What we want % O040 (TEMP0040MC2) (MACH PL FOR VICE LOC) "HEADING" (16MM LR E/M) N100T1M6 N101M03S1000 N102M8 N103G00G90G40G54X175.0Y8.5 N104G43H2Z-53.0 N105G01X-8.5F70 "BODY" N107Y-18.0 N110X-8.0 N112Y8.0 N114X175.0 N124G00Z50.0M9 N158G91G28Z0.0M05 "ENDING" N160G28Y0.0 N165G90 N170G28X0.0 M01 M30 % "NOTES" T1= TOOL NO M6= TURRET INDEX M03=SPINDLE CLOCK WISE M8= COOLANT ON G54= WORKPIECE POSITION G43= HEIGHT REFERENCE M9= COOLANT OFF M05= SPINDLE STOP G28= HOME POSITION What We get currently from master cam X: (PROGRAM NAME - 501AL TEST PLATE FPE2 ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 30-07-09 TIME=HH:MM - 16:22 ) N100 G21 N102 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 ( 18. FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 227 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 18. ) "HEADING" N104 T227 M6 N106 G0 G90 G54 X-.296 Y-67.5 A0. S0 M5 N108 G43 H0 Z5. "body" is OK N162 G80 N164 M5 N166 G91 G28 Z0. N168 G28 X0. Y0. A0. "ENDING" N170 M01 Notes: HEADING: we remove lines N100 N102 After N104 we add line N105 s2500M8 we don't use A0. S0. and M5 should be M3 Feed should be in M/M eg. F200 and not F3. Ending: Remove A0 in N168 Add G90 in N169 after G28.

Hi guys, just need some help, how do you edit the default header so that i can make them standard to our machine, i am using the default machine type, Our machine is a: Mazak vtc 41L 3 axis mill (moving cloumb) the control is a yasnak mx3 im wasting alot of time removing the headers and chnging them to my own ones, would like to set up the default, thanks

We are mainly run 1 off's or very short runs, so as you say it is difficult to standadize tooling in the machine, we have made some tool setters with standard depths to make adjustment of the tooling faster, i.e. we set our tool height gauges from 30mm, 50mm, 100mm etc these are used to set boring bars, drill etc this atleast lets the operator and programmer know what the standard heights are, also saves time setting the tool up in the machine.

Hi, we run a machine shop with a 2 CNC lathes and 2 CNC mills, We are currently trying to upgrade and sort out our CNC milling operations in order to make working with the machines more efficient, We have a 4 meter moving turret Mazak VTC-41L with twin turrets and a 1.5 meter moving bed beaver with manual tool change. Our company does a lot of very short runs, and we would like to be flexible to sort works faster to cut down machine time. I am trying to think the whole layout of the jobs through before I start changing our current system and frustrating our operators, Basically at the moment, we write our programs manually or with programs similar to edge cam etc recently we have changed over to mastercamX which has inspired us to get into gear, we then send the program to the machine and the tools are selected and zeroed, the stock is set up on the machine and zeroed the code is then manually changed once again. The machine then goes through dry run and then we will start the job. I find this very frustrating as I feel a lot of unnecessary wasted time goes into setup of tooling, stock and modifying programs. From when a job is confirmed: •The draughtsman will receive the design or request by the customer. •A drawing of the part needed is created, this is sent to CNC programmer and store man •Stock material is ordered or found to be in stock by store man. •The CNC operator receives the drawing and creates manual coding (if simple) or a mastercam code this is sent to the machine. •When the code is complete a detailed tooling list of tool heights depths and sizes will be sent to the store man. •The tooling is now located in the stores with standard tool setup jigs. •Tooling is now placed on trolley with stock material and drawing number/job number •The CNC operator then collects the jobs trolley and sets the machine up for the job. •The job is completed tooling trolley moves back to the store and job continues to dispatch. For our mazak I think that it is necessary to have some tooling standard in the turrets. Now what I wanted to know from you guys is what do you think of a setup like this? What criticism do you have? What are your setups? What would you change? Thanks in advance!

great, thanks so simple haha great help as usual!

hi guy, i have a part that i imported from another drawing program, but the part is not in the correct origin, how do i move it to (0;0) for example i could use another program and start again, but i have already written the program, and everything is out by 0.025mm please let me know if you can help thanks you

