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Bjorn Petersson AME AB

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  1. Hi again,

     

    Could you attach a picture of how the part is placed in the machine?

    You say you want to rotate around Y, but from the placement of the part(in the mcx) i figure you want to rotate around X.

     

    BTW: When you use different planes to achieve the rotation, Rotary axis control should be set to No rotation.

  2. Using different planes is another way to do it.

    In cases where you are able to pick arcs, you don't need to use different planes.

    (Instead you can enable rotary positioning)

    As I recall, the generic post is set to rotate around X, so you should make some changes if you want to work around Y.

  3. But only for the holes pointing at the centerline?

     

    I think you might have to change two things to have it work around Y.

    * Locate the rotary in the .mmd-6 and point it to rotate around Y (if set to X)

    * The change above would probably give you B instead of A, which you'll have to change inside the .pst

  4. Hi,

     

    If your postprocessor is the generic Haas 4x MT that comes with Mastercam:

    Locate these lines:

    #result = nwadrs(strp, speed) #Different letter than 'S' for mill spindle?

    and uncomment them:

    result = nwadrs(strp, speed) #Different letter than 'S' for mill spindle?

     

    If you're using another post, where it's not already prepared, add the new address. (result = nwadrs(string, variable))

    Don't forget to change it back to "S" if you use the same variable for lathe tools as for live tooling.

  5. Hi Bill,

     

    Are you sure it has ever worked for the Y-axis spindle?

    There are different ways to tell the post to use the Y instead of the Z spindle.

    Since you know that circle centers is the problem, I guess you know how to select Y.

    If linear moves work, and circular doesn't, I guess you need to modify the post.

    Could it be that CC still output XY-values when it should be XZ?

  6. Crazy_Millman,

     

    Have you checked affinity in task manager when you made your benchmark. My system i similar to yours, but I have less RAM and a single Xeon Quad, 32-bit OS. Your results looks like the my results with affinity set to one CPU. Sadly I can't get affinity to default to all CPU:s on this system, but if I change affinity to all cores in an active session smile.gif The result is way better. If this is the case you would have benchmarks below 1 min 25 sec.

     

    Please let me know.

    I would like to find a way to default affinity to all cores. (Or at least 3 cores) for Mastercam.

     

    I have a DELL Precision T3500.

    The HP:s I've tried at the office defaults to all cores for MC.

  7. Hi,

     

    I guess you're importing the model from another system?

     

    I had this issue until I got new graphic drivers from HP.(Quadro FX1600M)

     

    Try clicking "Regenerate Display List" then pick the solid.

    Regenerate Display List has solved this for everyone I've talked to.

     

    Also try saving it as an .mcx and bring it in again. This would have the same effect I guess.

  8. Hi John,

     

    I've downloaded VB2008 Express recently.

     

    My problem is that I can't manage to debug inside Mastercam. Having to compile and run each test is really time consuming.

     

    I've tried to setup the debug page for the BoltCircle example as described in the readme file that comes with the solution.

    Although my debug page doesn't have the radio buttons described.

     

    Have you done this?

    I guess I've just missed something.

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