So I checked my autosave . . . It was changed to the part number that did the overwriting. Save using active filename was checked. I have never done this. I save it under my initials. I am just going to turn off autosave and count on my backup.

I agree that backup is the best option ,I use both autosave and backup .If I open the file that is now incorrect and back up is set for 10 min lets say I get some backups that are a backup of the overwritten file. It can be worked around, but just gets frustrating.

In the last couple of days I have had files be overwritten by other files unintentionally. So I checked every thing out. I did not do a "save as", I did not have two sessions open, and two people were not working on it at the same time. My backups go back far enough to save some work, but my autosave is directed to a file that is only blank. Has anyone had this problem, or any solutions?

Sounds good. The relationship was not there when I got here and I was not clear on what to do on my end or what to expect. It should be no problem by the sounds of it to get interaction going.

I will give Axsys a call then. It sounds like they will be helpful. Everyone has been helpful with their input - thanks.

We have maintenance. Do you have a tech support to call or do you call your salesperson?

As I start an email to our reseller for a direction to go for some fixes or solutions I realize after 2.5 years working here I have never seen our salesperson. From what I can tell I need to sign up for an applications engineer to come out and work with us or one of the other programs developed for support. It seems we are in the dark about some things. Obviously with problems I can post here, and have done so, but some things are difficult to describe and quite confidential. It would imagine some things depend on whether a software problem or an application problem. What I would like to know: what is usual for the amount of contact and what routes are used to help with problems?

Nice observation on the Okuma-Howa. I will give the MPLFAN post a look. If it is too much I will pass it on to our reseller.

Kind of sucks really, but it fit the bill. This vertical lathe and bigger from Okuma only come with Fanuc controls. If you look at any of the literature they do not even mention it.

We have a new vertical lathe. On this large machine Okuma has chosen to use Fanuc controls. 31i -Model A specifically. Any ideas on a post to start with and modify for this machine.

Thanks a million. I was getting a bloody spot on the wall from my head.

I don't want spaces between variables when they are posted. I though I remember that all I need to do is set the spaces variable to 0, but that is not working. Any Ideas? code: # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # General Output Settings # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub_level$ : 1 #CD_VAR Enable automatic subprogram support breakarcs$ : 0 #CD_VAR Break arcs, 0 = no, 1 = quadrants, 2 = 180deg. max arcs arctype$ : 1 #CD_VAR Arc center 1=abs, 2=St-Ctr, 3=Ctr-St, 4=unsigned inc., #5 = R no sign, 6 = R signed neg. over 180 do_full_arc$ : 0 #CD_VAR Allow full circle output? 0=no, 1=yes helix_arc$ : 0 #CD_VAR Support helix arc output, 0=no, 1=all planes, 2=XY plane only arccheck$ : 1 #CD_VAR Check for small arcs, convert to linear atol$ : 0.01 #CD_VAR Angularity tolerance for arccheck ltol$ : 0.002 #CD_VAR Length tolerance for arccheck vtol$ : 0.0001#System tolerance maxfeedpm : 500 #Limit for feed in inch/min ltol_m : 0.05 #Length tolerance for arccheck, metric vtol_m : 0.0025#System tolerance, metric maxfeedpm_m : 10000 #Limit for feed in mm/min force_wcs : no$ #Force 'H' fixture offset output at every toolchange? spaces$ : 0 #CD_VAR Number of spaces to add between fields omitseq$ : no$ #CD_VAR Omit sequence numbers? seqmax$ : 9999 #CD_VAR Max. sequence number stagetool : 0 #0 = Do not pre-stage tools, 1 = Stage tools use_gear : 0 #Output gear selection code, 0=no, 1=yes max_speed : 10000 #Maximum spindle speed min_speed : 50 #Minimum spindle speed nobrk$ : no$ #CD_VAR Omit breakup of x, y & z rapid moves progname$ : 1 #Use uppercase for program name (sprogname) tap_ipr : yes$ #Do G84 tapping using IPR (G95) feed mode? do_M01 : yes$ #Output 'M01" (Optional STOP) at toolchanges ?

So I put the formula into my calculator to see if everything is ok. I get .196 and the manual comes out to .199. I put .125/2*Pi and got .196 and the second time .125/(2*Pi) getting .199. The order of operations tells me that multiplication is first (ppmdas). Is the difference in the rounding of Pi? It seems I will need to watch and include the parenthesis.