here is an example of a recent job that we have done on our machine, what i have been doing is importing a drawing into master cam, puting in the millining and drawing operations, and then exporting it to code, then i can use about 90% of the code and i have to change it to suit my machine Mastercam x code % O0000 (PROGRAM NAME - HEATING PLATE ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 01-06-09 TIME=HH:MM - 09:25 ) N1 G21 N2 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 ( 5. SPOT DRILL TOOL - 6 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 5. ) N3 T6 M6 N4 G0 G90 G54 X-10. Y-10. A0. S0 M5 N5 G43 H0 Z100. N6 G98 G74 Z9. R10. F.298 N7 X-190. N8 Y-210. N9 X-10. N10 X-45. Y-45. N11 X-155. N12 Y-175. N13 X-45. N14 X-12. Y-110. N15 X-188. N16 G80 N17 M5 N18 G91 G28 Z0. N19 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N20 M01 ( 6. DRILL TOOL - 2 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 6.5 ) N21 T2 M6 N22 G0 G90 G54 X-10. Y-10. A0. S0 M5 N23 G43 H0 Z100. N24 G98 G74 Z-1.953 R10. F.995 N25 X-190. N26 Y-210. N27 X-10. N28 G80 N29 M5 N30 G91 G28 Z0. N31 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N32 M01 ( 8. DRILL TOOL - 4 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 8.5 ) N33 T4 M6 N34 G0 G90 G54 X-12. Y-110. A0. S0 M5 N35 G43 H0 Z100. N36 G98 G74 Z-2.554 R10. F2.984 N37 X-188. N38 G80 N39 M5 N40 G91 G28 Z0. N41 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N42 M01 ( 5. DRILL TOOL - 3 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 5. ) N43 T3 M6 N44 G0 G90 G54 X-45. Y-45. A0. S0 M5 N45 G43 H0 Z100. N46 G98 G74 Z-1.502 R10. F1.194 N47 X-155. N48 Y-175. N49 X-45. N50 G80 N51 M5 N52 G91 G28 Z0. N53 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N54 M01 ( 6.00-1. TAP RH TOOL - 5 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 6. ) N55 T5 M6 N56 G0 G90 G54 X-45. Y-45. A0. S0 M5 N57 G43 H0 Z100. N58 G98 G74 Z0. R10. F99.479 N59 X-155. N60 Y-175. N61 X-45. N62 G80 N63 M5 N64 G91 G28 Z0. N65 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N66 M01 ( 9. FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 7 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 4 DIA. - 9. ) ( MILL CONTOUR OF HEATING PLATE ) N67 T7 M6 N68 G0 G90 G54 X-130. Y-229. A0. S0 M5 N69 G43 H4 Z50. N70 Z22. N71 G1 Z9.75 F4. N72 X-121. N73 G3 X-112. Y-220. R9. N74 G1 Y-189.984 N75 G3 X-141.313 Y-159.992 R30. N76 G2 X-161.721 Y-108.668 R30. N77 G3 X-163.907 Y-64.045 R30. N78 G2 X-169.545 Y-58.002 R30. N79 X-120.455 Y-23.504 R30. N80 G3 X-100. Y-34.13 R25. N81 X-79.545 Y-23.504 R25. N82 G2 X-73.907 Y-17.461 R30. N83 X-36.093 Y-64.045 R30. N84 G3 X-38.279 Y-108.668 R30. N85 G2 X-58.687 Y-159.992 R30. N86 G3 X-88. Y-189.984 R30. N87 G1 Y-220. N88 G3 X-79. Y-229. R9. N89 G1 X-70. N90 Z19.75 N91 G0 Z50. N92 X-130. N93 Z19.75 N94 G1 Z7.5 N95 X-121. N96 G3 X-112. Y-220. R9. N97 G1 Y-189.984 N98 G3 X-141.313 Y-159.992 R30. N99 G2 X-161.721 Y-108.668 R30. N100 G3 X-163.907 Y-64.045 R30. N101 G2 X-169.545 Y-58.002 R30. N102 X-120.455 Y-23.504 R30. N103 G3 X-100. Y-34.13 R25. N104 X-79.545 Y-23.504 R25. N105 G2 X-73.907 Y-17.461 R30. N106 X-36.093 Y-64.045 R30. N107 G3 X-38.279 Y-108.668 R30. N108 G2 X-58.687 Y-159.992 R30. N109 G3 X-88. Y-189.984 R30. N110 G1 Y-220. N111 G3 X-79. Y-229. R9. N112 G1 X-70. N113 Z17.5 N114 G0 Z50. N115 M5 N116 G91 G28 Z0. N117 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N118 M30 % My edited code % O0000 (PROGRAM NAME - 7012ACAD ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 04-06-09 TIME=HH:MM - 15:31 ) N100 G21 N102 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 ( 5. CENTER DRILL TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 5. ) N104 T1 M6 N106 G0 G90 G54 X111. Y111. A0. S0 M5 N108 G43 H0 Z100. N110 G98 G81 Z3.5 R10. F.3 N112 X-111. N114 X-175. Y63.5 N116 