You know what i would love to see and i don't know of any manufactures that make it. What if you combined a hole popper edm with a wire edm. That would be so nice to have those two combined.

Ok i remembered why I don't use beta again. I did the file migrate on the 2020 files when I was using beta. Now I am using the real version. I kept the "shared mastercam 2021" folder because I played around with machine definitions and some posts. Now that I have installed the real version and I just renamed "shared mastercam 2021" folder and renamed it so I wouldn't loose anything that might be there. And in it's place i put in the one I used during the beta. When i try to select my machine for the drop down menu I am only seeing one machine type and not any of the other ones i have in the "shared mastercam 2021" folder. These files were working perfect in the beta. Why is it so hard to migrate the beta files over?

It only works on machine from at least newer than 2002. I don't know when they added the feature. Our 2010 lathe has it our 2001 does not.

Whats so bad about it?

I don't own one. One of my other shops has one. And they got it for free.

Traditional or New?

Try using Surfcam Lathe, it will make you spring with joy when you get to come back into the light.

I remember someone talking about how to turn off the solid from getting "textured" when you drag your cursor over it. I can't find the thread about it, or just have the solution on how to turn it off.

Any body heard of these machines. Holy molly this machine would be amazing. Soo many options. https://www.ellisontechnologies.com/ibarmia/zvh-multiprocess/zvh-40-multiprocess#section-1

I know a little. Probably way less than you. Someones got a fancy new machine I see.

We have an Amada laser and are trying to figure a few things out with programming it. We tried to use the M98 call to make a grid macro cutout but that ran into excess memory errors. So we are trying the subprogram approach. This is what we tried. Main program G92 X0. Y0. G65 P0165 L10 M30 Sub program. G90 X0. Y0. Laser on cut cut cut cut G92 X0. Y2.625 G99 We keep getting the machine stuck on the G99 line of code. It doesn't return to the top of the subprogram in the new starting location that is incremental Y2.625 to the new start point. I don't know Fanuc controllers that well only Haas. On the Haas lathes I do a G10 W-1. at the end of the program to get the same effect but i get very confused about g92. Is g92 absolute from the 1st one or incremental? Most videos talking about it stop after the 2nd part, but what about the 3rd part.

I use ME ThreadPal for all the weird sizes. Not too badly priced and just saves me so much time arguing with the inspector.

I forgot about the renumber work offsets screen. Is there a way to default that to 0.

If I remember correctly, when doing 4th axis indexing parts. I use to setup my part with the center or rotation at A0. This is in the top plane. Then any angled cuts, i just create a new view with whatever geometry I need. Then its just chain and make sure to set the wcs to TOP, the T&C plane to whatever angle and it will make everything work out. For some reason I now have to move this plane to X0. Y0. Z0. for it to post out correctly now. And this post is also forcing me to use different wcs numbers. I changed them all to -1 but when I post it keeps forcing G54 for the first toolpath and g55 for the 2nd toolpath.

That's why I have to use the Cimco editor instead.

In code expert I have trouble with doing multiple machines with DNC. It doesn't give me a dropdown menu like cimco.

You need to do a lead in lead out move with a strait line to get comp to turn on.

JPL guys get all the good stuff.

Have you tried yelling at them?

I always though about burning a hex into a roll tap that breaks. Then you can just use a hex key and back it out. Never tied it though.

Way less stress then tapping. At least with a threadmill you can just pick out the tool if you break it off. We don't have time on this wind tunnel model to sit there and burn out a tap.

You probably have to post up the whole file

Just finished up doing some 0-80 in 13-8. way easier than tapping.

I just copy and pasted a toolpath. Then I changed a little of my geometry and suddenly I am getting a machine home posiotion in my code. I don't know how it got there? Also it looks like Mastercam 2020 removed the post debugger. % O1212 (FDSJFSKLD) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 29-03-19 TIME=HH:MM - 07:54) (MCAM FILE - C:\USERS\ASMURPHY\DOCUMENTS\WORKFOLDER\MASTERCAM 2020\A9SP-1804-M1) (NC FILE - C:\USERS\ASMURPHY\DOCUMENTS\MY MASTERCAM 2020\MASTERCAM\MILL\NC\FDSJ) (MATERIAL - ALUMINUM INCH - 2024) (T2|2 SLOTTING TOOL OR SAW|H2|D2|TOOL DIA. - 2.|WEAR COMP|XY STOCK - .01|Z STOC) N1 G20 N2 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 / N3 G53 Z0. (HERE) / N4 G53 Y0. (HERE) / N5 G92 X10. Y-10. Z-10. (HERE) N6 T2 M6 N7 G187 P3 E.0002 N8 G0 G90 X-1.2435 Y-4.2439 S287 M3 N9 G43 H2 Z6. N10 M8 N11 Z.1479 N12 G1 Z-.0626 F25. N13 G41 D2 X.1707 Y-2.8297 F1. N14 G3 X.1 Y-2.659 I-.0707 J.0707 N15 G1 X-.9 N16 X-1.1907 N17 X-1.4133 Y-2.6267 N18 X-3.2932 Y-2.0699 N19 X-3.486 Y-2.0035 N20 X-4.6885 Y-1.5298 N21 X-4.8998 Y-1.4279 N22 X-5.498 Y-1.0825 N23 X-5.7026 Y-.7281 N24 X-6.2026 Y.1379 N25 G3 X-6.3858 Y.1138 I-.0866 J-.05 N26 G1 G40 X-6.9035 Y-1.8181 N27 G0 Z6. N28 M9 N29 M5 N30 G53 Z0. N31 G53 Y0. N32 M30 %