Thanks guys. We're looking at all the options and so far the probe is looking like the best fit. HAAS quoted $4,000 for a Renishaw probe and installation.

Thanks for the info. Only question I have is with our collet system it pulls the bar back when it clamps. Will the puller hold it or will it pull back some?

Hello all. I'm looking for information about probes used on lathes. We have an older SL-20 and a new ST-20 both with tool setting probes. They both have bar feeders. What I'm looking for is a system to probe the end of the stock and update the work offset. We do a lot of long parts where I work the end close to the chuck and then push it out and cut it off. I have to re-set my work offset after I push it out to get an accurate length when I cut it off. I then need to work the second end which means loading it by hand in the chuck and re-setting the work offset again. I use the bar feeder as a stop but it's not nearly accurate enough. Just looking for any information you guys can offer up. Thanks in advance.

Hello all. Can someone tell me what the code should look like to get G54.1, G54.2, G54.3, etc to look like? Here is what my milltronics post created and it errored out, didn't like the ".". % O0000 (WORK OFFSET TEST) (POST - MPM MILLTRONICS CENTURION VMC) G00 G17 G20 G40 G80 G90 G91 G28 Z0. (SPOTS @ G54) G90 (WCS NAME - TOP) N1 T1 M06 (1/2" SPOT DRILL) G91 G28 Z0. M08 G90 G00 G17 G90 G54 X0. Y0. S2500 M03 G43 H1 Z3. G94 G98 G82 X0. Y0. Z0. R.125 P.2 F25. G80 (SPOTS @ G54.1) G54.1 P1 X0. Y0. Z3. G98 G82 X0. Y0. Z0. R.125 P.2 F25. G80 (SPOTS @ G54.2) G54.1 P2 X0. Y0. Z3. G98 G82 X0. Y0. Z0. R.125 P.2 F25. G80 M09 M05 G91 G28 Z0. G90 G90 G59 X0. Y0. G54 M30 %% I tried editing out the P1, P2 but it still errored out. I tried editing out the .1, .2 and all that did was spot all three holes @ G54. I know the P usually triggers the dwell. Thanks in advance.

Got it. I had to pick on the USB tab in XP Mode and it loaded the drivers for the hasp.

Thanks RayD, working like a charm. This made my life a lot easier, well at least at work.

Thanks RayD. I tried this but had no luck. Here's my main program that calls for the subs: % O2300 (FEMALE BACKS) G90 G54 M98 P2318 G90 G55 M98 P2319 G59 X0. Y0. G90 G54 M30 % I don't know how to setup DNC-Max so when I remote request O2300.nc (the main program) it will send the subs when they are called for. Cimco tech support basicly told me to copy and paste P2318 and P2319 together and send that program. These subs are huge and change all the time. I'm afraid I will need you to show me if possible exactly how to do this if it's possible. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the responces guys. The reason I wanted to run subs from a usb is it takes so long to load the files into memory. We use DNC-Max and have our machines connected with RS-232 cables. Our programs can be very long and I don't think they would all fit in memory. I just saw an option in DNC-Max concerning sub-porgrams. I will have to try this and see what I get. Does anyone have experience with DNC-Max and sub-programs? Thanks again guys.

Hello all. We have 2 new haas mills and I'm trying to find out if it's possible to run sub-programs entirely from the usb stick. I'm not having much luck. I don't want to load the programs into memory, I know I can run them from there. I want the main program and any subs on the usb only. Thanks in advance.

The Cimco tech just looked at the issue and thinks the dnc link isn't getting disconnected after the M30% is sent. So machineguy you hit the nail on the head. The tech tried several of the paramters in DNC-Max that should have killed the link and allowed the M30 shut down to work but all failed. Said she calling haas for more input from them and then calling Cimco for a fix. I'll keep you posted.

mkd - Cimco is a lot more complicated then FocalPoint was so the settings don't compare. I left the default settings alone with Cimco as much as I could in fear of royally goofing them up. The Cimco tech had never heard of this power down @ M30 option so I took that as she had never had this issue before. She is going to log onto our computer tomorrow and look at the parameters to see if she can find something. John - I tried the M02 in stead of M30 and no luck, it didn't trigger the shutdown mode. I also tried the power off timer and got the same result as I do with M30. Starts counting down from 15 sec and stops counting down @ 11 sec. Thanks guys....

