Are the system requirements the same for X4 as X3? My company pc is due to be replace and I need know what to ask (push?) for. Thanks for any and all input, Brian

analu23, See if this is what you are looking for. Click on the Online Support to download the mach sim user manual. Camix Link

Hi all, Our HS&E department is looking at this coolant. Has anybody had any experince with this product? We cut mostly aluminum and some steel(303,304 17-4) Thanks for any input you can give, Brian

Check the NC file name and or program name of the added toolpaths. They need to be the same as your previous toolpaths. HTH,

I think you have to be on maintenance to recive the newsletter. this is what I got in my e-mail. quote: Welcome to Mastercam Shop Talk! This is the first issue of a quarterly online newsletter from CNC Software that will deliver in-depth technical news and developments about current Mastercam products. In the future, Mastercam Shop Talk will be e-mailed exclusively to our Maintenance subscribers, but we thought we would kick off the publication by giving everyone a sample of what the newsletter will be like. We hope you enjoy it! Please click here to be taken directly to the PDF format newsletter.

Jamman, Z workoffsets are a negative number on haas's. Don't know why they are but I program 11 of them here and that's they are setup. Completely opposite of our two Kitamura's HTH

quote: Also try the link at the top and let me know if it works for anyone please Works for me, Thanks

whats the dia.,material and doc?

Your welcome.

JDowe, Set your cut control to one way. That will open up the drop down menu for cutting direction. Select from outside to center.

Heed, Is this what you have? Haas Link

You can get a 4/5 axis mill training book from IN HOUSE SOLUTIONS, web address:www.emastercam.com. As far as training from Haas we bought a Haas VF-5TR in Jan. and the saleman for this area told us there wasn't any training classes for a 5 axis. We had a Haas app. tech come in for a few hours to go over the basic operations and controls and that was it. See if your MC reseller has a 4/5 axis class you can attend. That helped me learn a lot! Also you'll need to get a good 5-axis post. My reseller did an outstanding job of assisting me with my post and answering all of my questions. And last but not least use the forums search, lots of good info there.

Rick, Thanks for the info. When I open the file I get "problem regenerating chain",then "error processing solid". Seems to be ok after that, but I think I'm going to use a backup file and start over. Be good practice for me. I need all the practice I can get. LOL

Yes,I have the same error with a solid I'm working with. Doesn't seem to effect the saving of the file, just annoying.

Karen, Sorry to have taken so long to reply. I have been out of the office this week. Answers: 1. C:Mcamx2-MR2 & C:mcamx2-mr1 (don't know why mcamx2-mr1 is installed) 2. Do not know as I have never used mcamx2-mr1 3. All the installs are standard per the reseller 4. yes,path is C:Mcamx2-MR2help 5. Yes,48 files 6. Yes 7. Help from the Help menu is slow, but Reference Guide opens ok. Help buttons and See Field Definitions are slow to open Thank you for your reply and assistance

Hey everybody, When I click on any of the help menu's in MC it takes about 30-45 secs to appear. Anybody know why? Is there a setting to change? I'm running a Dell OptiPlex GX620,Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.8GHz,1 GB of ram. I'm hopeing to get an new pc in a couple months. But for now I'm stuck with it.

Ok,thanks I'll be gone by then. 5:30pm EST. is my quitting time. I'm still trying and starting to almost look like what I want. As to the dovetail,thats the only way I see I can get to the cut. I'm open to suggestions.

Ron, You got mail.

Ron Teh Crazy Millman, thanks for the reply. Would I use the zip2go utility to send it?

Ok,read the instructions,must have done it wrong.

Hi everybody, I need help with a 5 axis toolpath I am trying to make around the inside of the part shown (at least I hope it is). I want to use a 3/4" x 45 deg. dovetail cutter coming in from the top of the part to make the undercut following the contour of the window. This will be cut on a Haas VF-5 trunnion. I spent most of yesterday afternoon trying to make this work and I'm just as lost as when I started. Thanks

Colin, Thanks, that is what direction I had been leaning toward. I have had Basic Mill & Advanced Surface Mill and Design classes for X2-MR2,but the next Multi-axis class is not until late April. Our new Haas VF-5 trunnion can not wait that long.

I see on the In-House Solutions site they also offer a MCX2 4&5 axis mill training tutorial. Does anybody have any idea which one would be better for someone thats new to MC.