you might try inserting an "EOB" on that line to see if it moves the "/" to the next line. if it is saying that the prg. is protected then look at parameter # 3202 bits "NE8" and "NE9" and switching those from on to off this might let you delete it. HTH Ken

as far as i know you have to do them separately. one thru the program page , the other thru the offset page. sending the offsets should create a simple program that you can reload and run to reload the offsets. would be nice if there is a way to do it. but then you would have "G10" data in the program that would require editing if any changes are made during the run. HTH Ken

i have never had good luck getting a scallop, or flow line path to filter into arcs. to smooth it out you need to really bring down the filter tol. draw back is it genrates alot of code. depending on the shape i've had better luck using surface contour or the 2d wire frame paths. paralle paths filter really nice if your shape allows it. HTH Ken

+1^ on the mit. "apx" cutters. we are using the "apx3000" .625 to 1.5 dia's on every thing from alum to ti 6al-4v. so far we have good insert life. also using the "ajx" cutters in ti 6al-4v with outstanding results doing some serious roughing for us. HTH Ken

the "tec-ease" web site also has a very good "gd&t-tips" section that gives a pretty good explination in real world terms as to what the each symbol means and how to inspect it. HTH Ken

not sure what your tool path looks like, but if you look at your posted code " N130 X1.325" and your screen shot shows "X-1.325" per "tozmasters" post maybe try switching sides in the roughing pattern. also "N590 G1 Z-.0079" is this correct if not it might be how the rad. is defined on your tool, compted to the center not the edges. most od paths in mc are usually programed on the X+ sidein mc. not as you would always see them in relation to how the machine is orintated. Ken

[Maybe I am mistaken for a Haas lathe, but shouldn't the rough direction be on the other side of the part?] after taking closer look at your settings i also noticed that you have the comp direction to the left. not sure but i think that should be to the right. that might giving you the "u-.02". Ken

not an expert on haas lathes but looking at your screen shot you have the comp set to wear. when ever i use the canned cycles i turn the comp to off. that way the numbers match the print. then i do a seperate finish pass with the comp on set to control. it maybe doing that because your tool might have comp to the center of the radius not the z/x edges. HTH Ken

we have mitutoyo crysta apex 574 cmm full cnc with probe rack, ph10t head, tp200 module. this is in a climate controled room at 68 deg. we use the mcosmos software. i found it very easy to use. just like setting up and programing a mill just go step by step. it will load all types of models but prefers "sat" models. no surface normals to deal with. one thing i found is that it can be too accurate, getting into pi##ing matches with the operators. HTH Ken

the method i described was shown to me by the instuctor when i took the classes for V7. when we went to V8 we upgraded to mill level 3 so it eliminated having to do this, never tried a net surface. but after the upgrade didn't need to do it, so never looked back. Ken

back in the day i had to do this alot. you have to create curves thru the surfaces using the slice feature. then you have to pick all those splines to create one surface. pay attention to the ends of the splines because sometimes the surface will roll under. if it does tweak the end points of the splines and try again HTH good luck Ken

we are also looking for a vertical. just talked to the matsura salesman. the "VX" series might also fit your needs, comes with a fanuc 31i controler. he claimed it was on par with the mori nvx series, but you know how that goes. Ken

just to add another machine to the mix. we are also looking at kitamura , makino, okuma. the kitamura actually spec's out a little better then the dv5100. if the majority of the work is alum might be worth a look. HTH Ken

on the controls 3 of our mills and all the lathes have mit. controls. the dv5100 has a MSX-504IV control it is in reallity a fanuc o-imd control. every thing spec's out the same. we run fanuc formats on all our programs. all the drive hardware is fanuc on all the machines. with the AICC this machine shreds in alum. we rough and high speed finish ti-al-4v about 120 hrs a week with no problems for over a year. holds tol. in the tenth's all day long. HTH Ken

we have a DV5100 with a ddrt260 head, a dc5 , sv500 ,and a mv55. we have found these to be really thight and accurate machines. we are currantly looking to add another dv5100 / ddrt260 machine to the shop. we also have 3 mori lathes also no problems. the only draw back is sometimes the service from ellison can be lagging. HTH Ken