Thank you. I've looked them up and will follow their leads.

Hello Everyone. We currently have two seats of Mastercam 2021. Both have exactly the same options. One seat will open an .sldprt file but the other one will not. I have checked both Configurations and they are not different from each other. At first , when trying to open it, it would give me the error that, " Solidworks is not installed..." , I made sure that the (Import Solidworks history) was turned off. Then afterwards, when trying to open the file , it would not give that error as stated above, but there would be Zer0 entities on screen. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. THanks Chris D.

Hello. I have not posted on here for a very long time, so I'm not sure if this is the right section of the forum to ask this. Whenever I post to my Haas Hard drive (depending on the size of the file -if more than 50 KB or so), I get the following (just an example from memory): X.050-.5 Y.05 (when posted to Haas hard drive.) It just jumbles the code. Whenever I post to the USB drive or just my desktop I do not get this type of jumbled or misread code. Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, was there a simple fix ? I have already notified our machine dealer but they are coming for other stuff as well. So, if I could get a jumpstart on this issue, that would be great. However, I do have the sinking feeling that we will have to replace the hard drive. Chris D. Mastercam 2021

Can I assume that alot of decent guys got out of the trade and went on to something else? Sounds like things are picking up quite a bit down there. Glad to hear it. Chris

Thanks for your reply and your offer of help Ron. I really do appreciate it. Yes I do understand strings and such and I got alot my ideas from the MPLMASTER post. I will explain what I am trying to ask. I do not want post processor code or help, although I may later on). I just need code that actually needs to be on the machine control itself to do the c axis moves from the left hand ( or HEAD 1 Program). I have contacted the Miyano Support line to no avail at this point and was just wondering if anyone had experience with this machine and doing that kind of work. I have the post ready to go, I just want to see if there is a different way to activate my subspindle on the machine without having to use left and right programs. Once I have that figured out, then I can modify the post to suit. Wait codes and everything we need for the post, I have already taken care of. Thanks Chris D.

Thank you Millman , My bad. I said I was in the middle of writing the post. The truth is I am already 90% done the post myself. I just need to add the custom m-codes in as per the operator's preference. This issue I am having is resolved in the fact that I can use wait codes and manual entry to get around this. It is not a post issue, it is a machine/control issue that I am trying to resolve. If I can get around this issue, it will make programming the lathe easier. Chris

Good Morning everyone. I am in the middle of modifying a post processor for the two Miyanos that we have in house here. I have tried contacting the machine dealer but it is taking forever and I thought I would ask here if anyone is currently programming these types of machines (either with CAM software or Manually) , it doesn't matter. I am trying to see if I would be able to control or synchronize the right spindle's -C- axis with the program from the "left side". I know this sounds weird. but anyone who runs these machines would kind of know what I am talking about,( they are a unique machine that's for sure). If any one can help me with this with some sample code if they can that would be great. If not, then I'll see about trying to contact our dealer. Thanks Chris D.

"Can't" cannot be in my vocabulary at this point ( maybe will change later) So I am going to go ahead and try a few different things...... I at least give it a shot. I know it won't be easy. Thanks for the input guys. Chris

Ah yes, sorry They are both BNJ-51SY3 ( left turret has X,Y,Z. main spindle (left) has C. right turret is stationary with 6 stations right spindle (subspindle) has c axis also the left turret can do work on the subspindle (turning and milling with the right turret oriented out of the way... in X , Y and Z the right spindle does the moving for both left and right turrets Please remember, I am not looking to hock a post processor from anyone but rather to see if anyone is using it for their similar machines. I want to see if I would be wasting my time doing this. Thanks Chris

Hello All. I was wondering if there was anyone out there using Mastercam to program a MIYANO lathe. I am about to embark on a quest to either buy a post processor (from my dealer of course), or embark on a quest to begin writing one. I just want to know if you are using MC for it are you able to use all the features that a Miyano has, or do you end up editing alot. Chris

Im going to the MD bud.

Thanks. I have looked at the control definition page for the Lathe Machine Cycles and they are all checked off, but it seems that the post is not supporting them. Funny thing though. I switched to another post (MPLFAN.pst) within my current .mmd and it still did not post the roughing canned cycle, but when I switched to the Lathe Default.mmd (kept the same MPLFAN.pst), and it actually posted the canned roughing properly. I honestly think i am missing something in my .mmd file ( I named it HARDINGE GT.mmd and I have using the supplied GENERIC 2 AXIS LATHE.control-5. I think I might just redo this with the lathe default. or unless you may think of something that i may be missing?

Hey Guys. Thanks I put the nobrk$ in to the post and it seemed to work. CHris

Hello Again. I am asking anyone to help me with this. I have tried outputting the Canned roughing cycle in my post (GENERIC 2 AXIS LATHE.pst) and it always puts it out as long hand I have looked at all my switches in the post and can't seem to find anything wrong. Something I am missing? Thanks Chris

Hello All. I am currently working on a post for a HARDINGE GT LATHE. There used to be a switch in the older posts to " omit breakup of X Y and Z moves" . I notice with the newer posts supplied with X5 that the switch is no longer there. I can ensure that I breakup the moves in my operations by using Reference "approach" and "retract". But can anyone tell me if the post option is still there? I am using the GENERIC 2 AXIS LATHE post BTW. Should I be using the MPLMASTER? Thanks Chris