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Several ways to do it. I usually just start Mastercam, no file loaded, load a mill machine def. Go into toolpaths, tool manager, screen view, MCX at top, Select library to convert at the bottom. Select all and drag all tools from library below into the MCX above. Then below switch to a new library (create a new file name), drag from above to the new file below.
WE PUSH OUR PROGRAMS FROM THE ROBOT CONTROLLER , THE WORK OFFSETS ARE PUSHED W/ THE PART PROGRAMS , IE.
G90G10L2G54 X.01889 Y9.51 Z5.03347(=BO DG SIDE)
G90G10L2G55 X-5.03818 Y9.51 Z.02433 (=B90DG SIDE)
G90G10L2G56 X5.02929 Y9.51 Z-.0215 (=B270DG SIDE PARTS) OR L20 FOR EXTENDED WORKOFFSETS
I LIKE TO USE SAVE AS , AND NOTE THAT IT GOES TO THE RIGHT LOCATION , THE AUTO SAVE HAS BACK UP FILES THAT ARE STORED IN THE LOCATION SPECIFIED IN YOUR "AUTO SAVE BACK UP CONFIG IN BACK UP FILES ,
just wondering how great mastercam does with wire edm we currently use esprit for just the wire work and i would like to use mastercam i use mastercam on everything else the guy that got the wire in was sold on esprit but i am sure that mastercam works great just want to hear some feed back
HERE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO GET THERE CREATE THE GEO AND SAVE IT TIN A CUSTOM TOOL FILE WHEN YOU SELECT THE TOOL USE FROM FILE
HARVEY .5 DIA DOUBLE 45 DG.MCX-6
JUST TO CHIME IN A LITTLE NOTE ,, I NOTICED ON MY HORIZONTAL WC THE PROBING WAS NOT COMPENSATING FOR THE PROBE TIP DIA TANGENT TO THE ANGLED SURFACES I WAS PROBING AND HAD MANUALLY ADJUSTED EACH STRIKE LOCATION FOR THE TRUE STRIKE POSITION , DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS HAPPENING OR AM I JUST GOING OFF ON A TANGENT?
WAS ANYONE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET THEIR TOOL LIBRARY FROM ONE MASTERCAM VERSION TO CONVERT TO ANOTHER VERSION SAY FROM X6 TO X7. THIS IS WHAT I ASKED THEM AND THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME AND IT WORKED ,,, JUST INCASE ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE IS TRYING TO HAVE ALL THEIR OLD TOOLS IN THEIER NEW VERSION OF MASTERCAM
Several ways to do it. I usually just start Mastercam, no file loaded, load a mill machine def. Go into toolpaths, tool manager, screen view, MCX at top, Select library to convert at the bottom. Select all and drag all tools from library below into the MCX above. Then below switch to a new library (create a new file name), drag from above to the new file below.
NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BUT MAN THAT WOULD BE COOL , I HAVE THE SAME LOOK IN MY LEVEL MNGR AND IT GETS PRETY BUSY FAST AND THE VIEW SHEETS ARE GREAT BUT SEEMS LIKE THEY CHANGE WHENEVER YOU ADD A LEVEL WITH NEW DETAILS AND I HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESELECT LEVELS AND SAVE VIEWSHEETS AGAIN AND AGAIN....
BROACHING A SQUARE HOLE ON THE HORIZONTAL CANT FIGURE A WAY TO GET THE TOOL TO SIM OR VERIFY NOT THAT IT REALLY MATTERS IT ALL WORKS FINE ON THE MACHINE JUST FIGURED WITH ALL THE REALLY SMART GUYS / PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM THERE MIGHT BE SOME GOOD IDEAS RUNNING X7
MAZAK =MAJOR BUMMER MOST OF THE TIME FOR SERVICE AND IT SEEMS A LOT OF SERVICE REQUIRED MORI MACHINES CANT BE BEAT THEY ARE LIKE A HONDA THEY JUST KEEP RUNNING
ALL IN THE WCS PAGE ,SET WORK OFFSETS," IE "COPY TOP , ADD VIEWSHEET FOR EACH OFFSET W/ EACH PART , PROGRAM EACH PART THEN MOVE TOOL OPS TOGETHER .SET WCS G54.1P1 AT WORKOFFSET 6 ON WCS AND SO ON. OFFSETS 0 THRU 5 ARE G54 THRU G59
LUCK GETTING RID OF LINES ON 3D TOOL PATH ? I GOT HOLD AF A FORMULA SOME TIME BACK LOOKS SOMTHING LIKE THIS ,STEP OVER =SQ ROOT OF H*8*r
H=CUSP HEIGHT(4*Ra)
r =RADIUS OF CUTTER
IPM = F*RPM*CL
IPM=INCHES PER MIN
F= FLUTES ON CUTTER
CL= CHIP LOAD
I TRIED THIS AND IT WORKED WELL , IT GAVE ME A DIAMOND FINISH THAT WAS ALL UNIFORM ,NO LINES VISIBLE
gcode, are yu running some altered settings on the nvidia graphics settings i have some pretty huge programs with alot of solids involved and the bigger it gets the slower it gets , also stalling some i,m running the quadro 4000
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