This set up seems to be causing you a lot of problems. What is the origin of you MD, CD and post processer? Are they reseller supplied or did you do them in house? Look at the top of the post and see what post was used as a base for what is being used. Is it Mplmaster or Generic Haas SL 4x MT ?

1) Try playing with the stock amount. I find this has an effect on the helix on closed contour working the inside, so might be worth a try here. 2) Even if you can't make more than 1 full helix with contour entry helix you should be able to control the position of the linear component enough to get some more ramp form this. It might not look pretty like the book does but should be effective.

Just had a quick look at the post. There does not appear to be logic for this in the generic Haas posts. You will have to get it from another post. Mpmaster has a simple and effective mechanism.

Couple of things I would try: 2D High Speed Contour I think has a helical entry option Ordinary contour gives you a a ramp option and you are not limited to 90 degree sweep. I've never used a sweep of more than 180 but its worth a try. And maybe using as much ramp as you can squeeze out of the radius and get some more ramp by playing with the linear component of the entry

Try this: Make sure the operations have all been named the same. Select all OP1 toolpaths, right click in the Ops manager Change/ Edit selected operations / change NC filename. Now do the same for OP2 and name differently. This should allow 2 ops to post separately.

So you want to identify the coordinates of a plane that does not exist yet? Is this in Mastercam Space or in the Machine Space?

I worked at a shop where we did that (admittedly this was back in X4) and I wasn't very impressed. Even 4 axis programs were unstable in holding their selected origin, which if you are on a constructed WCS will instantly throw your retracts off in either absolute or incremental, and with multi axis you lost considerable functionality if you were not on MC zero. Of course the whole reason for doing it is that when there is a Rev change the new model should come in in the same position. In the 4 years that I was there I was able to take advantage of this 0 (zero) times. These days Rev changes in aircraft are usually non dimensional , however most of my programs in those days included multi axis toolpaths so unless I moved to MC zero I lost significant functionality. So I constructed 3D translate axis on a level to be able to get the part in position quickly.....never needed that either. Still not convinced of the efficacy of machining in airplane space.....I know people do it all the time......just not convinced its not more trouble than its worth.

What happens when you chose the machine first then set up your plane and part......?

You need to contact your reseller

This is a lathe. Machine Simulation only supports mills....

At this rate he is going to fail.......

I'll try and look at it today sometime.

We would need to see the .pst file. Also the trace from the debugger would be useful. Any idea what mechanism is being used for posting the G65 line, is it a Manual Entry for instance? The fact that it only happens with T18 indicates a "trap" which may or may not throw an error on posting.

I think this is amateur night in Dixie. They probably bought the machine right after someone told them that "with CNC you just have to pile the material in the general vicinity of the machine and the finished parts just make themselves." Nothing like learning the hard way...

Assign a single Work Offset (G54) to all the planes being used in the Plane Manger.

Totally got it. I usually leave my comments in the post until I am confident there isn't a mistake or "trap". watch out for Colin's thread on this, it will undoubtedly be illuminating...

We are prepared to wait for a break in the rocket science.....had to say it, just too much of a gift.....

I am assuming you added the asterisks before posting to the site. Put a # after a couple of spaces and then make a note about what you changed. Usually I will make a copy of the original line comment one out and add an end comment "original". The I will edit the other copy and add an end comment of why I made the change and a date. That way if there is a problem in the future you can go back and see what you did and if that is actually the problem and if so fix it. I think in this case you should be alright based on the fact that you are updating the feed rate format in the Tap Cycle (which was overriding the original format). Perhaps Colin could comment on the nuances of the various ways Feed rates are updated and controlled.....

Have you tried Harvey Matt? I know they do radius tipped Double Angle cutters, and I'd bet they do them in 60° . Their multi thread mills are good too but I don't know if the have radius options

Look at the format statement for tap feed rate output and change it to a format with only 2 decimal places. A quick look and there are 2 formatted F addresses for federate. One for Feed rate and one for Tap pitch if you are set up that way (look around Line#728 for these). Looks like you want this format statement: fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place (feedrate) but have a look at the others around Line#685

First we still don't know if this is a Vertical or a Horizontal machine. There is almost certainly a macro but which one of probably dozens of pallet change macros out there in the wild. It sounds like its a vertical (Left and Right Pallet) in which case there are probably several pallet change macros and they will be different than pallet change macros for a Horizontal (which is what is being discussed above). Additionally many vertical pallet changers are third party "add ons" and they might not all have the same control system. Its like asking someone to fix your car but you refuse to tell them what the model or vin number are. You need to get a tech in there that knows these machines and there configuration. If it is a vertical there aren't that many out there.

So your reseller (dealer) works for CNC (Mastercam). This site is run by In House Solutions which amongst other things write custom posts for people that want them. I don't know why there is no form but there are plenty of employees of both companies who monitor the site and hopefully someone can pick up the thread. Unfortunately all resellers are not created equal but people can usually get there stuff sorted out by other means.

Yes Frank that was the voice of experience....

No this is a form of neurosis.......

The thing that jumps out at me immediately is the big red cross which indicates your machine control is not correctly linked to the post.