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JER0619

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  1. New line item showed up on my quote for mastercam software maintenance. Can someone explain to me what Post Care Maintenance Coverage is for one of my posts?
  2. During machine simulation I'm getting an axis overrun in the y-axis but the machine is not near the travel limits. Where are the axis limits being pulled from for the simulation? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  3. Has anyone figured out how to define a u-drill to drill and bore without having to define a drill and boring bar separately. I need to be able to accomplish this so that my machine simulation is accurate with the correct tools loaded on the turret. Any ideas? Thanks, Jer
  4. UPDATE -- Finally figured it out. The toolpath required a custom post and machine definition. The post takes into consideration the 40 deg sine plate. The toolpath was generated from the top view using a projected curve path. After endless attempts I never found a way to get the right numbers using flat geometry with axis sub or 5-axis paths alone. I appreciate the input from everyone. Now I'm moving onto programming an integrex for the first time. Tough year for my brain lately. Thanks so much
  5. First off thanks for all of the input guys. This is the kind of stuff I need to help me think out of the frame of mind I'm stuck in The issue here is that the entire ID and tabs surfaces are parallel to the z-axis at the appropriate a-axis position. The topside of the tab is wider than the bottom side of it. If I break the features up by milling the tabs and then milling the ID I need to have the a-axis move. I actually never considered this process because of this but it's worth looking into the error in milling the tabs using Y-axis movement , index and repeat. The diameter in between is the easy part to program offline. I can easily find the a-axis position where I need to plunge into the diameter, rotate and retract. I will look into the error if I were to use the y-axis to form the tabs but what I really need to know to make it right is how to make the a-axis move in sync with my x-axis. I started to paw though machine definitions (with very little experience) and there you can tilt a rotary but any changes I make to the tilt angle does not produce different code. It seems to me that it should be as simple as saying the a-axis is at a 40 deg angle. Go ahead and rotate about it. I hope I'm not overlooking something simple here.
  6. I am using the generic 5 axis post but using the 4 axis option in the toolpath.
  7. Hello all, As per the title I have a ring on a rotary table signed at 40 degrees about the y-axis on a 4-axis mill. I want to locate the tool at X- and Y0 and rotate the table to mill the tab features on the ID of the part. I have struggled for a couple of days trying to get anything that I can work with. Currently I am trying a 4-axis swarf toolpath but am unsuccessful in getting the part to rotate. Upon scrubbing forums I believe that I need to make edits to the post file to "turn on" and define the rotary table because the post uses minimal info from the machine definition. Can anyone confirm this and better yet tell me what need to be changed in the machine definition and post for the particular setup? Thanks in advance, Jer

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