Is the database still being updated? I just double posted by accident and there is an A36 Steel Column that has the specs for SS304. ooops ! When I entered the DOC/LOC it added the year next to it which im very sure was not in the box I used to input.

Well when you post a file like that you end up either getting a different offset or a rotation output. Plus the fact that if you program on the bottom plane you would have to rotate the part during verify, I thought that with the addition of the Stock Model Toolpath it would be possible to have the stock rotate on its own during verify; like you would rotate it at the machine. The pic shows what gsm1 mentions but that would work if during verify the part or view would change with the verification instead of just the tool moving araound the part.

OK, lets say you have op1 on the top view and op2 also on the same view but on a different level, how do you rotate the stock so that when you verify it displays correctly on the second side I want to machine. I want to machine a KWay on the flat on the right without having to save the STL from OP1 and translate it.

Are you full slot cutting, if you are the feedrate is too much; if you are side milling there is no reason to go that shallow you can do 1xD and be OK. The SFM is also a bit low, I would bring that up to 300 to 350 and get and RPM of 3000 and a Feed of 20IPM with a .1 WOC and .375DOC. +1 on Dan, if you are helical entry buy chamfered or radius corner EMs; I prefer chamfered. I would check with the manufaturer on the rake angle before making the tool plunge too steep, I have a guhring and that can do 5deg. at 2800RPM and 24IPM a VariMill of course.

Looks like the coordinate system in SW is not matching what you have in mastercam, are you sure that the Neck Top WCS matches the WCS in SW ?

What tool path are you using, what kind of geometry are we talking about ?

This is a normal cycle, G83 G98 X-4.3301 Y2.5 Z-.619 R0.1 Q.06 P.02 F2.4 This is the modified code that will do what you want Z.25 G83 G99 X-4.3301 Y2.5 Z-.619 R-1.0 Q.06 P.02 F2.4 <----- G99 retracts to clearance and R-1.0 starts the pecking 1.0" deep.

Do you have to G28 the machine in order for it to read the offset correctly, on our Fadals if we try to run the program again wihtout going home first it will execute the WOFS move from where ever it is currently at and this causes an OT. I guess it tries to move the amount set on the offset page without cancelling the active offset.

Last I checked that was .008" (inch) not metric, but I could be wrong.

I have used dynamic mill on 4130 at 1000SFM and .004IPT, this yielded 7640RPM, 122IPM with .025WOC. The manufacturer's chart went all the way up to 1700SFM which yielded 13000RPM, 364IPM with .025WOC; our machine is too old to handle that. The width is not an issue but the depth recommended is 2xD which in our case it was 1/2" Varimill.

The site is ftp://mastercam-cadcam.com/, user:mastercam, password:swiss. Hope this helps !

Is it a IHS based or MPMaster based post. How about a sample of code of the wrong output and the corrected output.

Settings-->Configuration-->Current-->Inches

If you mean oscillating the tool in and out IDK, the only way I know is with Live Tooling and Y-axis. With live tooling and no Y-axis theres a way but you might gouge the corners of the Hex.

Clicking the use Color solved my problem, the lines were coming out light grey and kind of faded; now the are thick and dark.

You could also hold shift while you select the Chain, if there are no intersections or branch point then it will select the single continuos chain.

On What type of Machine ?

Thats nice but nothig happens when I do it, does it only apply on open shapes.

Have you tried the Incremental retracts, that might get rid of the long retracts.

How about just a simple snapshot of the parts or problem area, is this a 4 axis part or a simple second op and rotation.

Thats what we do at our shop to produce chamfers larger than the chamfer tool, we use Depth cuts with tapered wall at 45deg; we also use multipass then trim the toolpaths after.

Try this REGSVR32 C:\Windows\System32\opengl32.dll IT guys always want to make a major change so they can charge more or put more hours into a job. If the file is missing serach it up on google or if you want I can upload to the FTP and you can download it from there.

Post the MCX on the FTP or at least some basic dimensions so I can recreate this and have at it.

Here is what I get from my post. T5 M6 G0 G90 G54 X-.3 Y1. A0. S3000 M3 ..... T4 M6 G0 G90 G54 X-.3 Y1. A0. S3000 M3 ..... T4 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.3 Y-1. A180. S3000 M3 ..... T5 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.3 Y-1. A180. S3000 M3 ..... T5 M6 G0 G90 G54 X.3 Y-1. A180. S3000 M3 <--------- Even the same tool and position posts out the A180. As you can see whether the position is the same or different, the A coordinate still gets posted. I noticed that the pfcout command is in my psof$, ptlchg$, and ptlchg0$ blocks and it forces the rotary coordinate to be posted. Check it out in your post. If it is missing then here is what my pfcout looks like, pfcout #Force C axis output if index = zero & rot_on_x, [ if use_rotmcode & cabs <> prv_cabs, *sindx_mc if absinc$ = zero, *cabs, !cinc else, *cinc, !cabs ]

You mean you want the A coordinate to be with the TxM6 or right after. Post a sample of code of what you want.