I cant seem to open this in Mastercam. Can you please guide me through how to get it from here to MC? all I get when I open it from the file I save to my computer is a jumble of alphabetical code in MC editor.

Thank you very much, I am going to attempt to save this right now on my flash drive. You are the exact reason I love this forum so much! This place is full of guys who love what they do and they do it so well. Thank you again.

Right, I just dont know how to get it from email to Mastercam.......

This is what I am trying to convert.

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I have someone who would like me to engrave their logo on some parts I am making for them. He sent it to me in an email. How do I import it into Mastercam and size it to make an engraving toolpath??? I have never done something like this before. Thanks for your help.

As a matter of fact it was.

Never mind, I finally got it! But you say you can machine from the solid...I have tried that, and I get a message saying I must have solids to use solid tool paths. So do I just pgm 2d toolpaths from a wire frame?

Hey everyone, I had someone email me a solidworks file and an autocad file and I can not get it to open in x4. Can someone brief me on how they would do this? I know how to open other types of files. I have never opened a solidworks or autocad file....any suggestions?

quote: There was a topic like this a few years ago I did a search and could not find it. I thought it was a great list of all we do and are responsible for. how do I become a programmer? This was my topic similar to this one a little over a year ago. and all the responses I recieved. Awesome thread.

I have this thing blasting at 135 ipm at 7500 rpm making .02 deep trochodial cuts! I know I can run it deeper, but I will stay safe for now! thanks for all the help guys! you really helped me out on this one!

Never mind, I just changed my SFM in the feeds and speeds calc and it changed everything! I love to learn new things Thanks guys for those valuable little tid bits! I wish I would have known those things before when I was having problems with stainless steel!

quote: This will show you the actual SFM and IPT and will also show you all the % modifiers that are in use. It will also show you the final calculated RPM and Feed Rate. I always do this so I can get a little better feeds and speeds, but jarret is sayin gthat I should be able to run like 2 or 3 hundred ipm with carbide, I am using a 3/8 carbide endmill and my contour feed rate after the feed and speed calc is only 7.23424 with a spindle speed od 2444. I changed the percentage modifier to 100 % even and thats all I get, I dont understand. I am gonna try to calculate this by hand and see what I get. I have a 7500 rpm spindle so I should get some faster feed rates I believe.

All good ideas I will try and let you know how it goes. Also...if cast iron is so easy to cut why are the speeds and feeds mastercam is calculating for me coming out so damn slow???

o.k. another question, I am using X2 mill level 1 so I dont get all the cool toolpaths that surfaces or solids let you run, so... the part I am pocketing is 6 inch round 1 inch thick pocketed .5 deep with a 1.5 inch dia. boss in the middle. the only toolpath I could get to work was a high speed peel mill following a single circular entity, and just editing the length of the trochoids. Otherwise I cant seem to find a way to run a pocket toolpath without clearing out the boss and everything. can anyone recomend something other than the high speed peel mill, or is the best possible solutioun to my pocketing problem?

why not use coolant? Rust?

Hey guys I am going to run some cast iron parts and will be doing some 2d pocketing about .5/625 deep on 6 inch diametr blanks. I personally have never machined cast iron before and wondered if any of you have any tips before I get started. I will probably be using a cobalt endmill but I am not to sure about that, should I use carbide? I only have cobalt in my larger size end mills so thats the reaon for my tool material choice. Any advice is much apreciated.

I put spaces in almost all of my other files, with no problem. and I can open and post all of my old files just peachy, so I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. I am in the process of closing mastercam and re-opening it to check if it shows up, if not I am gonna try to draw it again and see what happens.

quote: Does the 'blank' successful load show any entities listed in 'screen statistics' ?? no. quote: goto windows explorer, tools, folder options, view, and click show hidden files and folders. you should now be able to see this file if in fact it was hidden. right click on it and check the attributes. Nothing there either

So I used the window s search and 7 different results came up. the only one that opens up successfully comes up as a blank mastercam workspace. I will draw it again and check for the hidden attributes, can you point me in the direction for this?

I am investigating this at the moment, I'll let you all know.

quote: Have you tried using 'Start,search' Are you talking about the windows start button? and its saying file not found.

Alright I keep making this program and after I post it it disapears. I save it as a specific file name to the same place as I save all of my other files but this one file keeps disapearing on me! Does anyone else ever encounter a problem like this? I have not changed anything as to where I save things or how they are saved, so I am completley frustrated. Every time I want to change something about the program I have to draw it again and re post it only for mastercam to tell me when I save it "this file already exists..overwrite" WTF! if it already exists then where the hell is it?!

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