quote: Mc should be on the left and everything else on the right That's how I run my splits. My Left monitor is through the digital channel and the right is analog. I try to use my digital screen for 3D programs - MC, ProEngineer, PEPS, etc. - and my right screen for various - Outlook, excel, MC Editor, etc. I tried using the OP Manager on the right screen but I just don't like it for some reason.

Not to mention service support. Our Hermle support here in SC is pretty non-existant. We just had to fly a guy here from California!

quote: How much has Mastercam X4 5-axis improved over Mastercam X? Is it worth upgrading? 100% yes it's worth it. If you are going to buy a custom post for your machine then you will definetly need to be current on X4.

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It does it to me regularly when using STL files especially when I save the STL in verify... seems to flip out a lot.

Here is the program for a job we just ran... code: % (QNH-81553 GREEN-OP1.NC) (KOYO-TORRINGTON NRB PROTOTYPE) (MACHINE CNC: MAZAK SQT-200MS) (DATE: 4-12-10) (PROGRAM GENNERATED IN MASTERCAM vers_no$ 13.) N100 G20 ( TOOL - 1 OFFSET - 1 ) ( LFACE CNMG 432 - OD ROUGH INSERT - CNMG-432 ) N110 G28 U0. W0. N120 G0 T0101 N130 G97 S1432 M03 N140 G0 X1.2 Z.029 M08 N150 G50 S3000 N160 G96 S450 N170 G99 G1 X-.0625 F.008 N180 G0 Z.129 N190 X1.2 N200 Z.008 N210 G1 X-.0625 N220 G0 Z.108 N230 X1.2 N240 Z.003 N250 G1 X-.0625 N260 G0 Z.103 N270 X.8347 N280 Z.208 N290 G1 Z.108 F.015 N300 Z-1.3874 N310 X1.2 N320 G0 Z.208 N330 X.6693 N340 G1 Z.108 N350 Z-1.3874 N360 X1.0547 N370 G0 Z.208 N380 X.504 N390 G1 Z.108 N400 Z.0025 N410 G3 X.6164 Z-.064 R.0757 N420 G1 X.6204 Z-.0868 N430 Z-1.3874 N440 X.8893 N450 M09 N460 G28 U0. W0. N470 T0100 N480 M01 ( TOOL - 6 OFFSET - 6 ) ( LDRILL CENTER DRILL - .75 DIA. INSERT - NONE ) N490 G28 U0. W0. N500 G0 T0606 N510 G97 S800 M03 N520 G0 X0. Z.25 M08 N530 Z.1 N540 G98 G1 Z-.48 F2. N550 G0 Z.25 N560 M09 N570 G28 U0. W0. N580 T0600 N590 M01 ( TOOL - 7 OFFSET - 7 ) ( LDRILL LTR.S DRILL INSERT - LTR.S DRILL ) N600 G28 U0. W0. N610 G0 T0707 N620 G97 S800 M03 N630 G0 X0. Z.25 M08 N640 Z.1 N650 G1 Z0. F4. N660 G0 Z.1 N670 G1 Z-.1 N680 G0 Z.1 N690 Z0. N700 G1 Z-.2 N710 G0 Z.1 N720 Z-.1 N730 G1 Z-.3 N740 G0 Z.1 N750 Z-.2 N760 G1 Z-.4 N770 G0 Z.1 N780 Z-.3 N790 G1 Z-.5 N800 G0 Z.1 N810 Z-.4 N820 G1 Z-.6 N830 G0 Z.1 N840 Z-.5 N850 G1 Z-.7 N860 G0 Z.1 N870 Z-.6 N880 G1 Z-.8 N890 G0 Z.1 N900 Z-.7 N910 G1 Z-.9 N920 G0 Z.1 N930 Z-.8 N940 G1 Z-1. N950 G0 Z.1 N960 Z-.9 N970 G1 Z-1.1 N980 G0 Z.1 N990 Z-1. N1000 G1 Z-1.2 N1010 G0 Z.1 N1020 Z-1.1 N1030 G1 Z-1.3 N1040 G0 Z.1 N1050 Z-1.2 N1060 G1 Z-1.375 N1070 G0 Z.25 N1080 M09 N1090 G28 U0. W0. N1100 T0700 N1110 M01 ( TOOL - 3 OFFSET - 3 ) ( LFINISH VNMG 331 - M13 INSERT - VNMG-331 ) N1120 G28 U0. W0. N1130 G0 T0303 N1140 G97 S3000 M03 N1150 G0 X.2764 Z.1 M08 N1160 G50 S3000 N1170 G96 S550 N1180 G99 G1 Z0. F.008 N1190 X.4869 N1200 G3 X.5966 Z-.0503 R.0551 N1210 G1 X.6004 Z-.0721 N1220 Z-1.3874 N1230 X.8004 N1240 M09 N1250 G28 U0. W0. N1260 T0300 N1270 M01 ( TOOL - 4 OFFSET - 4 ) ( LCUTOFF OD GROOVE CENTER - NARROW INSERT - GC-4125 ) N1280 G28 U0. W0. N1290 G0 T0404 N1300 G97 S400 M03 N1310 G0 X1.0004 Z-1.3524 M08 N1320 G1 X.8004 F.003 N1330 X.4564 N1340 X.6564 N1350 G0 X.8004 N1360 G97 S400 N1370 X.8003 Z-1.2861 N1380 G1 X.6003 N1390 X.5966 Z-1.3073 N1400 G3 X.4982 Z-1.3524 R.0494 N1410 G1 X.6982 N1420 G97 S400 N1430 G0 X1.0004 N1440 G1 X.8004 N1450 X.28 N1460 X.48 N1470 G0 X.8004 N1480 M09 N1490 G28 U0. W0. M05 N1500 T0400 N1510 M30 % As you can see I don't use any canned cycles on our Mazak. They are similar to Fanuc style but different enough that we don't fool with them much.