I have a post from our reseller and it works decent out of the box, but the machine requires a special K value (lead/rev/2Pi)*1000 a 1-8 thread has a value of 199 according to the manual (I get 196) I am not having any luck at changing the post to get this. Can anyone help? pcirout #Output to NC of circular interpolation arctype$ = sav_arctype if arc_pitch$, #Helical interpolation [ kpitch = abs((zinc/fmtrnd(sweep$))*360) sav_arctype = arctype$ #Save current arctype setting arctype$ = one #Force IJK output with absolute arc center if plane$ = zero, result = nwadrs(strk, kpitch) #XY Plane if plane$ = one, result = nwadrs(stri, kpitch) #YZ Plane if plane$ = two, result = nwadrs(strj, kpitch) #XZ Plane ] else, kpitch = zero pcan1, pbld, n$, `sgfeed, sgplane, sgcode, sgabsinc, pccdia, pxout, pyout, pzout, pcout, parc, [if kpitch, *kpitch], feed, strcantext, scoolant, e$

That worked for those. line 134 was bug0$ instead of bug1$ and line 562 had a user defined variable not doing anything all by itself. Thanks. Now on to the others.

I have the same problem, but when I change the CD to to On Fatal Errors I still get the following: 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <0> - Report created. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Initialize posting log file 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Using MP run version 13.00 and post components version 10.00 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Initiate opening the post processor file(s). 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Post processor file name: P:WORK FILESMILLXPOSTSX4 POSTSMPOSP.PST 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - The post processor file has been successfully opened. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Post version information (input): 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - UPDATEPOST Version 13. was used to modify this file. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - The file was modified by this product on 19 Jun 09 11:17:03 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - The post was written to run with Mastercam Version 13. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - The post product type is Mill. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Initialization of pre-defined post variables, strings, postblocks was successful. 10 May 2010 11:42:06 AM - <2> - Search for defined post variables, strings, postblocks was successful. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'error_msg$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'dec_seq_right$' was re-initialized from 3. to 0. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'rotfeed4$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'rotfeed5$' was re-initialized from 3. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'convert_rpd$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'lrotfeed4$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'lrotfeed5$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'lconvert_rpd$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - RUN TIME - PST(738), NCI(98) - The math calculation/formula has an error 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - RUN TIME - PST(738), NCI(176) - The math calculation/formula has an error 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - PST LINE (134) - Dollar Sign ('$') found terminating user defined variable/string/postblock 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - PST LINE (562) - Dollar Sign ('$') found terminating user defined variable/string/postblock 10 May 2010 11:42:11 AM - <2> - Successful completion of posting process! I can not find some of these in the post so what do I need to do to fix some of these?

I get this error. What is up with the 10201? CONTROL DEFINITION - - Post variable 'arccheck$' was re-initialized from 1. to 10201. This is what is in the post: arccheck$ : 1 #Check for small arcs, convert to linear

Thank you. Great info about the two types. I will give your suggestions a try. They should work. I just wish there was a way that machine could be used just like the rest by changing something in the post or control def, but if that was the case it probably would have been changed and I wouldn't be asking.

Look like it would help, but I see it can not be in control compensation type to select it. I will look into it, but we use a lot of regrinds with graphite and probably need control compensation type. Am I seeing this correctly?

We have an older machine that interprets cutter comp. differently than the others and maybe someone has dealt with this before. On external corners sharper than 34 deg using g41 or g42 it will error out. On a sharp corner the centerline is projected as a sharp point instead of a radius that would keep the cutter in contact. So we put a small radius about .005" on the geometry corners to keep the cutter in contact. This is quite cumbersome on some parts. Any comments on what else could be tried?

Ok that helped. Thank you. It will not recognize it if I rename the new config, but I will just use the default one it created and save my settings to it.

I must have done something really wrong. Under Start/Exit, start up settings, then Configuration it will not let me select a path, so I dropped it in the folder that Mastercam was pulling the default out of and still no go. Maybe re-install?

So I cleaned out my computer and put a fresh install of x4 then mu3. I put my config file in the config folder, and when Mastercam starts it tells me "The user specified startup config file was not available..." I go into System Config and try to get it or at least save to a file and all I get is "The parameter is incorrect." What did I do or what am I doing wrong?

Thank you. New seemed like the right thing, but another opinion is always nice.

We have a post that is from '93. It works with a few bugs that we would like to fix. Open to opinions regarding fixing existing or getting a new one all together. Cinci. acramatic 900.