Y0. N118 Y-63.5 N120 X-111. Y-111. N122 X111. N124 X180. Y-63.5 N126 Y0. N128 Y63.5 N130 X100. N132 X50. N134 X25. N136 X-25. N138 X-50. N140 X-100. N142 X-150. Y0. N144 X-100. Y-50. N146 X-50. N148 X-25. N150 X25. N152 X50. N154 X100. N156 X150. Y0. N158 X100. N160 X50. N162 X0. N164 X-50. N166 X-100. N168 G80 N170 M5 N172 G91 G28 Z0. N174 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N176 M01 ( 5. DRILL TOOL - 15 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 5. ) N178 T15 M6 N180 G0 G90 G54 X111. Y111. A0. S0 M5 N182 G43 H0 Z100. N184 G98 G81 Z-6.502 R10. F1.2 N186 X-111. N188 X-175. Y63.5 N190 Y0. N192 Y-63.5 N194 X-111. Y-111. N196 X111. N198 X180. Y-63.5 N200 Y0. N202 Y63.5 N204 X100. N206 X50. N208 X25. N210 X-25. N212 X-50. N214 X-100. N216 X-150. Y0. N218 X-100. Y-50. N220 X-50. N222 X-25. N224 X25. N226 X50. N228 X100. N230 X150. Y0. N232 X100. N234 X50. N236 X0. N238 X-50. N240 X-100. N242 G80 N244 M5 N246 G91 G28 Z0. N248 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N250 M01 ( 8. DRILL TOOL - 18 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 8.5 ) N252 T18 M6 N254 G0 G90 G54 X100. Y63.5 A0. S0 M5 N256 G43 H0 Z100. N258 G98 G81 Z-7.554 R10. F3. N260 X50. N262 X25. N264 X-25. N266 X-50. N268 X-100. N270 Y0. N272 Y-50. N274 X-50. N276 X-25. N278 X25. N280 X50. N282 X100. N284 Y0. N286 G80 N288 M5 N290 G91 G28 Z0. N292 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N294 M01 ( 17. DRILL TOOL - 27 DIA. OFF. - 0 LEN. - 0 DIA. - 17. ) N296 T27 M6 N298 G0 G90 G54 X-175. Y-63.5 A0. S0 M5 N300 G43 H0 Z100. N302 G98 G81 Z-10.107 R10. F3.2 N304 X180. N306 X-175. Y0. N308 X-150. N310 X-50. N312 X0. N314 X50. N316 X150. N318 X180. N320 X-175. Y63.5 N322 X180. N324 G80 N326 M5 N328 G91 G28 Z0. N330 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N332 M01 ( 20. BORE CIN TOOL - 735 DIA. OFF. - 735 LEN. - 735 DIA. - 18. ) N334 T735 M6 N336 G0 G90 G54 X-175. Y-63.5 A0. S2400 M3 N338 G43 H735 Z100. N340 G98 G81 Z0. R10. F400. N342 X180. N344 X-175. Y0. N346 X-150. N348 X150. N350 X180. N352 X-175. Y63.5 N354 X180. N356 G80 N358 M5 N360 G91 G28 Z0. N362 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N364 M01 ( 20. CSINK HSS TOOL - 891 DIA. OFF. - 891 LEN. - 891 DIA. - 25. ) N366 T891 M6 N368 G0 G90 G54 X50. Y0. A0. S400 M3 N370 G43 H891 Z100. N372 G98 G81 Z0. R10. F40. N374 X-50. N376 G80 N378 M5 N380 G91 G28 Z0. N382 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N384 M01 ( 12. FLAT END MILL CIN TOOL - 40 DIA. OFF. - 40 LEN. - 40 DIA. - 12. ) N386 T40 M6 N388 G0 G90 G54 X-.057 Y-16. A0. S3200 M3 N390 G43 H40 Z50. N392 Z26. N394 G1 Z0. F420. N396 X.057 F950. N398 G3 X13.856 Y-8. R16. N400 G1 X-13.856 N402 G2 X-16. Y0. R16. N404 G1 X16. N406 G3 X13.856 Y8. R16. N408 G1 X-13.856 N410 G2 X-.057 Y16. R16. N412 G1 X.057 N414 Z10. F9999. N416 G0 Z50. N418 X18.5 Y0. N420 Z26. N422 G1 Z0. F420. N424 G3 X-18.5 R18.5 F950. N426 X18.5 R18.5 N428 G1 Z10. F9999. N430 G0 Z50. N432 M5 N434 G91 G28 Z0. N436 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N438 M01 ( 25. BORE CIN TOOL - 760 DIA. OFF. - 760 LEN. - 760 DIA. - 50. ) N440 T760 M6 N442 G0 G90 G54 X0. Y0. A0. S1900 M3 N444 G43 H760 Z100. N446 G98 G81 Z0. R10. F380. N448 G80 N450 M5 N452 G91 G28 Z0. N454 G28 X0. Y0. A0. N456 M30 %

hi guys, first off hello, looks like a great forum, im new to mastercam x and thought you guys might be able to help me out, we are currently using it for our milling operations, but we have to add the speeds and feeds for our machine because as far as i understand we do not have the correct machine loaded in the program, is there a specific control/program file needed or avalible for my cnc milling machine? Mazak VTC 41L with Yaznak mx3 control, any help will be apriciated also are there any links/tutorials i can read to up my knowledge abit thanks