thanks for the help Peter. I'll let you know how it turns out when we cut chips.

Peter, Check your email. i just sent you the file (11:00am).

I've got a part that requires work along a face and i can't figure out which path to use (facing,grooving,etc.) and i'm to the point where i really need to get cutting chips. can someone take a look at it for me and see if they can help me out? i rarely ever use lathe so i'm verrrryyy raw with it in Mastercam. I'm using V8 right now but i have V10 loaded - just haven't had the time to learn V10 yet! thanks josh

they tell me the reason for using the seimens controller is because the machine uses linear motors and the fanuc controller couldn't keep up with the speed of the machine.

thanks, it will be a fourth axis. i'll call my dealer.

Anybody out there using a seimens controller? We have purchased a new horizontal that utilizes this controller and i'm looking for opinions - good and bad. Obviously, we are going to need a post for this controller. Is there a generic one on the disk for this or is it recommended that we purchase a custom post from either our dealer or in-house solutions? thanks for the help!

hey thad... turning down the accelerator worked!! thanks for the input guys

where is it on the ftp site? i'm having a heck of a time with navigating in the FTP site. i keep getting time out errors.

Hi all, I recently purchased a new laptop and have installed V9 and X on it. X seems to be working fine (except for printing problems). V9 however is being a bugger. My cursor disappears whenever i put it in the graphics area. i can see it while moving it over the icons and lists but it disappears when i move it over into the graphics area. I've tried adjusting the settings withing Mastercam but still am having no luck. Understand that the laptop i'm using isn't geared for Mastercam necessarily but i'm not trying to do any high-end stuff either. i'm using it primarily for opening/printing existing 2D files created in V8. any ideas on what might be happening? thanks

approximately 30 haas verticals ranging from VF-1 to VF-4's with 4th axis, 7 Mori Seiki horizontals, and 8 Mori Seiki lathes (that i'm just getting into programming). I also program 3 Brown and Sharpe CMM's of varying size. i have a couple of guys on the floor i trust with helping at the machine. keep in mind that we are a production machine shop that tries to run high quantity parts so once the programs are written and proven to be good i'm pretty much hands off unless they need help with something.

maybe he's looking for "the spot". doesn't X normally mark it?

yeah, they aren't cheap but well worth it when you show the customer (not aerospace or anything like that) that you are measuring the depth with a fancy instrument that measures "effective" thread use. we haven't had one argue yet with it vs the old methods of counting threads or using gages with notches. saved us from traveling to sort a couple of times.

yeah. some how i got the http:// in there twice. thanks Ron.

we use a product from leitech for checking depths. most of our customers were supplying these to us so we just started using them as standard. here is the link (if i can do this right). leitech combi gage

i've asked before but everyone thinks the G3 output is good enough.