Go into the Fanuc side (big "F" key on the floating button). The hit the OFS/SET key, scroll till Tool offsets , press "OPRT" soft key, then "punch". besure to have your external card connected.

That is correct.

Go to "Makino Data Center" then "Machine" then "Data" and copy the "Tool Offset Data" file. This is where the work offsets are located too.

Here's a pic of what I'm trying to do. The red is each pass and the green is the final dim. I'm machinig a casting and don't want to havr to take 10 depths of cut and then 10 multipasses. I'm grinding this on a Makino A61 converted to grinding.

I'll play with the Tapered Walls setting.

Hey guys, I need to do a contour toolpath but I need to step down in Z .01 and over in X .01 on each pass. What toolpath will do this for me?

I have to thread mill a 3/4-16 STI hole in Stellite 31. Any thoughts on tooling, speeds and feeds and depth of cut?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think the part files that make up the assembly need to be in the same location (folder) as the assembly file.

I have confirmed that all part files are in the same folder as the assembly file.

I have to get engineering to save assembies as part files, then I don't have a problem. It's just an extra step and extra files.

I was hoping this issue would have been resolved in X5, but alas it is not.

Not true. You can open SW assemblies in MC, and you can even select configs if you have the correct release. In order to open SW 2011 files, you need MC X5. I currently run SW 2011 and need to save files as parasolids to open them in MC X4MU3

I beg to differ. I have yet to be able to open SW assembly files. I have no problem opening part files but I get the "no parasolid data" error with assembly files. My reseller tried to help me with this with no luck, he contacted CNC Software but never got a definite answer. I sent my reseller an assembly file and he opened it on all his machines except the one that didn't have SW on it.

I have come to believe that it's because I don't have SW installed on my machine.

Contour ramp is the way to go.

It sounds like he needs the feed outputting in pitch instead of ipm. Years ago I had a machine that need the feed in pitch, I had to get the post customized and I'm not sure what they did.

Thanks for the input, I might have engineering talk into burning the threads in on our sinker.

Hi all, I have a project coming up where I have to tap a 3/4-16 Heli-Coil thread into Stellite 31. I'm thinking I need to thread mill this. Any thoughts on tooling and speeds and feeds would be greatly appreciated, Thanks

If there is an M30 at the end of the program try replacing it with an M99.

I've been having this problem for years. I can import a Solidworks part file but not an assembly file. CNC software has yet to tell me what the problem is. I'm suspecting that it has to do with me not having Solidworks installed on my system.

Good idea SHIR68, I'll look into it.

Thanks

It's a Makino A61 that we converted to do grinding with high pressure coolant.

Does anybody know of a good video camera system we can put inside our machine? I have some tricky parts to machine on the back side of the tombstone (opposite of the door)on our HMC and I was thinking a video camera would be great.

Yes to all questions.

I do have multiple verersions of MC installed. I registered the DLL as per your instuctions, it registered successfully but it still doesn't work. I keep getting the "Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidworks file".

I only have the MC version of that file because I don't have Solidworks on my system.

I do have the edrawings viewer on my machine. I can get the engineers to save it as a part (.sldprt) file and open it, I just hate going through another step if we don't have to.

Update, my reseller contacted CNC Software and this was their reply: "This is an issue with both 32 nd 64bit machines. It has been logged as that defect number and is being looked at."

I have not heard anything since.

My MC reseller is looking into it. I sent him the files and he can open them in MC on a system that has Solidworks but can't open them on a system without Solidworks. Unfortunatly I don't have SW on my system.