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The Chipmaker

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  1. The Chipmaker
    When you have to ask about a new update toa product just released I don't get that warm and fuzzy feeling. What are we all Beta testers?
  2. The Chipmaker
    Why do we go throw the same crap every revision?
  3. The Chipmaker
    Hey watch it Rotary Ninja! You are close to infringing on my screen name...lol!
  4. The Chipmaker
    See this post. http://www.emastercam.com/board/index.php?showtopic=72107&st=20#entry840546
  5. The Chipmaker
    You can cut that with a surface contour program using a radius slot mill. Play with your z cut depths and enrty. Maybe use gouge check. Make the top a drive surface and it shouldn't gouge it. With it as a check it may gouge. I do undercuts like that often. You can rough it using the contour mill too. The first cut is the one you have to worry about taking too much material, but play with it and you'll figure it out. Good luck!
  6. The Chipmaker
    Try this I went into total tolerance page and changed tighten arc tolerance and smooth settings shift points randomly. came in under 1M. Good luck.
  7. The Chipmaker
    Brillant idea. Never thought of this!
  8. The Chipmaker
    Sometimes my F1 zoom has to be pushed multiple times. The little magnifying glass doesn't show. Other than that they are fine.
  9. The Chipmaker
    What toolpath are you using?
  10. The Chipmaker
    I only use it to create geometry points at bottom of blind holes. It creates too many operations. I than pull in a drilling operation(s) and regenerate them. Other than that....crapolla!
  11. The Chipmaker
    When I get that error I have to reboot my computer. If that doesn't work change your step over by .0005-.001. Sometimes that works too.
  12. The Chipmaker
    You must be modifying or some how altering your geometry you used to create the solid.
  13. The Chipmaker
    Yes change your gap settings for the contour, but is it a vertical (no draft) wall? Waterline and/or flowline with both work, but you will still ahve to change gap settings.
  14. The Chipmaker
    Try leaving more stock .007-.01 and run the same diameter mill in a "rough operation" to clear out left over stock from 3/8" endmill. I like scallop toolpaths outside in. Used to cut alot of Mercedes logos. JMHO
  15. The Chipmaker
    It could be the problem. MC is up to MU2 now. I had lots of issues with X6, but it runs pretty good in MU2 now.
  16. The Chipmaker
    It runs correctly for me. Shows it .375 deep in backplot and verify. What is it showing when you backplot or verify it?
  17. The Chipmaker
    Ohhh.....So it wasn't my fault the .015 endmill did a rapid move into the vise. Dam# Mastercam!
  18. The Chipmaker
    On aggressive and deep undercuts I use slotmills. Without seeing the part its hard to see if that would work. Good luck.
  19. The Chipmaker
    Just a bit frustrating seeing how it worked pretty good in X5.
  20. The Chipmaker
    Ok two weeks into usibg X6 mu2 I have had the following issues. Gouges not shown in verify or backplot. Luckily it was in B1X material and not metal. The other is incorrect depth of a dynamic tool path. It posted out a pocket depth of .535 not the -.25 that was entered. Luckily it was a positive move and not a negative move.I think x6 will go back into hiding. Glad the company paid all the $$ for it.
  21. The Chipmaker
    Well it has happened 3 times to me this week. Only on dynamic tp's.
  22. The Chipmaker
    Anybody else experience this? Copy and paste dynamic area mill in ops manager. pasted op the z depth resets to zero and the entry also lost its radius, plunge angle and z clearance. If it was a insert endmill instead of a 1/2" solid carbide it would have crashed! Still don't trust it. I have to double check ops.
  23. The Chipmaker
    I have been linked up since X5 install.
  24. The Chipmaker
    Hi All, I need to machine .062 wide slots .02-.025 deep by 3 inches long in some stainless steel plates. Any tips on feed/speeds? DOC? coolant/dry? Thanks in advance!
  25. The Chipmaker
    Remember when you could just click on the mastercam open icon and just start programming? Ahhh the good old days......

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