V9.1 MR0304 (latest maintence) Solids I have been working and just had MC shutdown 5 times today. I NEVER used to have this problem!! All of a sudden over the past few weeks it seems it just keeps crapping out on me. WTF am I doing wrong that this is happening? Does this happen to anyone else on a consistant basis?

Red, White, and Blue, Wes?

OOOO Great, I am the only one with ink?? ScottyB, were are you!!

bottom to top, deffinitly go that route. Then it spirals out in a counter-clockwise motion. # of teeth is set to number of teeth on the mill. 20 TPI, 1 inch cutting length on mill, 3 flutes, you would enter 60 active teeth. HTH

What a fantastic first thread to read on a Monday!! The war has been a heated topic here, and the fact that one of OUR own Mcammers is checking in from there is awesome! God Bless Soldier!

Sike when you put it that way it makes sense. I believe that any dealer would set up training at your facility if you asked and wanted to pay for it. It is hard for anybody to give you practical knowledge pretaining to your products without studing them and making them in the past. Lots of programers make molds, I cant, but I make cutting tools and many would stumble on that. Training from the dealer, when you are a newbie is IMO the best way to go. They give you alittle about everything, and if you put forth the effort and try, you could prolly get them to use your parts as part of the class. Plug away, and ask away, we are looking for some "on-topic" stuff to do...lol

I dont know anything about indexable thread mills, that is why I asked. We make solid carbide ones, so I didnt want to give any info that wasnt accurate. @ Keith

Bottom up, counterclockwise, absolutly. Are you using a solid thread mill or an indexable one?

Sike have you tried your dealer? They are the ones that can offer you training. Why don't you just call the people you bought the software from.......

I think it is from PRoE, can you have them save it as an .PRT? Found HERE Just a thought...

What makes a .DRW?

I use Jobboss every day. Does it have issues, yes, but it does do a good job, IMHO.

Noel, what are you using now for your job costing, routing, inventory, ect?

lmfao@ Thad Pauly teh I drive an ovary truck

Brendan, I am positive it isnt X. Phil, I have Kenny Chesney playing now. I am on a country kick currently Wes, way to jinx yourself buddy!!! and yes this is new since the Sept. Main.

I save them all. I like to have backups. I have had operators change code and crash machines then blame me. Its not like the files take up alot of space. Unless you get into some hardcore stuff, then still, the NC and NCI are not very big. The MC9 is a must to save. If you have to go back and edit your program, your are pissin in the wind unless you saved the MC9. Then you just bring it up, fix it, resave, and repost. All my MC9's go to the server, as well as one copy of the NC file. Then another copy of the NC, and a the NCI go to meh local drive. Its redundant as far as the code is concerend but.... Pauly teh CYA

ok, so I closed it and re-opened MC, and WALLA it works again. Lets chalk this up to what Wes said, but, has anyone seen this before??

NO it isnt...........WTMF is going on....... lmfao.........

lmfao, I did dude. This is an example, its all highlighted. It doesnt matter what I try. If I say "polar" I just get the white value box, no "Direction, Distance" ya know? Even when trying to rotate a Gview, its the same thing. Pauly teh I have done this before.....lmfao

Whats up with this?? I go to translate some Geo and i dont have the dialog box?????

No problem Greg. Hope it all works out.

Word, Thanks James!! Nice quick response to btw..lol Thanks agian!

I installed the release today, but when I am in Mcam it stills says MR0304, what did I do wrong? I installed it to the proper directory, I DOUBLE CHECKED, but it seems it didnt work. Is it supposed to say MR0304 or MuR0904??

I found this book. Plus if you go to Ebay you could prolly find what you are looking for as well. HTH

Or call me and I can tell you everything you need to know. 4140 HT, NP. I have all the specs that you would need and can walk you thru the progamming. Drop me an email or call if you wanna discuss it more indepth.