I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MEASURING TOOL IN THE VERIFY. ALSO BETTER STOCK DEFINITION.(DRAW IT THEN CHAIN IT.) I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF "INSERT CHANGE" FOR LATHE. IN REGARDS TO THE PERSON WHO WAS BEATING ON JAMES VERBALLY,LOOK AT HIS MEMBER# THIS ALONE SHOULD EARN HIM RESPECT. SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE HIM CAUSE HE POSTS A LOT BUT 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, HE HAS AN ANSWER. I AM SHURE HE HAS BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN TRY TO "RUN" THE FORUM! WE CAN ONLY BE THANKFUL FOR HAVING A PERSON WHO IS WILLING TO SHARE THE TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE THAT HE POSESSES. MCAM IS HARD ENOUGH TO LEARN, NEVERMIND TRYING TO LEARN IT YOURSELF. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK JAMES MEYETTE! REMEMBER, THE MCAM RESELLER CHARGES YOU TSL FOR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS......... HERE IT IS FREE!!!!!

THANKS FOR THE REPLY LARRY, THIS TOO WAS THE ONLY WAY I KNEW HOW TO DO IT. I THOUGHT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXACT WAY TO DO IT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW OF.

NORMALY, YOU DRAW 1 FOR 1 IN MASETRCAM SO WHEN YOU PROGRAM,YOUR TOOLPATHS,AND PART REFLECT THE PART DIM'S YOU ARE MAKING. HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CAD DRAWING DISPLAY 1 FOR 1? IN OTHER WORDS, IF I DREW A 1.0" LONG LINE, I WANT IT TO BE 1.0" LONG IF I MEASURED IT AT MY COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN. THANX IN ADVANCE SORRY IF THIS IS A "NO BRAINER" FOR YOU GUYS!

THANX 5AX, CAN I JUST TAKE THE MCAM COURSE OR DO I HAVE TO TAKE A BUNCH OF OTHER B.SH@#T COURSES TOO? NEVER DID GO TO COLLEGE!

YES, 3 DAYS. IT WAS A MASTERCAM 3 DAY BASIC MILL CLASS FROM THE RESELLER. YOU MUST BE TEACHING SOME KIND OF "COLLEGE CLASS" OR SOMETHING. HOW MUCH DOES A 144 HR. CLASS COST? I STILL HAVE MANY OF QUESTIONS. IT'S HARD TO GET THEM ALL ANSWERED AT THE RESELLER CLASS. THEY HAVE A FORMAT,AND TRY TO STICK TO IT. PS. HOW CAN I FIND ONE IN MY AREA? MASS.

I REALY LIKE THE NEW SEMI FINISH OPTION IN V9. HOWEVER,IF YOU USE THE SAME LATHE TOOL TO "ROUGH" AND YOU USE THE SAME TOOL TO "FINISH", USING THE SEMI FINISH PARAMETER,HOW CAN YOU HOLD YOUR TOLORENCE? I MEAN,WHAT IF YOU ARE MACHINING HIGH TEMP.METALS THE INSERT WILL BE BEAT TO CRAP! WHY DON'T THEY ADD AN "INSERT CHANGE" OPTION INSIDE OF THE SEMI FINISH BOX? IS THIS A GOOD IDEA? OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

HEY JAMES, I WISH I HAD YOU FOR MY TEACHER. BASIC MILL: 2DAYS ON GEOMETRY. 1DAY ON TOOLPATH I'D RATHER NOT SAY WHICH RESELLER......... GOOD THING I PRACTICED FOR 6 MONTHS BEFORE GOING!

I'M SORRY FOR LATE POST....... I JUST JOINED.GO TO WWW.CUTDATA.COM U CAN PURCHASE A AWESOME FEED & SPEED DISC FROM THEM. IT HAS MANY MACHINING OPERATIONS, AND THOUSANDS OF MATERIALS TO CHOOSE FROM. THEY HAVE A LITTLE "TRIAL" VERSION RIGHT ON THEIR SITE. I PAID $500.00 FOR IT, BUT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY! VERY USER FRIENDLY TOO! HOPE THIS HELPS

IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GIVE TOOLPATH IN MILL, IT IS NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. I USED TEK SOFT "PROCAM" WHEN I FIRST STARTED PROGRAMMING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. THEN I LEARNED MASTERCAM>>>>WOW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE! AT FIRST I DIDNT LIKE IT BECAUSE LIKE YOU, I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT. BE PATIENT,IT WILL COME WITH A LITTLE TIME. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,IT WILL BE SECOND NATURE TO YOU. GOOD LUCK !! BUCKET