, it will comp change when you reverse if you only have one contour. ( or you can just rechain )

Don't you have to hit "Change Side" also?

I would either put that note on a separate level, or highlight the solid model and hit ALT+E to have just the solid showing and see if your computer works fine after that.

18 hours ago, k_lav said:

I am unable to upload the file as it is from the company I work for.

You could just upload that section of your post.

2 minutes ago, content creator said:

 maybe just a good 3/4 Inch Em for solid surface

Is the material abrasive?

Never cut the stuff, but are you looking for diamond tooling? If so, Sandvik Century face mills are very good (their RA590 series).

Can run it with carbide also. This face mill has the feature where you can adjust each individual insert height.

A tad pricey though but definitely worth it, we easily get a micro finish of <5 in 6061 without even trying.

1 hour ago, So not a Guru said:

I know I can fix it by unchecking Retract,

I've seen this too many times to count, even in v2020. The only fix that I've seen is either uncheck Retract or make Retract the same height as Clearance. 

Also, I believe your post needs to be able to support Dynamic Work Offsets as well.

On 2/19/2020 at 7:53 AM, Dragun said:

I have in the past and have never received any help. They want a minimum of 500.00 to do anything relating to a post processor of any type,

That's odd, I've never been charged for having them alter a post, from the basic free ones to my 5 axis post.

I get the same in 2020, but I always use slice.

In 2021 the default is curves and lines, but there is a checkbox that says "Join curves into one entity" and that creates a spline.

Just an FYI.

11 hours ago, peter~ said:

The drill type operations occasionaly add a bonus point at the datum point.I haven't been able to find the root cause.

I wonder if that could be a simple post edit. Can you give an example of the extra point that it adds?

I'm out of ideas, sorry.

3 hours ago, pro grammer said:

No. This is within mastercam. Not the windows file explorer. Here is what I do..

When MC is open click on file

click open

mouse over recent files list. It used to show an image.

 

Look in your config, under Files. Is this box checked?