gcode thanks, im at home right nowand not in front of that computer but will try that tommorow a.m. should i expect i can get mcX to run with that card, or is it to far advanced? thank you , trevor

john, somehow i new you wold be quick with a reply yes i am still on mastercam X. it loaded ok and i can open files etc. no problems. but the graphics seem strange when i scroll over the ops manager. other than that it is ok. for example dynamic rotate is good. we were on the phone with DELL today and did try 2 other drivers with no luck. before i do more pushing to update to X5 i need to cover all my options to be sure. thanks trevor

good evening its been a while since i stopped by,but here is my dilema. i'm still using X and just got a new box with windows 7pro 64 bit, i seem to be having graphic isues. when i curor over ops manager my view area goes white.it comes back when i click back in the area however.also zoom by window leaves all kinds of tracer paths. the box set up is: win7pro 64 bit quadro fx 2000 1gig quad core 2.8 ghz 4 gig ram i realize mcX can not fully utilize 64 bit,but is it not compatable with the newer graphics card also? i tried a search on here and ran out of luck. thanks for your time, trevor

thanks fellas, thats what i was hoping for. trevor

John, how close is the mpmaster from the start? i do not want to invest a lot of time into something that could be real short term,with little reward.I do not need anything fancy,just basic to run a couple parts. thanks, trevor

morning all, Imay need to do some programming for a haas vertical mill. the only post i have is from ver7 when i last ran one. my question is should i try to update this or start with verX... post and start modifing . this may be just a temporary thing. so, how close is the mpfan generic post out of the box? i am still using MCX MR2. thanks, trevor

WOW, dont check back in for a day and all kinds of talk. for tose of you allresdy doing this thanks for your input. we will see how i make out. trevor

john, thanks alot. i will let you know how i make out with this project. trevor

john, thanks, what i was thinking is my first set up would be in a vise. at that time i will be putting some holes in the parts, the second set up would do work on the opp. side so i thought about having posts standing on the vacuum table to locate and help keep parts from potential shifting. how much vacuume pressure would i need to be looking at, ballpark number wise?

morning all, i have some aluminum parts aprox.1"x4"x.187thick what is the feasability of using a vacuum table to hold them down? we need to do lots of these parts and i want to be able to set up a large group at one time. not a bunch of heavy cutting but it needs to be secure to make me sleep at night so any one with expeirence using vacuumes please advise thanks, trevor

do you want the call all the time? if so you could simply include a call in the post like this: "M250", e$ "G5 P10000", e put the "G52" where ever you would like it. right now it is standing alone like what i wrote above look in the post for start of file and toolchange settings trevor

try this: post snipet: can1, pbld, n$, *sgcode, *sgabsinc, pwcs, pfxout, pfyout, pfcout, *speed, *spindle, pgear, strcantext, e$ pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, scoolant, next_tool$, e$ this is from the psof section the scoolant call is what you want i believe. you will also need to look at tool change call outs to put a coolant call there as well. hope this helps, trevor

update: my reseller (inovative solutions)took care of me and hooked me up with a new post. thanks for your thoughts trevor

here is some more info: % O0000 (PROGRAM NAME - ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 10-04-08 TIME=HH:MM - 11:53) (TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25) G20G0G17G40G49G80G90 T1 M6 G0G90G54X0.Y0.A0.S2000M3 G43H1Z0.M7 M250 G5 P10000 G98G81X-3.8346Y3.1203Z-.06R.1F10. X-.9023Y2.8947 X.5263Y.4887 X1.5414Y-1.3534 G80 M5 G5 P0 G91G0G28Z0.M9 M01 (TOOL - 2 DIA. OFF. - 2 LEN. - 2 DIA. - .28) T2 M6 G0G90X1.5414Y-1.3534A0.S1000M3 G43H2Z1.M8 M250 G5 P10000 G98G83X-3.8346Y3.1203Z-1.R.1Q.075F10. X-.9023Y2.8947 X.5263Y.4887 X1.5414Y-1.3534 G80 M5 G5 P0 G91G0G28Z0.M9 M01 (TOOL - 3 DIA. OFF. - 3 LEN. - 3 DIA. - .312) T3 M6 G0G90X1.5414Y-1.3534A0.S300M3 G43H3Z1.M8 M250 G5 P10000 G98G84X-3.8346Y3.1203Z-.5R.1F16.67 X-.9023Y2.8947 X.5263Y.4887 X1.5414Y-1.3534 G80 M5 G5 P0 G91G0G28Z0.M9 G90 M30 % the first call is going xo yo on the g54 line and next line is going zo. then it calls the drill cycle and moves to first hole. i would like it to position at first hole and use the clearance plane that is in the toolpath parameters. the next 2 cycles start at the last hole but are reading the clearance height properly. again i would like it to start with first hole thanks, trevor

