Mark, How do I get multiple files in ? We have separtate files for each stream. Both Mori's and Nak's.

Now don't scare him !!!

I prefer to only create what geo I need for paths. Create curves on only the edges I need.

"I don't understand what you mean. Do you have multiple WCS per each part?" More precisely, I would have a different WCS for each operation of a part.

Wcs represents a part at start orientation(so to speak), Views are used from that position to generate rotations and or work-offsets.

to me... Views are a subset of the wcs.. not the other way around...

try changing the compatibility settings ?

Thanks Tony, I'm just getting started using macros and have lots to learn. Good luck and shoot straight !!

Tony,Could you show an example of clearing your varibles with a while ?

I treat it like an endmill

Sorry... This was in an article I came across. Just wanted to point out that this technology isn't going to go away. http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/200...5&channel=email

What Are Shops Using Now? One dominant trend underlying hundreds of new technologies to be unveiled at the biennial pan-European international machine tool show, EMO, is the blending of multiple operations into smaller, more compact workstations. "For years, machine tool technology has sought to combine the skills of several machines into a single operating unit," IndustryWeek says. At EMO, one of the largest machine tool exhibitions in the world, set to take place Oct. 5-10 in Milan, "a handful of companies will be showcasing new machine tools that are both versatile and getting smaller and smaller," according to IndustryWeek. Mori Seiki, for instance, will show the NT1000, a compact high-precision integrated mill turn center. Designed for small and complex work pieces, the NT1000 is a standard five-axis machining center, but one of the rotary axes is capable of high-speed rotation, so it can perform lathe operations as well. In American Machinist's 2009 Benchmarks for Machine Shops, the topic of multitasking garnered significant attention. "Out of all the shops that responded [to] the question of which type of multitasking processes they used most, over half indicated that mill-turning was the primary type." This represents a significant increase over last year's survey. (See last year's How Healthy is Your Shop?)

So we have to load X4 1st, then Mu1 ?

That would be nice, you could create a couple of lines and analyze.

Christine, does that mean you want us to do it again ??

If you put in the dest path in the machine group properties, files, Toolpath field it seems to stick.

+1 love new paths ect.. but gota job to do.. Preview for trim is a waste of time.

You need to add the comp to the tool in Vericut. Tool manager, click on tool, right mouse click, add cutter compensation. rename it to the same number your using in program.

Way behind is an understatement......completely blew off the technology and those of us who use it... sorry so harsh..but thats how I feel about it....

I think it only works in X4....

Yes, I've seen as well. not neccessarly from importing ops either. (X3)

Sorry Motercity, didn't mean to hihack your thread. Sometimes I'll swap out my stock for the stl file and display as solid so I can see what I have left to cut. Hope that helps...

+1, Just a bunch of triangles. I have a question tho... Is there a way to dummy up an stl file ? I've got a large mcx file, (large for me anyway) and for roughing down the part I'm using a number of peel mill ops and a quite a few high feed paths with step-overs around .005 to .01. This makes a huge stl file. Currently I'll make simple cuts in a different toolpath group just to keep my stl file within reason. Is there a better way ?

I can't imagine needing the 2nd pass in 303..

Also, where you pick the entities will have an effect.