My FADAL allows starting at any cursor position, I place cursor on appropriate line and use the search moduls and restart command.

Thanks, please give me the other story, pretend its tomorrow haha. Are Z-length offsets not the best way. I only do it the way I do because I dont know any better.

Thanks, do you zero tools with paper shim or some better method?

So on our Fadal VMC we find X0Y0 with either a edge finder that sends a signal to the controller or locate a hole with an indicator and assign to a fixture offset #, we leave Z alone and zero each tool on the applicable fixture using a piece of paper. The one time I zeroed Z on the fixture offset I almost sent the tool thru the machine table. So Im assuming my method is very antiquated, what is the best practice and technology I could add (probes, etc) to set-up fixtures.

I am configuring mastercam to program a Huffman 5-axis grinder. I have relented and hired a third party to develop the post but I am frustrated that I cannot figure out some of the simple problems. This grinder is similar to an HMC except that the tool points in the -Y axis direction, Table moves in standard X & Y with a C & A rotary, spindle is horizontal but moves in the Z, up & down. I have defined the tool orientation as RIGHT plane in machine configuration. When I make a simple 2d contour cut with WCS & T/P planes in TOP, verify shows the tool to be in the Z-axis. If I make the cut with the T/Plane set to RIGHT the post attempts to rotate B axis 90 to orient the part. Any thoughts? PS I have tried to confirm this with simulation but I get a "Check machine configuration file" error.