Mastercam 2017 CRASHED when a went to save a file... it really wasn't a large file. LOST ALL MY OF MY CUSTOM "RIGHT CLICK MENU" How do I save the "context menu" or right click menu so I don't have to customize again ? thanks, tim

Those Feed Rates seem REALLY slow.

If only I could keep the operators from backing down the feeds to 20 ipm...

Jim wasn't my point of contact. A different guy... I will call Jim. Thanks again !

Can you purchase extruded alum heat-sink stock ?

I am still waiting for a response to an e-mail that I sent him in last JUNE ... I appreciate your advice though. THANKS

I revisited this today and still can't figure out how / where to change to get an M11 / M10 output when the A rotates and the B is still at 90 degrees... 5th axis trunnion sitting on a vertical mill. The initial unlock/lock works fine, but not when just the A needs to re-position... getting the m-codes for B unlock/lock Thanks in advance tim

My apologies ! I missed the last thread on this topic and failed to do a search on it ! It wasn't my intention to aggravate the Beehive...

I have been having the same confused look on my face when I attempt to create slices in X9 as well... X8 worked good but X9 is different..

Fairly simple part. Lower skill level than I am used to dealing with however... I can program it either way. Problem is now that it is IN the machine they want it the "other" way... NATURALLY

What method do you use ? What is the general consensus ? I have a 3 sided part...

I remember doing this kind of programming. It was a long time ago... in a galaxy far far away... At the time we did most all of our programming AT the machine with blueprints. 20+ years ago Old school maybe ??

I have now assigned wcs outputs to the planes (G54 and G55)... and I have an unlock/lock now, however I need a "M11-M10" and i'm getting "M69-M68". M11 M10 are for the "A axis" M69 M68 are for the "B axis" I tried switching these from Primary Axis Lock/Unlock to Secondary Axis lock/Unlock, but get the same result. I did try and change the use_first_wcs but it didn't make a difference. I'll play around some more later. Thanks a bunch ! M11 M69 T1 M6 G0 G54 G90 X0. Y.6 A-30. B90. S3820 M3 T2 M10 M68 G43 H1 Z2. M8 Z1.4693 G1 Z1.3415 F30. G0 Z2. M69 unlocks B A-120. this is an A rotation but it's still locked M68 locks B Y.6

My 5x post isn't putting in the codes for unlocking and locking the axis' except for at the tool changes... Is this a switch somewhere in the post processor ? THANKS ! () M11 UNLOCKS A M69 UNLOCKS B T1 M6 G0 G54 G90 X0. Y.6 A-30. B90. S3820 M3 T2 M10 LOCKS A M68 LOCKS B G43 H1 Z2. M8 Z1.4693 G1 Z1.3415 F30. Y.75 Y1. Y1.15 G0 Z1.4415 G0 Z2. NOT UNLOCKING HERE G55 X0. Y.6 Z2. A-120. B90. NOT LOCKING HERE Z1.4693 G1 Z1.3415 Y.75 (.031 EM / .15LOC |TOOL - 3|DIA. OFF. - 3|LEN. - 3|TOOL DIA. - .03125) M11 M69 T3 M6 G0 G58 G90 X0. Y1.5411 A-46.5 B50. S7000 M3 T4 M10 M68 G43 H3 Z2. M8

That's it ! I have never noticed those options there before... I even glanced over that dialog box. thanks I spoke too soon on the changeover... Everything worked and posted properly until I started a new project and posted toolpaths. I am now getting comments and "N" numbers that i didn't have before today... Tool staging not happening either. weird

Not sure if this is an issue or something that I don't know how to turn on/off... I just switched to X9 from X8. When in X8 and I make a toolpath "active" (green check on toolpath folder) and the wireframe geom that is used for that toolpath will highlight in yellow. This doesn't happen in X9 and I can't find where I might be able to turn this handy little feature on... This is different than the " only display associative geometry " function. I followed jparis' suggestion on migrating X8 to X9 and it worked pretty darn good ! I just had to make changes to the existing config settings. Perhaps the reason this is happening is that I missed something... any thoughts ? thanks !

I installed X9. Then ran the Migration Wizard as you suggested. Skipping the CONFIG files. The migration took a while... and it seemed like I could have omitted some other file types. What are the suggested files ? ( bare minimums ) To help streamline the install on other computers here at work... Maybe I could get away with only these ? op libraries control defs default files tool libraries mach defs post files thoughts ??? We don't use set up sheets or Probing. No wire or Mill-Turn yet... thanks

3770 CPU

Thought I would run the benchmark and see how my system compares.. X8 Windows 7 Pro Dell XPS 8500 INtel Core i7 - 3770 CPU @ 3.4 ghz 8gb RAM 64 Bit AMD Radeon HD7570 5:40 It looks like i'm on the slow side. I see some systems are coming in at under 4 minutes. I'm not that computer savvy. Is it time to upgrade ? or update components ?

This is happening to me as well. Just started, exactly as described above. Any fix found on this ? or is it just one of those quirky things that happens occasionally... thanks

This has happened to me for two days in a row now......... pain in the arse...

Thanks, i'll try that edit Copied the psb file, and that worked. Now have to start tweeking the post to get what I need/want. Is there a newer Post available before I start changing this one? I have the MPmaster for the other machines and really like some of the optons you have with that post. I don't really care for the way it outputs the tool descriptions in this one. The last edit was: # CNC 03/31/11 - Added tooltable output option (see tool_info initialization) and header output # - Added unclamp in protretinc if frc_cinit & use_clamp are enabled tim

Any idea why this would come up when using Generic Haas VF-TR_Series 5X Mill post (MP 14.0). Programming 3+2. I'm Getting G55's on every WCS even when trying to use G54,G55, and G56. Also tried to change axis lock/unlock from M13/M12 to M69/M68. I tried changing the CD, Misc Integer = nothing I tried changing POST, "use_frst_wcs" no vs. yes = nothing I tried an older post = same result I haven't programmed 3+2 since we recently changed from X6 to X8. I have tweeked our 4-axis Vert and our 4-axis Horz posts to get what I want from them. Just not having luck with the 5-axis post. I appreciate any assistance. Thanks, tim

Strange, it just happened again... All I did was save/close my file so I could start with a "fresh" session. I haven't changed anything since installing X8 2 months ago.

This wonky crap just happened to me too... On my PC at work. Any known fix ?? thanks