Never Mind..... Got it to work. Thanks again!

Well NFG. Can't unzip the file.

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

Just started in X9 today. And Yes I want that "Repaint" option...... 'cause I want the darn thing OFF! I have a hundred toolpaths on my screen. Can't even see the part anymore.

Fluff sells. If X9 was your first seat of MasterCam ever, you would think that the time it takes for these windows and applications to come up, was normal.

^^^^^ That was going to be my suggestion. It works in X8.

Still with X8 and yes there is a delay in the edit tool window to come up. PITA. Similar delay in Model Prep>Modify Solid Feature, and really long delay for Verify. But relatively speaking. At Home with V9, OMG that software is so cumbersome. How did we get anything done? Bill K

I'm wondering if it's the converters in X*. I'm going to try to open these files in X^ to see if there is a difference. I have received many mold design from this guys, and they came in great. Now all of a sudden,(X8) things have turn to %*$!. Thanks for your help!

Hey Thanks. Never would have thought that the revolved cut or protrusion would cause that much trouble. Drilled holes, that's what I use Revolved for. Would it be better to just make a cut for the drill body, and the another cut with 61 degree drafted walls? Why is it, that having a little flat on the tip of a drill point will make the cut better, or less math for the conversion? Bill

We're going to try to open the native ProE file up in Solidworks. Oh, by the way.... Thanks for your help! Bill

Sorry Nope. I think I already broke a few rules just by sharing the file.

We had .stp and .x_t files. Both didn't come into MasterCam good. So we opened them in Solidworks and repaired them. We had Solidworks convert to .x-t and brought that in. I thought it looked good. Didn't realize it was a sheet solid until I wanted to make modifications. The rest of the mold assembly came in great, just this one core is giving us trouble.

Really? Why did the model import in, as a sheet solid? Why can't I add a solid body to a sheet solid? Really, what I want to do is change the Screw holes and dowel pin holes to a different size. Solids are fun, but some times they really tick me off! Sheet solid core.mcx-8

We have two machines with Floppy emulators in them. It was recommended to us, to use 2Gb or smaller USB pen drives. You will be re formatting the USB pen drives to have 1.4mb sectors. So if you were thinking that you would be able to take a 2Gb file and send it through the USB drive..... Not the case. Still limited to, max 1.4mb file size. Ours are cumbersome, but still useful. But most of the time we just communicate with RS232 cable and Cimcoedit. Bill

Feed and depth of cut depends on what material you are cutting and integrity of your machine. Your RPM's of course is gonna be as much of the 12,000 that you can go for a long period of time. We usually run about 11,500-11,800 on our 12,000 RPM spindle. ( OK so they are Haas. What can I do? That's what the boss buys.) Rough Step over is usually .015 and .01 Deep. Finish Step Over is .003 Feed can be as little as 5 IPM or less, if it's a small area that you are cutting, and I would go as much as 25 or 30 IPM in big open flat areas. It depends on the detail. Good Luck. Experiment.