Stock as defined in the Operation manager -> Stock Setup? Check the "Stock View" setting.

If you have solids, draw it as a model, pick the floor of the open pocket as the Machining Region and the top surface of the part as the avoidance region.

What post are you using? A sample file would be helpful.

There is a registry value at the key called Visible. I wonder if deleting this value and letting Mastercam recreate it would solve the problem. As always please make a backup of your registry prior to any modifications.

Make sure that your lead in/out is at leat 50% tool diameter.

Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate? Sample gcode would be best.

X7 HLE has been released. Contact your reseller for help.

I believe that X5 is the first Mastercam release that the dynamic toolpaths became really useful. Since the Opti toolpaths that you are using in X5 are first generation you have to know that there have been improvments since then. The amount of improvment has been dramatic. All of the dynamic toolpaths in X6 were improved significanlty. When X7 came out those same dynamic toolpaths received even more improvements. I find new uses for the Opti toolpaths all the time. Sometimes I feel like I could rough everything just with those toolpaths.

It sounds like your A axis in the Machine Definition is configured for positioning with the angle set to 1 degrees.

This can be controlled in your View Manager. Each view can be set to it's own offset number. Mastercam's numbering starts with 0 so... 0 = G54 1 = G55 2 = G56 3 = ... Just set the views that you are using to the appropriate offset number.

How about High Speed Spiral? It would produce more retract movements but will no have any sharp corners.

If you are using the mplmaster post look for the "tool_info" switch. Set it to 1, 2, or 3 depending on how you want the output.

I just took a look at the mpmaster post and the logic is already there for what you want to do. Remove all the code that I gave you earlier and uncomment the following in pcomment3 # if stpgrpname <> snull, pbld, n$, pspc, scomm_str, "TOOLPATH GROUP - ", stpgrpname, scomm_end, e$ Just for reference the issues with the what you had were 1. The IF statement was inside of another IF improperly. 2. Not sure that was exactly where you whanted the sgroupname to be output 3. Your post didn't have "sopen_prn" and "sclose_prn" strings defined.

This works for me, use at your own risk.... Modify default value at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mcx-6file\shell\Open\command to "C:\Program Files\mcamx7\Mastercam.exe" "%1" (Quotes are required) There is a another value in this key called "command" that has gibberish in it, I have to delete this key to get it to work as well.

Like most questions for maching and programming the most accurate answer is "it depends". If you are doing standard Caxis programming, drilling/tapping on the face or side of your part, machining profiles on the face of your part, or cutting simple keys in the side of the part, programming the Caxis in Mastercam is pretty simple. There are a specific set of toolpaths called Caxis in lathe toolpaths that are focused on each of these types of cuts. There is no WCS work necessary when using these toolpaths, Mastercam sets everything for us. If you are venturing off the basic toolpath types then Caxis programming can get complicated and I would recommend talking to you reseller for some training once you get the basics down. As far as the post is concerned the default HAAS lathe post that comes with Mastercam is pretty good to get you going. --Good Luck PS, just noticed that you said the HAAS was a ST20Y machine, I assume that it includes the Y axis then. I would definitly recommend some training to fully utilize the Y axis component of your machine, again depending on what you are doing with it.

Good points to make. There are two ways of going at this, if you machine the pocket and leave .002 on the floor but finish the walls then you can come in and finish the floors and leave stock on the walls in the dynamic toolpath, this way you get the pattern you want but avoid ruining your side walls. Another option would be to finish the floors then come back and finish the walls. In this case your lead in/out on the finish contour could ruin your floor finish. Look at the Lead in / out settings, there are options to ramp down on your lead in/out line and helix the lead in/out arc, that way the tool is not rubbing floor as it moves in and out of the cut.

Initialize variable sgroupname : "" Add to psof$, ptlchg$ and ptlchg0$ wherever you want the comment to come out, probably before/after "comment$". sopen_prn, sgroupname, sclose_prn, e$ Add to pparameter$ postblock #Group Comment if prmcode$ = 20018, sgroupname = sparameter$

I would try using Dynamic Area. There is a setting to raise the tool up between cuts, "Micro Lift", and you can set it up so it cuts similar to Spiral pocket strategy.

Answered yesterday. http://www.emastercam.com/board/index.php?showtopic=74249

Depends on your budget. Mastercam is fairly easy on graphics hardware so you can get away with a highend gaming card. Or if you want to spend more pretty much any of the Quadro cards will do and be more stable, I run the K600 on dual monitors without issues. You can purchase a workstation with either configuration at HP or Dell. In general Nvidia (vs AMD) is preferred by most users.

It has to do with the licensing of the Old vs New verify technology. CNC Software switched vendors so they can no longer distrubute a Mastercam exectutable that has the pre-X7 verify. Your reseller however is fully authorized to make available for download pre-X7 releases to customers who purchased Mastercam prior to the release of X7. Just give your reseller a call and they can help you out.

Sorry I should have generalized my statement but I was trying to make a point. Generally any part that is going to be directly machined can be modeled within Mastercam. And of course there are features, such as lofts, that are much more powerful in SW.

One issue I have seen with highspeed programming on machines, especially on older controllers, is that because of the sheer volume of arcs being generated there is a chance that the machine and NC code will not agree on the start/end point of the arc. When this happens you get weird moves, one of my customers used to call them "crop circles". We adjusted the "Arc error checks" in his control definition to avoid this issue. It will result in fewer arcs and more code but over all will be safer. One pet peave I have is the term "highspeed machining", I really prefer "Dynamic Machining". The toolpath motion is not necessarily about running faster. It is actually a smoother and better cutting routine that is easier on the tooling. This allows us to speed up the toolpath. I would still run the dynamic toolpaths on a machine without highspeed options.

I just tested and don't see any issues. Can you be more specific, maybe upload the file that is causing issues.

My point was I am not sure that we will be able to run multiple sessions in the future and expect Mastercam to be generally stable. Essentially because on the reliance on the external executables.