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Your drill cycles in your post should be: pdrill #Canned Drill Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, dwell, *feed, strcantext, "L0", e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea ppeck #Canned Peck Drill Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, *peck1, *feed, strcantext, "L0", e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea pchpbrk #Canned Chip Break Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, *peck1, *feed, strcantext, "L0", e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea you can remove the "L0" if your machine dont need to see it in order to repeat the initial position then it would like this: pdrill #Canned Drill Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, dwell, *feed, strcantext, e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea ppeck #Canned Peck Drill Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, *peck1, *feed, strcantext, e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea pchpbrk #Canned Chip Break Cycle pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout, prdrlout, *peck1, *feed, strcantext, e pbld, n, pfxout, pfyout, e pcom_movea [This message has been edited by d0gFartz (edited 11-29-2000).]

Try: % O0000 G54X-1.4094Y1.04Z.1 (PROGRAM NAME - T) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 29-11-00 TIME=HH:MM - 17:41) (#1 TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 41 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .228) G20 G0G17G40G49G80G90 T1M6 G0G90X-1.4094Y1.04A0.S4021M3 G43H1Z.1 G99G83Z-1.0685R.1Q.25F8.49L0 X-1.4094Y1.04 X2.8599Y-.9031 G80 M5 G91G0G28Z0. G90 M30 % using the L0 and repaeting the first position

create them as custom tools

you could save yerself some grief and machine memory by changing yer machine parameters to automatically m10 & m11 every time it reads a B axis move,also on most Mori Seiki MH series horizontals they use g28 and g30 for zero returns depending on which pallet your loading and unloading and for tool changes also because of the tool changer bringing tools across the face of,I think its pallet A, but anyways you can also save some memory and time programming setting the parameters to do a G28 X0 Y0 Z0 everytime it reads an M6 so that the spindle is on the opposite side of the machine so when it pulls a tool from the spindle a long one will never hit the pallet [This message has been edited by d0gFartz (edited 11-23-2000).]

Check with your dealer on a c-hook called catread by i think Intercam (the moldplus people)

In DOS using wildcards for file names (ex. *.mc7)

Make sure you have the latest surfacing patches off the Mastercam.com site also

WOW!! how`d ya get in such a bind, get the lathe tutorial from InHouse Solutions (ummm its under learning on this web site), not seein yer part er anything so im just guessin here but why dont you 2 point select yer grooves?same thing with yer angles,i dont know yer geometry but i never had a problem just chain partialing it,also why dont you recommend to yer boss that he get ya some training from yer mastercam dealer????? er do ya got one foot out the door already

There is an nc file editor called PE2 that was a dos editor that used a rotation macro to rotate nc files,i dont know if its still around or not but i know it will rotate nc files in increments of 90 degrees,if ya can find a copy of it,a shop i worked at years ago used to use it,it was pretty slick

You can get the raster to vector c hook and bring it in but then ya gotta play havoc manipulating it to 3d as an mc8,depending on how extensive the 3d modeling needs to be,i always just scan em in and manipulate em with a prog called Tru Space,its incredible for 3d work that starts out as a scanned image,and is more geared for that stlye work than mcam,then i spit it out as a dxf and bring it in to toolpath

Lets say you have the Z0 in the center of the carton,Create,Rectangle,Options check on make surface,then create a 2 point rectangle thru the entire carton (so it runs thru the center of it)change yer GView to isometeric,from Main Menu go Modify,Trim, Surface,To surfaces,select the outside of the carton as surface 1,Done,select the rectangle surface you created as surface 2,Done,Do it, select a side surface on the carton with the arrow (slide it above or below the rectangle surface you created)select the outer edge on the square surface that runs thru the carton next,now there split,first thing you wanna do though is put the surface thru the part then save the file,cuz once you split it in two you will lose the one half,just split it save it as a different name then recall the original and split and save the opposite halves again then save that then do a Main Menu,File,Merge and select the first one you split and saved then translate a half around to wherever,you could also get into the trimming surface options but i prefer to do it the way i told you, the options are always a headache for me telling it to keep the surface that you trim so i wouldnt even go that route [This message has been edited by d0gFartz (edited 10-18-2000).]

Last i heard there waitin for wire to released so they include that in the new book when will that be???????????????yer guess is as good as mine,the answer i`ve been hearin for months is SOON

Not knowing anything about the cpu your using its hard to pin point your problem but one suggestion is to make sure your using the newest drivers available for your video card if that dont work change your color setting in windows to 256 color,that seems to work wonders on a variety of problems but comes with its draw backs graphically of course

have you checked for a signal outa your cpu?if your going that far then your windows and mcam are correct and your best bet is to contact your yasnac dealer because its prolly just a parameter thats set incorrectly in the control,one other thing might be the character it needs to see at the front and end of the prog its sending again you could contact yasnac and find out exactly the characters it needs to see and make sure there correct in the post [This message has been edited by d0gFartz (edited 10-15-2000).]

I assume your geometry is all correct and you already have the wireframe you want,so you it sounds like all your surfaces are flat so you can use Create,Surface,Trim/extend,Flat bndry and chain all the rectangles,you`ll have to walk the chain more then likely unless your using some sort of masking method,as far as punching a thru hole in there(again im assuming your wire frame is there and correct) you wanna trim your surface to a curve example Modify,Trim,Surface,To curves then select the surface(s) DONE then select the curve(s) DONE,DO IT,select the part of the surface to keep (in other words anywhere outside your hole you chained)

I assume your on v8,to setup your stock boundaries lets just say for instance you offset your rear,od and face geometery .200 and trim it up to each other ie. 3Entities,then go Toolpaths, Jobsetup and chain those boundaries,(most likely as left spindle).As far as your problem needing false geometery for the paths if your talkin bout length wise (z-) in your rough and finish go into your lead in lead out parameters and click on the lead out tab under there is a option to Extend contour (ie. Toolpath not the actual part),for example extend the contour by .250 will create a path .250 beyond the end of the part,if you talking bout on your OD multiple passes then you wanna go under the same thing but use the Add a Line option,lets say add a line .200 long at 90 degrees to recognize the OD stock you created by offsetting geometery earlier