Whats your code look like? G0 G90 G54 J1 X0 Y0 ??? some thing like that,J`s instead of using G54.1 P1 `s and so on? G0 G90 G54.1 P1 X0 Y0 If your looking for J`s in place of P`s thats just some post mods BTW whats your control? [ 12-19-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

Best to use your named views in conjunction with that,then you could name each part by say it work offset and just set it active to program the T path

What browser you using? [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

What about your mastercam dealer

Last i heard DMG of America was usin mastercam

i would imagine if there giving there sh!t away its prolly like entry level stuff where its really limited.I would guess its like an eval deal where you try it find out you hate it then call your local masyercam dealer,i think its another lousy attempt by them to drum up sales,if history serves me correctly there the ones who avoided solid modeling in there package for as long as they could claiming no one will want it its just a phase.They`ve never really had what you could say is a real strong business philosophy IMO

Theres a solids modeling encyclopedia for mastercam made by the same 2 guys i believe that write the regular one.I would imagine your dealer can sell it to ya

Do you mean the G41 or G42 not G43?,if so are you turning on wear in the finish setting drop down box instead of the default computer?

try backing the drivers down a version,that fixes the mx2 problems,i think some one said they were gonna upload the detonator3 drivers to the ftp site,if not e mail [email protected] and they will send e mail them to ya

quote: 1 there is no such thing as a dumb solid in mastercam. You dont need to create surfaces from a solid as by definition a solid is a collection of surfaces conected allong their coedges to form a 'watertight' body. Some packages treat imported solids as 'dumb' but mastercam isnt one of them, all geometry imported into mastercam is immediately native and can be treated in exactly the same manner as solids or surfaces created in mastercam no offense but please explain to me why when i import a solid into mastercam in the manager its just 1 body,mastercam doesnt use feature recognition as far as i know like you can on Solid Edge and i think Solid Works does it also, mastercam solids imports it as 1 BODY that has no features defined in the solid manager tree [ 12-01-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

Im tellin ya bro get the drivers from CNC it`ll fix it,i just had the exact same prob on a brand new dell with that card and the back down version drivers fixed it

ya gotta "dumb down your video drivers",an older set of detonators work perfect,e mail the moderator jamie mattison and he`ll hook ya up, then you`ll have no probs,i had the same prob on a brand new dell with ME

I dont quite understand what you after but did you look at the Thelix chook,or create-spline-blend

Funny site to check out http://firefly.sparse.org/~mrt/ type in www.emastercam.com for the url,or try others out

yeh,some is just common macro lines i always kept in a text file to copy paste to programs

I programmed an MH63 with a 15 on it for years and other fanuc 6,10,15 and 18`s,the codes on this site http://www.emastercam.com/info/ will work fine,theres a few m codes for the pallet changer that prolly arent on this site like M60 is Pallet A in M61 is Pallet A out M62 is Pallet B in M63 is Pallet B out Even though its a 6 it oughta take say an M60 and and run a predifined macro call for the lift and seat of the pallet and such. Heres a sample prog.,basically a little different than some would do but just standard g code O2801 F2801 (F1801 7700A MH63) (3-9-95) (G56X-24.380 Y-8.705) #101=1(# OF TIMES TO ROTATE) #102=#101(RESET # OF TIMES TO ROTATE) #590=0(ANGLE OF NEXT TOOL START *** ) #599=0(RETRACT AMOUNT FOR CLEARANCE OF ROTATION) M01 G91G28G0X0Y0Z0 T30(T30=8 IN. FACE MILL IN SPINDLE) M6G90G56G0B#590 G90G56G0B#590 N301 #101=#102 #109=32(NEXT TOOL) G90G56G0X2.65Y-5.5 B#590. WHILE[#101NE0]DO1 G90G0X2.570Y-5.5 G43Z.05H30M3S3500 G1Y24.F60.T#109(T32=#5 CENTERDRILL IN WAITING) G0Z.2Y-5.5 Z0 G1Y24.F60. #101=#101-1 #105=#105-.023 #109=#0 END1 G49G0Z0M9 G91G28X0Y0Z0 M1

lemme guess.......your using Win2000?..if so goto your START,PROGRAMS,MASTERCAM,CNCREG and switch your FILEGET DIALOG from mastercam to standard windows,another possibility,under the CNCREG is the ACTIVEX/DLL COMPONENTS tab,under that register the 4 .OCX files [ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

yep,just does a straight shot [ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

Its really simple stuff,you can probably learn it on your own,otherwise a day or two with your dealer and you`ll be up to speed easily

Cant beat Mcam solids for the price if ya just wanna draw a quick final model for cutting,any prototype drawings though i prefer solid edge because of the parametric abilities,wish mastercam would incorporate that into their solids package

Usually d0g,but after some beers its just Fartz [ 10-16-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

Spit out a wireframe IGES in solid works and rotate the OD profile in side plane back 90 degrees,v9 will make it easier when its released [ 10-16-2001: Message edited by: d0gFartz ]

I`ve seen a couple NT systems that didnt like the printer and hasp on the same LPT,its only like 15 bucks for a card,also mounting the hasp on the inside is a good idea for training room cpu`s,we have a net hasp mounted inside one of ours

I had mine on a laptop where the usb was in the back,had to becareful moving it around on the desk was all,havent use it in months, went back to the regular sim,matter of preference i guess

There ok but to easily fall off,need to wire it on so ya dont lose it accidentally