I guess you can't use machine environment with lathe (without mIll-turn licence). 

Speaking about small tooling and lubricant, anyone already tried this one? I should try it soon in Titanium. In demo video they use 2 flutes endmill but my seller told me he experienced that 3 flutes works the same (chipload) regarding slotting capabilities. 

You can use modelprep to offset each solid face but it can be a huge work if model is complex. 

FWIW here is what i needed to modify on my seat :

In ToolManager.exe.config file from C:\Program Files\Mastercam 2022\Mastercam\Extensions

Standard Mastercam 2022

        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Data.SQLite" publicKeyToken="db937bc2d44ff139" culture="neutral"/>
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.0.77.0" newVersion="1.0.77.0"/>

Tweaked for a SQLserver instance

      <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.SqlServer.Types" publicKeyToken="89845dcd8080cc91" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-11.0.0.0" newVersion="10.0.0.0" />

Of course, key token/version should be customized to your setup.

Don't you have sqlserver installed on your seat? If this is the case I've got a similar issue and i need to tweak toolmanager assembly file to point to sqlserver instance.

I just got it too as it's an international increase. May we say thank you Sandvik?

You need to select your part tool (which is actually considered now an assembly even if you still didn't attached a holder) then select 'Save assembly to library' in right click menu and finally select 'tool only' option in the panel.

I really think 2022 workflow needs improvements regarding this. In 2021 you could save one or all cutting tools from your part to library with 1 click (greyed down arrow) but now to achieve this you need to repeat process above for each tool.

Another PITA is ability in 2022 tool manager to 'modify assemblies'. it's allowing now to add several holders in a single assembly (which is nice) but I think workflow must be greatly enhanced. For now it requires too much clicks to call menus and commands.  And what a PITA to systematically remove 'standard holder' created by Mastercam  before importing another from library...

Moreover, ability to create composite holders inside Mastercam is great but not to be able to extract their manufacturer code individually in setup sheets is not...  

As Chally explained this is done drawing slitting saw+nut profile on a Mastercam level (or saving it in a .dxf dile) then using import geometry in tool manager.

You'll need to draw slitting saw above X axis and nut below X axis.

However, if you look at tool picture in assembly (cyan color), nut will be considered as cutting edges in verify and it won't report any collisions (it will remove material instead). 

Raw importing in Vericut will do the same but you can manually tweak and define your assembly correctly using this scheme:

holder adapter(holder component)

slitting saw(milling tool)

nut(holder component)

Not really Excel related but in our shop Excel is widely used for various stuff even if it probably  shouldn't (including setup sheets/tool lists).

It can be painful to find specific files or specific data from Excel files located in various network folders.

To this we use File locator from https://www.mythicsoft.com. It's a powerful multithreaded files search engine which can dig into office files with regex filters on filenames and data. Lite release is great but pro release adds some great features (it can be programmed inside VBA with a COM component or in .NET)  

I was referring to Beyond compare about Gcodes location (and why not Mcodes and XYZcodes). I tried it and it does a great job with alignment and showing exactly what characters are different on each line and allowing to swap between windows. Regex is great too to set syntax colors or make rules to filter not important differences (like Ncodes). However I wondered if it's possible to go further with blocks location on the line(which may not be important). 

19 hours ago, SlaveCam said:

My preferred choice of comparer has been Winmerge because it's free but I just tried Beyond Compare and without any fiddling it seemed to do a better job and had more "intelligence" when comparing two NC files. Can you share a ruleset for standard Fanuc, Colin? Though I bet it's not a big effort to create one myself (ignore N lines and comments and tokenize the G-codes so that order would not matter).

I don't know if 'tokenizing' Gcode location can be set but it would be a great feature!  @Colin Gilchrist ?

Without a lower turret i would stay with a lathe post but i'd get a Vericut seat instead of MT addon.

Isn't there a Z clearance value in entry tab?

I would add there is a solid edges toggle in top selection bar too.   

It looks like So not a guru screenshot is showing a tool without an holder attached. Moreover, library tools tab is selected. 

It should be nice and logic in that case to save tool only in library using arrow button. 

18 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

• USE YOUR TOLERANCE for the Path!!!! < I can't tell you the number of Mastercam Programmers that I see, who never, ever, adjust the Cut Tolerance, and never enable the Line/Arc Filter. You should always be adjusting the Cut Tolerance for Roughing. Use 10-20% of your Stock to Leave value. If you are rouging, and leaving 2mm (0.08") of stock on your model, your Cut Tolerance should be 0.004-0.008 (0.005" would be good here), and your Total Tolerance could be 0.010-0.020". For roughing, I typically use a 1:1, 1:2, or 1:4 ratio, between Cut Tolerance, and Filter Tolerance. In my example, with 2mm stock (0.080"), I would probably run 0.010" Total Tolerance, with a 50/50% split (1:1), or a 0.020" Total Tolerance, with a 25/75% split. (0.005" Cut Tolerance + 0.015" Filter Tolerance.
• Remember that the Tolerance is "bi-directional" or a (+- Tolerance. So if our offset is 0.080" from the part, and our Total Tolerance is 0.020", we could be leaving "as much as 0.100", or "as little as 0.060"! Typically, that +- stock amount isn't that extreme, but it also depends heavily on the shape of your CAD geometry, the Cut Pattern, and other factors. The most important setting is the "Cut Tolerance".

Another interesting video about cut/filter/smooth tolerances in Mastercam.

Thanks Tim.

It looks like I need this G84.3 to work. I found it on EIA manual but i tried and it doesn't work on my machine (illegal Gcode alarm).

Perhaps it's an option which needs some sort of activation. I guess i will need to investigate with Mazak.

Hi,

it's not Mastercam related but i know there are Integrex gurus here who can help.

I'm trying to tap on subspindle face on an Integrex 200 MkIV(Matrix T32 mode) using G84.2 gcode. It works well on main spindle but on sub the tap feeds spinning in reverse and retracts spinning forward. 

With trials i found adding a M204 on G84.2 line seems to work for first hole but it won't for next holes. 

Anyone can post a working code of rigid tapping on sub face?   

I know this one too https://gravostar.com/en/deburring/deburring-tools/#use-in-cnc-machines

We chose it mainly because we already had a Zoller presetter. In 2018 software looked in beta status... I was alone to make components and assemblies along NC programming and I gave up. 

3 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

The functions are basically equivalent. It is really just personal preference on which to use. However, there is still one advantage to using the Stock Setup function. When you have your models Shaded, the Stock Setup (red) always shows as Translucent, even though your other solids are opaque. 

I typically do not use a Stock Model for "initial stock". I only use it for in-process stock. However, both work for specifying stock for Verify.

 I just want to point out that you can use appearance mode and setting stock models to glass mode. This trick makes it possible to display stock models translucent and the other models opaque

I read it's released as part of official release, however it requires a specific licence to run it but It seems CNC needs extra work to generate those licences.

I mainly use cloud feature to save machine profiles but there is (or was)a way to share cuts parameter and give them ratings.

I'm using an Évoluent vertical mouse D wired (had a vertical mouse 3 before) rwithout issue (with Windows7 though).

However, i've got a latency with shared folder too. Shared folder is on my seat (Win7) and 2 others Mastercam seats (Win10) are set to use that shared folder.

One is OK but the other, every first call to a toolpath type there is a latency about 2 seconds.

It started with 2020 and I couldn't find how to solve it.  

There is a hook named findoverlap.dll.

Colin (I think) post a video recently showing various tips and tricks to fix these issues