If you're chaining a contour toolpath, for example, there is an unselect button within the chaining dialog box.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you're doing. Are you chaining a toolpath or chaining in design?

If you click the geometry you selected by mistake a second time, Mcam will unselect it.

I'm pretty new at this so I don't know all the definitions of those parameters. I believe that CET is circle endpoint tolerance, VEF is a velocity factor and MDA is maximum deceleration angle. I'm not sure about this, but changing any of the parameters may affect the warranty on the machine, so my best suggestion is that you call Onsrud for help on adjusting the speed. They'll walk you through what you should or should not modify to get the machine to do what you want. Sorry I'm not of more help.

How old is your machine? Call Robert or Rich at Onsrud and ask one of them if you can change the VEF=0.50 in your machine without risking damage, or if there are other ways you can safely modify the speed. If they say you can, then you can experiment with the speed of the machine a bit, and they will tell you what to adjust and what increment to use to gradually work up to a more satisfactory speed. I wouldn't try my earlier suggestion without first talking to Onsrud, as it looks like your machine is configured different than ours.

I got both posts from Onsrud. They configured them to our machine when they set it up. Contact Robert Ehret at Onsrud, 1-800-638-8185 and tell him what you need. He will make sure the post you get is configured to your machine. The one I have that outputs arcs is MPOSAIvX_3-31-06, set up to work with Mastercam X2. Another thing you can do until you get the post modified is adjust the feed rate in the Osai control. You can play with it in your programming until you get the speed the way you want it. Do the first few lines of your program look like this? N100 MOV=72 N110 VFF=1 N120 FCT=.00001 N130 G90 N140 G00 G79 Z(@ZPARKP1) N150 G00 G79 A0. C0. N160 (UAO,7) If so, you can edit the NC file by inserting a couple of lines and play with the speed of the machine until you get what you want. After the line “FCT=.00001”, insert VEF=2 MDA=90 so that it looks like this: N100 MOV=72 N110 VFF=1 N120 FCT=.00001 VEF=2 MDA=90 N130 G90 N140 G00 G79 Z(@ZPARKP1) N150 G00 G79 A0. C0. N160 (UAO,7) you can adjust the "2" to any number up to about 20, for example VEF=6. The 2 is probably the machines default speed. Work up slowly. On our machine, VEF=10 is about as high as I wanted to go. After that, it got really jerky on small arcs. Once you get the speed more to your liking, the setting can be made permanent in the control, so you don't have to edit the NC output every time. HTH

