i kind of wanted to avoid making any new variables. i have done something similar to what you are saying and had it working but was scared of the unknowns. your right, you never know whats all hidden in these things. especially when you start getting into live tooling posts. seems they have you jumping all over the place. if i do come up with some solution i will post it. thanks, your input def helped.

my canned cycles are reading from this block if omitseq$ = one, [ ng70s = n$ ng70e = n$ + 1 ] ng70s is for the p value and ng70e is for the q value. that part seems to be working. its number the other - non canned cycle toolpaths that are giving me grief. i will keep trying new things but i thought maybe that would help you understand whats going on.

85 inch diameter?!?!? what are ya making? sounds like you got your stainless from china... i am trying to get the n number to post out in increments of 10. and the canned cycles to follow in increments of 1. like the canned cycle i posted. excpet instead of n20 t1212 posting out it gave me n100 t1212. i'll keep messing with it and post any results. good luck with your part, thanks for the help.

i have it working on one canned cycle. but when i post anything else with it everything goes haywire. the next block starts at 100. like this... G54 N10 T0202 G18 G99 M46 G97 S164 M03 G0 X10. Z.5 M8 G50 S2400 G96 S430 X8.074 Z.1 G71 U.5 R.1 G71 P11 Q12 U.02 W.01 F.02 N11 G0 X7.744 S430 G1 Z0. X7.7815 G3 X7.874 Z-.0462 R.0462 G1 Z-7.2516 N12 X8.074 M9 G0 G53 X0. Z-45. M05 M01 (TOOL - 12 OFFSET - 12) (4" CORE BORE) G54 N100 T1212 G18 G99 G97 S150 M03 G0 X0. Z.25 M8 (DRILL BORE) G83 Z-9. R-.15 F.01 G80 M9 G0 G53 X0. Z-45. M05 M01 how do i get the next block to be 20? this is how my sequence numbers are setup now. pheader$ #Start of file pheader_custom if tseqno = 1 & omitseq$ = 1, [ seqno$ = 10 seqinc$ = 1 n$ = seqno$ ]

I have a mori seki c-axis lathe, i am using the mpmaster post. Right now i have my sequence numbers going by 10's and only at the tool changes. I'm wondering if there is a way to get the N numbers in the canned cycles to match the sequence number plus 1. so if my facing cycle is... N10 T0101 the canned cycle would be... G71 P11 Q12 U.02 W.01 F.02 right now i have it posting... G71 P21 Q22 U.02 W.01 F.02 how do i get it to reand the same sequence number as the block its posting for? I have been messing with this for a while, thought its about time to ask the pros. Thanks for any and all help

yes, i want B233. which i got by telling the machine def it was capable of continuous milling. but when i did that it put all the code between the lock and unlock code so i had to change the way it output that. It should work the way i have it. Thanks again, have a great day.

i eneded up going with telling the machine def it uses continuous movement and changing the way it outputs. Should work. Thanks for the help.

they are already at 2 and 3... i dont want the table to be able to move continuously. unfortunatly, we do not use it like that. it does output the b moves with zeros when set that way. is that the only way its possible?

Good morning everyone. I am using a mpmaster post on an OKK 800 HMC. The machine has a live table so i need the B moves to output with a deciamal point after every B axis move. is this something in the post or in the machine def? I have played with both and have no results. Thanks for any and all help.

ya. i wish!!! a nice cold one sounds great right now.

that worked great. now to understand what i just did... thanks for your help.

it works either way, with or without the (). except now i dont have it on the first tool path.

it looks like the m45 is coming from the sm23 in this block. it already has the astrisk... pcaxis_on_m #Toolchange C axis enable, mill, check prv_ to current if (rc1 = two | prv_posttype$ = two | spindle_no$ <> last_spindle_no), [ if synch_flg, pbld, n$, *sm23, *sm223, e$ else, [ if spindle_no$ = 0, pbld, n$, *sm23, e$ else, pbld, n$, *sm223, e$ ] #if nextdc$ = three, pbld, n$, "M49", e$ #Disable tap ]

I am using mastercam X6 mpmaster post. my C-axis paths need to have an m05 and m45 in them. the first c-axis path i post has the m45 but none of the others. Where would i add this in? I also need to get rid of the w0. that posts in all of my canned cycles and get the canned cycle to output a reference point. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks to everyone. Moving things around till I got what I wanted was getting pretty old.

If anyone knows what describes or controls the output of manual entry i could take it from there...

Good morning everyone, I am having a problem placing the manual entry toolpath in my programs. Is there a reason it posts between the tool comment and operation comment? i would like to see it post before or after, instead of in between. (TOOL - 1 - 80 DEG ROUGH TURN AND FACE - OFFSET - 1 - INSERT - CNMG 543 - HOLDER - DCLNR-205D) (TOOL - 7 - 1.5" DIA ROUGH BORE - OFFSET - 7 - INSERT - CNMG-433 - HOLDER - A16-DCLNL4) (TOOL - 2 - 55 DEG. FINISH TURN - OFFSET - 2 - INSERT - DNMG-432 - HOLDER - DDJNL-164D) (TOOL - 10 - 1.5" DIA FINISH BORE - OFFSET - 10 - INSERT - CNMG-432 - HOLDER - A16-DCLNL4) (TOOL - 12 - 13/32 MZS DRILL - DIA. - .40625") G20 G18 M69 (TOOL - 1 OFFSET - 1) tool comment (80 DEG ROUGH TURN AND FACE INSERT - CNMG 543) manual entry to... (SETUP OP1:CHUCK ON 9.500 ID. TURN 14.750 / 14.740 DIAMETER,) (FACE HOLDING THE 1.534 / 1.529 DIMESION AND BORE 5.750 / 5.752 DIAMETER THRU.) (DRILL [20] 13/32 DIAMETER HOLES.) () (G54) (X ZERO: CENTER) (Z ZERO: FACE) manual entry. (ROUGH FACE [Z+.01]) operation comment G54 N1 T0101 G99 M46 G97 S286 M03 G0 X20. Z.5 M8 thanks for any and all help!!!

thanks everyone.

yes, i just figured that part out, but that calls up a sub program. my sub program is gone. any ideas what that should be?

I have a mazak 6800 hmc with matrix control. does anyone know the m code for high pressure coolant? seems to be top secret.

Hi everyone, I am trying to create a custom chamfering tool in mastercam 5 MU1. attatched is the drawing i am trying to use. I have looked through the help menu's and other posted forums and can't find much on it. I was told the colors matter. the insert has to be yellow and the holder blue. Any idea's??? Thanks

thanks john. that was the first thing i tried. still no call back. either they ae real busy or have nobody working. i found something saying to add m998q1 to the program. I'll be trying it tomorrow morning. if it works i will post details. thanks again.

Happy monday everyone. I am programming a mazatrol vertical mill using mastercam x5 mu1. does anyone know how to gt the mazatrol to count parts using the eia or g code side of the machines? Thanks for any and all help.

ya, apparently i dont have multi axis and am not planning to buy it. seems like if i have the center of the radius i am trying to cut as my origin i will be able to cut these holes withot multi-axis and all in one offset. I am off to the machine. if it works i will post in detail. thanks for all of your help.

ok, got it. As soon as i get my access code i will give it a shot. anything i should know about using drilling multi axis?