I'm with you senior hardmill.. "Most of our work is designed in solidworks, machined only w/ Mastercam " Just waitin for X X X !

5 AX Hope it works out for you.. Cheers

Bruce, It sounds like to me, everything you are asking for with this opportunity is exactly what our business spealizes in. Our main focus is prototyping. I am interested in more detailed information. Please check out our website and feel free to contact us. Regards, http://www.universitymachineservices.com/

Yeh.... that one looked good. I also seen one on the ftp sight. (4th a-axis).

I think your right, 4-axis parts are fun to program.

I was wondering if any of you Mcam experts would happen to have any really kewl lookin parts that true 4-axis could be programmed on. Currently I am responsible for providing a hands on lab that shows 4-axis capability to 4th year engineering students. Any helpful pointers or suggestions would be appreciated. Regards,

Kewl, I can't believe Mcam X has been in the works for all that time. Hopefully Mcam X will be the King Of Cam...

So if X is in testing now. When will it be available. I'm sure evryone asks this question.

Yes, I have proved it out. It definatly is a post problem. Where in the post can I mak ethe adjustment???

Hi all, I need your help. When I post a program that uses 4 axis positioning, with the Haas post processor it uses my Z clearance value, but the very next line plunges Z back down, then A rotates to postion. But z is in the way thus causing crashes. I have used MPMaster post and it doesn't input the second z line, it keeps z up at the clearance plane untill it finishes its rotational position. See below: O0000 (MLGC BALANCE MACHINE.NC) N1 (TIME - 10:06 DATE - 22-02-05) N3 G0 G40 G49 G80 G90 N5 A91.988 N7 T13 M6 (TOOL - 13 DIA. - .5000) (12 LG 2FLT HSS ) N9 G0 G90 X.75 Y.6736 S5500 M3 N11 G43 H13 Z5. N13 Z2.7504 N15 G1 Z2.6504 F25. N17 X0. F50. N19 X-13.7461 N21 X-14.4961 **N23 G0 Z5. ** **N25 G0 Z.3239 ** N27 A91.988 N29 Y-.4977 N31 Z2.7504 N33 G1 Z2.6504 F25. N35 X-13.7461 F50. N37 X0. N39 X.75 **N41 G0 Z5. ** **N43 G0 Z-.5616 ** N45 A92.465 N47 Y.3469 N49 Z2.7536 N51 G1 Z2.5939 F25. N53 X0. F50. N55 X-13.7461 N57 X-14.4961 N297 G0 Z5. N299 G28 G91 Z0 M09 N301 G28 Y0 X0 N303 M30 % So where in the Haas post can I fix this problem. It didnt use to do this. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Does anyone happen to have tool libraries that are set up decent for (ex, steel, alum, acrylic) that have speeds and feeds set up accordingly to specific operations (depths of cut /step over etc.) It would come in very handy. Regards

Thanks everyone for all of your help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You'd need to search the post - maybe the psof postblock for lines like these: pfbld, n, sgabsinc, "G28", "Z0.", e pfbld, n, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", e and change to pbld, n, sgabsinc, "G28", "Z0.", e pbld, n, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", e Dave, I changed psof postblock like you sugested and it worked awsome first time around. I appreciate everyone's input.

Hi all, Recently I had an operator have the block skip switch turned on, and so the machine did not home itself before excuting program. Unfortuanlty he had a G92 Z0 set on the machine.(Not knowing the true repercussions of his actions went ahead to run program thus ..... U all know what crashes sound like.. So I went through it with him.. What I want to know is how or where in the MPMaster post I can tell the code to not put in block skips. O0001 (MASTERCAM - V9.) (MC8 FILE - SWABUT CABLE TUBE) (POST - C:MCAM9MILLPOSTSMPMASTER USED.PST) (MATERIAL - NONE) (PROGRAM - crash.NC) (DATE - FEB-15-05) (TIME - 11:23) N1 G20 N3 G00 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 / N5 G91 G28 Z0. / N7 G28 X0. Y0. N9 T14 M06 (1" 3FLT COURSE PITCH ROUGHER) N11 G00 G90 X14.8928 Y-6.2036 S1200 M03 Any sugestions??

For 3d toolpaths try adjusting the toolpath tolerances and filters. (Thats a real biggy). As well you could try drip feeding the code to the machine via DNC. We use Cimco DNC administrator.

Jimmy,, Thanks very much for your time. However I did all of that even the hardware acceleration , and restarted my computer...and still no no Display XYZ Axis in the verify screen....I tried even going into verify with the screen shading turned off. Any other brain storms that might work???

OK I found it in Screen / Config/ Screen. However, Open GL® drawing option is greyed out, so I cant select it....to be on or off. Any ideas on how to fix it??

It is in isometric. Where abouts do i find the open gl setting in the config???

Hi all, Maybe someone could tell me when I go to verify toolpaths I select for it to Display XYZ axis. However when it verifys, it shows nothing.. Mill 8 version I used this all the time.. Why doesn't it diplay???

If you end up interviewing some people for the position and you want someone good, look for someone with minimmum 3-5 yrs experience programming with Mastercam. Someone who does their own programing setup of machine and running their own parts. With 3-5 years expeierence it allows them to see a lot and see there own programming mistakes, air cuts etc. Typically you would find a succeful candidate in prototyping shop. Often times they only get to program, setup and run 1 or 2 parts, then move on to a different part. As well it seems as though prototyping shops can be a very cut throat business. Often the lowest bidder will get the job. So essentialy there is no time for mistakes, air cuts etc; and no extra $ to milk the job. Trust me, cause thats what I've been doing for the past 5 years........MCam 3D Programming.

I see... oh..sorry about the capslocks...neeedim for code...

KEWL.... I TRIED IT.. DID WORK. HOWEVER BY DOING THIS ONCE; WILL IT DEFAULT SO THAT IT ONLY ENTERS THE SPECIFIC TOOL NUMBER IN THE LIST ONCE???

ANDREAS, With the ncdatasheet.dll ......How can u get it to output just the tool list in cronological order, instead of having an entry for each operation.???

ANDREAS, Where do i unzip the download, into c:mcam9 directory????? Or do I unzip it to th chooks dir.???

I'll give a try sometime today...

mold100, I'm surprsed no one has responded. Unfortunatly I work in London, Ontario (Licenced Toolmaker/CNC Mastercam 3D Programmer fo 5yrs). USA $ would be better than here...