Ok - but it would still be a viable solution for off-line programming - you can program in Mastercam upto 5-axis milling and also for mill/turn and output to Mazatrol.

Take a look at Mastercam to Mazatrol Post Processor by Camaix - www.camaix.com

I have been asked to give an opinion on the latest version of MazaCAM for use to program our 5 Mazak Nexus turning centers and our Intergrex 200-IV 5T. Currently I believe they are hand programing using Mazatrol, and what we are looking for is for a package that can read in CAD files to use to program as our work is getting more complicated, and we want to do off-line programing to keep the spindle time up...

 

the dept foreman thinks that MazaCam will do the job, But the owner wants to be sure that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with this software, both in capability and CAD file compatibility.

 

Any input would be appreciated.

I remember when these guys were MC Tool back in 1997 - they've come a long way -

I am placing this help wanted on behalf of our customer -it's also posted on the CNC Software web site.

Mold Maker / Programmer - posted 11/19/2009

Assist owner in estimating, designing, programming, CNC Machining, building aluminum injection molds utilizing Mastercam X4. HURCO CNC's VMX64 and BMC40. Full-time or part-time with benefits. Pay commensurate with experience. Visit our website at http://www.exothermic.com. Email resumes to [email protected]. Or mail to: 50 Lafayette Place Kenilworth, NJ 07033 United States.

thanks for the offer bu the demo is done and they seemed pretty satisfied. At this point they are looking for a reference - an MC user using this kind of setup

Hi Crazy,

Thanks for the response. I am well aware of the status of MC vs others on MMT. This is a single turret machine and the customers are doing very straightforward parts and I feel that MC is more than capable enough for them. There is no Synching no wait codes no pinch turning etc.

Hi All,

I have a prospective customer who has this machine and is looking for a reference site using this machine w/ MC.

It would be ideal if you had the same machine , but something similar would do also.i.e Main Spindle,Sub-Spindle, C-axis on both spindles , Y axis and live -tooling (and bar feeder).

Thanks in Advance

bump

Thanks everybody for your input - has anybody worked with the latest versions of EZ-Mill - and are there any specific features that really highlight the differences ?

Hi All,

I see a lot of Ez-Cam product in my area - I'm looking for some good competitive info - specifically in 3d machining capability - thanks in advance

Download this setup sheet from the IHS page above

http://www.emastercam.com/tools/html/

this should give you want you want

If on the PC side I would make the file read only under your windows security settings - making sure that only you and the administrator have editable rights

As far as the setup sheet goes - would not know offhand - but I would suggest trying the standard setup sheet as well as IHS and X+ which may give better results.

To force a variable to output in the post you need to place an asterisk '*' in front of variable

for example in the post the line which outputs G1 moves is under the postblock plinout

as below

plinout #Output to NC of linear movement - feed

punclamp

pcan1, pbld, n$, `sgcode, sgplane, sgabsinc, `sgfeed, pccdia,

xout, yout, zout, p_out, s_out, `feed, strcantext, scoolant, e$

if nc_lout$ <> m_one & feed = zero, psfeederror

pclamp

change xout to *xout, yout to *yout, zout to *zout, p_out ( primary axis output = rotary in this case) to *p_out and s_out (secondary axis = trunnion ) to *s_out - you will need to look in other parts of the post where these variabes are output and change them accordingly

Are you looking to lock them on the pc side or at the control?

No worries -

As I had said it is not yet available - I spoke to Camaix directly and it will be made available when readt - I cannot give a release date

Yes Camaix needs to release machsim that supports X3