In the HSpeed surface finish toolpaths you can also add tilt to avoid a collision. The toolpath will give you simultaneous 5 axis motion without the need for tool axis control geometry.

I keep a junk setup plane in my part files that I am constantly editing, I use that to setup trimming. I also blast the solid history before moving the solid.

Change the fs2 value for 17 to 4 in the inch column fs2 17 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 2/3 place (tapping feedrate)

Rodger don't make changes to the fs2 statements, you can use the format change in the ptap post block ptap$ #Canned Tap Cycle pdrlcommonb result = newfs(17, feed) << by adding this line it will change the feed rate for tapping to use fs2 #17 and output 2 decimal places for ipm pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, *feed, strcantext, e$ pcom_movea Sorry, Just reread original post currently the fs2 17 is setup to output 2 decimal for inch and 3 decimal for metric, to change that you need change the first value to 3 or 4 By using the newfs in the tapping post block it will only change the feed rate for tapping as long as the original "feed" variable is still set to a different value, in the Gen Haas post I have it is set to use fs2 9

My context menu (aka RMB) everything from Analyze to Edit are fly-out menus

Rodger you could add a new format like this in the tap postblock: result = newfs(11, feed)

The QAT is the Quick Access Toolbar, you can open it up and edit the functions for that toolbar by right clicking in the tabs area.

I toggle between the geometry and axis function when using the dynamic translation using the "Control" key.

Is no spin in solid chain only slice, you need to use the turn profile utility for that.

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You could try setting the retract in the cut parameters to "when avoiding a boundary or exceeding a distance" then set the gap size to an allowable distance traveled. If the move exceeds the distance it will retract,

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You don't happen to have more than one instance of Mcam running do you? I noticed something similar with a customer, he had two instances of Mcam 2018 running, he had undocked the ops manger on one instance and the other was still docked up. Witnessed some very strange whut the front yards until he docked the operations manager back up.

Are you logged into the Mcam forum, someone over there is having a similar issue?

That can be done by altering your tool axis control. Switch it to "rotated around an axis" then give it a rotation angle. Use a positive angle to run in the Y+ quadrant.

Could be a number of issues, there was a Win10 update 1079 Fall Creator that caused all kinds of problems, could be a <dot> NET Framework update, are you running dual graphics support (chipset with a graphics card) are your drivers up to date have you checked the knowledge base on the Mcam website

It doesn't look like you're going to be able to break some of this spline geom into arcs due to the utility either reporting a planes error or if the spline is broken down into smaller pieces it wants to project the arcs. The only method the break many will allow is is breaking it into line segments. Simplify spline is not going to work with this geom due to the spline curve being a non-uniform B spline.

Yes you could customize the right mouse button in McamX7, it's called "context menu" in Mcam 2017 - 19, you can get to the context menu by right clicking in the tabs area

They gets dirtied in Mcam 2019 & 2018

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.workspace is located in the user's my mcam2018 folder in the documents location

Doing well my friend, how are you?

Reko right next to the Y axis of the machine tree there is a plus sign, you just need to open the rest of the sub pages. Right click on the machine base and use the expand all.

Thanks Ernie

No that row of buttons cannot be toggled on. Is this what you are looking for? :see attachment: