This the block we copy in our programs if needed:

N1150 #520=[.../2.](CUTTER RADIUS)

N1160 #521=[.../2.](RADIUS TO BE MACHINED)

N1170 #522=[...](STARTING POSITION IN Z)

N1180 #523=[...](FINISH POSITION IN Z)

N1190 #501=[#522-#523](TOTASL LENGTH TO BE MACHINED)

N1200 #502=[...](MAX. AMOUNT TO MACHINE IN 1 REVOLUTION)

N1210 #503=[#501/FUP[#501/#502]](REAL AMOUNT TO MACHINE IN 1 REVOLUTION)

N1220 #504=[#501-#503](POSITION IN Z)

N1230 G00 X[#521-#520] Y0.

N1240 Z[#522]

N1250 WHILE [#504GT-.001] DO1

N1260 G03 X[#521-#520] Y0. Z[#523+#504] I-[#521-#520] J0. F...

N1270 #504=[#504-#503]

N1280 END1

N1290 G03 X[#521-#520] Y0. I-[#521-#520] J0.

N1300 G01 X0. Y0.

N1310 G00 Z6.

Hope this helps

Just a quick update: I contacted CNC software with this problem and they are looking into it.

Just a thought, is your arc configuration using IJK is set to delta start to center or whatever your machine takes. I have seen machine using delta center to start.

HTH

Mike,

For us, it was a "plug and play" card. I just had to get the driver from the solidworks website, it runs better.

HTH

We use ATI FireGL V7700 and they work great.

HTH

We use Iscar and Sandvik's feedmills and they work very well.

Settings -> Configuration -> Screen

HTH

You may need to go into windows explorer, chose tools, folder options, file types and add or delete the file associations.

Tried that. Doesn't work

Hello John,

Not Win7 but WinXP 64. File open works fine it's just that not all our custommers provide CAD files. So we browse with windows explorer to see if we have a CAD file available and then double click on the file. Otherwise, we browse and if a file is available, we thenopen mastercam and re-browse to open the file. Jus wanting to save a few steps.

Spade, you are correct with mcx files, my bad...

Hello all,

We are having some difficulties changing our computers to open files (*.mcx, *.dwg, *.x_t) in X5 rather than X4. If you right click on the file and go "open with:", you can see mcam X4 but not X5. If you browse to the X5 mastercam.exe file, it does not work.

Has anyone have this problem or is it just us? Does anybody have a solution for this?

Thanks in advance.

Damian,

.GE3 filas are Mcam6 or earlier. Unfortunately, Mastercam X5 does not open these files. You need mastercam9 to open the files, save them as 9, then open them in McamX.

PIA but CNC software decided to go that way.

OK, here it goes,

G68.2 X... Y... Z... I... J... K... R...

X, Y and Z define the center of rotation and will also be the work coordinate system origin.

I, J, K: Value is always 1 or 0. Only one address can be defined as 1 and the other 2 need to be 0. I1 means rotation around X. J1 means rotation around Y. K1 means rotation around Z.

R is the rotation angle. positive = CCW and negative = CW.

Hope this helps,

If you know the value of the wear comp, you could always write it dowm in the program using G10.

JM2C

Thanks Hardmill,

That did it bu I had to edit the file X+.ft to uncomment the first block to have it work in X5.

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a command that allows me to toggle on/of the screen gradient background?

Thanks in advance,

Rotate 3D if available on the machine. Drill cycles can then be used.

Hello all,

I am the new guy that got in charge of updating all the necessary files from X4 to X5. Everything is going well so far except that when I use update folder, it creates the new files for the MD, CD ans PST files. My problem is that the new CD does not change the path of the post file. Is there a way to have the CD update to change the PST file path.

Note: We have the MD and CD in one folder and the PST files in another folder.

Thanks in advance,

Does X5, when posting a path, default to the folder you have the MC it is stored in?

(like SW does for example)

Actually, this can be done by going to File -> Project Manager. This can be done in X4 but not sure about previous versions.

HTH

We have machined this a few times and from our experience is go with the button mills and finish with solid carbide. Treat it like inconnel for speed and feed.

Nice job

sure, use the liink from my profile.

Look for tlchg, should be somewhere close to there.

If I understand correctly, you want to increment the line number by 100 after each toolpath. You can go in your post and add this: n$ = n$ + 100, e. This goes right after the tool call.

Hope that helps,