hello thad you should be able to solve your problem on the mirror page of the transform op. do not enable the view toggle or the reverse toolpath. i just did a quick rough pocket using one way motion as you stated you only wanted to climb cut. it worked here. give it a try. also you could do a search for transform mirror on forum, i had some problems switching my offsets in a mirror op. a while back maybe some more insight could be thrown on the subject to help you out. hope it works for you trevor

oh yea, you can also use dynamic rotation to get the angle right so as to allow you to see down into your pocket area. trevor

karl, as rekd had stated use turbo. you made the comment you wanted to zoom. you should still be able to use turbo with true solid then after it verifies you can zoom in on an area. then in the verify tool bar at bottom of screen hit the magnify glass icon, it will then re-gen your verify up close. i use this feature daily on 100meg+ toolpaths. hope this helps trevor

thanks, i took a peek at both sites,need to look a little later when i get some more time. thanks again, trevor

hello all, has anyone ever heard of a product called wiseview? they claim you can open nearly any type of extention for viewing ,then have the ability to translate to a new extention for export. i was just looking to see if anyone had any insight on this product. thanks in advance for any replies trevor

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james, seems as thou i have hijacked your post. with this i appologize, ill be more carefull in my replies to see if they warant a new post or not. jack, as for corey ill tell him to drop by and say hello from time to time. again sorry for stealing your post james trevor

thad, i looked at osg's web site they have 13 distributers in michigan. im not sure of your exact wereabouts but you could most likely find a rep to come in and give a demo. other than the down time on yor machine the demo will not cost your company anything. like i stated in an earlier post i would not make a habit of hard tapping, but to at least get a demo and see whats possible i believe is worth it. all the best, trevor

hello all, in response to thads questions as far as the d-2 goes tap speed was 85 rpms if my recolection is right. it was done in a mori-seki that had the option of peck tap, the hole was also drilled into a hard block (that was the less impessive part). we used a heavy tap fluid and every time the peck cycle retracted we blew the hole out and added more oil. as far as the h-13 and s-7 goes that was done on a makino v-55 with a rigid tap cycle. i do not recall speeds as another programer was the one working with the rep , i just kept poking my head in on it. i do know it took a couple of taps to get the speed/feed set good. as a side note i do not know if mold100 (corey bratton ) has been on the board lately but i may have to give him a call, as he was a past colegue and could also verify these claims to put to rest all the nay sayers. don't knock it unless youve tried it is what mamma used to say my intent on this issue was simply to share a expierience that i to would normally not believed. i still however see no practical purpose for making a habit out of hard tapping. but it is nice to know it could get you out of a bind. have good day, trevor

mainly dust , my main job is to keep two makino snc's spitting out electrodes. last night and today started tearing into some cavities. so now im nicking my fingers on sharp edges instead of just getting dirty. cheers to all, nice to see such diversity

no lie, the taps we used were osg exocarb-vx. they are ticn coated tungsten carbide, they are designed for 50-60 rc. go to osgtool.com and find yourself a rep localy and set up a demo. the place i work right now also had a rep come in and we tapped 48rc h-13 with a 1/2-13 and 52rc s-7 with a 1/4-20 . yes if i did not see it with my own eyes i would not believe it either. but as someone on the forum say "those who say it cannot be done should not get in the way of those who are doing it" enjoy , trevor

hi all, with all this talk of cutting a-2 and d-2 i thought id share my expierience. at a shop i had worked at i was handed 3 pieces of hardened and ground d-2 (60rc !)then went to work cutting, the form was aprox. 1.5 x1.0 x .5 at its deepest. i used all tesco cutters stepping down to my final cutter size of 1.2mm (.047). the job was not huge but what i once would have burned i discovered is a reality to cut. i have since done similar jobs the same way. also i'll add there was a few tapped holes 10-32 .5 deep in that same block of hardened d-2, they were tapped with solid carbide coated taps from osg. if your looking for a show get ahold of your local osg rep, the one we have in erie really gets off on that kind of sh#%. any how just my .02 p.s. keep the coolant off and the air on. trevor

you could try leading edge technologies there web site is www.TLEDGE.com you might find a local vendor at that site. the cutters are very resonable price, and you could get a .031 cutter relieved .500 as a standard item. good luck, trevor

westwind, i have been using multiple offsets in the machines i use also. i find if the toolpaths are not real big i will lay down the paths for one trode ie. g54.i then create a new group and copy and paste my ops using a new group for each offset. to asign a g coordinate if you go to the tool parameter page in your toolpath on lower right is a t/c plane option. de-select coordinate and select tool plane then at bottom of the collum click the work offset on and type 0 for g54,1 for g55, 2 for g56 and so on.if you get the first set of toolpaths set before you copy them you can then select all the ops in your next group right click mouse then select options edit all common parameters go in and change work offset and re-gen all paths. if toolpaths are huge it will take a while to re-gen in that case i post one offset and copy and paste after its been posted editing the appropriate g line. sorry such a long reply hope you find it useful. trevor

thanks rick, i just tryed it and it worked perfectly . i wish i would have been using the forum a long time ago . trevor

thanks peter but the option box for tool plane andcoordinate plane is not even highlighted.i have used this in the past to translate and rotate a toolpath this was first try at mirror.the function also is working when i am just using it on regular operations. the transform mirror is the only time it does not work. thanks again trevor

i am using mc v8.1, i would like to know when i transform mirror a toolpath the option box method and work offset are not allowed. i am trying to run one part g54 and mirror g55. i have been able to use work offsets with the translate and rotate transformations but no luck with mirror. any help would be appreciated. thanks,trevor