I read your post in another thread before this one. We use 2 different posts: 1 for 5 ax work, and 1 for 3 axis jobs. Using a 5" circle as example, ramp contour toolpath, the 5 ax post will give this: ;( TOOL - 01 ) N160 M06 T1 N170 M03 S15000 N180 G00 X2.375 Y0. A0. C0. N190 Z.25 N200 Z.1 N210 G01 Z0. F100. N220 X2.373084 Y.09538 Z-.005 F300. N230 X2.367339 Y.190606 Z-.01 N240 X2.357775 Y.285525 Z-.015 N250 X2.344406 Y.379983 Z-.02 N260 X2.327254 Y.473828 Z-.025 N270 X2.306348 Y.566908 Z-.03 N280 X2.28172 Y.659074 Z-.035 N290 X2.253411 Y.750176 Z-.04 N300 X2.221466 Y.840068 Z-.045 N310 X2.185937 Y.928604 Z-.05 N320 X2.146881 Y1.015642 Z-.055 N330 X2.10436 Y1.101042 Z-.06 N340 X2.058445 Y1.184664 Z-.065 N350 X2.009208 Y1.266376 Z-.07 N360 X1.95673 Y1.346044 Z-.075 N370 X1.901094 Y1.42354 Z-.08 N380 X1.842391 Y1.49874 Z-.085 N390 X1.780715 Y1.571521 Z-.09 N400 X1.716166 Y1.641767 Z-.095 N410 X1.648848 Y1.709364 Z-.1 N420 X1.57887 Y1.774203 Z-.105 N430 X1.506344 Y1.836179 Z-.11 N440 X1.431388 Y1.895192 Z-.115 N450 X1.354122 Y1.951148 Z-.12 N460 X1.274672 Y2.003955 Z-.125 N470 X1.192295 Y2.054096 N480 X1.107924 Y2.100805 N490 X1.021727 Y2.14405 N500 X.933845 Y2.18376 N510 X.844424 Y2.21987 N520 X.75361 Y2.252321 N530 X.661554 Y2.281057 N540 X.568407 Y2.306033 N550 X.474323 Y2.327207 N560 X.379457 Y2.344544 N570 X.283965 Y2.358016 N580 X.188005 Y2.3676 N590 X.091736 Y2.373281 N600 X-.004685 Y2.375048 N610 X-.101099 Y2.3729 N620 X-.197345 Y2.36684 N630 X-.293267 Y2.356877 N640 X-.388704 Y2.343029 N650 X-.483501 Y2.325318 N660 X-.577501 Y2.303773 N670 X-.670549 Y2.278429 N680 X-.762491 Y2.24933 N690 X-.853176 Y2.216521 N700 X-.942454 Y2.180059 N710 X-1.030178 Y2.140002 N720 X-1.116204 Y2.096417 N730 X-1.20039 Y2.049375 N740 X-1.282597 Y1.998955 N750 X-1.362689 Y1.945239 N760 X-1.440534 Y1.888316 N770 X-1.516005 Y1.82828 N780 X-1.588975 Y1.765229 N790 X-1.659327 Y1.699268 N800 X-1.726942 Y1.630505 N810 X-1.79171 Y1.559054 N820 X-1.853524 Y1.485033 N830 X-1.912283 Y1.408564 N840 X-1.967888 Y1.329772 N850 X-2.020249 Y1.248787 N860 X-2.069279 Y1.165744 N870 X-2.114898 Y1.080779 N880 X-2.15703 Y.994032 N890 X-2.195605 Y.905646 N900 X-2.230561 Y.815767 N910 X-2.261839 Y.724543 N920 X-2.289388 Y.632124 N930 X-2.313162 Y.538663 N940 X-2.333123 Y.444314 N950 X-2.349237 Y.349233 N960 X-2.361477 Y.253576 N970 X-2.369825 Y.157501 N980 X-2.374265 Y.061166 N990 X-2.374791 Y-.03527 N1000 X-2.371401 Y-.131648 N1010 X-2.364102 Y-.227808 N1020 X-2.352905 Y-.323593 N1030 X-2.337829 Y-.418845 N1040 X-2.318899 Y-.513406 N1050 X-2.296145 Y-.60712 N1060 X-2.269605 Y-.699834 N1070 X-2.239324 Y-.791394 N1080 X-2.205351 Y-.881649 N1090 X-2.167741 Y-.97045 N1100 X-2.126558 Y-1.057651 N1110 X-2.081869 Y-1.143109 N1120 X-2.033747 Y-1.226682 N1130 X-1.982272 Y-1.308232 N1140 X-1.927529 Y-1.387626 N1150 X-1.869609 Y-1.464732 N1160 X-1.808605 Y-1.539423 N1170 