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Trevor Bailey

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  1. you need to find out if the machine has a specific code that runs the knife option.
  2. download and use the mpmaster post. it has this feature built into the misc values. you can toggle on/off per toolpath. once it is ON, the post has been set up to send Z home and then recall height offsets if the stop has been activated between op's using the same tool. standard posts do not have this.
  3. what machine is it? one of my customers that runs a multicam router uses a knife to cut his vinyl shapes. basically, all we did was program the spindle with a contour toolpath and an M code that works the controller to let it know to rotate per contour.
  4. more hijack...... chris and BB, check out http://drivenproductions.net/content/home.php he makes after market rc car parts for every model on the market to date, along with helicopter stuff. his machine shop actually the back side of my office and is an instructor for me. really cool stuff he makes.
  5. tools have to be drawn perfectly and in the right colors. once you have that right, you should get very good representation. see pic below from a custom vtl customer of mine that makes high-end rims.
  6. highlight all op's, right click and change the NC name so they all match.
  7. send me an email so i can reply back to you. trevor "at" sandiegocadcam.com the problem was that you have bad geometry on your bottom rail producing an inconsistent number of syncs. i went to your top view, sketched a new horizontal line, projected that line onto the wall surfaces to create a new bottom rail. i also created a flat surface on the floor of your part to comp the tip to. created a new "old style" swarf path again, with "chains" and syncing by entity. here is a pic showing no gouge in the corner. whenever a swarf path fails, double check your geometry.
  8. san diego cadcam & inhouse has developed a post and very good machine simulation for that particular machine(nh4000).
  9. yes, you are right. but i dont have that book and trying to get this info from the operator AND the mori tech is not going so well. Min from CNC has hooked me up with a great starting point, but we are only guessing at this point.
  10. does anyone have an example NC program that shows where these codes are called out at and canceled at?
  11. can anyone running one of these cards tell me the driver you are running and having success with? i need to pass this onto one of my customers asap.
  12. Lee.....i had to make the part fit the stock the shop had. if you would like to rework the model, all the geometry used is there on different levels.
  13. have him post a file and the numbers he needs to get, library he is using, material he is cutting, wire size/material, # of passes, etc. i will venture to say he is not getting the correct offset per pass or numbers in bold output per power thickness/cuts he wants: H1 =.005 H2 =.005 H3 =.005 H4 =.005 E5651 H1 F.035
  14. which numbers are you looking for? can you post what you need? i may have a solution for you.
  15. if anyone is interested, i placed an updated flag file on jay's FTP site in the X5 files folder called flag_X5.zip this is one of the final programming/machining projects that we use at our military training facilities.
  16. werent you already signed up as a beta. contact chris bell at CNC.
  17. chris see my posting on the beta forum. see if you can help. ***also on a side note. i have left a message for Tim. if you see him, can you have him call me please?
  18. i reported this a couple of weeks ago. using your method to make changes to the tool, in the actual T# field, just click in there once and the H & D values will update. annoying.....yes.
  19. send me an email so i can reply back to you. i thought i had yours thru facebook, but i dont see you in my friends list.
  20. dave i am emailing you a z2g file that has a trunnion with it. you will also get the mcx file showing the right rotations with correct misc values set up. use the machine def i am sending you or make the default changes to yours.

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