Hi, I would like to know if anyone has any input on this particular control. 2000 Fanuc O M Is it safe to set Mastercam to do Full arcs, Half arcs, or quadrants. Does anyone have the same control and are they using Full arcs? Thanks

Thanks everything installed fine

I was just wondering if these settings are standard for most everyone's machine? I do not see why my machine would not be able to read the code with any problems? Has anyone ever had to change these settings?

Okay, Update - I checked the cable and pulled it down and made sure there was nothing interfering with it and I re ran the program. It still did the same movement and gouged the part in the exact same spot as before, So I don't think its the cable. Below is the link to the video http://s1113.photobucket.com/albums/k518/Michael_Yellowhair/NASA%20Part/?action=view&current=VID_20120624_125512.mp4 G CODE BELOW - I was able to find what is giving me problems. G2 X.0518 Y-3.882 I.2775 J.3219 X.0517 Y-3.8813 I.425 J0.(I WAS ABLE TO PIN POINT TO THIS SPOT HERE, I MEASURED THE FULL CIRCLE GOUGE AND IT MEASURES 1.600 DIA) G1 X.0518 Y-1.8761 ^^^^^^^I Wonder if the .0001" movement in X and .0007" movement in Y while trying to create a .425 arc is causing the machine some problems??? 1.600 DIAM - .750 ENDMILL = 0.850/2=0.425 RADIUS WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE CODE ABOVE I will make some parameter adjustments in the Control definition and hopefully this will fix the problem.

I just uploaded to the FTP site under MYELLOWHAIR GCODE MYELLOWHAIR PART

I have it set to break arcs at quadrant. This was one of the first settings that I made after the installation.

Fanuc om 2000 supermax 1 rebel Drip feed I believe its 300 baud rate This is the thing, I have never had problems drip feeding or running part in the past. I do remember though which I want to check out is the rs232 lines had been rerouted and I need to look at it today to see if they are to close to any lights. I should know in a couple hours. I want to pull it down to original and run part again. I will post the code at that time.

Yes I was drip feeding through cimco editor.

Yes it was I j k's

@jparis I made some changes since I last emailed you. I changed the cutter to a 3/4 and made some depth adjustments but otherwise its the same program. I can send you my code later today when I get in to work. All your ideas are very helpful. I will look into it.

Oh yeah, I definitely have the full retracts, I have a habit of making sure of this.

Yeah, I have MU1 installed

I can but I can't find anything on where to upload files. I will keep looking and let you know when I have it uploaded. Thanks

Below are a few of the pictures that I have taken but I also included a link which shows more pictures of the part Click on this link to view more pictures of this part that I posted on Photobucket

So I used the Surface High Speed (Optiarea) and it scrapped out my part. I was impressed at first when I started running my part but then out of nowhere it gouges into the finish wall of my part. I don't know what to do now because it was a 1 piece order and the material just cost me 350 bucks. Does anyone have any ideas what could of happened? It looked good on the screen and verify, I have my settings as quadrant for my arcs. I have never had any problems with X3 or X2. I was running X3 previously and just renewed my maintenance and installed X6, kicking myself and should of just stuck with the normal pocketing cycles.

I didn't know it took so long to process and its working now

there is a green symbol next to the stock model under toolpath group but its been like that for an hour now. Am I missing something?

I only have the one file and I am saving directly to my local hard drive with no networking. @Jparis - could I send you my file shortly to have you look over my settings? I would really appreciated since I am new to the opti area and opti rest. Thanks

hmm really weird stuff... Everything was looking really good and then just when I was verifying again. The whole thing shut down and ask to send a report to Mastercam which I did. The problem is I have been saving and when I opened the file again, it was not the last place I had saved previously?? It actually went back further than where I had saved. When I opened the file, a message came up that two corrupt files where not brought in??

Thanks guys Machine - 7k max spindle Material- 6061-T6 I ended up using area clearance with rest roughing. The problem now is finishing. Hybrid takes too long to finish the floors with a ball I just want to use a ball on the walls and rads and a flat endmill on the floors

sorry typo, yes optiarea

I just installed X6 coming from X3. I would like to rough out the pocket of this part. My questions is what path would you guys recommend, I am thinking about using the "opticore" path. This part is roughly 30 inches long and 12 inches wide and depth of 2.4"

I will ask the dealer

Thanks I am running Windows 7 64bit with the X3 at the moment. My X3 is actually under mcamx and it was self installed in this directory. I was just curious if the new install will also install in this directory or should I create a mcamx6 directory for the new install?

I have been using X3 and just renewed my license. My question is there anything I might need to know when upgrading to X6? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Do I need to uninstall X3 completely or can I just install X6 with X3 still installed? It looks like X6 just came out and was wondering if its pretty stable compared to previous versions? Thanks