Sorry, when I seen 3 pc's I just assumed nethasp

Run Nhasp.exe and select read. We have that problem every now and then and it is because someone shuts down or re-starts without logging off first.

ntvdm.exe is process that belongs to the Windows 16-bit Virtual Machine. It provides an environment for a 16-bit process to execute on a 32-bit platform. Is there some old legacy software on his machine??

Update: I got a post from my reseller that supports subprograms. I had all my settings like I needed them and all is going good. Thanks again to everybody for the help. I was down on myself thinking I was a total dumba$$, but I soon realized that there are people right here in the same building with me that dont know the difference between a post processor and a post hole digger.....lol

Thanks for you help. I dont know much about modifying post processors. This is a hurco post directly from them and has not been modified so I will contact them to see if they will edit it or if they have a different post.

I'm guessing I have post issues but I still dont know where the .ext is coming from

When I turn "Copy source Ops" off, I get nothing...it will not regen and toolpath has 0.0k The way I have it, it posts (almost) correctly except no G54, G55 and the file is an .ext instead of .nc I'm going to lunch now thanks to everybody for help and I will return @ 12:30 CST

It's done uploading It's in x3 files folder

It has 23 minutes to go square core_current.ztg Thanks edit: ops 61 thru 77 are the ones I'm trying to transform [ 10-28-2008, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: Murray Mold & Die ]

The z2g file is 22mb and I cant email over 10mb and I cant upload to ftp. It keeps asking for username and password

Here's what I have

BRADST, I cant even get it to post 2 parts correctly, I know I cant get it to post 17 operations into subprograms....lol I copied & pasted just to get chips flying but I'm gonna work on this until I get it right. Thanks

Thanks for the samples and the info. It's posting out code that will work except there are no G54, G55. It's also posting 2 files and there is no text in my .nc file but it creates a .ext file with the same name as the .nc file and all the code is in the .ext file???? Crazy....anyone ever had this happen?

Thanks guys

I would put it on the ftp, but when I rotated the part I forgot to select "Copy" instead of "Move" and now I have 108 dirty ops!!! &%*#$@ Stupid me was in a hurry. One of these days I'll learn to "Walk" down the hill and get em all instead of "Run" down and get one of em. Doug, If you would put a sample on thr ftp I would appreciate it

Hello all, I have some square cores that we do several times a year and I am gearing up for "lights out" machining and want to do 2 of them at one time. The cycle time on 1 part is 5.5 hours and we usually make 12 or 18 at a time. These are h/t H-13 48-50 Rc. My question is, can I do this and post it right out of MCX3 or am I gonna have to manually edit and paste code to get it to work correctly? (I've done multi parts before by copy & paste but I would like to learn how to do this in MC of possible) You can see where the origin is on part #1 and it needs to be the origin on part #2 as well so can you use(and post from) multiple wcs in 1 program? I can not get my "Print Screen" button to show just one screen so sorry about the big pic. The left side is the correct one

It's dynamic.

I ran a few of these parts yesterday with a HS drillbit and it took 5 min. 21 sec. to drill said hole. Today with the CTS drill it's taking less than 5 seconds!! And like James said above...reamed finish!! Thanks again guys. edit: The drill cost $193.00 but it has paid for itself on 25 parts

We have ours on the server. If you need help email or call me. I'm still fresh minded on hooking it up because it's only been about a month since I did it. I did have to put a new board in it because we have Windoze 2003 Server You can get my email from my profile and the phone number from our website.

Yes, it's 1000 psi CTS Thanks for the info guys

Does anyone here use these or have used them in the past? I've got a 05512 carbide coolant thru drill and the Speed/Feed PDF says in tool steels to run it 4074 RPM @ 81 IPM.....that seems WAY FAST to me. The machine I'm going to run it in has coolant thru spindle and I'm drilling 10xD which is 3.75 deep with a 9.52mm (3/8") drill in H-13. Anybody have any recomendations on peck depth or should it peck at all? Thanx

When you send all at once, that's what you get. One BIG NC file with all programs run together.

Thanx for the help.

Bueller, Frye, Anyone, Anyone.....lol Seriously, has anyone used this method in MCX3? Would it be 1.7899, or 1.7899/2 or .0044? Thanx again

Okay, I finally got around to trying this in MC The above link had this info: "The correction factor to mill perfect NPT threads is .0011" per quadrant and it is true the radius should change constantly to account for the taper form." So that would mean .0044 per whole circle. My question is now, in the "Taper Angle" box, what do I put in as a value? Will it be in degrees of angle (2 degrees)or how much bigger at the top than at the bottom (.0044)? I always done these straight up with no problems, but now that I know the correct way, I want to do it correctly. Thanx