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Joe6Pack

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  1. It wasn't a big deal, just wondering if I could choose another reseller.
  2. Mastercam corp is closed so I'll ask here, can I choose to do business with any mastercam reseller?
  3. We have 2 on our makinos, constant problems, both shipped back for repair, both have had boards replaced multiple times. One unit will "think" it's moved to C45 including confirmation code and the display, but is still at C0. You know what happens then... The other one has powered down in the middle of a program; A program that has been run 1000 times. Sometimes a unit will just sit there waiting for confirmation code.
  4. Is there a way to change the field headers other than to edit the dll?
  5. I do it every day. Simple using circle mill and incremental with a Harvey dbl chamfer.
  6. A harvey dbl debur will debur that first part without any problems.
  7. I use these tools every day. They're easy to program. The 26802 is a 3/16 dia and the center of the < > is .0465 from the tip. Use any tool path you want; contour, circle mill, etc, geometry is on the theoretical sharp edge For a top surface edge break, linking param depth is incremental 0.0, top of stock incremental 0.0, stock to leave on walls is -.01+-, stock to leave on floor is -.0415 (Z -.0465 to tool sharp edge plus Z .005. for a back chamfer, change the floor "stock to leave" to the other side of the < > centerline; -.0515 (-.0465 -.005 = Z-.0515) Essentially you are programming the sharp intersection of the tool to incremental Z 0.0 then shifting +- .005 for top or back chamfer. Once you have the sharp corner distance for each size, jot them down and stick on the wall.
  8. Our 2nd one is on the way. Two platters, B0 and B180. We use our Makino post and currently punch in the G65 M98 P commands for power on, rotations, confirmation codes, and power off. Turn the power on and off only when it's in the CNC and the battery will last quite a while. haven't gotten around to updating the post but we've been told it shouldn't be a problem.
  9. My take, first op X/Y Z comes from the vise/keyed jaws with a G10 to edge of mtl 2nd op comes off the vise/keyed jaws with G10 to edge of machined part 3rd op same as above In your example they should have machined the far end so when the part was flipped it located against the original left side stop. Bouncing offsets around makes guys pull out an edge finder.
  10. I use a Sandvik 390 2" dia, 5 flute face mill, .180 deep, 60@ stepover, 800 sf, .005" per tooth. (1527 @ 38 ipm) 35% spindle load, on an Akira-Seiki V3XP. Material is 3/8" A36 P&O plate, laser cut around outside profile.
  11. Just finished up on some vent rings for the G-Force IndyCar fuel cells. I us smartcam though, looking into Mastercam
  12. CAMando: you are correct in that simple stuff seems simpler in smartcam, the pocketing/surfacing is a pain. I have gotten used to the pocketing/facing limitations for now but i realize that I need to switch. I will switch to mastercam or gibbs eventually but for now i do just simple stuff. Sure would be nice to pick on the upper edge of a multi level pocket and have it create the toolpath along with a nice finish pass. Joe [ 03-09-2003, 02:37 PM: Message edited by: Joe6Pack ]
  13. I will chime in with my 2 cents worth. I have been a smartCAM user for 13 years. I will continue to be for many more. The reason is, I have come to program the "smartcam" way. I draw my toolpath. This is fundamentally different than all other cam packages. I was a tech for a Komo router/Router-cim dealer. Router-cim adds toolpath to geometry already created, similar to most current cam pkgs. As long as I accepted the toolpath as created, I was fine, quick and easy, just let it go. I have my own shop now and use smartcam. I have virtually every cam pkg available and have trouble using any of them. Smartcam was written as a pseudo cad pkg as well. I can draw faster in smartcam than in any other pkg I have tried. All options for creating a line are in the "line" creation panel; start, intermediate, and end points (x,y,z), angle, length, start tngnt to arc, end tngnt to arc, it's all there. I can pick individual x,y, or z; or a single point that represents all three. Simply put, I draw a feature where I want it, I don't have to create a point or construction line to reference from. It's the way we all work in smartcam and nothing else is close. For simple 2d work it is a fantastic pkg. For surfaces and pocketing it falls far short. The toolpath inside pockets becomes broken into multiple paths and the same is true when roughing around the outside of a part. If you have a 2x4 boss on a 3x6 plate, the toolpath becomes broken where the side wall area is narrow. I can drill a hole with smartcam and have no construction geometry at all, one element, (a hole), these other pkgs require me to create geometry first and to make matters worse, the way they create the geometry is a mess. If a shop is getting solids or doing mold work, they are forced to switch. Moving, copying, drawing elements where you want them by using other elements as reference inputs are the strong points of smartcam. The canned routines for pocketing, facing, and some surfacing routines are weak points. Smartcam is just different, it works totally different than all the other pkgs and we have a hard time "relearning" how to do things. Mastercam and Gibbs seem to be the way most users are going and forums like this will certainly help us transition. One thing for us old timers, when we get a pkg we like, we stick with it. Bob

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