Hi, Im looking to get some books from here to learn how to program a e670h Integrex. Looking at the different books, i didnt want to buy any that wouldnt help me with this machine, so im asking for some advice. I have very little mastercam experience, any help would be appreciated. I have mastercam x8 and the mill/turn option. Thanks!

Thanks alot for the tips David

It did exactly what i expected it to. It went in at the contour that i chained. What i want it to do is go in lets say 0.25" and rotate 360 degrees, then down a percentage of my cutter width and rotate again roughing the cut out. I do realize its doing what i asked, i just cannot find anywhere in the settings to tell it to do what i want. David.

Yes i am aware i need more training. Are there any other books other than the Lathe course offered here that goes in depth without having to travel and participate in a classroom? The emastercam lathe book never made mention of this particular setup, however it did offer a wide range of examples. David

here is the part i drew up, and am trying to pocket out the face with an endmill

Here is the code i get when i just chain a face contour with no roughing. Do i need to change the planes? G0 T0100 G17 M23 G0 G54 X9.0189 Z.2206 C6.366 G97 S0 M55 Z.0706 G98 G1 Z-.0294 F0. X8.8774 Z-.1433 C6.468 X8.7371 Z-.2563 C6.572 X8.5978 Z-.3685 C6.679 X8.4596 Z-.4799 C6.789 X8.3223 Z-.5906 C6.901 X8.1859 Z-.7005 C7.017 X8.0503 Z-.8098 C7.136 X7.9156 Z-.9185 C7.258 X7.7816 Z-1.0266 C7.383 X7.6726 Z-1.1146 C7.489 X7.5636 Z-1.2025 C7.597 X7.4906 Z-1.2539 C7.672 X7.4054 Z-1.3002 C7.761 X7.3092 Z-1.3407 C7.863 X7.2037 Z-1.3748 C7.979 X7.0906 Z-1.4019 C8.108 X6.9717 Z-1.4216 C8.247 X6.8488 Z-1.4335 C8.396 X6.724 Z-1.4375 C8.553 X6.4849 C8.871 X6.2496 C9.207 X6.0182 C9.565 X5.7905 C9.945 X5.5667 C10.349 X5.3466 C10.78 X5.1302 C11.24 X4.9177 C11.733 X4.7089 C12.261 X4.5038 C12.829 X4.3132 C13.406 X4.1231 C14.036 X3.9966 Z-1.4332 C14.49 X3.8725 Z-1.4205 C14.965 X3.753 Z-1.3994 C15.453 X3.6401 Z-1.3705 C15.945 X3.5356 Z-1.3342 C16.43 X3.4414 Z-1.2911 C16.893 X3.359 Z-1.2419 C17.32 X3.2896 Z-1.1875 C17.697 X3.2346 Z-1.1288 C18.009 X3.1946 Z-1.0669 C18.242 X3.1704 Z-1.0028 C18.386 X3.1623 Z-.9375 C18.435 G0 Z-.6875 G28 U0. V0. W0. H0. T0100 M30

I just finished the Mastercam X5 Lathe training book i got, and went to program some milling on the face contour and it just does the line, without turing the caxis. Lets say i wanted to mill out a bowl on the lathe using a 1" diameter cutter, if i was to chain the drawing it would just cut the path of the chain, what am i missing to get it to rough it all out using c axis? Thanks in advance, David.

Seems im unable to delete my post but i think i got it figured. I had to click edge curves on solid import on "converters" setting Anything else i should checkmark in there if i will be doing alot of importing of step files?

Hello, i am using Mastercam X5 HLE and when i analyze the solid its just saying "closed solid body" and doesnt let me pick a single entity. I use mastercam x4 at work and the default settings allow me to do this. Any idea how i can change it so i can analyze the line properties in X5? Thanks!