I will place the solid of the fixture in the correct orientation with the part and just run verify on the fixture solid. If I have a tombstone involved or additional parts to a fixture, I copy everything to a different level. Then Boolean add everything and run verify on the combined solid.

The 691 has the nut on the other side. For pallet changers where loading would be on the opposite side, but the solid jaw would still be on the same side as your normal vises on the front pallet. Glacern machine tool also makes some nice looking 6 inch vises. They are cheaper than Kurts iirc. Also, Shars has a Kurt copy of the 3600v (ground on all sides) but they are on backorder too. We are waiting on 4 vises from Kurt now....easily been 8 weeks.

After I booted up the computer after the advanced reset it was back. Thanks again Dan

That's what I meant by the "drop down". But, yes both do the same thing as well as toggling the solids manager from view.

Just tried, no go, thanks for the suggestion

Using X8 and my toolpath manager has disappeared after this long weekend. I am thinking pc updates may have caused this. Alt o and toggling the operations manager from the drop down just cause the screen to blink. X3 and X6 still work properly. This happen to anyone else before?

I can't believe all the hand scraping on Yasda's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9bSUNxIHJ0 Look at em go, something I would love to learn.

Have you tried putting weights on the part to achieve proper vacuum, and then removing them. I do a lot of thin copper on vac fixtures, even with straightening, they will not suck down without assistance. Sometimes it takes a 200 lb man standing on them, but once they are sucked down with no leaks, its good to go.

http://www.emastercam.com/board/files/file/128-multiple-work-offset-post/ I played with it in x6 after I updated the post, seemed to work great. This was a few years back, never ran it on a machine, so I have no real input.

Did you see the post processor in the download section?

Manufacturer got back with more parameter changes regarding AICC, fixed it up, 3 places around the 2060 ish location.

1768, 1769, and 1771 I had to change on our Matsuura to get the surface finish on floors to come out correctly, on a 16i. On a 31i ,1768 and 1771 are not present. We buy from a dealer who deals with a larger dealer....the larger dealer has been emailed as well. Just trying to get this thing making good parts as fast as possible. Hopefully tomorrow some emails get answered.

Installer has tried everything he knows, emails to the factory have been sent. Its a Fanuc 31i, I just snapped some pictures of it with a usb microscope. Going to try and upload if I have time tonight. Will try moving the G05.1 as well, but if AICC is blinking, doesn't that indicate its being turned on correctly?

It was an optical illusion, still acting up. Its most noticeable on chamfers. Its hard to see the defect while the part is inside the machine, with regard to small external radi.

Im just giving you a hard time

Hey now I mentioned stock models in my earlier post too. Stock models are definitely the better route.

Was a variety of acceleration and deceleration parameters. Seems to be fixed on sample cuts, running part now. Its a brand new machine. MP master post N101 T101 M06 (1/2 DIA. 3 FLUTE ENDMILL 0.625 LOC.) (MAX - Z1.) (MIN - Z-.185) G00 G17 G90 G54.1 P7 X5.0001 Y3.7091 S14000 M03 G49 G94 G05.1 Q1 G43 H101 Z1. M08M13M15 T108 Z.28 ....... Z-.13 G00 Z.1 M09M14M16 G05.1 Q0 M05 G91 G28 Z0. M01

save stl from op 1, transform the stl to the correct position if needed and re save as a new name. In the verify stock page select stl and find your file. Its the button next to the verify one in the operations manager in x7/x8.

In x6 and below there was a save icon in verify. In x7-x8 you can do it under options in verify. Then transform the stl to the correct position for other ops if you are not doing all ops in the same position as op1. For a simple two op block I will have op1 and op2 next to each other, so it makes a nice clear setup sheet. I set them at a even spacing so when I rotate the op1 stl to the op2 position its right on the money. For X8 I never use a stl anymore. It was crash city if I saved a detailed stl, rotated it, and then tried to run verify on it. Stock models have really made life easier in that regard. I only use one machine group but have a tool path group for each operation.

It wasn't just the vacuum fixtures causing an issue, 20 or so machines and respective operators using air. Not to mention other departments also using air as well, weld, assembly, paint etc. I don't know the brand but it just went up last week after almost 2 decades of use. Probably about four years ago we switched over to dedicated electric pumps for each machine.

I hate the air/vac venturi blocks, because of the reason you mentioned. Yes machines will stop too, but if your part is mid cut and there is no solid locator, you lose position. A few summers ago we had 5 machines with them running. Our air compressor hated the extra load. This was a 100 hp compressor, but it runs the whole shop. I prefer smaller electric pumps that do not pull a whole lot of cfm for each machine. We have catch tanks inline with the fixtures to collect coolant that gets by. The vacuum gauge is also on these tanks. A large cfm pump will not show a drop in vacuum at the fixture because the pump draws so much. You could put a gauge on the fixture, but with coolant and chips its not ideal. Oil less vane pumps also are nice. Makes for no mess and no real maintenance. Unless the operator has a leak and fills the 7 gallon catch tank and gets coolant in the pump. We buy foam sponge cord by the roll, 100/200 feet at a time in all different sizes. There are hundreds of different routes you can go with gasket material. Foam cord is ok, but coolant gets to it eventually and it swells. Depends on the job on how often it gets changed. If it swells too much your part will be sitting on the cord and not the fixture, not good. I think vacuum fixtures are great, but there are some learning curves on how you set it up. Size of gasket, how much it sticks up, how you cut the vacuum grid.

3/16 plate will pull down no problem with that small bow over that large area. You start to have issues when the part is cupped over a small area. +1 to what newbeee said. But you can go back and forth between mechanical fixtures and a vac fixture to achieve flatness. We always make job specific vac fixtures. It allows you to maachine a pocket to not only locate the part but also to make sure it does not slide.

Its flashing away. Even at 30 inches a minute parts still are not right After g49 and before g43, same as other machines G49 G94 G05.1 Q1 G43 H101 Z1. M08M13M15 T108 Z.28

I got the Macros and associated M codes from the dealer. I don't think that's it. More so on acceleration/ deceleration parameters or some type of arc setting. But, ill see how this goes first.

My work purchased, a Kiwa KH 55 a month or so ago. Having an issue with programs we have ran in other machines. Most noticeable is the deburr tool cutting a small 30 degree line into the corner of parts that have a small radii on them. Instead of following the contour. Have tried using G5.1 q1 with r values and without r values. Parts come off fine on Robodrills. Any suggestions?