gms1
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Out of curiosity, are we going to get another "evil purge" when this new system takes effect?
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quote: I didnt read all, so sorry if this is a repost. On other forum I visit, they have the option to delete a post made by yourself (only) or even your thread...again, provided you are the creater of said post/thead. We had the ability to delete our threads/posts years ago. It was taken away when some people started abusing it and the half hour edit limit was put in place. I prefer it the way it is now.
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A cool feature would be some kind of "notebook" feature to save threads or snippets of threads on the web site and attached to my profile.
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Clear Colors - A poll from CFP data
gms1 replied to Ken Erman from CNC Software Inc.'s topic in Industrial Forum
OMG don't change it just make it an option! I use the group/result color options of xform so much I will die without it. -
Settings > Analyze "Number of places after decimal for analyze" and "Precision for analyze distance" I set them both to 5 places.
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Hi Shawn
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We don't do a lot of thread milling but the mills we have are all inserted Vardex or Kennametal and it's always over 1/2 diameter threads.
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If you want to make a change to the operation defaults, you have to open mastercam without a file open. Then, inside the control definition you will be able to change the operation defaults. I'm sure there are different ways to do this. This is just the way I do it.
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quote: An employee came to the owner and said “I would like to receive profit sharing”, the owner replied “Sure, But just realize that when you participate in the profit sharing program you are also required to participate in the loss sharing program” What do you think happened? I would be alllll over that. Cause I'm certain I make more good stuff than I scrap and I know I've made my boss lots of money. Ill take that option
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If I need tight tolerance I only pick our Romicron boring heads. Those are some amazing tools and of course they come with a $$$$$
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Mastercam kicks me when I'm down (verify and planes)
gms1 replied to Sbarner's topic in Industrial Forum
Saving the stl in the same directory doesn't help either. Its been like this for quite some time. -
Ron, can you put a string like that inside a canned cycle? I always thought that would not work unless you did "change at point".
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It would be really cool if mastercam could handle the independent axis feed rates for rapids. You could add another feed for rapids and mastercam could calculate clearance moves in the toolpaths! I can dream can't I??
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No hammering from me Mastercam falls ways short in the mill/turn department.
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MU3 is out?!?! Man I am behind the times... is it mostly bug fixes?
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I'm with steve on this. Flowline or blend are my preferred choices over parallel now.
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I almost always use geometry for my new views and it only uses what I select. It has never created a point for me, sounds bizarre to me. If you want to delete the point, go into your WCS view manager and select that view. In the bottom right corner you will see a "Associative" check box. Uncheck it and you should be able to delete the points. Keep in mind if you ever decide to move that origin by translating the geometry used, you have lost associativity so the origin won't move with the geometry.
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If you create a flat boundary surface over the lettering at the proper depth, (depth of your pocket) you use that flat boundary surface as a DRIVE surface. That way, when it gets to the point of machining that area instead dipping down into the lettering it will see the flat boundary surface first and not violate it. No need to set it as a check surface. Another note: Create > Surface > Fill Holes... is your friend! use it
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That would depend a lot on what your tool and machine is capable of. We use a lot of mitsubishi tools here and in their catalog, they give you info like max ramp angle, smallest bore diameter, etc...
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I haven't cut with tools that small in diameter in awhile, but when we did I used Robb Jack.
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That's odd because since X3 that hasn't worked for me. X2 was the last release I could shift-select ops whether the group was open or not. I've just been opening and closing my groups with the right-click option of expand or collapse since X3.
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I am > 6 so therefore no I haven't used it. On a more serious note, I have tried it and it just doesn't fit with anything we do here.
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The whole stock to use interface is just a complete pita. The repicking solids, stl's or whatever for the stock setup drives me crazy. Now with x4 when I use a solid or stl for stock definition, the border of the stock will "ghost" on the screen while it generates a toolpath. And yes it's been that way for so long it isn't you
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Yes Thad its only lathe
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Has anyone been playing with the new style compensation? I haven't tried it yet and I'm curious how it's working.