On ‎8‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 5:31 PM, mkd said:

get Cimco backplotter.

worth it's weight in gold for lathe code. SERIOUSLY

I know our CIMCO backplotter worked well in the past but, I don't know why it doesn't work now.  =\

I do actually.

What I did 3 years ago to fix this was to adjust the "follow rules" drop down button adjustment:

Its the button with arrows going in opposite directions, next to the settings button under planes tab:  Uncheck the "Cplane = Top in isometric gview"  Supposedly, this should fix it...

Funny this happened to our HAAS VF-6 yesterday..... LOL.... spindle locked up completely - seems like the bearings are shot.   Go figure.

Soooooooo… i'll try to keep this TL;DR:

Big boss wants us to cut down / stop using mazatrol for the Mazak lathe and use mastercam.  So machine was built 03 / 2007, and CIMQUEST gave us a Mazak nexus post file that one of their customers use for us.  Now I've never seen a Mazak lathe G & M code file and it looks greek to me.  Would anyone here be familiar with a Mazak multiplex program?

Included is the code file below:
I'm hoping with someone else looking at this who is more familiar with Mazak G&M codes would tell me if its good or not...

(TOOL - 5 OFFSET - 5)
(ROUGH FACE RIGHT - CNMG-432 INSERT - CNMG-432)
N50 (ROUGH FACE)
N60 T0505
N70 G18 G99
N80 G50 S1500 R1
N90 G96 S400 R1 M03
N100 G0 G53.5 X8.3357 Z.005 M08
N110 G1 X-.4268 F.01
N120 G0 Z.155
N130 M09
N140 G30 V0.
N150 G30 U0. W0.
N160 M05
N170 M01

N180 G109 L1
(TOOL - 6 OFFSET - 6)
(OD ROUGH LEFT - WNMG-432 INSERT - WNMG-432)
N190 (ROUGH 8.0 OD)
N200 T0606
N210 G18 G99
N220 G50 S1500 R1
N230 G96 S400 R1 M04
N240 G0 G53.5 X8.18 Z.11 M08
N250 G1 X7.98 F.01
N260 Z-.0082
N270 G3 X8.02 Z-.0512 R.0562
N280 G1 Z-.495
N290 X8.1
N300 X8.2414 Z-.4243
N310 M09
N320 G30 V0.
N330 G30 U0. W0.
N340 M05
N350 M01

N360 G109 L1
(TOOL - 8 OFFSET - 8)
(1.85 SECO DRILL)
N370 (DRILL ACCESS)
N380 T0808
N390 G18 G99
N400 G97 S285 M03
N410 G0 G53.5 X0. Z.2 M08
N420 G74 Z-1.05 Q2500 F.002
N430 G80
N440 G0 Z.2
N450 M09
N460 G30 V0.
N470 G30 U0. W0.
N480 M05
N490 M01

Not all of this program is there, but some of it...

Regarding whats new.... I've noticed the hole center point ( that little dot to show hole center) is gone.  It doesn't show up, no matter what color, is there a way to make this visible again?

Thanks.

I do have an account @ mastercam, but they blocked access to the forums for me.... i'm like wtf..

I did look yesterday at the driver folder and OpenCL is indeed one of the files listed there, but I thought there might've been an option in the software to force the card to use OpenCL 100%...   

So, back to where I started again >.<   Having issues with Lathe D Z planes disappearing immediately after selecting a machine when part is imported from engineering server... did they bork this again?

So, my co worker told me about openCL as a tool for improving mastercam performance with nvidia cards.   We have a Quadro K620 and I'm wondering if OpenCL will work on that or if there is even a setting inside the software?  I just downloaded the latest drivers and I don't see the setting there for open CL, so i'm wondering if the card supports it or not...

Thoughts?

Soo.... we found a fix somewhat.  Seems to hold up....

In order to prevent mastercam from doing what it wants to do, we imported a solid model and saved it to a temp folder.  Then we proceeded to make the changes to the machine definition - file locations and tool database.... then it worked.   For some reason mastercam does not like it when it works from a blank page.

go figure.

Here is what worked for us in 2019:

Selected items data path:

\\companyname\Division\Manufacturing\Programming\

This points to the main directory, but when we are in sub directories where the mcam part files are, the data path would auto change and be part of that directory.

But in 2020, the data path remains unchanged.

Don't symbolic links mean too much work?  I'm at a loss as to how to go about doing that.... since i'm reading off of here:   https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

I'm too frustrated with 2020 and for now i'm shelving it due to it being too unstable.

I'm basically using the same settings in 2020 as 2019 for machine data path.... problem is  it wants to post it in the main folder and not the sub folder where the actual .mcam file is - just doesn't want to post it there and doesn't want to follow the appropriate folder paths... I hate going thru this every time and when it works, its awesome, when it doesn't, its frustrating.  I don't want to have to do this manually every time we select a machine - that isn't productive.

Anyone has a fix?

2 hours ago, Old_Bear said:

Make sure none of those files are on local box...it has always had a way of running home to the C drive if those files reside there as well

So, I deleted my config and let mastercram create a new one, copied over my workspace files - reset whatever settings I have in the config to as close as I can remember then I had to go through the pain of setting up everything else the way it needs to be then that seemed to fix it.

