spoke too soon. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <0> - Report created. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Initialize posting log file 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Using MP run version 15.00 and post components version 15.00 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Initiate opening the post processor file(s). 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - C:\USERS\PUBLIC\DOCUMENTS\SHARED MCAMX6\MILL\POSTS\MPSNK3.PST 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - The post processor file has been successfully opened. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Post version information (input): 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - UPDATEPOST Version 15. was used to modify this file. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - The file was modified by this product on 28 Sep 12 15:18:51 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - The post was written to run with Mastercam Version 15. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - The post product type is Mill. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Initialization of pre-defined post variables, strings, postblocks was successful. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:53 AM - <2> - Search for defined post variables, strings, postblocks was successful. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (561) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (614) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (766) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (770) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[8] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (774) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (797) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (807) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[26] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (808) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[13] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (809) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (978) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (984) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (990) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (996) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1002) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1008) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1014) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1023) - The post block output type processing has failed!, , Label has not been defined[7] 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'met_ltol$' was re-initialized from 0.002 to 0.01 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'helix_tol$' was re-initialized from 0.0005 to 0.0001 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'met_helix_tol$' was re-initialized from 0.005 to 0.001 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'dec_seq_right$' was re-initialized from 3. to 0. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'arctype$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'arctypexz$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'arctypeyz$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'larctype$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'larctypexz$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'larctypeyz$' was re-initialized from 2. to 5. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'helix_arc$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'lhelix_arc$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'arccheck$' was re-initialized from 1. to 11311. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'larccheck$' was re-initialized from 1. to 11311. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'rotfeed4$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'rotfeed5$' was re-initialized from 3. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'lrotfeed4$' was re-initialized from 2. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'lrotfeed5$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - CONTROL DEFINITION - Post variable 'peckacel$' was re-initialized from 0. to 1. 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1210) - Dollar Sign ('$') found terminating user defined variable/string/postblock 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1229) - Dollar Sign ('$') found terminating user defined variable/string/postblock 01 Oct 2012 09:21:55 AM - <2> - Successful completion of posting process! gcode is good, but i still get errors after i post. these do not seem system critical, just annoying. suggestions?

still looking for that reference guide though...

/easymode -jparis done.

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. flawless transition. thank you for the guide!

What happened to the .pdf reference guide? I had this in X2, and can't seem to find it in X6...

yeah, i've been stalking you for some time. now that we have the same computer, i feel so much closer to you. DON'T YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY!?!?!?! lol j/k I'm sure you chose your components for the same reason I did. Asus Sabertooth X79, 5-year Warranty, Military Grade, Great cooling features. i7-3820 - Going to the 3930 was double the cost, and while gaining two more cores, each core drops by .4ghz. i just couldn't justify it. Vengeance Ram - looks cool, big heat sinks, oh... and lifetime warranty h100 cooler - 5 year warranty closed system cooler I actually chose the X79 chipset specifically for the quad channel memory. You should totally upgrade. Maybe return the package within 30 days with the old dual channel memory in the box? lol I may play around with overclocking to see how it affects my benchmark. maybe the gains are enough to appreciate? anyone else played around with overclocking?

I completely agree with you. However, the post processing and settings config files in X6 look remarkably similar to X2 (identical actually), so I figured it was worth a shot to just try to "force it through". I do get gcode, and it does match what I used to produce with X2, so I was partially right. The error messages I'm getting are not devastating, just irritating. If I had to guess, I would say mastercam didn't change much of the post processing going to X6, but needed a way to get people to pay more for the initial setup. Sounds familiar, yes? (i.e. every software company ever) Then again, it is monday, and I may just be extra cynical this morning.

Thanks! Thanks! I'm going to dive into this on monday. Looking forward to finishing the transition and getting back to work!

So, yeah... computer is built, os installed, drivers installed, mastercam installed. everything has went PERFECT, until now. Can anyone point me to a guide for updating .pst, .mmd, and .control files to x6 from x2? I copied them over, renamed them *-6 so x6 would read them, but I still get error messages when I post the gcode. Also, in X2 when I create an .nc file, CimcoEdit would automatically open up. This no longer happens. Suggestions?

4.831 seconds if i refresh again?

38.516 seconds

just finished a 3d model of a hydraulic cylinder that has 2" of M46-2 thread on the end, so the helical knurl should be possible.

what did your comp benchmark at? that's pretty close to what i'm going to be building here at work.

this is kind of a pseudo-diamond-knurl, right? shouldn't the modeling be done with crisscrossing helical paths?

ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!! MUWAHAHAHA!

new computer parts are starting to trickle in now. hopefully i'll have everything for my build next week. can't wait to benchmark it. (i7-3820) already have X6 sitting here on my desk

i wish i had a nickel every time you said "i7 2600k". lol

assuming the geometry is this simple, the model takes about 5-10 minutes to construct.

hard to say without dimensions. at first glance, it looks like this would be an easy model to build if you wanted to use mastercam solids, you could use a revolved solid using ellipse geometry (z-axis rev) for the front, revolved solid for the rear using ellipse geometry (x-axis rev), and an extruded solid with draft for the body... like i said, it's hard to tell without dimensions. i'm assuming the the front and rear are symmetrical along the appropriate axis needed for revolving. after you're done, split the solid into two. (copy it with 0x0y0z, draw a solid containing half of it, boolean remove 1 side, boolean intersect the other) your view naming seems off, it may just be that your side view isn't standing upright to match your front. anyways... i'm calling your front my top, and your bottom my front. i'm looking at the part as if it was laying flat on a table. (longest dimension is in the y-axis, shortest dimensions is in the z-axis)

wow. $1500 just in graphic cards. i'm jelly.

i thought these guys were ridiculously over priced. sure they were less than dell or HP, but that's like being excited that gas is only $3.85 a gallon instead of $4.00. BUT... reko is correct. I only feel this way because I've custom built every computer i've owned since the pentium-1 100mhz days. i'm currently working on a custom build for work that will cost $2,200.00 The same build from HP or Dell runs $3,300.00 to $3,600.00. Support is great, but is it worth 50% more? maybe. how computer savvy are you? are you ready to deal with multiple companies and multiple tech support depts if something goes wrong? do you enjoy trudging through bios to get ram setup properly? if you want the custom build performance to cost ratio, but don't want to build it yourself look at www.cyberpowerpc.com. look into the Special PC > Workstation line. they don't offer near the support or warranty that dell or hp offers, but they can build you a computer for almost as cheap as you can build one yourself. regarding video cards... nVidia Quadro 600 is decent and cheap. Quadro 2000 is more than twice the cost, but performs as if you had two 600's.

importing files always seems to be a crapshoot. I request that all files that are sent to me are sent in a native language, IGES, and STP. In a perfect world, there would be one file format for all CAD systems. Standardized. What a glorious world it would be. sometimes IGES works best, sometimes STP works best. in my experience, parasolid almost never works. (this includes parasolids that are created in newer versions of mastercam. creates some weird kernel error) congrats on the import. it is a good feeling when you don't have to manually repair geometry.

what are the new computer specs? how's it performing?

you're on fire! exactly what i needed. thanks

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