Thanks Mick, I found that but in the help it said the data is saved for 6 days in the event folder of your my documents, but I do not find any such folder. any other ideas?

I am having problems also. I did turn off CFB, and crashing greatly reduced. I was reading the event log and it listed the crash then it closed. I can not find where the event log data is stored. The help listed a place I can not find, does anyone know where it is?

That looks very promissing, thank You very much. My machine tool seller did not know where to start.

The IS department is looking at giving me a different PC. I told them it needs an "A" drive and a serial port to talk with my mills. They pulled a nose and said this is outdated technology. My mills only have an RS232 port or a floppy drive. Does anyone have a way to update machines to use flash drives or some other way to transfer data to the mills?

I know this has been done before but here goes. I would like to be able to check-out a network licence or better yet have a active licence verified by the network once a week similar to what I am told Rockwell software does in the electrical field. So I can use the laptop away from a active network signal like I need too now and then.

I beleive option 2 is the direction I went. The end result is to get rid of dead spots on the work peice so in use it self cleans. The angle are not crittical just need to be there.

THANKS I got it. Made the arc in 2D. Split it in 2 to get the mid point. set that at half the total depth difference, now I have 3 points for the arc.

I only have 2 point defined but I will try.

I am in 3d, I tried a helix but cann't seem to get what I need, start points or 15 degree of rotation, and not sure of setting up its own plane.

I am trying to draw a 3d arc. I know the end points and the radius, but X4 is only giving me a flat 2D arc. I am in top veiw, and the ed is a Z move.

From what I can tell it is turned on in the post. In the control definitions under cutter comp it has check marks by " contoller supports wear". Here is a sample of code for a pocket with wear on but does not work at the machine. (POCKETTE)$ N1(9)M6T1$ (T)TOOL - 1 DIA. - .375$ N2(9)M03S1426$ N3(0)X1.0215Y1.1076$ N4(0)Z0.25$ N5(0)Z0.1$ N6(1)Z-0.25F6.3$ N7(1)Y0.9276$ N8(1)X2.0015$ N9(1)Y1.1076$ N10(1)X1.0215$ N11(1)X0.7403Y1.3888$ N12(1)Y0.6463$ N13(1)X2.2828$ N14(1)Y1.3888$ N15(1)X0.7403$ N16(1)X0.459Y1.6701$ N17(1)Y0.3651$ N18(1)X2.564$ N19(1)Y1.6701$ N20(1)X0.459$ N21(1)Z-0.15$ N22(0)Z0.25$ N23(0)X0.449Y1.6801$ N24(0)Z0.1$ N25(1)Z-0.25$ N26(1)Y0.3551C1$ N27(1)X2.574$ N28(1)Y1.6801$ N29(1)X0.449C0$ N30(1)Z-0.15$ N31(0)Z0.25$ N32(9)M30$ END€ If anyone knows how to read Dynapath.

"basically wear and computer do output the same code, wear simply add a G41 or a G42 to the first move" On a dynapath controller there is no G's.It is blended with symbols that I do not know how to translate.

That's the problem I don't know how or where to check this.

here's my problem. I get wear to work in the contour toolpath and that is it. If say I do a pocket and on the rough/finish tab I set it to wear I does not compensate for the undersize cutter I use. I am posting to a dynapath controller and trying to read the code is another topic ( I have not found a code cheat sheet for reading it). Could the post not be set up correctly? I do not edit these, I know my limits.

Thanks now I understand. So unless I get the powers to be to blow the dust off their walet, no data for due. But I do get a solid to program from.