1 hour ago, gcode said:

what tool plane are you using for drilling

we use Right for VTL's with our Postability posts.

when I use drilling mastercam make plane    top   (top)1  (top )1

the late operation  top lathe vtl 

when I want to change the same planes for drilling I got this message 

Hello All ,I am use generic VTL  right  turret machine def with mpfan postprocesor from MASTERCAM,COM web 

When I use turning opetation everything  working good ,all my g codes are positive numbers ,but when I am try use c axis drillng  when I am posting all numbers are negative .I am add my zip to go  file ,can someone can take look haw I can fixing this ?

Thank you for any helping 

VTL DRILLING TEST.MCAM-CONTENT

3 minutes ago, #Rekd™ said:

See the attached video.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d3qmc8obaia9urw00nyve/Sweep_JF.mp4?rlkey=zqknmq7r7hbreckeg2rtowda3&dl=0

thank you ,so  is not possible  make on solid ?

3 minutes ago, #Rekd™ said:

Are you trying to make it tapered (big on one end and smaller on the other)?

yes

I have hard time for find out haw sweep some  simple part ,I thing there is some setting on chain parramter?

SWEEP TEST.MCAM-CONTENT

Good morning All ,I have question ,we get some parts with angle packets on it 

I want tot set up this part on my VF 11 machine use opti rough for rough all packet ,and I was thinking to order angle head for finish all off them 

My question is ,how good the haas

is with the angle head calculation ,did this some special fixture on the control for use angle head ,did I need something extra from my mastercam reseller ,I should order angle head from HAAS or I can order from any company ?

thank you all for any help 

4 minutes ago, mirek1017 said:

Good morning All ,I have question ,we get some parts with angle packets on it 

 

 

I want tot set up this part on my VF 11 machine use opti rough for rough all packet ,and I was thinking to order angle head for finish all off them 

My question is ,how good the haas is with the angle head calculation ,did this some special fixture on the control for use angle head ,did I need something extra from my mastercam reseller ,I should order angle head from HAAS or I can order from any company ?

thank you all for any help 

 

 

 

 

Thank you

Hello All ,when I can set this for defoutlts  settings in my machine def ?

20 hours ago, crazy^millman said:

With surface finish contour it treats al single surfaces as a contour to go all the way around the surface. You have to either create a boundary or in the advanced section use only between surfaces. Surface normal become very important here they will control inside or outside cutting of single surface when surfaces are used and not solids. sometimes you have to flip them to get what should work to work. Use the direction to get the tool in and out of the cut.

You have a couple of things working against you on this file. #1 that should be one surface for each feature not split surfaces. #2 Need to define the cutting length of the tool correctly. It is defined wrong for the cutting length. Recheck that. #3 I like 2D dynamic to rough undercuts with. #4 Flow line will work by turning off all gouge checks where one surface becomes extreme important. #5 Dumb the model down. Not sure why you are not dumbing the model down to create this shape verse using surfaces.

To use Dynamic I had to add Point toolpaths to get the tool in and out of the operation. This is a situation where having more than one set of ref points would not make use use point to get in and out of the cut. I also had to use 3 operation since depth of cut will not go back to the center like ref points is doing. It would work with them, but

Attached is a link to the file with these changes and flowline added. See what happens when someone shares a file.

5th Axis Coupling

Run ,can you take look on my parallel toolpath ,I want to get clean nice toolpath for finish my side packets 

Coupling 2.MCAM-CONTENT

14 minutes ago, crazy^millman said:

With surface finish contour it treats al single surfaces as a contour to go all the way around the surface. You have to either create a boundary or in the advanced section use only between surfaces. Surface normal become very important here they will control inside or outside cutting of single surface when surfaces are used and not solids. sometimes you have to flip them to get what should work to work. Use the direction to get the tool in and out of the cut.

You have a couple of things working against you on this file. #1 that should be one surface for each feature not split surfaces. #2 Need to define the cutting length of the tool correctly. It is defined wrong for the cutting length. Recheck that. #3 I like 2D dynamic to rough undercuts with. #4 Flow line will work by turning off all gouge checks where one surface becomes extreme important. #5 Dumb the model down. Not sure why you are not dumbing the model down to create this shape verse using surfaces.

To use Dynamic I had to add Point toolpaths to get the tool in and out of the operation. This is a situation where having more than one set of ref points would not make use use point to get in and out of the cut. I also had to use 3 operation since depth of cut will not go back to the center like ref points is doing. It would work with them, but

Attached is a link to the file with these changes and flowline added. See what happens when someone shares a file.

5th Axis Coupling

THE ONLY ONE !!!!!!!!AND NUMBER ONE !!!!!!!

Thank you  Ron 

26 minutes ago, CEMENTHEAD said:

I've cheated this before by making an opposite rad surface toolpath on the inside with the bottom of the tool, and let the back of the tool cut the part. 

