Interesting I may go with windows 7. I'm going to research some computers now.

Jp is that because its easy to steal information from systems running Windows 10?

gcode, Do you mean you can now set windows 10 to postpone updates or can not set windows 10 to postpone updates?

I"m purchasing a new laptop and I have the option between Windows 10 and Windows 7. I was previously running Mastercam 2018 on another laptop with Windows 10 and I had to reinstall Mastercam twice after Windows 10 updated itself because Mastercam would no longer open. Other than that I think Mastercam worked well with windows 10. I would prefer windows 10 and to me it sounds odd to buy a new computer without the latest operating system but I never had to reinstall Mastercam with windows 7. Is anyone else experiencing this issue with windows 10. Any thoughts or recommendations on this subject are greatly appreciated.

Ok thanks.

I'm not sure what you mean by on board graphics. I'm looking to get a laptop with this card Nvidia® Quadro® M2000M w/4GB GDDR5. I'm assume it is integrated into the motherboard because it is a laptop but I think it will work well with Mastercam. What do you guys think? Sorry for the hijack.

Paul we run a composite job at our shop and the parts get a 1.00 diameter bore approximately 1.00 deep. We tried drilling the hole but it would delaminate the part. We ended up roughing the bore with a half inch PCD Diamond endmill with a .030 corner radius. I used a contour toolpath with the ramp option selected so it will helix through the part much like you intend to do. Then I go back and finish the bore with a half inch diamond coated endmill. We have been running the job on and off for about a year and the PCD tool has never worn out. The half inch diamond coated endmill gets about 70 parts but it does more work than just fiishing the bore. I run the half inch diamond coated endmill at 3000 RPM and 30 inches per minute. I can get you the feed and speed on the PCD tool but I won't be back at work until wednesday. I wish I could give you more info on the composite material but it is proprietary so we don't even know what it is. We had to learn by trial and error. We do not use coolant but we do have an airblast that runs on the M7 command and really good vaccum sytem that we desinged in house. I get the diamond coated tools from Buzz. I can let you know where we get the PCD tool. It's been so long since we had to change it I can't remember.

I signed up for the ecourses they offer. You get access to all of the videos not just the multiaxis. The videos are ok in my opinion. There is a lot of click on this and click on that with not much in depth explanation of why. Fortunately for me I know how to use most of the toolpaths already and signed up to see how they worked in 2017. I believe the videos are meant as a guide line for the text which you get in PDF format when you sign up for the ecourses. For the price it is definately a good deal. Keep in mind for each lesson you have to watch the entire set of videos and then take a quiz before you can go on to the next lesson.

Thanks great information as always.

What does the liability policy cover. Who would you suggest to use as an insurer? I'm interested in checking insurance rates.

Thanks Ron. Great information.

Hello all. Its been a long time since I've posted on here. I hope everyone is well. My question is to those of you doing contract programming. What safeguards do you have in place to limit your liability when it comes to damage your program may cause an outside companies machine. Do you have the companies you do work for sign something that says you are not liable? Is insurance an option? Is it common practice to make the programs and not have any protection from liability? I'm just wondering what common practice is. Thanks in advance.

I have done similar parts in the past. I rough the slot with a bullnose endmill using 3D contour and depth cuts. Then I finish the walls with a ball endmill staying .01 off the floor so it does not dig in. Then I finish the floor with a parallel path that runs in the same direction as the the walls. Same as jlw.

Thanks gcode. I thought that may be the case.

AlbertZini, Thanks for the video. I updated my X8 machine def, control def, and post while I was waiting for a reply to this thread. I was really looking for a downloadable version of the mpmaster post for x9. I'm not sure if or when that will be released. Thanks again

I finally started using X9 and can't seem to find the link to download the X9 mpmaster post. What am I missing here?

You might want to try starting the hole with a 1/4 inch stub drill 1.00 deep into the plug then drill the hole to final depth with the long 1/4 inch drill. Ghuring series 5514 drills hold size and location very well and I have used them to start deep holes before then I finished the holes with a longer drill. It worked out great for me. The only difference is I wasn't drilling through a bore with a plug in it. I think this method would work well for your application as well.

If you don't need your solid history try removing it. This may prevent your from losing your file.

I'm using a SpacePilot at work. Occasionally I work from home on my laptop with no SpacePilot. It takes me much longer to program without the SpacePilot. It's a great investment that will increase productivity. I would try to get the company your work for to spring for it.

Select the operation you want to change in the operation manager then right click and select toolpath editor from the drop down list. Once you are in the editor you will have options to change the feed rates at different points along your toolpath.

Hard to tell from the picture but it looks like there is a hole of dropoff in the bottom right corner. You might want to try to patch that. Also may want to try a project toolpath. It might give smoother motion.

If you want to use feed instead of pitch use this formula: 1/(2/25.4) = 12.7 threads per inch. Then for an example you could use S127 feed of 10. or S1270 feed of 100........etc

Here is one way. Mill out the square pocket from the front plane with a 2D tool path then surface finish flowline from the bottom up to rough the radius also from the front plane. Then a flowline to finish from the front plane.

metalmansteve, It sounds like your config file got reloaded and changed all of your settings back to the mastercam defaults. You can save your settings under settings/configuration and settings/customize. You can also save a copy of your config file in case you need to reload it.

BenK When I set my settings to match your screen shot and back plot my tool path It does three passes at zero meaning the first pass does not leave .010. Look at your back plot and let me know if you get the same result. I normally have to do two separate contour operations to achieve the result jorges is looking for. I do the first contour operation and leave .01 with no multi passes then I do a second contour operation and have two finishes passes at zero. I would like to be able to avoid two operations but have not found a way that works. Been using mastercam since version 6 and I don't mean X6. Also let me add I am the biggest advocate of mastercam and I am definitely not bashing the software it has been my lively hood since the 90's. I am just lookng for a way to avoid two operations.