Good Day, Im glad that almost everybody had a " time " ( good/bad ) with this. Those of you that said it is the "Y" ofset Dim. of the two holes were correct. When I showed the " engineer " HIS mistake he looked at it and said " I dont Know what I did...Which comes to the moral of this post. My point was to show that (Im going out on a limb) some (most) American engineers design parts processes and assemblies and dont know what or how they work. I believe our manufacturing problems in this country are ( somewhat) a product of this. Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good DaY Mill I will give you another hint: Its not a milled feature and it was not a smart Engineer look close... ( zoom zoom ) The info is all there...Be creative The only limits on MC are the parts you program. HTH Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 01-13-2004, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, Its there... Look very close Keep in mind an Engineer did it. A smart one !! 3d ...thats too easy, remember, this is a Quiz Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 01-13-2004, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, V 10...works Great in my Excursion. Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, PATRIOTS BABY Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, Sorry about the late file post but its there now @ the FTP site. Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, I will post MC9 file "Whats_.58_Dim.mc9" Please discribe what you see it might be an optical illusion. Or a high paid engineering wonder. Whats The .58 Dim...??? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 01-13-2004, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, OK...That sounds more like New England... Only God, Superman, And Neo can make 30 or more...What do you have to do, or know to make that, I wonder??? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day James Is that true... 30 or more..?? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, 20-WHAT !! I've sent many to their knees!!! In N.E. Mass. requesting twenty-anything will make any Owner or HR person cry!!! Then they will tell you... WE CANT FIND ANY GOOD PEOPLE...when its...WE cant pay any good people!! For 32+ years...Good Years Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 01-03-2004, 01:41 AM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, Not sure about this...I only relate this to MC 'cause the root of this seems to be related to a VB application Does MC 9.1 SP1 or SP2 run anything that might Create a Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Windows application. Or could watching the Matrix to many times be a possibility...??? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, Opinion: ( about OT ) Quote: _________________________________________ New accronym ?(or maybe not ) .... WOT : Way off topic _________________________________________ I would ratheer not create these... ++ for you Charles I couldn't aggree more. Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, I also agree IGES is old...but most cam's support it, and I have noticed the IGES'S are a little cleaner than a few years ago glad I can help Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Opinion: New accronym (or maybe not ) .... WOT : Way off topic

Good Day, +1 Mayday I have been doing it for a few years, The hardest thing is Machine formats, even though the post works, they find something different. Another thing is those great draawings. (if they dont use models... and even if they do, there's always something different) And it seems like it is always something the programmer did. Tip of the day: Do programming only for the sport of it, ( or for BEER ). and not for a living... HTH Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 12-30-2003, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, In the IGES Dialog box there is a selection " Send errors to : " Check "file " and uncheck " Screen " and you will not see this error HTH Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, I would not miss it ( V 10 )... maint. or not Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, Are any Beta testers getting any info, or has Mastercam X Beta been tested yet ??? ( released to beta testers ) And is May '04 still the expected release date? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 12-19-2003, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day,Mayday, Sorry missed your first reply... Simple instructions...thanks again Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Mick I need to get more involved in Those scripts they look interisting and useful I've copied most of your script "posts" and just need a little time to go over them...Thanks again Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good day, Drillpt.dll is good but small arcs has other options like delete orig arc and size filter. It never stops amaizing me that EVERYTIME I TOUCH MasterCam I Learn something new The only limits on this software are the Parts and The people doin the programming. Hoo-Ray for the forum and all you great G code Heads Thanks again...and again... HTH Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 12-10-2003, 07:52 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, SORRY ABOUT the RE-POST.............. Mayday, Did you say you opened MC thru SolidWorks... How is that done?? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, Did you say you opened MC thru SolidWorks... How is that done?? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------

Good Day, Very few people use this old technology. Like, you remind me of DOS only computers. Zip drives, CD writers, and flash memory are very affordable. Whats a floppy disk...???? Most new computers dont have them any more ( Floppy drives ) that is... HTH Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle -------------------------------------------------- [ 12-03-2003, 07:31 PM: Message edited by: CNCme ]

Good Day, Gramming...???? Tony G Almost Employed Senior Programmer N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire _________________________________________ End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO" And coolant and chips are like the enemy Under your boots as you advance in the Manufacturing Battle --------------------------------------------------