Hi, just wondering if this is possible to screwcut with a variable pitch using some sort of cycle.. Thanks

Hi all, where would i find a setting to allow my nc code to output to 4 decimal places insted of 3? Thanks

Thanks guys!

Hi All, has anyone got any cad models of shell mill body and say 3 flute ball nose cutters .. we need to make our own cutters to machine a certain job we have here.. i can scale the model up or down to suit. if anyone could email me that would be awesome. [email protected]. Thanks in advance!

Thanks so much guys.. Thats exactly what it was!!!

Hi all, not sure whats going on here but when i used to edit a program and wanted to add a character in between other existing characters the editor used to shift everything to the right to allow for the new character.. all good..but now it actually takes away a space and moves things to the left.. not so good cause it deletes a character as it shifts everything left.. any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi, ive been playing around and created a new machine definintion.. im trying to get it to be the default machine that appears in my tool manager but for some reason i cant get it to be the default.. when i click file new from toolbar it changes to a previous one.. I then have to select machine type-mill from toolbar and select it there.. any help would be appreciated!

Hi All, is there any way to make the toolbar icons in x8 bigger.. ive just upgraded to x8 from x4 and i did have the option to use large icons before Thanks

Hi All, in the most basic terms I have a rotary toolpath of say a 90 deg sweep slot to machine... I want the axis to start at 0 deg and rotate to 90 deg... but when I post the resulting toolpath reads something like starting at 90 then machining to 180 deg can I somehow select a setting that rotates my output? Thanks Paul

Thanks for that.

Hi all, im sure theres a way to in put an angle as deg, min ,sec .. anyone out there know what it is? Thanks

Hi all, where would i find the tolerance value that my 4th axis breaks its angle moves into? thanks

Hi all, Why is this happening? In surface project I create my 2d tool path ,then go into surface project (having picked my surface for project) pick projection tyre as nci then apply..when I back plot the tool rapids to xyzo then up to my clearance height then begins the contour tool path then when it finishes rapids up to clearance height the rapids again to xyzo then finishes. How do I stop these rapid moves to xyzo? Thanks

Hi, is it possible to make mastercam post a file with just one click of the G1 button in the operations manager? I just want it to do it without popping up dialog boxes along the way.. so I click of the g1 button and that's it my nc file appears in my editor. Thanks

Hi all, In x4 when i want to create a new operation from an existing one i drag and drop to create the new one but the thing is more often than not as soon as i drop the new operation long tool bar menu bar appears Can i stop this from happening or do i have to be more accurate in my dragging and dropping Thanks

Hi All, ive been treadmilling some pipes in our verticle mill which is all good... Now i have some pipe to thread that is too long to stand up and mill around so now ive had to set up our 90 deg head and mill the tread in the xz plane... So whats the best way to set my toolpath up? can i use my exhisting xy plane toolpath and just switch views? So that instead of my threading starting at say z o then milling round to say z-10 now it will start at a y 0 say and mill down to y-10... and now output in the xz plane g19 i think Thanks

Hi All, As a general rule i dont use the Work co ordinate system in mastercam.. I only ever want to output G54... So is there a way to completly overide the work co ordinate system in mastercam? When ever i change c planes from top to side or front mastercam changes my cplane for the operation im working on.. Is it possible to stop this from happening? Thanks

Hi All, we need to make a 2inch ball nose tool and im wondering if anyone has a model of the 2 flutes so i can rough it out on our mill then get it sharpened.. Its not really that fussy we are only cutting plastic and only using the rad but i want to rough it out for the tool sharpening guy.. If i cant find a model i'll really rough it out !! Just thought id ask Thanks

Hi all, is is possible to import a file say iges or step or whatever and have mastercam automatically put all the point in one color and all lines in another , surfaces in another ect? Thanks

But the problem is it doesnt give NC code ....the z & x values and i & k values ect with the g2 ,g3 ect...

Hi all we are a shop with both milling and turning capabilities. i am running mastercam mill at work but everynow and again the lathe guys need x,z i ,j and k figures for a job they may be turning. usually they manually progam simple stuff but when you have rads that are tangent to angles ect they need the figures from me i have a lathe post i modified so that when i post the nc code is in the correct format.. At the moment i just draw a sketch with arrows at the intersection points and jot down the fiqures accordingly. is there a way to print my part with the arrows pointing directly to the nc code? kinda like smart dimension but with the nc figures attached? Thanks

Hi All, is there such an add on or stand alone software that you guys use to keep track of all your jobs in relation to set up time, running time, material cost, ect.. Thanks

Hi all, what would be the taper angle that i would enter in in the taper angle field to thread cut a bspt thread? I think its 1.4 deg or so but do i have to halve that to get the angle per side? Im using a seco thread cutting tool.. What sort of feeds and speeds do you guys use for 316 stainless? Thanks

Hi all, is it possible for mastercam to output only the a 90, a180,a270 ect and not g55,g56,g57 on a toolpath transform rotate toolpath? Thanks

Hi all, just come back from the xmas break and fired up x3.. For some strange reason when i go to select my mastercam files some of the file names are in blue colors and some in black.. Not quite sure why but it seems as though windows xp has changed some colours.. I tried resesting the colour of the windows fonts to black again but it didnt help Any ideas? Thanks