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I have had problems with solids before. My advice is to make a copy of the file that you are working on, every 2 or 3 hours, and put it somwhere else. Doesn't help you this time, but next time it hapens, you will only lose a little bit of time.
IMO, Mastercam does not handle complex solids very well. I do a lot of work and cylinderhead models, 4000+ faces, and allways convert them to surfaces. Far less problems this way.
Russell, I have setup a shortcut on each users desktop (win2k) the same way you have it in your 1st post. Works fine, every time. I cant see how the file name would make any difference, but I use eg. Mill9F.cfg for Fred, Mill9D.cfg for Dave etc.
The way I see it, master cam will create cuts at the depths you specify, If Possible. If you had selected a depth half way down your part and didn't have the 'Adjust' selected, it would create a pass at that depth, but not actually run over the flat surface that you used to select your critical depth. I would run around it.
Thad, I do agree, the quick help description is not very clear, possibly even missleading. Maybe something they need to change for X.
I usually use the 'adjust for stock'. If you dont, and you pick critical depths, it wont m/c them. You cant expect it to machine a flat surface to the finished height when you have told it to leave stock on that surface.
I agree, either unselect that botom surface, or tell MCam the cutter diameter is bigger.
Hope this helps.
I know how you feel. Ive shown around a couple of MAZAK "Operators", and when asked to show me a tool change and to set the G54 I just get a blank look.
I hope this isnt a stupid statement, Storkman hasn't said what his new pc is, but I was under the impression that a 32bit processor could only address 3Gb of ram, so the other 1Gb is wasted anyway. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.
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