21 hours ago, BBprecise said:

Now the key is when you go in to a cut and come out.

Nice...used to do this sort of thing a lot with large Ti  hog-outs (mills) to control the heat build up on the insert edge.

Never had much need for ceramics in Inconel but we tried them in some Incoloy which was just eating our carbide for breakfast.

Turned a 45 min roughing nightmare into a 5 minute cakewalk. Pretty exciting the first part through, too...

1 hour ago, SteelToeSlim said:

Such as removing some dimensions, adding dimensions, changing font size, and displaying two decimal place rather than three place.

Have you got the documentation from the Tech Exchange? It details all the XML tags (each field has one) and then how they are bound together to give the desired output in the report. Also covers formatting. You want to do a few different things so probably worth taking the time...

15 hours ago, SteelToeSlim said:

I am trying to find out if it is possible to edit the way the image is displayed when I make a detailed tool list.

Have you created tools AND holders in the tool manager for each tool?

1 hour ago, eltklas said:

Thanks to all, I am converting in every version of Mcam

You will be just as well doing a zip2go with the working X9 file. In fact that might be easier in that there is no reason a properly editted post should not update. Do you get error messages when you use the X9 post, even though it completes the posting process?

44 minutes ago, eltklas said:

I am really lost.

Given the fact that you have altered the post, nobody will be able to help you unless you post a copy of the altered post....

On 10/19/2020 at 5:25 AM, Colin Gilchrist said:

There is a C-Hook (add-in program that ships with Mastercam), called "Find Overlap". When you run this C-Hook, it will cycle through the entities and it will delete the extra geometry.

I think analyze chain shows overlaps too, doesn't it? Doesn't delete them tho'...

36 minutes ago, htm01 said:

X5 will open V9 i still keep V5 for that purpose but I needed V9 to open V7, I have thousands of files that we used to repair molds from

Yep, I remember my reseller contacted me last year and warned me that if I wanted to download X3(?) I would be able to upgrade V7 files....last chance....still might be easier to get a copy of X3.

14 minutes ago, htm01 said:

my hasp goes back to V7, I can run V9 on a older computer but only use it when i needed to convert some really old files

I think you can upgrade V9 files from X5 or X6 (I could be wrong but I seem to remember upgrading a load of V9 files when I first came here and I think we were on X5 or X6). You might still be able to download those from CNC.

Problem might be loading out of sequence, that is if you are loading over a newer version . If you have an old laptop you can use for this purpose it might save some trouble, and it doesn't have to be terribly powerful just to do file updates.

On 10/10/2020 at 7:39 PM, JoshC said:

my point was just that running a dynamic path in a tight area is not going to ruin your machine if you do that occasionally, running a narrow peel mill type toolpath is not ideal in many circumstances but its not going to blow the machine up if you do it occasionally is all I was getting at with the way an earlier post kind of came off.

This has been documented a number of times and depends on the machine maker. If your machine lube is driven by the distanced moved rather than time you could be in trouble in relatively short order. Some machine sellers have refused (or put up a fight) to fix it under warranty.

2 hours ago, #Rekd™ said:

Why would you want to pay for 15 year old outdated software.

Not sure they wanted to pay for it....

2 hours ago, xycnc said:

So Solidworks can do this? Is it an add on?

Most , if not all, of the full engineering systems have modules for  various engineering categories  (see Thad's example above). These tend to be very expensive so they try and break them up to keep the price somewhat under control.

6 minutes ago, xycnc said:

Thanks for your time and help. 

Mastercam is considered a CAM package with some CAD facility.

You require full CAD/CAM with full engineering package. Solidworks, Catia, Siemens UX etc....

8 hours ago, mayu said:

Can this bleeder hole be done with a standard live tooling head on a Y axis lathe?

You would need a B axis head to do that.

You might be able to drill the angle through the finished face hole using a Mikron crazy drill cross pilot, but I would need to see a model of the feature to be sure.