The only issue is the autosave box keeps popping up - this wasn't an issue and we do not have prompt before saving checked so I don't know.

1 hour ago, Old_Bear said:

Make sure none of those files are on local box...it has always had a way of running home to the C drive if those files reside there as well

Mastercam still wants to search for those files on the local box and not where it is told to look...

a co worker had this issue on Friday, funny it fixed itself after some use.  this isn't productive tho.

So I noticed when selecting a machine under properties, I have everything pointing to the server since we share tool libraries and operation filepaths…

I set everything to point to the server.  Yet when I pull up a existing file that was made and re-select the machine, those file paths change to the C drive default file paths, which I do not want - happens over and over... whats up with that?  Anyone else have that issue?

1 hour ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

 

This is a repost from a similar thread...

When you get the warning, press "ok", then go click on the "Axis Combinations" button. (next to the "Edit the Control Definition" button).

The Axis Combinations dialog will appear. Expand the "Tree" for each branch, and check X, Y, Z, and any Rotaries. (be careful, depending on how the tree is constructed, there may be a "mill table", then both rotaries, and then a "mill chuck". If you enable the "mill table", then the rotaries can be grayed out.)

You need to select all three linear axes, one or two rotaries, and then a "Tool Holding Component" and a "Work holding component". This is typically a Mill Spindle, and a Table or Chuck.

Once you enable all the components in the Axis Combination, just save the Machine Definition as normal.

Thanks Colin!  I would never have thought of this.

This happens after I save.... funny I checked the axes and they were all checked, but somehow they become unchecked which is why I have to go back into machine definition again... this seems odd.

I'm getting the same thing, Tried old bear's suggestion, not working.  Still getting same message.  I've NEVER had this issue before, ever.  I've always migrated from folder to folder without any issues and I expected this time to go just as smoothly.  nope.

Any more advise?

I'm guessing MC2020 is no longer in beta and the official vers. is now released to the public?  Cept, i'm seeing a lot of bugs at the moment?

Our HAAS VF-6 does see 7500RPM most days.

Not the first time I've heard the message  jlelievre said.

Our Mazak has 10,000rpm, we max it out at 9800 and the Doosan has 6000rpm max, which we run at 5800.

Kinda wish we had the inline spindle.  Ours is offset and has a belt from the motor to spindle.  We don't seem to have much of an issue with tramp oil in the coolant tank, which is a good thing.  Can't say the same for the Doosan.

Is the inline spindle better for torque and power than what I currently have?  I know our HAAS cannot drill with a 2.5" Drill and bigger on Stainless.  I've stalled the machine multiple times trying to drill out a thru hole into a 6" Cube of 304L SS.

1 hour ago, Peter Evans said:

May I see the block of code pertaining to the cycle in question please?

(T22 = 1-8 UNC BLACK SPIRAL TAP )
N15830 (TAP 1"-8 THRU)
N15840 G00 G40 G80 G90 
N15850 T22
N15860 M6 
N15851 M29 S43 
G80
M19
N15870 G00 G54 G90 X-3.4194 Y-4.4194
N15880 G43 H22 Z4. M8 T20 
N15890 G95
N15900 M29 S43 
N15910 G98 G84 Z-1.225 R.2 F.125
N15920 X5.4194
N15930 Y4.4194
N15940 X-3.4194 
N15950 G80 M9
N15960 G94
N15970 G00 G91 G28 Z0.0 M05 
N15980 G00 G91 G28 Y0.0
N15990 M00

There ya go.

I've been trying to use the rotary axis positioning for countoring chains instead of planes and that didn't go well for me.  I was really hoping it would make it easier to program, but no such luck.

I've had to use planes to set the rotations due to features on each surface not being the same as the first side.  My shop does a lot of custom parts with the odd angle here and there.

Translate by plane works, but IMO it can be dangerous if there is a hole or 2 that is not the same angle as the rest.

I haven't tried  using rotary axis positioning in the rotary axis control for threadmilling, but this works well with drilling and tapping - as long as you use center of rotation.

On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 8:06 AM, Machineguy said:

I will say the Haas controller is the most friendly of all the ones Ive worked on.  Now one thing changed 6 years or so ago. the lube oil changed from Vactra 2 to Mobil SCH 625 at Haas request. The reason is Vactra 2 takes on water and rusts the ball screws and bearings.

I agree the HAAS controller is the most user friendly.  Did not take me long to figure out where everything is and I was surprised at the ease of learning how to work my way through everything within 5 hours of on-line instruction.

Mobil SCH 625 2 for the slideway oil or head oil or for everything?

On ‎5‎/‎17‎/‎2019 at 5:39 AM, Peter Evans said:

Are are we talking mill or lathe here?

Mill.  We have tapped less than S300 on both the mill and lathe...  Was tapping at a speed of 42 RPM for the 1-8 tap.

So, 15 mins ago our Doosan stalled trying to tap a 1-8 thread.  What I didn't know is Doosan is set to tap holes in high gear.  No matter the speed that its set to, it wants to tap in high gear only. 

Would anyone know how to change this?  Currently we don't have a threadmill to do a 1-8 hole...

-JD