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rchipper

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  1. Thank you for the replies. I will look into this from your suggestions and comments.
  2. This may be a silly question but: Is there anything in Mastercam that will give me the cubic inches of material removed so I calculate that into cycle times? Looking at speeding up my quoting times. Thanks in advance.
  3. Is there a way to export .tooldb files so I can import them into our Proshop ERP program?
  4. May I ask which license you purchased? Ah, I see only 1 license for $195.00. Sorry.
  5. Highlight the tool(s) you want to save, right mouse click and chose the SAVE ASSEMBLIES TO LIBRARY from the drop down, a window should open, SAVE TO LIBRARY. Choose the location you wish to save to by clicking the folder icon. If you want to save only the tool select the TOOLS bubble, click the green check and your done. I noticed the same thing in 2023, arrow down grayed out. I hope this helps, if I'm not understanding what you are trying to do, my apologies
  6. Nice!!! We just had one of them installed.
  7. Yeah, that is what I can tell thus far. There is a lot to rap my head around but I'm getting it, thanks. I'm excited!
  8. Hi Ron, The company I work for just purchased a 5 axis Yasda px30i. This is the first opportunity I've been given to program and run a 5 axis machine. The first part I'm working on is simple 3+2 programming and I am picking it up fairly quickly. They also got a seat of Camplete with the purchase and it is a pretty cool tool. Anyhow, I am really looking forward to moving into the new age of 5 axis machining. Any and all advice is always greatly appreciated. Best regard.
  9. Thanks, that's the first thing I did.
  10. Aaron, I got to the Radial Menu Configurations but don't know how to populate the fields with Mastercam options. Can you give me some tips? Also I am using an older model Space Pilot Pro the configurations appears differently.
  11. Okay, I got it working. Rebooting the computer did the trick. Now I just need to figure out how to customize the buttons.
  12. Thank you all for the input. I actually have a older Space Pilot Pro. I've installed the drivers but have no idea how to set any of the customizable features. The manual isn't very helpful as I can see. How do I get it to work with Mastercam? It does nothing. Is there a setting I don't know about? Ugh.
  13. Hello, What 3D mouse do you use and why? I'm looking into beginning to use one and could use some suggestions please. Thanks in advance.
  14. Thank you all for the input, it is always appreciated. I need to start thinking outside the box, thanks for opening my mind Crazy, again.
  15. Still being new I am not clear on how 4 parts on a tombstone would fit in a 8.3" diameter cutting range. I will look into FCS Systems to learn more. And as medaq pointed out there is but 4.15" of X travel from the center. Again, I need to do my research. I still think it would be easier and more efficient to do it on a turning center then 4 axis mill. But I'm up for the challenge. Thank you all for the feedback, you're awesome! I shall be back for more
  16. So the company I work for is seriously considering purchasing a 5 axis horizontal mill. One of the reasons is there is a family of parts that they want to run on it. We currently do the ID work on a turning center then move it to a horizontal 4 axis mill for the small angled holes. My question is, will the internal work be something that can be programmed to run complete on a 5 axis mill? Mind you there are 16 finish call outs and +/-.001 tolerances to hold. The parts are machined from aluminum castings, Fixturing of these parts is another thing I am trying to wrap my head around. The 5 axis mill is a Kitamura Supercell-300G. Pallet size : 7.9" diameter max work piece dia. 8.3" Z axis travel: 18.1" A axis travel: 30 to -120 B axis travel: 0-360 I have attached a file of one of the smaller parts inlayed with the STOCK casting. (The green slot does not belong there it is a error in the solids). I'm not sure I am allowed to share a drawing. If it is really necessary for evaluation I can check on sharing it. Just getting into the whole 5 axis world is exciting and I am looking forward to the challenges. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am not asking for things to be done for me here as I will not learn from that. Well not yet anyways, haha. Thank you all in advance. Inlayed with casting 8-25-22.mcam
  17. Greetings, I have been engraving families of parts for a specific customer for 10 years using the, Drafting (Stick) Font, with no problems. When I programmed a recent part in 2022 I noticed that the Letter O was converted into a 0 (zero) when the geometry is generated. Has anyone else noticed this? I brought it to my resellers attention and they basically are telling me to use a different font. Well there are hundreds of parts already used as templates that we update per the customers PO's. using the Stick Font. For me to go back and change all of these to a different font would be a serious chore. Not to mention changing the font would need to be cleared through our customer as they have 10 years of their parts in the field with the same font. Any advice or work arounds would be greatly appreciated, aside from not using 2022 for engraving. Thanks.
  18. Sorry for the late reply. I haven't been on here in a while. That's pretty much what I am having to do. I was hoping to simplify things. Thanks again.
  19. Thanks. That is common practice where I'm at. Good info.
  20. I will have to fire up the machine and rerun the program as I don't recall the alarm(s). I had written them down put can not find the report now.
  21. That's what I have been doing for thread milling. I was hoping there was a comp solution but I'm finding out that we may be out of luck. I may have to try to tapping. Although the lathe supervisor says he can't make that work. Oh boy. Thanks for the input. I actually met you at one of the Sandvik/Mastercam events in Socal years ago. Thank you for the opportunity and for you sharing your knowledge. It is greatly appreciated.
  22. I am fairly new to C-Y axis milling. I have been semi successful creating several programs to machine bores, thread milled holes and engraving on OD's. The problem I am having is getting our machines to function using cutter compensation. I have read the manuals, (Hitachi Seiki- Seikos A10L and Hitachi Seiki-L III controls). I've used various G codes for comp I've tried different tool points and different offset values in the offsets with no luck. I can not not figure out how to make the cutter com work. Would programming with Computer, Control or Wear in Mastercam have any affect on this? The machines either alarm out with a cutter comp error, (which I wrote down but can not find now), or it runs the program but changing the D offset values have no affect on the finished product. We have a job coming up on these machines and I really would like to learn how to get this working. Unfortunately Hitachi Seiki is no longer around so that resource is no good. Trying to find applications help for these machines is difficult. Can anyone please help me? What am I missing?
  23. Much respect. Thank you!!!!
  24. I would like to know as well. Good question.

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