Hello all. When I have viewsheets turned on and hide geometry, mastercam freezes up when I un-hide the geometry that was hiden. If I shut viewsheets off, hide and un-hide work fine. Anybody got any ideas of whats wrong. Thanks in advance. X6 MU2

Thanks Thad but not allowed to send these files out. We don't have Acrobat Pro. I'll have to try something else.

Hello all. Is there a way to read a PDF drawing file into mastercam? I get a lot of drawings from customers that are pdf's and it would be a lot easier to work with these parts if I could just read the pdf into mastercam. Thanks in advance. X6 MU2

Thanks Bryan, that worked.

Thanks for the reponses guys. Yes to the same baud rate @ both ends. We use 38400 on all the HAAS machines. I was trying to avoid having to load the porgram on a USB since it's already on the server ready to send to the mill. The remote request works great. Just means they send the remote request and put it in DNC mode everytime which isn't a big deal. I was just trying to see if I was missing something. It seems like it should be as easy on the new one as it is on the old ones. Thanks again.

Hello all. We have 4 older HAAS machines that we DNC feed. From time to time we get a program that we load into memory and run from there. We just got a new HAAS and are still trying to learn the new look and how things work. For the most part everything is the same just looks different. We use DNC-MAX and remote request the progams to the mill. We can't seem to figure out how to get the smaller programs into memory. We start in the List Program page, send the remote request, enter the porgram number that should be sent from DNC-MAX, and hit receive. This is how we do it on the older HAAS but doesn't seem to work on the new one. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Hello all. I was wondering if someone could get me help with a simple vbs file that would select geo by color? I'm new to vbs files and I'm trying to learn how write and use them to help me speedup some of my processes. Thanks in advance. X6 MU1 XP2000

Thanks for the response guys. The Win XP seats we have (2) are 32 bit and Win 7 (2) are 64 bit. This morning I created a small X6 file on the XP seat. A circle with a tap operation. Both of our Win 7 seats opened it just fine. The file I was working on from Wed that was created on the Xp 32 bit seat will not open on the Win 7 seats. Couldn't believe this morning when Win 7 opened that little test file and won't open the large one. The large one contains a lot of surface finish toolpath, both High Speed and regular surface finish.

Hello all. Got a problem here with X6 and windows OS differences. We have 4 seats of MC, 2 are Windows XP Pro and 2 are Windows 7 Pro. I created an X6 file on my XP Pro seat toolpathed it just fine. Did a save as and created a duplicate, LH RH situation, opened the new file mirroed the geometry. Thought I'd use the open Win 7 seat to regen the dirty toolpath while I programmed the next part. WRONG! I tried to open the mirrored file in Win 7 and it crashed as soon as it opened. Tried double clicking on the X6 file same result, re-tried file get, crashed again. I can sit at the Win 7 seat and draw and toolpath just fine. This is probably the only problem with X6 right. Thanks in advance.

Hello all. We use ACAD to supply our customers with drawings of the molds we are building for them. I give ACAD a wireframe of the part and ACAD gives me back a 2d drawing the mold. I need to use that 2d drawing to build the mold. When I import the dwg it is full of 10's of thousands of duplicate entities. It takes several minutes, sometimes over an hour to delete duplicates. Even after the deleting process the file is huge and hard to work with. I've tried simplifing the splines but that usually does nothing. Any ideas? I don't have a choice on using a different software package, no money to buy SW or anything else. Thanks in advance. X4 MU3 X5 MU1

Thanks Pete. Looking forward to this enhancement.

Hello all. I'm trying to do a Solid Layout Drawing and have it drawn at a custom wcs. It keeps wanting to make the drawing on the Top wcs. I tried using the Change View section on the Solid Drawing Layout page but can't get it to work. Thanks in advance. X5 MU1

Thanks McLaren. That was it. Need an operator with an attitude....

Can someone tell me how to un-flag a pocket in our VF 3? My operator went home mad because he was told to clean the machine and was the only one who knew how to do this. Thanks