i've had great luck with parasolid exports but i believe they came from native sdrc.

Ask to speak to ryan or one of there salesmen over at axsys. I used to get post mods out of them within a few days now it just seems to take a few weeks.

what kind of job was it? We have a mori sl-25 that will hold ±0.0002" all day long on hard turning operations

Have you tried switching directions of the rotation axis in the machine definition? from CW to CCW?

We only buy mori's for our mills and lathes. We've got some older cincinnatis and mazaks also, but mori is hands down the machine of choice for us. Consider me jealous

The only thing i've heard from them were about the intial tablets. And i know they had graphics card issues way back then just getting the operating system to work. Though i think the concept itself would be kind of neat.

has anyone tried running X (or any other version of mastercam for that matter) on a tablet pc? i'm curious how well it would work out.

we always run it like hes talking about (with left hand tooling). You can always thread with the opposite hand tool and just change the spindle direction.

and where is holeaxis?

Thanks for the replies. I have yet to install the update but will give it another shot once i do

Has anyone encountered errors trying to roll a spline using the roll function? I'm unable to get something anywhere close to what it should look like and as i've done it in the past i'm wondering if this is a bug in X2

nevermind...it was file permissions. if the program is installed as an administrator then not everyone gets modify access to the file. Allow full control and you're golden..

I just recently updated to X2 and i'm having problems trying to open the lathe defaults to modify them. I keep getting an error that says unable to open the file. has anyone else encountered this problem? is there anyway to revert back to a standard file that i can modify without having to reinstall the entire program?

never mind...found it. DOH.

Is there a dz coordinate system in X like there used to be in MC 9 for lathe? I know its a simple matter of deviding by two but deviding EVERYTHING by two becomes a pain in the rear.

Has anyone noticed any slow performance due to using a solid point while drilling. I'm making a valve body from a chunk of solid aluminum and I experience a long delay using just simple tool paths. I'm running a P4 3Ghz Computer with a 256mb video card and don't experience much performance problems otherwise.

i'm using just a modified version of the fanuc 4 axis HMC post...i look for thte force wcs... thanks for the help

is there a switch in the control def for x to get the post to output a work offset (G54, 55...) every time it calls up a tool? regardless of whether the workoffset changes. This helps if i need to skip around in the program or have a tool break...

can anyone tell me the logic behind the format strings in the posts. I'm sure its fairly simple but i'm missing something here... I need to make a B axis out put only whole numbers but include a decimal point at the end i.e.: B17. or B43. thanks for the help as always

I'm programming a path that requires me to orient the spindle prior to rapiding into a hole. I assume this can be done with canned text. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? I think i'll need to use the custom option 1, but dont know how to modify the post to spit out the M19. I'm using a version of the new Mcam X post for a fanuc 4 axis HMC.... any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks...works good... long live the forum

I'm posting using a converted v9 post for a cincinatti. Everything appears to be ok with the exception of a muliple point drill cycle... (Spot 5/16-18 Tap Holes) N2260G00Z1100 N2270X-110261Y47953 N2280G81X-110261Y47953Z-3050R1100 N2290X-49005Y53121N2290X113807Y45312N2290Y-45312N2290X101325Y-53125N2290X49000N2290X0000N2290X-49000N2290X-96735N2290X-101225Y53125N2290X0000N2290X49000N2290X101325N2290G80 the points are all strung in a line with the n blocks...this happens with drilling, tapping, boring...I"m guessing its a missing "e" somewhere....but i'm not too familar with post modifications to be able to know where to look and suggestions?

I'm trying to learn a little more about control definitions...more pertaining to how they work on a horizontal mill. I've looked through the documentation but dont really see much in terms of explination of what each component does. The translator from Version 9 used X & Y axes on the table group but i see HMC X, Y, and Z...should these be used instead? Does anyone know where there may be more documentation on the control defs? Thanks for the help as always

A CPU hog is probably an understatement. As has been said many times on the forum, Mcam 9 basically uses the entire CPU while it is running. I used to run into this same problem with OpenGL screensavers on windows a few years ago. When the monitior on my server flipped to a screensaver it killed the network performance...took a while to figure that one out....Regardless with the price of gas this year your winter heating bills will be smaller...gets a little chilly just open up another instance of Mcam 9

its more fun to complain though isn't it? uh...not complain...constructively criticize..