I remember using Teksoft Cad/Cam over 20 years ago, and getting a new 5 1/4" floppy with "bug fixes" every week...I too, thank the people at CNC for their hard work. It is much appreciated here.

I have been using Pick/pull/cutoff, and stock flip with no issues. Haven't needed stock transfer yet, but I did use it in X6.

I installed the verisurf tools, but I don't like the WCS enabled. I can turn it off in the preferences, but it won't stick. Is there a way to make the settings stick?

Now I'm really confused. I bought the High Speed Machining option from Haas, but I need to use G103 to limit look ahead???

Great info Chris, Thanks!!!

I would still urge you to try a double margin drill of some sort. I think Mitsubishi has the MHS, but not sure about size options.

What drills are you using? I have had good luck in some fairly hard Nickel Ti with Kennametal 3 and 4 margin drills. I have not tried them in Hard steel though. The 3 margin made an exceptionally nice round hole.

I just bought some Seco High Feed milling tools for an upcoming job. The feed rates suggested by the rep are a little scary, and I'm a bit sceptical about the Haas keeping up. I'm going to be running on a Haas VF-3 with High Speed Machining option. I want to program with feed rates in the 400-500 IPM range, but the longest cut will be around 10". Will the machine accelerate/decelerate quickly and smoothly enough? What should I have the control set to (Rough, Medium, Finish, Corner rounding)? I had to change the corner rounding setting when Dynamic milling to keep from snapping a .125 endmill that was hanging out 1.25", but this application is a bit different. Any thoughts?

^^^ That makes sense. I have been importing operations every day for the past month and have not had this happen, but I am only using high speed toolpaths.

Try Grainger, I found replacement switches for our Haas machines there. Most machine tool builders use standard industrial switches.

I installed X7 and the SP2 update, then used the migrate utility. I haven't had any problems yet that I could call a bug. I checked my verify settings, and it defaults to 5 axis. My only gripe is that I have to change the values in compare every time I use it. I have to say I am pleased with it because it is SO much faster to re-gen and verify than X6.

Strange. I thought for sure I would have problems because I installed X7 and ran the migration utility despite all the warnings. So far, verify has been working great. I have a couple of weird things now and then, but no show stoppers. I am running Intel Xeon dual quad core, 12 gigs ram, and dual Quadro 4000's.

There is a tab in Verify to show "True Thread".

I just used the migration utility. Every now and then, it has a pop up warning about something, but I have had no problems yet.

Set minimum depth on Steep/Shallow tab to -.001 below top surface.

Did you save the tool bar?

I like the fact that X7 is so much faster, but it looks like it's time for more RAM.

I run the Op manager and Level manager on the right. Now with X7, I don't know what to do with the Verify window. Maybe I need a third monitor.

I just installed X7 and ran the migration utility Friday. I hope it doesn't bite me. I played with it for maybe an hour, and everything seemed to be working. Keeping my fingers crossed.

The new X7 Mill-Turn package from Mastercam is impressive. They already have a list of machines that it is compatable with and a list for machines they are currently working on. I suggest checking with the re-seller to see if the machine you are thinking of is supported.

Quick and dirty - Draw a circle the correct diameter and use circle mill toolpath with a key cutter. You can create the tool in the tool manager as you fill in the parameters for the tool path.

Try translate 3D. It transforms the part between views.

I have had very good luck with Guhring gun drills in Titanium. .078" X 4" deep. It is slow, but hole quality is excellent. If you have high pressure through spindle coolant, give it a try.

But WHY does it dirty the operation when you change the program# or tool# ect. I am speaking about X6, I haven't tried X7 yet.

I was hoping things like this would be fixed. I am still using X6, but when I change a tool #, it dirties the operation and I have to re-gen. The extra hour or two to re-gen everything is just ridiculous.