Okay Gang, I'm a little stumped here. I posted out several operations doing a five step c'bore. (Five hole sizes and each a little smaller and deeper.) Hope that makes sense. I roughed out all five steps first and then helixed bored them to size. Well between the third and fourth steps (on the helix bore) it put in an G55 and yes you guessed it it some some really nasty things to my part. Where and how did the G55 get there? How do I correct this problem?

Jimmy, It was changed to read only. I wonder how it got changed? Anyway many thanks.

Changed Master Cam cfg file. went to save it and said permission denied. What happened? I've changed this a cazillion times before. I'm running 9.1 with MuR0904.

Go to your post and fine the General output settings. Find the maxfeedpm_m line and change the value to your specifications.

+ 1000 James I also have to icons assigned to different temp dirctories. I have seen the above error many times befor I finally put in individual temps.

I need to keep under 120 K for a 40 X 20 Table travel. I would like to consider the above options, But need to keep the budget in line.

Chip Pan, You name it. On the tooling side mostly tool steel A2 D2 S7. the Modle shop side just about everything. Aluminum, Cast Iron, Delrin, and even Wood Patterns.

Managment is looking into puchasing a new CNC Mill for our model Shop and Tool and Die shop. Which of the three offer the biggest bang for the buck?

Jimmy and Dean Thanks for your input. I will try and see if I can make it work.

My post will not put a cancelation code "G5 P0" when the next operation is a drill cycle. It works great when you are milling in between operations but as soon as you put in a drill cycle it does not put in the code and the end of the mill cycle. I hope this makes sense Thanks

Inventor 9 is due out next month. Will there be a converter available then? We are going from Inventor 6 to 9 in one jump, will I need to load all previous converters for this? Thanks in advance,

Inventor 9 is due out next month. Will there be a converter available then? We are going from Inventor 6 to 9 in one jump, will I need to load all previous converters for this? Thanks in advance,

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Allan, Thanks dude, that worked great.

Allan, Thanks dude, that worked great.

Is there a way to convert AutoCad text into usable enities? I need to mill the text onto a fixture. Master Cam seems to see it as a note or block, but not a enity. Thanks in advance.

Steve, That worked great! Thanks

Here it is pretract #End of tool path, toolchange sav_absinc = absinc absinc = one sav_coolant = coolant coolant = zero if sav_coolant = 1, coolant = 0 if sav_coolant = 2, coolant = 5 #Mist off if sav_coolant = 3, coolant = 6 #Tool off #cc_pos is reset in the toolchange here cc_pos = zero gcode = zero if prv_mi6=1,pccrloff pbld, n, sccomp, *sm05, psub_end_mny, e pbld, n, sgabsinc, sgcode, *sg28ref, "Z0.", scoolant, e pbld, n, "M100", e absinc = sav_absinc coolant = sav_coolant

My post outputs "coolant off" and "air off" if the next operation is differnet than the current coolant operation. Example below..... N106G0G90G54X3.446Y-3.475A90.S853M3 N108G43H6Z1.1M08T7 N118G91G28Z0.M59 N120M100 N122M01 (TOOL - 7 DIA. OFF. - 7 LEN. - 7 DIA. - .375) N124T7M6 N126G0G90G54X3.446Y-3.475A90.S1018M3 N128G43H7Z1.1M51T8 N136M5 N138G91G28Z0.M09 N140M100 N142M01 ( #A DRILL TOOL - 8 DIA. OFF. - 8 LEN. - 8 DIA. - .375) N144T8M6 N146G0G90G54X3.446Y-3.475A90.S814M3 N148G43H8Z1.1M08T6 Notice in the first tool coolant on "M08" and coolant off is "M59" but the next operation is for air....The next operation is for coolant....If all operations use air or coolant it codes just fine....but if I switch it codes out almost backwards.... Here is what my post looks like.... # Coolant M code selection sm09 M09 #Coolant Off sm08 M08 #Coolant Flood sm08_1 M51 #Coolant Mist sm08_2 M88 #Coolant Tool-High Pressure sm09_0 M09 #Coolant Flood Off sm09_1 M59 #Coolant Mist Off sm09_2 M89 #Coolant Tool Off scoolant #Target for string Okay what gives?

Thanks, I will give it a try and let you know how it worked.

I must be using a post that does not put in M01. I'm using an modified funuc post and that should post M01 after every operation? What an I doing wrong?

How do I get the operations manager to insert an M00 after every operation. (Manual indexing head). Or do I need to edit the program?

If you install SP2 over 9.1 without installing SP 1 would it possible not to get the Rhino converter?

Roger, I have loaded the translator patches, but none are Rhino patches. I know there is a Rhino converter out there cause someone else in plant has this feature and I cannot get it loaded.

I do not get the second next menu in this case. I have 9.1 SP2 installed?