Our lathe guy, is having the reverse problem, can't get the retract to work, long hand cycle rapids to last depth without clearance, ie G1Z-1.75 G0Z.25 G0Z-1.75 G1X-2.0 G0Z.25 G0Z-2. G1Z-2.25 NEED GOZ-1.65 G1Z-2.0 G0Z.25 G0Z-1.9 G1Z-2.0 etc, any help, we've tried using control manager setting, ie turning off drill cyles and still no effect the rectract will just not work to give some feed clearance we are using X3

help, in X MR2, I could create a curve on an edge and the curve would be a single spline chain, but when doing the same thing in X3, it makes small sections and doesn't close the curve am I missing a setting in X3 that will do the same break angle doesn't fix the problem any ideas?

thanks guys, we downloaded the spec for UNJ thds, and yes Dave you are 100% correct ! we looked at a lathe tool, but time is a factor, single point threadmilling is extremly slow to mill the internal thread, you must check that the tool dia. is small enough to ensure that the thread groove width remains within spec. otherwise the part will be scrap or if possible welded, and remachined

thanks, i found a thread on another forum, indicating that the internal thread DOES NOT require cresting, it seem that only the external thread needs cresting, kennametal book has specific inserts for UNJ external thds but use std UN inserts for internal threads, makes me wonder? however I need to get the spec. to confirm the acutal thread requirements for the internal thread form I'll keep diggin' thanks

has anyone milled this thread before it's a military spec thread with controlled root crest, is it possible to mill this thread? i need to find the right tools that can do it if possible, or is it only possible by turning? it's also about 8" deep into the part. any ideas

My mcam reseller sent me a chook that allow you to assign each session of mcam to a specific core works great, reduces load on each core the chook is called CPU.DLL ask you reseller for it jm2c

John, you brought up a very good point, I'll have to check on that Thad, I always seem to have problems with the boolean add/remove feature, screw it up more often than not Just need to use it more often I guess or look at the examples in the book to get a better handle on it

Thad, I tried that option of filling in the pocket and extruding another pocket. the pocket is open with tapered walls with the open end thru muliple steps around an od. kind of hard to explain and i can't seem to paste the image of the pocket in any case this gives me some options to try I'll still have to wait on customer approval thanks

I know it's better not to re-invent the wheel, i did send the request for change to the customer, but I may not rec'v the model in time, to machine the pc. but I totally agree that the customer should change the model, because if for any reason someone ask's/complains, "who authorized this?" you know how that goes. better to volley this back over the net thanks guys

we don't have inventor here, we just used the converter for mcam, what's change recognition, haven't seen that one

I have a inventor file solid (from customer) that imports with no solid history, just one whole solid how do I remove features? there is a pocket in the solid that needs dimensional changes and some of the original pocket is bigger i need to remove all of these pockets and add the new pocket any ideas?

We have 3 seats, l1, m1, m3, on a nethasp,each one uses command line switches to control who gets what, but however they still do not work all the time whoever loads first in the morning gets the L3 seat, very frustrating as I'm the only one who needs it jm2c

can this all be done within mcam or is some manual post editing req'd?

we're currently using x mr1 mill, 2 stations and v9.1 lathe current late posts don't work well with mcamX, even with conversion, so our lathe guy doesn't use X we're getting new computers and the company want's all stations update to the latest version. our posts are legacy from v8.11, and require a lot of manual code edits ( conversions work ok with v9 and X mr2, still lots of manual code editing). we have fanuc, seimens, heidenhain 5ax and burny controls To update the posts is it better to modify the existing v8.11 posts or just start from scratch using mpmaster for x2 mr2?

i'm using surface rgh contour, i've tried the flowline but can't get a circle type leadin/out to the side of the part, it circles along z axis i want xy plane circle leadin/out is the gap setting in the op manager or from mcam config settings I've just started using surfaces since we got a 5ax machine is there a good example for surface blending and the types of extra geom. required to get it to work as expected