Thanks guys, I would have never found that.

I'm using 2018, you have the ability to do it if you use the application tool path but I read that those are the legacy tool paths version.

I have a small square part with 30 degree walls and .04 corner rads. I did a swarf tool path with "PATTERN" not "APPLICATION"  but I can't find any where in the parameters to extend the tool past the bottom rail any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Oh I always use wear, this control still throws a alarm.

Yep that's what I do also, I could use a perpendicular entry and exit, but you know I feel about those,  I guess I will have to draw my own geometry!

Yep that's what I thought, I'm doing some programming for some old DMG Maho's with Heidenhain control and they throw a alarm if the radius is smaller than the tool radius on the lead in, lead out, my co-worker who does most of the programming for these machine's uses UG and is making fun of Mastercam

Is there a way to lead in and lead out on angle without using  a radius?

Yep, that's what I did but it sticks feed rate of  25. on the next page very frustrating

Having a problem editing a tool (tap) in X9 as far as speeds and feed, I need IPR not IPM

example: M8 x 1.25 I need a feed rate of F.0492 (IPR) and a  arbitrary spindle speed (500)

in X6 you could enter a value any where with out effecting another value very friendly

X9 you have TPI, SFM, FPT, Feed Rate, Spindle Speed then you have this icon that if  click on it changes your speeds and feeds to some wacked out numbers very unfriendly any help would be appreciated.

Here's another one, when I back plot sometimes I like go into options step mode, interpolate and the step increment stays grayed out, I have to close out of options and reopen it to enable the step increment? 

Overall it's working fine for me also, I really like the enhancement's, when the IT department loads it on my machine I tweak some things mostly the tool bar's. I was working with wire frame, lines and arcs, I always preserve my original model so I x-form translate copy entities to different levels to work with for tool paths and for some reason it will take a random line and blank it, it's happened three times, I tried to replicate the problem but I couldn't get it to do it, but I couldn't spend a lot of time on it.

I've been using Mastercam for 25 years so I've seen my share of new releases so I'm not a newbe  and there's always issues, my post was not intended to be a rant but to bring to light some issues that maybe CNC software was not aware of (after reading some of the post I'm not the only one having problems).

I imported a solid model saved it to my local drive then checked for hidden enities which normally I don't do and everything was fine, after working with the file for awhile I checked for hidden enities again and THERE THE ARE and this has happened several times so to me that's a problem. I never use the blank / unblank  feature so I guess the software is going to make me use it weather I want to or not

I just started using X9, previously I was using X6, because X7 and X8 were unstable and very glitchy

Here’s some problems I’ve had so far:

Wire frame entities that were blanked when I did not blank them!

The plane manager lots of issues

Verify very slow and glitchy

I guess it’s back to X6

Thank you John, I dint even think of that, I thought that level was clean, I never use blank, unblank so I don’t know how that happen, I also tried new geometry on about 5 other levels and getting the same thing you have excellent trouble shooting skills.

Thanks Again

Thanks for your help, it's like I said I can get it to work if I make the shank diameter .315 diameter and let the pilot be what ever?

Here's the error message I get?

I've got a screen shot of my tool but there doesn't seem to be away to easily up load it  

I always draw my custom tools to size also, here's what I got I drew one in (X6) and it came out correct here's an example a step drill with a .315 diameter pilot and a .625 diameter shank, in (X9) I have to make the shank .315 diameter and the pilot proportional, that's different than (X6)

I always draw my tool to scale and I keep getting a error, so I made my tool bigger and now it back plots but its out of scale (to big)

I'm trying to create a custom form drill in (X9) I can do it with my eyes closed in (X6) I was hoping it was the same procedure but it isn't I don't know what I was thinking any help would be appreciated.

I know it’s been requested because I’ve been asking for it for 5 years and now it’s even more frustrating with the addition of the new tabs I have to arrange the tabs every time I open the window which is a lot, I know it’s an easy fix don’t understand the hold up, sorry just frustrated.

Why doesn’t the tool window resize like all the other windows on the parameters page there are 10 tabs now where there used to be 7 and no more space to view that information, this is a critical window that is pretty much useless.

That's right, I had a little brain fade, thank you very much!

This is a simple one, I just cant remember how to fix it ! When I go to my level manager level five says it has 5 entities on, but I know there isn't any entities on, I didn't  blank or hide any entities, I know there's a way to clear those 5 ghost entities, but I can't remember any help would be appreciated.