parameters-planes-check the work offset box and select number (0=G54, 1=G55 depending on how your post is set up)

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007

XP Pro SP2

WCS- rotate WCS-select axis to rotate about

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Please deposit $10k for the next MU

hahaha

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

Z-1.43 is equal to .25 above the top of part? Where is you Z zero coming from?

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP 3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

G-code,

I did not know this was an option either, thanks for your help!

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2001 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.8GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX 4500

G-code,

Perhaps I am missing something here, say I create a part in the front view in SW, but when I bring it into MC the part needs to be on B90 face. Is there a way to import the part from SW and have it be the correct orientation?

Elco1971

X4 MillL3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

ExpressMan,

We already have a few space pilots working here but they are not making things any easier to program! lol

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

"learn how to use SolidWorks Coordinate Systems

you can control a parasolids land in Mastercam with them.. no more translating parts in Mastercam.. they land the way you want them to"

I know how to create a part on different planes in Solidworks, the main issue is most of my parts run on a horizontal and I need to move the part to an open face. In addition, these parts do not always run on the same machine of face, so I will move the solid around for verification purposes. Other than that, I don't need a Solids key, MC seems to crash more when I use solid surfaces and features.

Elco1971

MX4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X Solids

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80 GHz 2.00 Gb Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

The benefit for our company is being able to manipulate the solid in MC. All of our solids are made in SW, we are not using MC to create them, but only 1 out of 5 seats has solids so I either put the solid on a different layer or use the computer with the solids key to move the part.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80 GHz 2.00 GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX 4500

We are using Kaiser 40 taper right angle heads to mill 304 on a vertical mill w/ rotary table, has worked well for many years.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

How do you get to feature recognition? I can't find it.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

XP Pro SP2

2.80GHz Xeon 2GB Ram

Yeah the NH4000 is a quality built machine, we also have a NH5000 with a small pallet train and 5 SH-63's, these machine take a beating and still keep running

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks

We took a MPMaster post and modified it for our NH4000, didn't take much work, matter of fact we built all of our posts from MPMaster.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks

XP Pro SP2

Intel 2.80GHz 2GR Ram

NVidia Quadro FX 4500

Our system is similar to what SLJ states, we post a source, verify in the machine, then the tape file on the server is moved to a qualified folder. We try to avoid having people make changes at the machine, if there is an issue to be fixed we do it on the spot then re-post and re-load the tape file.

The majority of people on the shop floor do not have access to source files and can only send tape files to the machine, they cannot be edited on the server. The system is not perfect but has some sense of organization.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007

AutoCad 2008

Disposable mill like Hass, run the hell out of them then throw out and buy a new one

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

Yeah wait for a fix in X5, break out another $10,000 for maintenance hahaha

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 lathe L1 5X

Luckily

Yeah we don't let just anybody mess with the machine parameters, lucking not everyone here knows how to go in, unlock, and reload them, that would be a huge disaster

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

Yeah I know what you mean, we had the same deal here, we have 50+ machines and it could be a potential safety hazard so they got re-connected.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

How about disconnect the interlock (just don't tell anybody)

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 Sp3.1

XP Pro SP2

Intel 2.80 GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

This card will rip thru verifications in terms of speed, haven't had any problems. I'm not sure if this system is running 32 or 64 bit, maybe it is a driver issue?

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.8 GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

I am running an NVidia Quadro FX4500, I never have any display issues and am only running 2GB Ram

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.8 GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

Same problem I had with X2 SP1 MR2, it is a bug, try cleaning out your temp folder.

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.8 GHz 2GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX 4500

I have had sucess using roll taps in OFCH Cu, for milling I always use carbide as HSS would be like stepping back to the stone age

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

XP Pro Sp2

Xeon 2.80 GHz @.0 GB Ram

Most of the crashes I have had lately are from re-genning solid surface machining ops. otherwise it runs fairly stable

Elco1971

X4 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

Win XP Pro SP2

Xeon 2.80 GHz 2.00 GB Ram