Just remember that trunion uses rubber belts to drive the axis. I know for a fact that you can damage that belt and scrap parts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +1000 Was personally shocked to see the ins of Haas trunion 210 Pathetic !

Arc tangent to two splines with given radius ,using xform-offset contour

The Price of Freedom My good friend the Bird of Freedom Killed like mindless stupid chicken Destiny that makes me moaning Every morning I`m weeping Some of you prefer it roasted Others like it chopped and baked Others like it hot and spicy There`s no end for human hatred My turn next to loose the weighting Soon I will be coloured pinky Nicely cured fatty porky Covered good with salt and pepper

I `ve seen it before ,not in this version Ramsaver helped me

Could be worse, you could be under Hillary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is personal offence

Create solid from one surface Then use solid thicken

dont ever make me a moderator... I would have banned your xxxx from that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ +1000

Personally I can not get it - >how come that everyone here makes good money using Mastercam except Anubis . I do not say it has no issues . Every program has His approach reminds me one of Mr Banquer . Kinda waiting for ideal tool capable of everything . Boy ,in this case who will need you ?

For the type of work I have 1 gig is nothing . And if I open simultaneously more than one Mastercam ? ~~~~~~~~~~~ Based on my test I think 4Gb of ram might be a little overkill for the average user. ~~~~~~~~~~ Not at all . Your can have small toolpathes but huge models with lots of solids ,surfaces ,splines and etc . In such a case to open couple of Mastercams with little memory is an invitation for crash

What other information do you experienced programmers keep close by that you refer to often? ~~~~~~~~~ 15 years of machining experience It gives me prediction close to real machining parameters

Takashi ! You`ve done the excelent job ! Thank you very much !

I would do nothing do nothing . I will make operatiom library for the first 4 toolpaths and will import operations with geometry

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Works great PS I like your Backspace idea

Thank you very much ,Mr Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions. It is a pity ,though ,that I can use only top cplane ???? Being 4-5 axes programmer it makes this c-hook almoust useless With great respect and best regards , Piglet Trespassers William

Axela . You do too much for simple couple of mill movements I mean I want to be fast . And I don`t want to create anything I want to do a thing that other programs have been doing for ages .

Well .I tested it .Looks good . I have something similar from early 1990 `s and still use it . You need preview to turn your program into something useful

Why not ?

I don`t consider it to be enhancement. It turns MC more dangerous Like you ever had need to delete level at all ?

Welcome on board . What version of Mastercam ?

I use pyramide cutters for 10 years ,at least ,on every material including hardened steel on stamps ,molds and general engraving when taper angle is less than 30 degrees with huge success . You can make it 3,4,or 6 edges . I used to grind them myself from broken end mills . ~~~~~~~~~~~~ You ever make pointed carbide engraving cutters by just grinding angles and having them come to a sharp point so the cutting angle is about 15 degrees ~~~~~~~~~~~ I prefer to take off small relief angle on the sharp point against one of angles to turn sharp point to small cuttting diameter . The cutter becomes stronger I usually measure it on microscope to get correct results

yOU are digging the trap for yourself |Whoever tried once can not stop ever after

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Is it was revolved surface ? I saw lots of bugs with revolved surfaces mirrored both by xform ->mirror or transfrorm toolpathes like milling to the inside of the surface If so recreate it as ruled make analize->surfaces->set normals . And you`ll be fine

I have done such things bu thousands and your technological approach is radically wrong . I would use solid rough will for alluminium 3 flutes dia 12-14 mm for every rough cut At first stage I would first make 2 sides in y direction while electrode still rigid I would go conventional if it is rigid less than I expect . I would go S2000 F500 MM/MIN FOR END MILL 12 MM . Next I would make upper finish after roughing it I would use ball mill 3 mm . Take note the rib is wstill rigid Now I would rough and finish one of the tapered walls I would use ball mill 14 mm for finish all directions conventional And than the last side . Think about it and you will see my technology is bullet-proof

You are welcome ,5kax !