this is also true.

My pleasure.

In a nut shell, I just xform copied the geometry 4 times and chained it 4 times. I drilled deep enough for 4.5 parts bored them and turned the o.d. part off, turn o.d., part off, turn o.d. and part off. I left .01 on the part off side to finish on a second op.

Here is a sample. It runs 4 parts at a time. I did this last week. I hope this helps. 1ST OP.MCX-7

Sure can. Drill, bore, turn then part off. To make it work right you have to check the box "keep piece in active chuck" in the stock update parameters

The strange thing is, if I turn off roughing and just run finish it works fine. The chain is trimmed and still nothing. What am I missing?

Ever been so frustrated you cant see the forest through the trees? I don't see the overlap. What intersection did you trim? And thanks.

Here is the file. It only happens on op #6. I have done everything I can think of. Re-chain, delete and redo. What gives? 1STAFTERHT.MCX-7

A simple O.D. groove, just like ive done a million times and I keep getting a warning saying Cant find intersections. Ive never seen this before. Anybody know where I'm dropping the ball?

Stl is completely unusable now.

Thank you Mark. I rotated everything 90° and re-chained it all, now it works much better. This is my secong program for this machine, so I gots lots to learn. Thanks again.

I should note that it does not rotate in mastercam verify but it posts a lot oc c axis moves. I am also using an Icam post. (T6 | 3/4 BULL ENDMILL 0.25 RAD | EIA SUFFIX - .00 | MAZATROL SUFFIX - .00) G20 G10.9 X0 G91 G30 P3 X0. G30 P3 Z0. M200 T6 T7 M6 G91 G30 P3 X0. Z0. G90 G54 M108 M212 G97 S1528 M3 G0 G43 X-.575 Y.937 Z5. B0. C0. G17 M210 M107 Z.1 G94 G1 Z-.74 F8.56 X-.5 F15.28 X.5111 X.5861 G0 C31.949 G1 X0. Y1.0866 X.0636 Y1.0469 X.9216 Y.5119 X.9852 Y.4722 G0 C32.373 G1 X0. Y1.0739 X.0633 Y1.0337 X.9173 Y.4924 X.9806 Y.4522 G0 C32.807 G1 X0. Y1.0613 X.063 Y1.0206 X.9129 Y.4728 X.9759 Y.4322 G0 C32.953 G1 X0. Y1.0571 X.0629 Y1.0163 X.9113 Y.4663 X.9743 Y.4255 G0 C33.101 G1 X0. Y1.0529 X.0628 Y1.0119 X.9098 Y.4597 X.9726 Y.4188 G0 Z5. G97 S713 M3 G54 G49 X-.9852 Y-.4584 Z5.0885 Z.1885 G1 Z-.75 F8.56 X-.9224 Y-.4993 X-.0754 Y-1.0515 X-.0126 Y-1.0924 G0 C0. G1 X-.575 Y-.907 X-.5 X.5111 X.5861 G0 C-32.807 G1 X0. Y-1.0613 X.063 Y-1.0206 X.9129 Y-.4728 X.9759 Y-.4322 G0 C-33.251 G1 X0. Y-1.0487 X.0627 Y-1.0076 X.9083 Y-.4532 X.971 Y-.4121 G0 C-33.401 G1 X0. Y-1.0445 X.0626 Y-1.0032 X.9067 Y-.4466 X.9693 Y-.4053 G0 Z5.0885 M108 M212 M5 G91 G30 P3 X0. G30 P3 Y0. Z0. G90

I am having an issue with the C axis rotating during a milling operation. The C axis does not need to rotate and I have set the axis control to NO ROTATION. But it is rotating anyfrigginway. Its just a simple cut from front view just going from right to left, no need to rotate at all. What am I missing? Ops 8-13 do it and makes no sense. Please advise. Thank you. X7 MU2 M1187190.MCX-7

Worked here just fine.

+1000

Cimco?

If you move your stock you have to reselect it every time.

Just pointing out the facts.

The guy that trained me on 4th axis work taught me to do it this way.

+100 to SMW

You could just film it with your smart phone and email it to yourself, no?

Ok, fair enough. Another question, How are we supposed to use the "stock model"? It seems to do absolutely nothing when I click on it to transform or rotate it into position so the next operation. Thanks.

So what are good questions for the "Educational Forum"? I went to school for Master Cam, they didn't even hint on lathe. It was mostly about creating surfaces and milling. I learned lathe by trial and error and help from the forum. palr717, Your problem is in your rough parameters, check your plunge parameters.

Thanks Kenneth, I'm curious , why is the stock on lathe so much more usable than mill? The lathe stock preview is excellent! I hope the developers will make some progress on this, it would be a huge time saver.

I got that far, But it doesn't show up in my levels as an entity? Any way to make it a solid? Or atleast wire frame? Thanks for the reply.