I have A Fadal 2016L. I am using Smartcam 11.0 DNC software. Would anyone know the com settings in the DNC? I think I have them correct except the end of block characters and xon xoff characters. Thanks, Rob MCX2 user

CNC Apps Guy You are right I have been a bad person but in a good way. After talking to tool reps about what SHOULD WORK I am happy having found something that DOES work. In the future I'm sure we will try some more exotic route,but for now all is well. I hope this info will be helpful to others. Rob

Hi all, In response to the helpful postS that I received I would like to share my solutions. We did not have a lot of luck roughing with 90 deg carb inserts. In a cut of 3/4 diameter they work pretty well but less than that they just get beat up. Could not get through 1 part. They do work well on finishing. For facing we used Sanvik 1030 45 deg insert (bronze colored)at 153 rpm,3.0 ipm, .025 depth of cut. As long as there was not a lot of material to be removed (.25 x 8l x 3w in our case)they would last long enough to be checked or changed before total failure. We ended up drilling out the part first with an OSG GPH 1100 tin coated drill. 150 rpm, .8 peck, .6 ipm, 1.5" deep.A powdered metal V coated drill 1900 drill is supposed to be better for 718. We then used a 1" 5 fl coarse cobalt roughing em (generic)uncoated em.We ran 1.5" deep with a .25 width of cut .5 ipm at 90 rpm. We got about 2 parts out of this combo without destroying tools. step cut is 7-3/4 " long,3" wide 1.5" deep. I think a fine pitch rougher would work better. Finishing was done with standard carbide Tialn cutters and lasted Through 5 parts so far using mfg cutting data. I'm sure these can be improved but this is a good place to start and we are able to run machine unattended which is worth something. Thanks, Rob Jeanjaquet MC X2 MR2 level 2 (SP?)

Seeing is believing.Maybe I could have a rep come in and face mill the thickness at crazy rates. If it doesn't work he can replace the Inconnel.Good info thanks. Rob

Seeing is believing.Maybe I could have a rep come in and face mill the thickness at crazy rates. If it doesn't work he can replace the Inconnel.Good info thanks. Rob

Hi all, I am cutting 718 Inconnel for the first time. I have recommendations from my tool rep but he usually says his cutters work best. (Naturally). Which works best, inserts or solid carbide for roughing. I am considereing Sanvik inserts or Hanita Varimill for roughing,solid carbide for finish. I know low rpms moderate depth of cut and feeds. Very light, cuts could work harden. Thanks, Rob

Proe is more work, much harder to learn and use. It has a lot of wasted overhead that you have to keep track of.Tool manager sucks. Every cammand is 5 times the work. Many more clicks of the mouse. Not very forgiving. I've made many icons to shorten process but still more work than MC X. I was told when I started that we use pro man because customers who use pro-e want it. 95 % of our files are step files. 5 - 10 % of the time you'll be glad your using pro-e the rest you won't. with Pro e I think, with MC X (new user)I do. Stay with MC X for cam, Pro-e is great for cad but still a lot of work. Good luck feel free to ask more questions. Rob Jeanjaqquet Pro e user for 3 years. I just

Hi all, I am wondering if there is a way to add a radius to a toolpath when milling a profile. I want to put a .005 rad on outside corners of the part. In Pro e I can put the rad directly on the toolpath or I can put a corner radius on the part. I am using solids so this is easy. In Mc X I am using dxf's and putting a corner radius on in the past has not been easy without changing all the lines connected in the wireframe. I would also like to extend the toolpath off the part. In MC 7 I would create lines tangent to my chained toolpath. I want an x y move to turn on ccomp without a big lead in radius which might hit the part. If I take the radius out then I only get an approach move along 1 axis. Thanks again Rob

Thanks. The window option seems to make sense. I was able to get that to work as a substitute option on it's own. Rob

Hi all, I am new to this forum so thanks in advance for your help. I use Pro engineer at my full time job and MC X at a part time night job. I am using MC X level 2. I believe it is release 2. I used MC 7 in the past so I pretty familiar with X but there are differences that are getting me stuck. There are many questions but the one for today is getting the mask on arc function to work. I click on mask on arc in dialog box but it only accepts one hole. I do it the same way as in 7 but it doesn't see the other holes. Thanks, Rob jeanjaquet