X-1.74462 Y-1.611576 N1180 X-1.677759 Y-1.681072 N1190 X-1.608131 Y-1.747796 N1200 X-1.535852 Y-1.811639 N1210 X-1.461041 Y-1.872495 N1220 X-1.383821 Y-1.930263 N1230 X-1.304319 Y-1.984849 N1240 X-1.222668 Y-2.036163 N1250 X-1.139 Y-2.08412 N1260 X-1.053454 Y-2.128641 N1270 X-.966172 Y-2.169652 N1280 X-.877296 Y-2.207086 N1290 X-.786975 Y-2.240881 N1300 X-.695355 Y-2.270982 N1310 X-.60259 Y-2.297338 N1320 X-.50883 Y-2.319907 N1330 X-.414232 Y-2.338651 N1340 X-.318951 Y-2.353539 N1350 X-.223144 Y-2.364547 N1360 X-.126969 Y-2.371657 N1370 X-.030585 Y-2.374856 N1380 X.065849 Y-2.37414 N1390 X.162175 Y-2.369509 N1400 X.258234 Y-2.360973 N1410 X.353867 Y-2.348543 N1420 X.448916 Y-2.332241 N1430 X.543226 Y-2.312095 N1440 X.636639 Y-2.288136 N1450 X.729003 Y-2.260405 N1460 X.820165 Y-2.228947 N1470 X.909975 Y-2.193814 N1480 X.998285 Y-2.155064 N1490 X1.084949 Y-2.112762 N1500 X1.169824 Y-2.066976 N1510 X1.25277 Y-2.017782 N1520 X1.333651 Y-1.965261 N1530 X1.412333 Y-1.9095 N1540 X1.488687 Y-1.850591 N1550 X1.562586 Y-1.788631 N1560 X1.633909 Y-1.723722 N1570 X1.702538 Y-1.655971 N1580 X1.76836 Y-1.58549 N1590 X1.831267 Y-1.512395 N1600 X1.891154 Y-1.436806 N1610 X1.947924 Y-1.358849 N1620 X2.001481 Y-1.278651 N1630 X2.051739 Y-1.196345 N1640 X2.098615 Y-1.112067 N1650 X2.14203 Y-1.025955 N1660 X2.181914 Y-.938151 N1670 X2.2182 Y-.848801 N1680 X2.25083 Y-.758052 N1690 X2.279748 Y-.666052 N1700 X2.304908 Y-.572955 N1710 X2.326267 Y-.478913 N1720 X2.343791 Y-.384081 N1730 X2.357451 Y-.288616 N1740 X2.367225 Y-.192676 N1750 X2.373095 Y-.096417 N1760 X2.375053 Y0. N1770 X2.373084 Y.09538 N1780 X2.367339 Y.190606 N1790 X2.357775 Y.285525 N1800 X2.344406 Y.379983 N1810 X2.327254 Y.473828 N1820 X2.306348 Y.566908 N1830 X2.28172 Y.659074 N1840 X2.253411 Y.750176 N1850 X2.221466 Y.840068 N1860 X2.185937 Y.928604 N1870 X2.146881 Y1.015642 N1880 X2.10436 Y1.101042 N1890 X2.058445 Y1.184664 N1900 X2.009208 Y1.266376 N1910 X1.95673 Y1.346044 N1920 X1.901094 Y1.42354 N1930 X1.842391 Y1.49874 N1940 X1.780715 Y1.571521 N1950 X1.716166 Y1.641767 N1960 X1.648848 Y1.709364 N1970 X1.57887 Y1.774203 N1980 X1.506344 Y1.836179 N1990 X1.431388 Y1.895192 N2000 X1.354122 Y1.951148 N2010 X1.274672 Y2.003955 N2020 G00 Z.25 N2030 M05 N2040 G00 G79 Z(@ZPARKP1) N2050 G00 G79 A0. C0. N2060 M30 The 3 axis post yields this: N100 MOV=72 N110 VFF=1 N120 FCT=.00001 N130 G00 G79 Z(@ZPARKP1) ;( TOOL - 01 ) N140 M06 T1 N150 M03 S15000 N160 G00 X2.375 Y0. N170 Z.25 N180 X2.375 Y0. Z.1 N190 G01 Z0. F100. N200 G03 X1.2747 Y2.004 Z-.125 R2.375 F300. N210 X0. Y2.3751 R2.3751 N220 X-2.3751 Y0. R2.3751 N230 X0. Y-2.3751 R2.3751 N240 X2.375 Y0. R2.3751 N250 X1.2747 Y2.004 R2.375 N260 G00 X1.2747 Y2.004 Z.25 N270 M05 N280 M30 Am I understanding your question correctly? You want output like the second example, but your post is outputting X,Y short segments as in the first example?