I'd load a picture but my "max total size" is set for 1.45 kB.

Can you post  zip to go  file ?

I  am try flowline but didnt work 

Coupling.MCAM-CONTENT

Hello All 

can some one can helping me with blend my corner rad  with my saw cutter ?

How I can get minimum lead out on my 2 3/8  *11  OD thred 

Thread Mold with threads.mcam

I am set up on my Haas SL 20 

Hello all ,I am using  generic 2axis fanuc  postprocesor for my lathe machine 

When I am post my code I dont have any information about my insert  like shape or angle and corner rad .Haw I can change the post for get all this information in my codes 

thank you for any help 

4 minutes ago, Jayson Kramer said:

when you select your first hole, hold down the "Control" and the "Shift" key to get section in the same vector.

thank you  so much 

I thing I am missing sometthink  .I want to get one one l  z levele

Hello All ,I want to select my holes on my solid for my 1 st oper .When I select one on my 1st oper plane  mastercam  select all on my solid ,haw I can fix this 

thank you 

17 minutes ago, CEMENTHEAD said:

 

so I am confused ,Tile on machine show NL 2500  the same like we haw ,but on title video show NL2500Y 

31 minutes ago, AHarrison1 said:

What happens when you push the Y jog button.

I dont see a horizontal slide below the X axis slide. Those 2 slides would move together to create the Y movement.

I am try jog  Y axis  ,do not work 

23 minutes ago, mirek1017 said:

thank you 

what you think ?

1 minute ago, #Rekd™ said:

Look inside the machine, if it is a Y axis it will have live tooling. Also look at the tooling cupboard and see if they have live tool heads for it.

thank you 

Good morning All ,I am new person in lathe world .we have this lathe cnc  machine in our shop .This machine has live tooling option ?

How I can check this ?

thank you 

1 minute ago, BehindYou said:

Did it work?

Hello ,I doo not have time yesterday ,I hope I can play today on it and I let you know 

6 hours ago, BehindYou said:

Greetings @mirek1017

Before I go on,
Whatever you do in your post it's on your own responsibility.

Follow this steps and you will have output which you want, related with insert width for groove tools
1.
Create format statement if you don't have it already
fs2 25  1.4 1.2lt   #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 trailing

2.
Create new variable:
fmt  "Groove Insert Width = "   25  groove_width  # Tool width for programming ( "Groove Insert Width = "  you can change the name how ever you like)

3.
Go to pparameter$ postblock (there is one more way which doesn't require this) 
add : if prmcode$ = 20102, groove_width = rparsngl(sparameter$, 4)  # Capture insert width for grooving tools
make sure you will follow the order of the numbers (just to keep it tidy) 

4.
Go to ltlchg$   #Toolchange, lathe  postblock
Search for Comment$ predefined variable, 
now past this either above or under comment$ variable ( you decide)
if opcode$ = 103, sopen_prn, sline, groove_width, sline, sclose_prn, e$
what it will do is this
if opcode$ is equal to 103 (103 means Groove) print ( | value which is stored in the groove_width variable | )  new line ( e$ means new line)
other then that add new strings in your post
scomm_str   : "("
scomm_end   : ")"
sline       : " | "

now this is our :

(  |  Groove Insert Width = 2.00  |  )
( #6. Operation type -  Plunge rough; also, chained grooves  |    )

just because I pasted  if opcode$ = 103, sopen_prn, sline, groove_width, sline, sclose_prn, e$ above predefined comment$ variable
our output is before  ( #6. Operation type -  Plunge rough; also, chained grooves  |    )

This is your personal decision how you want it.

I hope this can help you.

If you need more help/information's feel free to contact me.

kind regards

Ivan.

thank you  I  will try 

1 hour ago, BehindYou said:

yes

I am use this generic post ,I can find this number parameter 

[POST_VERSION] #DO NOT MOVE OR ALTER THIS LINE# V25.00 P4 E1 W25.00 T1610375561 M25.00 I0 O10
scncpost_revision     := "25.85" # Internal revision number for use by CNC Software only.  Please do not change this number.
scustpost_revision    := "0"  # Revision number for use by Resellers or customers.
# Post Name           : Mplfan.pst
# Product             : LATHE
# Machine Name        : GENERIC FANUC
# Control Name        : GENERIC FANUC
# Description         : GENERIC FANUC LATHE C-AXIS POST
# Mill/Turn           : YES
# 4-axis/Axis subs.   : YES
# 5-axis              : NO
# Subprograms         : YES
# Canned Cycles       : YES
# Executable          : mp.dll
#
# WARNING: THIS POST IS GENERIC AND IS INTENDED FOR MODIFICATION TO
# THE MACHINE TOOL REQUIREMENTS AND PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
#
# Associated File List$
#
# default.mcam-control
# LATHE DEFAULT.mcam-lmd
# LATHE DEFAULT MM.mcam-lmd
#
# Associated File List$
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------