May try G112 instead

Truly impressive pieces of equipment. Converstational programming works fairly what for what little I used one.

Would Mastercam True Shape nesting option handle solids?

Been a while but I used to run a NH6300DCG and I believe peck tap was a seperate G-Code and may have even been an option. Could be wrong, like I said it has been a while and we always used the form taps so peck tapping was never used if it had but I think I recall seeing that in the programming manual.

We machine alot of cast iron also and for that I choose an emuge spiral flute cut tap. We have also had good luck with Dormer spiral flute cut taps and they are considerably cheaper. But for the steels and stainless steels I would agree with the rest, roll taps are the way to go and we also use the OSG roll taps 1/2 and under usually(have used the emuges with very similar performance). With a roll tap speed and coolant is critical as a lot of heat is formed and the faster you can get in and out safely and consistently-the better. Some experimenting must be done with roll taps in relation to tap drill size if you have a very critical tolerance. If its not an "aerospace" part the recomendations from the manufacturer are very close but that also varies ever so slightly with material and conditions of the system. Also important when roll tapping is to countersink the top of the thread, when it forms the first thread some of the material is displaced above the surface of the part. I am a big fan of roll taps especially since they are generally stronger than a standard cut thread.

I did try to do that the other day and it either would not generate a toolpath or it would try to go there from the other side of the part and output X- values. My machine definition must be set up for it to be on the right. That is with +D+Z plane and top gview. So I have to create all geometry on the right like it should be but the post outputs X-Values which they did come up with a fix for but it messed up my milling code doing so. Now when I import a part and do a turn profile it creates that geometry on the left side of center but it will not create a toolpath on that side for turning....weird!

I am curious how many users are programming a live tooled VTL with Mastercam? After doing a quick search I have seen in the past several other users are having the problems I am experiencing with a Hwacheon VT-950MC with a Fanuc Oi-TD, but the replys only seemed to be people expressing they were having the same issues and not a possible answer. I am curious what plane and gview that you create toolpaths in for turning/milling? This is a right turret machine but it seems like everything wants to be on the left side of the screen but my reseller swears there is a way to do everything on the right side of the screen but has yet to solve any of my problems. We have created a few different posts that might do turning well or milling well but do not have a single post that will do both without a major problem. I have been able to program on the right side of center with the tools facing the correct direction but like I said we are having serious issues with getting a post to come up correctly. Like I said I'm curious if anyone has been able to come up with a fix for this and not just dealing with it. With as much money as we gave for our software package I would hope it would do what I want. Thank you very much!