You have mail.

Link is at the top of the page "cadcam's FTP site".

Got the boxed set: cd, mouse pad, book, etc. Barefoot CNC does a great job!

Done

System tolerance is stock.

I at least prove out everything and do the production run on some jobs. As someone very new to this, the proving/running has been tremendous OJT.

Thanks guys! Got it!

This has got to be simple but I'm having a major brain fart. I've set the tool library in "settings>config>files>file usage>router tool library" to use MIP_INCH.TOOLS (my tool library), but when I go to the ops manager, the tool library is still Router_INCH.TOOLS. I had this set in MR2, but can't get it right in X2. What am I missing? John teh feeling stupid at the moment.

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Chris, Finally got a little time to play with the X2 install on my computer. I got 2 error messages on install, both 1904 errors, both failure to register modules. One is codejock docking pane9061.ocx, the other is cmax40.dll. I tried to go to the applet in the control panel to register them there and got "cannot retrieve the Handle of SystemImageList". The applet opened, but I couldn't get anything in the register/unregister window. My computer is not 64 bit. X2 loaded and is running fine. I've drawn, tool pathed, posted, etc. and everything seems ok. I compared one part originally posted in MR2 with the new code generated in X2, they are identical and it runs fine on the router. So my question is, how critical are the two 1904 errors and what impact could they possibly have?

Welcome aboard!

Top of the part most of the time. Currently we have 1 part where Z0 is not at the highest point.

Chris, It'll be tomorrow evening or maybe even Thursday before I get time to try the file download and reinstall X2. It's solving the problems for mrmead and mattstang70, so it'll probably solve mine too. Thanks for your help.

Chris, I've gotten a couple of error messages involving a cmax40.dll and ProActiveX V.9.60. Tried to go to the Mastercam applet in Control Panel to register the files there as you suggested to mattstang70 and got this message: "cannot retrieve the Handle of SystemImageList." X2 installed and is running, and I've toolpathed and posted a simple helix bore that worked fine, but I would still like to solve the errors.

This is from the C.R. Onsrud website, and is their brief explanation of TCP: quote: TCP (Tool Center Point Programming) This feature allows you to reference 5-axis programs to the tool tip, rather than the center of rotation of the axes or the head center. With TCP, the math is handled by the controller instead of the post processor. The controller is able to calculate a smooth, predictable and consistent motion based on the known maximum and minimum feed rates, axis acceleration and deceleration and other machine parameters. When the math is done in the post processor, many short line segments are output to the machine, which often results in a rough and inconsistent machine motion. * Advantages of TCP: Auto compensation of all linear axes when one or both rotary axes (A or C) is jogged or moved. * Easily remove a broken tool, even from a 5-axis part, with .Virtual Axis. feature. * Reduced program input, so less G-code is required. * Shorter part programs. * Less use of part program memory. * Increased programmer productivity and efficiency. The Onsrud is our first machine, so I don't have experience on other machines without TCP to make a comparison. HTH

Are you asking how to save a file in X as a Mastercam v9 or another type of file? When you save or save as, look under the file name, you'll see "save as type". There's a list of file formats you can use to save your file, but it will save it to the default location set in the configuration unless you change where it saves. Refering to deckerc's suggested above, click the button in the top right corner of the "save" dialog box. It gives you some options you may be able to use, such as saving to a project folder, if you have one set up.

Under "Settings", click Configuration, then under Topics click "Files". You'll see a list of file types under Data Paths. Look below the Data Paths list, you'll see Selected Item, which is the default folder for the file type highlighted in Data Paths. You can use the button to the right of Selected Item to select the folder you want to use. Someone else will probably know a better way, but I've used this to set up a different folder for my files. HTH

Roger, That's it! Gave it a quick try and seems to work perfectly. Thanks!