Guys. Is there a away to get Mastercam to combine moves. Code example below. Filter settings seem to have no effect. This most commonly happens in facing routines, but sometimes pops up in dynamic mill, and always when you extend contours in leadin/out settings. Would this be something that could be done in the post, or can mastercam be set up to take care of this? G1 X1. G1 X2. G1 X3. could be G1 X3. Thanks, Husker

Most definately depends on the parts and how many operations. I usually at the very least start by doing them by operation(10, 20, so on...) Then if there are lots of operations in the op I will then usually break it down by general operation type (roughing/finishing/drilling and tapping) And depending on how the tools fall or how many MC operations it takes to get the job done I will break it down from there by feature and tool. One way is the not comment every opertion in MC but only comment when you are doing something new, but if you have 16 whosywhatsits that are the same basic thing you type whosywhatsits in the first of that type and nothing in the remainder, and that will suffice to visually break it up and give you an idea where you are in a program. Husker

It is the free downloadable post in the downloads portion of this site provided by InHouse solutions. It has more features in it than the standard MPFan Post and has many different configurations based on your needs that you can download. Give it a shot. Standard Post disclaimer applies, be careful until you get comfortable with all of the features that you are using in this post. Depending on you machine tool, you may get thrown for a zinger or two, but this is the case with all posts until they are fully debugged to your programming style and needs. Husker

Is stagetool in the standard MPFan post? If you are using an MPMaster Post you can definitely do as Keith Suggested. If you are not using an MPMaster post why aren't you? Husker

That stupid warning pops up all the time even though I haven't touched the holder.... Can someone from CNC comment on how this was structured and is supposed to work. Might give some of us some insight as to how to use this properly so we don't run into the dirty ops problem, which I might add is very annoying...

You still get an "Extra" Finish Pass. One for Axial and one for Radial.

Guys, Is there currently a way to have the final depth of cut finish pass and the final Multi Pass finish pass be done at the same time without creating a new contour operation. Currently the only way that it seems to output is the final depth cut then it outputs the final Multi Pass. I know this seems elementary, but I hardly ever write a program that I don't end up at least once having to create a separate finishing routine. Same deal with speeds and feeds for finish passes. Or should this become an enhancement request? Husker

Yeah i got thinking last night why can't we prioritize chains so we can cut inside out, drawing the stock border (casting) , then again maybe another toolpath selection would be the best way...

I have a modified mpmaster horizontal post which could do all of this very nicely, will output G68 values and you can insert sub programs (for probing and macro calls) at the end of the posted code as comments and they will post after the M30 so they read in properly without hand editing. Then I call the subprograms with the subprogram drill cycle. I would be willing to help you modify a post for your own needs / provide you with sections of code so you post can do this without any hand editing beyond what you hand write in with manual entry for the probing portion. Good luck. Husker

Are there any other advantages to encrypting a post into binary? Processing time? Husker

+1 for three flute. What diameter?

G49 just needs to be active for G05.1 Q1 to be called. You do not need to call it as G49; G05.1 Q1; Which is also the call for SHPCC on older 16i controls. Husker

Disaster that has happened with a 5" PCD Facemill..... Lets just say there wasn't much warning, I had turned it on in a proven program by mistake on that tool..... Yeah I took out the G49 as it really doesn't need to be in the post. I do it in the tool change cycle. If it were to be in the post I would put it in the pretract statement, on retract between b-axis moves, which would pretty much make sure that G43 was reapplied correct? Husker

Hey guys, I am using G05 P10000 on a Mori Horizontal, and I don't think that I have the option to change the tolerance level on the fly. Sometimes it is a bit ridiculous how much it slows down the machine, especially when using OptiRough, Dynamic Mill, or Peel Mill. Is this something that the end user could set up in the control by programming parameter changes in custom M codes to change the values to speed things up? Then default them back to factory settings during your toolchange macro, so you don't mess us any old programs? Another questions related to this... Can you speed things up by getting the machine servos tuned? Anyone care to comment about this? This a time comparison on my last project from tool to tool how much longer it took to run in the machine vs mastercam time. Tool# Actual MCam Delta 40 0:00:50 0:00:01 0:00:49 156 0:01:40 0:01:29 0:00:11 3 0:00:24 0:00:04 0:00:20 62 0:00:23 0:00:09 0:00:14 95 0:05:48 0:05:23 0:00:25 12 0:08:30 0:06:00 0:02:30 174 0:25:33 0:21:36 0:03:58 175 0:32:51 0:26:17 0:06:34 176 1:01:37 0:49:59 0:11:38 76 0:03:07 0:02:37 0:00:30 177 0:03:51 0:02:33 0:01:18 178 0:18:07 0:11:17 0:06:50 Thanks, Husker

This is something that I would very much like some more. One big thing for us, would be making space to write a preset offset onto.... Plus getting some holder information in there would be extremely helpful (if possible...) Husker

Exactly...

Was playing around with the stock model operation. Why can't we use it with the 2D High Speed Rest Milling Toolpaths? Seems to me this would be a very useful and more used area for it to shine. Anyone care to comment? Husker

I am thinking my best bet is to draw containment boundaries using the chains that intersect the horizontal areas then basically draw pockets that incorporate my cutter radius so that I basically draw the areas that don't need to be finished with the ball end tool. The question in regards to using rest material in the high speed scallop pass was more informational for future projects. I was wondering what other peoples experiences have been with it in the past. Thanks, Husker

Forgot about that handy dandy select function.... Thanks!!!

Scallop Rest Passes.... So I have this part which is an utter pain in my butt. Probably one of the most complicated surfacing jobs I have done in that it requires multiple length roughing tools, involves deep channels, in needs to run quick.... Quick being a relatively interesting phrase in that I was successful in our first run of parts to make these within the ball park of our quoted time, but we need them done quicker because our machine is backed up, bigtime.... So far I think I have been very successful in making these parts run much much faster, think I took off an hour or so, which in a four hour cycle is pretty good, but there are a few areas where I think it could use some improvement. I used a flat end mill and did a horizontal area finishing toolpath which cuts out about probably 30% of the finishing. I then tried to do scallop rest passes using all previous operations, but my computer gets to a certain level of completion then MC freezes, completely non responsive. So then I used a cad file and it still cut the areas that I didn't want it to machine, so I figured my tolerance wasn't good enough for it to recognize that it was already machined. Do you guys have any suggestions, I would like to avoid adding containment boundaries, but instead would like to figure out the most effective way to get the software to do some work for me. I attached a picture and a link to an example file in my dropbox (60MB), if you want to play around with it. Basically I flattened the Used Geo to one level (sorry for the mess) then deleted all of the geometry of the rest of the part so I am not posting my customers part on the web.... Thanks for the help in advance, Husker

What is the official process getting involved in the Beta Test Cycle? What qualifies a user to get involved? Husker

Would it be so hard for someone at CNC to just give us common folk a warm fuzzy and tell us why the software is delayed. I mean seriously, we are getting kinda anxious as to what we are waiting for, we aren't expecting it to be out now, just curious and hate speculating.... I am guessing everyone is feeling this way. Husker

Uh Oh.....

Colin and Sledgeek, Well after a few weeks delay, which wasn't bad as I was down I worked back and forth with CNC and we were able to find the root cause of the problem. It was indeed related to the nethasp. I have my nethasp hooked up on my pc and was accessing it locally, not through a network port. So I generated a new nethasp.ini file and switch nhaspx.exe to network and the problem is solved, now the right click is down to approximately a half second delay which is normal from past experiences. Interesting that this is the issue, but I am glad that it is fixed. Husker

Did you get this figured out?