Email me the file and I'll ttake a look. Luckily enough we have a computer with 9.1 still loaded... I thought I had purged that already?

Could you post a pic of your file? Give us a little more info and we'll do our best to help.

Lock on 1st WCS works great for me

here it comes......

quote: you step Hello Pot... This is Kettle... You're Black!

quote: I currently use the Haas 5X post quote: Haas trunion post that is installed with X4 That's the post I was talking about - GENERIC HAAS VF-TR_SERIES 5X MILL.PST/.MMD/.control... sorry for not being clear. It does work very well. I've changed a few things but nothing too extreme. HTH Josh

Rocket, If you're dead set on using the sim then you may have to purchase the In-House post. I currently use the Haas 5X post (with no sim) and it works great. If you're having rotational issues - trunnion rotating the A axis away from you - you can arrange the machine def to reposition to A- instead of A+. Do you know how to do this?

Autocraft, You've got mail

westerfieldc, Is the M46 hard coded in the post? What I mean is on the prefreturn line does it have a "M46" coded in it? The reason I ask is the post may not have a parameter to turn it off.

Awesome job Shawn! I see you got the surfaces smoothed out on the 5X paths... what was your methodology behind fixing it? I personally mentioned using the point/angle generators and was curious if that helped you? Care to share any input on your conquest?

MPMASTER will get you what you want. A little editing on the machine def/post but it would be a great setup. I use the MPMASTER modified for an older Mazak horizontal mill for one of my contract customers and it works great. HTH Josh

quote: Is that gonna be on VH1 - a Behind The Music story of the Greatest Rockstars of all time? Fissed that one for ya!

quote: I think I plugged mcam so much they edited me out I looked for you! Looks like they hung out with Ronnie for a while.

They were at the school until 10:00pm last night! They interviewed me for over an hour, got shots of a lecture, shots of the students and shots of us running the machines. Luckily enough we were running an impeller on the 5 axis mill so we had something cool to show. I'll let everyone know when it airs

You've got mail Let me know if it comes through

Sounds like it may be a Mozilla issue. Does it do it when Mozilla is closed?

Welcome to the Forum! Head porting is not for the tame of heart so be careful! If you're wanting to machine all 4 ports in 1 setup you'll probably need to set the part up with the Rocker Arm Box (I'm assuming that what that is) down. This will allow you to rotate the B axis on your trunnion to reach all 4 postions. You may run into rotational challenges when you start machining the exhaust exit ports being the trunnion will already be rotated at A-90. degrees. HTH Josh

Here's what a C600U looks like...

ducati, Mail sent Josh