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You need to open up the machine definition manager, click the icon at the top which is edit general machine parameters, select the tool/material libraries tab, and then source your tool library there for imperial/metric. HTH Brendan
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"Standard concrete floor slab thickness in residential construction is 4 inches. Five to six inches is recommended if the concrete will receive occasional heavy loads, such as motor homes or garbage trucks." found this online on a very quick search. 4" sounds too thin to me... I think you are right to be a little concerned. Brendan
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I Only ever use FBM Drill for Spotting my holes, and will then duplicate it for other operations like drilling and tapping. I am not aware of any good documentation for it but would be very interested if someone could point some out. I have been playing around with it for the past 18 months and it is only just starting to get more predictable now and producing results I want...but I dont know that Im doing anything differently? It doesnt usually do what you would expect, but after a little fiddling it can be good and save a lot of time depending on the number of holes you have to do!
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URGENT! Mastercam X6 use STL made from 1st opt for 2nd Opt
uncle_dolan replied to nmukhp152's topic in Educational Forum
I use Xform STL. Go to your Xform menu, select Xform STL... navigate to the STL file you want to modify, and then just use the tools that gives you to either rotate, translate mirror etc, and then you can use it for stock on your 2nd op. Be aware that all operations in this are purely 2d i.e for translate you will supply a distance and an angle. So make sure to be in the correct plane when you apply changes. 0 degrees is X+ direction, then it rotates CCW from there, so 90 degrees is Y+ Direction. Hope this helps! Welcome to the forum Brendan -
Thanks for sharing G! some interesting figures there Brendan
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I would say that saving as a MS word document would not be a Mastercam controlled thing anyway...It would be built in to the activereports which is a datadynamics product...Chances of modifications of activereports on new releases of mastercam would be slim... prob not worth holding your breath for!
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Why is boring on the Lathe so difficult
uncle_dolan replied to Rocketmachinist's topic in Industrial Forum
I dont use the tooling libraries that are built into mastercam lathe. We dont do a great deal of lathe work and we will generally use a range of say 20 tools to machine MOST jobs. This being the case I just went through and made my own tools / library and have never had a problem with tool definitions. For a lot of the tools i just use the standard holders as a base and just modify them without the need to redraw entirely. It doesnt take too long to set up, and once it is, life is alot easier! -
Why is boring on the Lathe so difficult
uncle_dolan replied to Rocketmachinist's topic in Industrial Forum
Hi Rocket, for a quick fix you could try creating a finish toolpath along the straight bore, and just tell it how many passes at a specified depth you want it to do. Alternatively you can seelect the whole contour of the bore and shorten the exit line in your lead in/out paramaters to stop it from cutting too close to the centerline. Hope this helps! -
Hey Newbeeee Im currently only using X5, but you can save Active Reports as a Rich Text Format (.RTF) and this is quite compatible with MS Word. Depending what you want it to do. I just had a play with it and it came across pretty well. Let me know how you go. Brendan
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Alt+F9 should do it Welcome to the forum! Brendan
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Josh, That would be very good if it were modified so your active toolpath group information could get saved to viewsheet! This would improve the functionality of them quite substantially!
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Hi Keith and Pete! I know that this is an old thread, but this is some really good info! I guess in hindsinght it is pretty simple but it I've been messing around with trying to convert a complex spline to curves for a while, and i managed to get some good looking geom using this method! Hopefully the machine result is better also! Thanks heaps for the help!
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Geometry selection order is quite often more important thatn you might think!
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someone needs to get off their high horse...
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what toolpath are you using? In contour ramp you can make sure 'linearize helixes' is unchecked to output G02 and G03 commands. Also can check your arc settings and machining tolerance
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You need to make sure in the tool settings tab under properties, that you have the feed calculation specified to from material
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Hi, Im not sure I fully understand what you are asking. Is it just that your contour is cutting in the opposite direction to what you want? (i.e conventional milling instead of climb?) Or is it actually cutting the wrong geometry? If so containment/check geometry may be the cause of your hassles. Please provide more info and we can help you more. Welcome to the forum! Brendan
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problem with MasterCam X5 surface flowline
uncle_dolan replied to cloverfield333's topic in Educational Forum
There are plenty of people on this forum who can help you. Please post MCX file if you are able and some more details.\ brendan -
Assigning a Tool Library to a Machine Definition
uncle_dolan replied to austing's topic in Industrial Forum
Hi Austin, I will always put my machine type to design first, open a new file, then go to machine def edit and change tool library in there. Make sure you change it correctly for metric and imperial libraries. Save and exit. This has always worked for me. HTH Brendan -
Still havent made the jump to X6 yet as we have X5 working well for us at the moment, and there was a lot of negative feedback about the first release of X6. Could you guys post feedback about MU1 regarding all your issues and whether it is a stable reliable piece of software to upgrade to? Many thanks! Brendan
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Welcome to the forum! I dont have a great deal of experience with thread milling, however I was under the impression that arc engage was always a good idea for thread milling. Why do you wish to have a perpendicular engage? Brendan
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Hi, I have noticed this with one of my activereports. I use a different active report for different machines, and I have only recently noticed the same problem that you are happening for one of my reports. I have not had a chance to look into it properly yet, but will let you know if i do. I would assume that it is just a field not defined correctly in the rpx. Let me know how you go!
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No worries. Helix bore is a pretty efficient little toolpath for doing holes. I use both contour ramp and helix bore quite a lot in my work here. 2 very basic toolpaths, but very efficient! Brendan
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When you are doing a contour ramp, on the cut parameters page there is a checkbox for linearise helixes. Make sure this is unchecked. This should fix your problem! HTH Brendan
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Hi Chris, Are you using the HolderLib.dll chook to set up your holder libraries? This is the way that I have have been doing it and all of my holders stay saved. I am using X5
