The tool is scaled to 1" Radius. When I bring the tool in as custom, it is defined as .854" I don't know what else I could be doing wrong. When I use the tool for a straight thread, it comes out fine.

Not exactly sure what you mean by tip. The cutter diameter is .854. Obviously the cutter is not perfectly sharp. If I draw it to be sharp(assuming this is what you mean), then the actual diameter of the tool would be wrong?

I have the geometry drawn at 1.175 The Major if you add the thread depth comes to 1.293. .059 for thread depth x 2 = .118 plus 1.175 = 1.293. I got that number from ThreadPal. Column 2 on your chart only states what the OD is on the pipe. It doesn't give any indication of what the geometry should be drawn at, which isn't the problem anyway. I have to figure out why the thread is cutting so small.

Hi guys, I'm having a little issue here trying to get my mill to cut Internal NPT threads properly. To start off I want to say what I drew my geometry at. Its for a 1"-11.5 NPT The top of the hole is drawn at 1.175 and it tapers down at 1.7833 degrees. This part is no problem. The threadmill is a custom tool. I verified the diameter and it is correct when backplotting. I have the threadmill geometry set at "entity" and selected the 1.175" chain. I have .059" in the allowance overcut parameter. Run the part, its undersize. I had to adjust .039" in my compensation per side to get to the proper depth. This tells me that the tool is defined bigger than actual size and therefore cutting undersize however as mentioned, I verified that the tool is at the right diameter when backplotting. Problem with checking everything is the fact the thread is tapered. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Anyone who does NPT's on a mill, can you let me know how you do it? Thanks. I have a zip2go available if someone wants to check it out for me.

Oh, how about this? http://grabcad.com/library/6-kurt-mill-vise

Just wondering why you would reply to a 2 and a half year old thread?

I was not comparing the 2000. The card I was comparing is the K5000. As far as I know, the cuda cores are the same on both types of cards. The K5000 on the other hand uses the new Keppler and also is 4GB and has a 256bit interface.

This may be a better option for most than that overpriced Quadro 6000. http://www.nvidia.ca...ml#pdpContent=2 2GB less Vram and a 256bit memory interface but probably a better player than the 6000 overall price/performance ratio. http://www.nvidia.ca...ro-6000-us.html Quadro 6000 specs http://www.nvidia.ca...ml#pdpContent=2 K5000 Specs

My video card at home is a GTX670 and it has 1344 cuda cores. Surely that is not a representation of that price tag. You can get 3072 Cuda Cores on a 690 for 1/4 of the price of the Quadro 6000. lol. I think the 6GB of video ram adds to that price tag.

Ya I didn't even attempt it. I sent a zip2go to the post development. They are going to fix it up for me. I will assume there will be an option in the misc values to turn it on and off for specific tools.

I agree 100% You pay xx Thousand for a cad/cam software and you would skimp out on a 400 dollar video card? lol.

Great, thanks a lot

I'm actually trying to open one of the big files. Its a stp file and the size is 26mb. It started opening, then it got stuck on "Not Responding" lol. Its been sitting here for like 5 mins. is it possible it will wake up and finish opening?

What is the command to turn G61.1 off?

My machine is 2007. I found out what it was. The parameter M3 is supposed to be set to 8000 which is the max feedrate. 314.8 IPM Mine for some reason was set to 15000. Hence why I was able to get over 500 IPM without the code. I changed it back to the "default" and am going to start using the G61.1 option as it is the better option for 2 reasons. Less code as the slow downs are internal, and the ramp speeds for the slow downs are specifically set for "your" machine. What the G61.1 does is change the max feedrate to Parameter M1, which is your max rapid speed, in my case is 30000. You don't typically need to use the ,K value either. Mazak told me just activating the G61.1 is enough for it to slow down based on your speed and machine. Use the K if you find the machine is still not holding the tolerance you need OR is still hitting the corners too hard.

That is not true. My machine feeds more than 315IPM all the time. i use high feed mills but like I said, never used G61.1, only the Mastercam High Feed option. I have seen others post that same thing about the machine not feeding more than 315. Not sure why people say this unless mine is turned on by default? I have a Mazak VTC250D/50 Fusion 640M control. Is it possible my machine has it on by default internally? It is definitely not on in my G Codes list of activated commands, and I can turn it on with MDI and then it shows it as being on. As soon as I hit reset, it turns off.

Ok. I do actually have full models available of big units that have a lot of surfaces. I will use that.

I thought I just read somewhere that Mastercam doesn't utilize SLI and that 2 Quadro 2000's would not beat out a 4000. Or not even close for that matter.

You tell me... That's why I posted here in the first place. To see if I will notice a difference between the 2 cards. By the way I never said I would just process a mastercam file. I said I'd like to do a test. And asked if anyone had a recommendation of a specific file to use.

I am going to do a little test with my current 8800GT and then run that same test when I get the 2000. Any files you guys would recommend for me to run this comparison?

I use the Mastercam High Feed option to take care of that. I don't know if it works the same as the G61.1 I have never used that G command. Do you just enter it at the beginning of the program and cancel it at the end? How do you use it?

lol lol. Just got one 6 months ago. I may have to wait that one out a bit. hehe

I talked to the owner about it. He said go ahead and get one. So a PNY 1GB Quadro 2000 is on the way. He didn't even hesitate when I told him about it. Which would be a good thing I would think. lol.

Ok thanks guys.

Hi guys, I currently run an 8800GT video card for my X6. The rest of my computer is i7 920 with 12GB triple channel memory. I was looking to get a Quadro 2000 card. I was asking the guys upstairs who use Inventor 2012 what they have in their system and the lead guy tells me "you don't need what we have". I find this kind of confusing as he does not know anything about Mastercam. He works with AutoCad and Inventor so to me he doesn't really know. The question I have is, what will I notice by changing these cards? Keep in mind I do a lot of surfacing. Not just 2D work. I do notice sometimes lines/geometry disappearing on me and colors not changing after a translate or xform move and also in verify, edges are not smooth when I zoom in. Is this upgrade justifiable? Is there a reason he said I don't need what they have? By the way, their computers have the Quadro 2000. Thanks.