11 hours ago, mayu said:

Any advice would be highly appreciated.

Mikron (and Sphinx) are some of the best drills for difficult situations. Up to 9 diameters you don't need a flat or a spot drill even on a tube as long as you are not too far off center, for off center they have the crazy drill cross pilot.

We do wirelock holes across the corners on hexes, Mikron crazy drill cross pilot will pilot on almost any slope or radius (the video on the website is outrageous) followed by a 12D drill using a deep hole drill cycle and done. We do this on wire lock holes from 0.047 - .090 in 15-5. They do chamfer/drills too.

If we are drilling right through the tube in aluminum we use Guhring 5518 series, no need for a flat or spot drill here either. Limited diameter range though.

3 minutes ago, ferd101 said:

Any and all help/comments/sarcasm welcomed,

Mastercam is no where near as stock aware as NX, so you will need to keep yourself out of trouble, the system won't do it for you.

On 9/25/2020 at 8:08 PM, HairyWBush said:

So why are the machine definition and post different because once you select the machine i would think that should give you the appropriate g-code.

machines can be installed and set up many ways, so this allows you to reflect this in your machine control.

We have 2 Mori Seiki 4 axis mills.

One is set up with tool management, the other is not. They both use the same machine def but different posts to give the correct output.

9 minutes ago, JWIII said:

Thanks for your help, if the pallet rotate at tool change is correct, but the rotate mid tool is not, is it still coming from ptlchg$

Typically null tool changes are handled by ptichg0$

On 10/1/2020 at 11:11 PM, keedo said:

Right now im using the Generic Haas 3X Mill post. That i downloaded on the Mastercam homepage

Have you altered the post? Are you sure this isn't a "special character"?

Another option is to enable the full retract on rotation switch in the header.

We ran all our small quick 15K - to 20K machines this way, the time cost was minimal and the safety was bullet proof.

Doesn't suit all machines.

On 3/14/2019 at 9:13 AM, ICT_Outkast said:

I cannot access that anymore. Might be my firewall at work, or it's just gone. Thanks in advance.

Conract your reseller. This happens to me at work and home, my reseller provides me with a magic code for each (the generated code at the site never works for me).

On 9/18/2020 at 8:23 AM, jonathan joseph said:

Whats happening? 

You might be creating duplicate entities.

Mastercam has a tendency to do this. You can easily deal with them using the "delete duplicates" button.

Analyze  chain will also check for duplicates.

17 minutes ago, MachiningPartner said:

It would not be ideal from consumer perspective if we have to pay reseller each time to edit the .psb file, even if we edit the .pst correct.

That's the advantage to keeping maintenance up to date. Almost all third party purchased posts come with some sort of encryption.

This makes managing the file easier for the post editor.

Imagine if you sold someone an "open" post, they go in and try and "fix" something, they make a mess of it and then send it back to you and ask you to fix the mess. 

It has happened to many times to mention, and so people protect themselves and their work.

On 9/25/2020 at 9:13 PM, MachiningPartner said:

just how to correct the error?

You have an undefined situation (variable?) on line 2445 of the post, or in the post block which begins on line 2445.

32 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

I'm wondering what starting hole diameter would be recommended?

Ti is pretty tough so you might need to leave a little more stock than with say 15-5 to make sure you get a good chip.

Depending how big an insert and bar you can cram in there I wouldn't hesitate to start at .01 stock (per side) and check the results.

What quality Ti do they lumber you with? That can make a difference too.

I am using 2 descriptions in the available fields on the holder page. 

One is the Manufacturers code, the other is a generic description calling out the gage length and the diameter in some form:

3.0 GL- D 1.25

4.0 GL- ER20

6.0 GL-RD 0.75    RD indicates reduced (tapered) diameter, dimension is for nose. 

This aids the machinist in identifying alternates.

We have just started implementing this, so far so good, but time will tell.