Depending on the post you are using, there may be a switch in the post for H & D agreement. I think there is also a setting in the Haas control for H & T agreement as well. Also, what happens if you renumber tools from the right click menu in the ops manager?

So in the little drop down thing in the drill parameters you have drill/counterbore selected and it gives you that code when you post? Or this is a custom peck cycle that is not posting correctly?

I would think that you'd probably want to look in the pretract block. Just do a simple find in the post editor to find what you are looking for. Be sure to save a backup copy of your post in case something undesirable happens.

Hi all, Whenever I change tool libraries in X5, I have to re sort by diameter or type or whatever. The tools come in all jumbled around by whatever default there is. I make a nice sort by diameter and type, change tool libraries, fix that one, change back to the first one, and it's all jumbled again. Any ideas?

Click the exclamation point under the operation defaults section. Edit away.

My personal preference is to orient the model how you want, do a solid trim, and then create curves from the trimmed solid. Alot of people on here also recommend create -> curve -> create curve slice. My problem with doing this method, and doing the create turn profile is that there are times when you don't get exact curves. I may not be doing it right, but rather than a true radius that is an arc, I end up with a spline or with 978 line segments that make an arc that's fairly close, but not exact. Trimming the solid will give you the exact geometry. My 2 cents, anyways.

+1 to Wes.

Is it a simple OD or ID profile? Or are you talking about grooving? For OD or ID chaining, I use partial chain. Select the first entity, then the last entity. Mastercam picks everything in between. Hope this works.

Do you have those little icons above the menu when you right click on a sketch? If so, it's in there.

Thoob, Jim nailed it. You have to use a different offset. I think when we did it here, the drill was T404, and the boring op was T0414. So then T404 is setup as you would a drill, and T414 is setup like a boring bar. Make sense?

In Solidworks 2010, you can right-click on the sketch, and when the menu comes up, there should be "Change Sketch Plane". Hope this helps.

I checked. I have the same drill defined twice. Once as a drill, once as a boring bar. That took care of the issues. I hope we see some support for inserted drills soon.

I think it has to do with the fact that you're using an insert drill to bore with. IIRC, I had this same problem, so I had to draw the drill/insert and define it as a boring bar...I think. I'm at home now, but I can look tomorrow at work.

I must've missed that thread. This is quite frustrating. Did things get better in X4 in regards to this issue?

Shouldn't there be a better exchange of info between the machine group stock setup properties and the verify options? I don't mind setting up stock, but to have to do it once in the machine group options, then in the verify options, then go back and change settings in the previous machine groups is a tad dumb. My two cents, anyways.

It appears that things right themselves if I go in and add some value to the stock setup in the machine group properties. I added.00001 to the stock thickness, and things were right again. Huzzah!

Greetings all, Perhaps I've missed a setting somewhere in X3. I've got two machine groups so far. The first machine group uses a rectangle of material for stock setup. After those ops have verified, I saved the STL and used it in my 2nd set of operations. The first time I went to verify my 2nd set of operations, It just shows the rectangle from the first set of ops, even though the stock setup in the machine group properties has "File" selected and is pointing at the right file. So I go into the verify options, and sure enough, it says "rectangle" with the sizes of stock from the first set of operations. So I point it to the STL file. Everything looks great in the 2nd set of ops now. However, when I go back to the first set of operations, it shows the STL that was selected from before, even though in the machine group properties the right settings are selected. WTF? This happens to me alot. I'll pick cylindrical stock in the machine group properties, and it will show rectangular until I change it in the verify options. Or vise versa. I tried a search here, but couldn't find what I wanted. Any help? Thanks.

Ahhh...yes. The blade assemblies. We use one in our Haas. I simply defined it as the closest A4 tool I could. It was the only thing for me to do at the moment.

I need to slow down and digest the post before I reply. My bad. Odd that you can't find the appropriate grooving tool insert. We use some odd ones here, and I've been able to find them all. Are you checking both the Kennametal catalog AND the lathe_inch.lic catalog? I usually have to do things in a certain order or else the appropriate inserts won't come up. Create new tool, grooving tool, get insert from Kennametal catalog, swear and beat head on desk when it's not there, check the lathe_inch catalog, shout "Huzzah!" and click my heels in jubilation when I find it, then repeat for the holder. I really hope that the catalogs get updated soon. We use some modular tooling here for grooving, and I've almost been bit because of clearances between tool and part. There's not enough spaces to define a modular tool in Mastercam, and I'm too lazy to draw it.

From the Mastercam Help File... quote: The Lathe Tools dialog box lets you define custom tools. These are tools that cannot be defined using any other tool types. To do so, you must be able to select geometry which represents the profile of the custom tool. This geometry can be located in either: a separate Mastercam file a separate level in the current Mastercam file. If the file is located on a level in the current Mastercam session, then the tool insert and holder geometry must be the only geometry on that level. The geometry must meet the following requirements. It must: consist of two closed boundaries: one for the insert and one for the holder consist of only lines and arcs The insert must be drawn in one color, and the holder must be drawn in a different color. Once you have the insert and holder geometry saved to a file or to a specified level, you can begin to create the custom tool using the Lathe Tools dialog box. Important: It is strongly recommended that you use the default insert and holder colors. The default colors are: 14 (insert up color), 55 (insert down color), and 116 (holder color). Select Tools, Configuration from the main menu to set the default colors. Notes: If you are defining a custom tool that is mounted at an angle in the turret, the tool geometry should represent the tool mounted at 0°. You can then define the tool angle in the Setup Tool dialog box (choose the Tool Setup button). When defining a custom boring bar, you should use orientation 4, not 8. Hope this helps.

I believe I've heard SKIR68's complaint in other lathe rant posts. Just one of the many features of Mastercam lathe. Enjoy.

OK SAIPEM, I'll look into that, thanks. I guess I'm considered an administrator by Windows in name only, huh?

Yes I'm sure everything is set correctly and it's activated. This didn't seem to be a problem when I ran XP. Another guy in my shop also has X3 MU1 with Windows 7 64 bit, and Autosave isn't working for him either. One thing I did notice is that if I have "Prompt before saving file" checked, then Autosave comes up at the appropriate interval. If I don't have that checked, it seems that it doesn't work at all.

Ok. I'm dumb. I could've sworn that I had shorten contour set to .125. It was only set at .100. Problem solved. Huzzah! Thanks all. Time for some java...

I think I'll try and map save to a right-click button or something. I've been lazy about moving the cursor all the way up there to save. I got learned.