Having never tried that before, will the program load in the machine with the tool list before the % and program number? And I agree on the setup sheet.

I got the screen shot by going to SettingsConfiguration and then of course FilesAscii. The mcamx.config and my custom jimzconfig.config both show it as, 2101. ASCII files? C:MCAMXDATA

Thad, I think I found what he wanted also. That pic is from X obviously. I did open my old V9 config files and they all have the same. 405. ASCII data path? c:mcam9data Edit: found it in X config 2101. ASCII files? C:MCAMXDATA

Ron, This what you are looking for ? Or are you looking for a data path that is setup for Vericut only ? I'm not sure if I am helping you or not. I couldn't find anything in any of my posts that showed, 405. ASCII data path? c:verisurfdata I would think you could set the path as shown below to anywhere you wanted.

C:mcamxdata to change, settings,configuration,files is that what you want Ron ? hth

quote: CNCPAREDES, shoot me over an email containing your sim# and I'll be happy to help you. HAHAHAHA never gonna happen Paul I liked your post before you edited it btw

This is from my Mazak post that was from V9 and updated to run in X2. If you have more than 1 tool in the program it will post M01 after each tool. Always backup your post and make a copy to test with. HTH add this line if your post doesn't have it pbld, n$, "M01", e$ code: ptlchg$ #Tool change pcuttype toolchng = two pbld, n$, "M01", e$ *tseqno, e$ pbld, n$, "G0", sgplane, "G40", pg49, "G80", "G90", *sgfeed, "G98", e$ sav_absinc = absinc$ absinc$ = one prefreturn absinc$ = sav_absinc if mi1$ = one, pfbld, n$, "G92", *xh$, *yh$, *zh$, e$ pcom_moveb c_mmlt$ #Multiple tool subprogram call ptoolcomment comment$ pcan if stagetool = zero, pbld, n$, *t$, "M6", e$ if stagetool = one, [ if r2100bitde, pbld, n$, *t$, "M6", e$ else, pbld, n$, *t$, *next_tool$, "M6", e$ ] pindex sav_absinc = absinc$ if mi1$ > one, absinc$ = zero pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgcode, pwcs, *sgabsinc, pfxout, pfyout, pfzout, pfcout, *speed, *spindle, pgear, strcantext, e$ if stagetool = one & r2100bitde, pbld, n$, *next_tool$, e$ pbld, n$, "G43", ptlngno, pfzout, scoolant, e$ absinc$ = sav_absinc pcom_movea toolchng = zero c_msng$ #Single tool subprogram call Your program should look like this. code: N1 G20 G0G40G80G90G94G98 G0G28G91Z0. G0G28X0.Y0. (1/4 SPOTDRILL TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 41 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25) (SPOT CLAMP HOLES 2X) T1M6 G0G54G90X-4.Y0.S3000M3 G43H1Z2.M8 G98G81Z-.12R.1F10. X4. G80 (SPOT .216 HOLES 4X) X1.0622Y3.2693 G98G81Z-.11R.1F10. X-1.0622 Y-3.2693 X1.0622 G80 M5 G0G28G91Z0. M01 N2 G0G40G80G90G94G98 G0G28G91Z0. (.203 13/64 STUB DRILL TOOL - 2 DIA. OFF. - 42 LEN. - 2 DIA. - .20313) (DRILL CLAMP HOLES 2X) T2M6 G0G54G90X-4.Y0.Z2.S2500M3 G43H2Z2.M8 G98G83Z-.75R.1Q.05F5. X4. G80 (DRILL .216 HOLES 4X) X1.0622Y3.2693 G98G83Z-.75R.1Q.05F5. X-1.0622 Y-3.2693 X1.0622 G80 M5 G0G28G91Z0. M01 N3 G0G40G80G90G94G98 G0G28G91Z0. (.216 HSS REAMER TOOL - 3 DIA. OFF. - 43 LEN. - 3 DIA. - .216) (REAM .216 HOLES 4X) T3M6 G0G54G90X1.0622Y3.2693Z2.S600M3 G43H3Z2.M8 G98G86Z-.625R.1F5. X-1.0622 Y-3.2693 X1.0622 G80 M5 G0G28G91Z0. M01 N4

Welcome Mike alot of knowledge available here. The question mark ? on the various toolbars and pages throughout Mastercam are a very useful self help tool. Whereever you are in the software when you click a ? will open Mastercam Help for that topic. Very Cool Yeah Jay nice to see you over here instead of always being on CNC Zone

Having never drawn a custom tool for Lathe, would it be possible to include the turret as part of a custom tool profile ?

chopsley, do what justin said but first open your part program and do a file merge. merge in your solid model file in the correct location and save the file. now run verify and pick the solid as justin said.

Try moving the circle geo to the desired depth in this case -.500 and try extruding again. I prefer this method as it also allows me to pick the geo for toolpathing and it is already at the correct depth in the operation.

on your finish contour parameters page click on cut depths, and change the relative to center from tip

I believe you need to position the model in SW and then import. If you don't have solids it will come in as surfaces. Welcome to the Forum

quote: Are'nt there any interns around cnc that they could throw some mill tool catalogs at? Better still would be for CNC to approach all the major tool manufacturers and request CAD data to be implemented into a new tool library that is built by an intern. And then holders and tool libraries that can be used to build tools for a real simulation.

quote: I am in and out of MC9 200 times a day. What are you doing wrong and have to fix ? That's 25 times an hour or every 2 minutes, how can you possibly need to do that ? Are you making 1 toolpath programs or what ?????????

quote: I'm just trying to coax a 9.1 guy to make the switch HAHA Good Luck, was at a shop awhile back and they still have V6. Yeah we got Mastercam come on over and check it out. WTF !!!!!

Yeah it only imports the toolpath geo. If you wanted all your geo you could use File/Merge and then import toolpaths and toolpath geo. You would need to setup your files to have separate levels for all the geo used for the part wireframe and toolpaths.

Go to Settings/Configuration/Cad Settings. Once there check to see if EA Manager is checked to Active, If so uncheck that and save your config and try importing a file.

Here's a link to a previous thread. Luc at Simtech has the Post Guide available for download. http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...8155;p=1#000015

Holding the Power On button while starting up and moving the machine from an overtravel condition with the Handwheel(MPG) has fixed some Fanucs I've seen in the past.

Matt's running a 9800 GT Matt's 8800 GT swapped for 9800 GT Benchmark Page 18

Here's a great start. Matt's $1500 rig is also the fastest. You'll need to add a Case and fans to the price. Link to Matts Build in the Benchmark Thread Page 17

XP Pro SP2 here running a boot drive and raid 0 array, all apps,games installed on array. XP only thing on the boot drive ran updates and no problem

quote: Sorry, everyone, I just made the whole thing up. That's real professional. quote: May I go now? Yes, please do.

The tax increases aren't a done deal yet. But what do you say when the Sacto idiots have already given illegals driver licenses,health care and welfare ? There wouldn't be a deficit if the Socialists in power weren't giving away the farm.