ron, version x mr2 makino v55 real old post that has been updated: 7 to 8 8 to 9 and now 9 to x this machine was only cutting graphite in the past and now it is back to steel so when i updated the post there where only select things i worried about. now that it is cutting steel it is time to get it working differently. i have not tried to see what happends with the default mpfan post yet. i will give it a try and see the results. my re seller is also looking at it for me right now. this post works well with v9 just something in the update has me stummped. thank you, trevor

edm, i tryed to set the ref point on the parameter page like you had done but it is still not reading it right in the posted code. i think it is something as easy as the "e $" in the post that im missing but not sure. this post worked well in v9 but in X not so well. any more sugestions thank you, trevor

edmbosto, thanks, but what i want is for it to be in the post.i do not want xo yo zo. if you look at the snipet it is positioning and then moving to the first hole to drill. this would be bad as my zo is ussually bottom of my part. big crash. the post is not picking reading my clearance height properly. hope this makes more sence? trevor

good morning all, i would like to change the first x,y locations to have first hole location instead of 0 and the z location to be my clearance height instead of 0 also. it seems simple enough but im scratching my head. post snipet: % O0000 (PROGRAM NAME - ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 09-04-08 TIME=HH:MM - 09:00) (TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25) G20G0G17G40G49G80G90 T1 M6 G0G90G54X0.Y0.A0.S2000M3 (this line should be first location) G43H1Z0.M7 (i want clearance height on this line) M250 G5 P10000 G98G81X-3.8346Y3.1203Z-.06R.1F10. X-.9023Y2.8947 this is for version X thanks , trevor

john, thanks. problem solved trevor

good day all, i am having a hard time tracking down my malfunction. here it is: when i post to drill 1 hole it looks like this: % O0000 G54X0.Y0.Z1. G98G81Z-1.R.1F35.2 G80 (PROGRAM NAME - ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 15-02-08 TIME=HH:MM - 10:41) (TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25) G20G0G17G40G49G80G90 T1 M6 G0G90X0.Y0.A0.S3667M3 G43H1Z1.M7 M250 G5 P10000 M5 G5 P0 G91G28Z0.M9 G90 M30 % when i post to drill multiple holes this is what i get: % O0000 G54X0.Y0.Z1. G98G83Z-1.R.1Q.1F35.2 X2. X4. X6. G80 (PROGRAM NAME - ) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 15-02-08 TIME=HH:MM - 10:40) (TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25) G20G0G17G40G49G80G90 T1 M6 G0G90X6.Y0.A0.S3667M3 G43H1Z1.M7 M250 G5 P10000 M5 G5 P0 G91G28Z0.M9 G90 M30 % as you can see it is all nutted up in the beginning.i am posting to a makino with fanuc pro3 control.using mcx mr2. my old ver 9 post works good.something i am missing in the update post.i have not had to do any drilling in this machine since ver9,and now i will be. any help is appreciated. thanks, trevor

john, thanks,but any ideas on what could be messeing me up? trevor edit: i also have ver9 loaded and have NO problems with that. end edit

good day all, i did a search and only came up with topics related to v9. in mcX is anyone having trouble running multiple sessions?everytime i open up mor than 1 session the windows in the background loose toolpatrh data. the ops arenpt x'ed out. i did not have this problem until i instaled mr1. any help on this? thanks trevor

thanks storkman, its the simple yhings that get me trevor

hello, i know ive been thru this before,but can not find the old thread. here goes..... i updated to mr1/sp2 and now my post is spitting out block delete lines.i backed up my post,mmd,and control def files and put all the files where they should be,hoping everything worked like before.is the mr1 not compatibe with the straight original mcx install? do i need to set up a new control def for mr1? i need my misc values tab to default mi1 to 2 and the box "automaticly set to post values when posting" turned on. it seems strange that i would have to go and redo all the confige files and control files. any help appreciated, trevor

3rd, thank you. trevor