I just use depth of cut, then turn on lead in/out so the tool isnt exactly plunging straight down. i have contoured large chamfers it like you describe when using a highspeed feed mill using angled depth cuts.

This is a bug, if you switch from to 2d chamfer to 2d and set the depth cuts where you want then switch back to chamfer, the depth cuts will be grayed out but will still backplot and post with appropriate depth cuts.

Is there a way to minimize the assembly and holder names in toolpath manager,they take up way too much room.

Firefox worked thanks.

Yes Tl bmp parameter is selected and if i use excel version it puts the tools icons as supposed to but if i use HTML version I get an icon bmp where its supposed to go but the icon is blank.

Thanks John, got that issue resolved, is there a trick to get tool icons to display in the tool list. I use the html version.

X+ and logo and all that works great,only issue im having is getting tool icons to display on tool list. Is there a trick to get this to work?

Does anybody know where the logo.png file is for X+ 6 to get rid of the gmcss icon on the setup sheet for x6

I am looking to thread mill aluminum and magnesium prototype parts from 2-56 thru no bigger than say 6-32's.Would you guys recommend a single point tool or multi flute tool. We tap deep holes in these prototypes and have trouble using bottom taps and roll taps are not an option,thats why we are looking at thread mills.All these parts have small holes metric and standard both.Have not thread milled much of anything so appreciate any advice you guys have.We are a job shop and do protypes all the time anywhere from 10 parts to 200 parts...

Yeah,that was the fix. Thanks guys. We were able to replicate it every time.There are a few seconds that you can open a file before the save icon actually kicks in and starts saving the file, and then it will save the file under the new opened file name.

Thanks i will look at this,we found that by switching the windows aero theme off and going back to basic, that a lot of the little delays have disappeared and this could be what was happening when it was saving.

Is anybody experiencing mastercam overwriting/rename current file with a previous file path/name? Recently upgraded xp to win 7 64 bit and since we have had mastercam rename/overwrite current files with a previous file name.This has happened on 2 different pcs now. Thankfully we have backup enabled on the harddrive to save 5 backups. These files are being saved over a network. What happens is we click the save icon and sometimes it overwrites the current file name with the file path that was open previous to current file.Mastercam reseller has suggested reinstalling mastercam but have not done nothing this drastic yet.

Ive made vacuum fixtures a few times for parts like these with good results or started with a bigger plate then mill the center down leaving tabs then cut the part and finally drop the tabs out.

Thanks guys,i definitely need to start experimenting with this toolpath.Ive pretty much been getting the job done with either parallel,contour,scallop or the high speed toolpaths and have never played with blend or flowline.

never mind i found the answer down below........doh