Mastercam 2023 seams to work on my windows 11 home version with RTX card. that being said it is probably not ideal? try at your own risk??

solid works and mastercam for solid works? just throwin it out there.

I have extensive experience with Predator. no complaints. very simple and not much extra. we just switched to Factory Wiz, so far so good. lots of extra bells and wistles so a little more complex than I think it needs to be for DNC in a past life used Cimco that seamed to work very smooth. am sure they have evolved since I used it. could boil down to your needs.

I was also taught this way and did so for many years. I now set zero to solid jaw, stop and bottom of stock. Reason is my vise with stop setup is dedicated so when I run part xyz then load part xxx or part yyy zero is already set. with verification ability these days I dont generally look at the code cept to verify tap cycle, feed speed tool number etc. no xyz for me machine fly's through that too fast. me programmer is 99% on and 100% after the first cut. always deck top first and sneak that in then let er rip

program in master cam to nominal .74975 with wear comp on. run with zero comp in your table on machine measure and insert the amount of comp to achieve feature nominal. I say zero comp assuming you are using a carbide end mill that usually will run small, this tool will also need to be running true. this will allow you to run it as is and cut oversize and have room to comp to your feature size. (sneak it in).

sorry am not familiar with pivot distance-gage length being calculated in the post (thats old school). a stab at it from your description of 90 deg and cutter seems to be driving on wrong side of line. does the control definition determine what side the cutter is at? in other words it is suspect mastercam is looking at it 180 degrees off? some one more knowledgeable is sure the chime in. I would seriously look into incorporating TCP at the machine. may have to do a little test to make sure it is not an option on your 8055 that you may not have. all of ours have it.

I think Leon got this but just in case. some info you probably already know. TCP on code is G48S1. G48S0 for off D# designates tool length table. our machines are setup to default to D#=tool number by default we have a very similar machine

if i am understanding the op. you need to build a basic understanding of friction and forces taking place in machining. running a CNC does not always lend to understanding this. If you have access to a bridge port and hand full of sacrafitial cutters-material I would start there and dont be afraid. and or if doing lathe work do the same on a manual lathe. JM2C

when choosing a tool from your library. Tool list filter is your friend in this situation.

I have mounted a hand grinder on the post of a lathe for this in the past. not an eligant solution but run what you brung and get err done.

Verisurf min bounding box is my go to for odd featured shapes, just add prefurred excess and good to go.

I would consider drawing custom tools with pilot bellow zero. dont know off hand if that will give you the result you are looking for but worth a try.

THANK YOU MUCHO

Thank you for the reply. i am so post illiterate am afraid am going to need this spelled out. am getting errors. syntax i am sure PST LINE (2922) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[12] 21 Jan 2022 06:42:21 AM - PST LINE (2922) - The formula/boolean failed (general message), The formula/boolean does not terminate properly 21 Jan 2022 06:42:21 AM - RUN TIME -PST(2922)- The math calculation/formula has an error

in need of a modification to my Fagor post drill cycle. am clueless on posts so be gentle. I need 98 G81 Z.1 I-.25 F30. (the i is drill depth for fagor what a freak) current post code is pdrill$ #Canned Drill Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pdrlxy, prdrlout, pcout, "I",no_spc$, PFZOUT, [if dwell$, *dwell$], *feed, strcantext, e$ #pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref,"CHANGE Z TO I" *sgdrill, pdrlxy, pZout, pcout, pindexdrl, # prdrlout, [if dwell$, *dwell$], *feed, strcantext, e$ #pcom_movea outputs this G98 G81 Z.1 IZ-.25 F30. need that Z to go away. TIA Doug