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JohnA

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  1. Hi everyone, It's been a long time since I last posted. It's good to be back. I have an issue with my post processor. The max Z depth on the last tool does not post. If I post out a program that uses only one tool, the max Z depth on it does not post at all. I'm sure it's the same issue. A little history. We had a post that posted the tool list with all the Z depths but there were other problems with it. It was the same post that had been updated since around V9.1 or something like that. It was recommended that we just move to a newer post so we did and it worked except that there was no tool table output even when you turned on the switch in the post. I compared the two posts and through cutting and pasting and adding a few things I was able to get the newer post to output the tool table along with the Max Z depths except for the one issue that I'm posting about. Can anyone help with this. I believe the post is a modified MPFAN. Thanks, JohnA
  2. Andre, I did as you said and it still is not outputting the feedrate. Any other suggestions?
  3. Hi everyone, It's been a long time since I've posted. I've already searched this topic but the recommended fix didn't work for me. I'm on X4 and I can't get my post to output a feedrate on a toolchange if the feedrate from a previous tool is the same. I know I can change the feedrate and get it to work but I'd like to just fix this, if possible. It works fine with the MPMaster post. Adding the prv_fr=-9999 to my ptlchg post block did not work. Maybe I didn't put it in the right place. Thanks all, JohnA
  4. You may also want to check your comp settings. It may be set at "control" now instead of "wear" which is probably had it originally.
  5. Hi all, I have created a toolpath using a right angle head and I actually got it to look like it's supposed to look...big step for me! I'm only cutting one line. Imagine a rod clamped down to the table parallel with the T-slots, then all I'm trying to do is cut a slot crossways with a right angle head and a big ol' slotting saw. Now all I need to do is transform that one line 44 more times so I can cut a bunch of slots crossways across that dadburned rod. I get the first slot to look right but on the rest of the slots the tool turns down and starts trying to cut 'em all cankajawed. It's like the planes I assigned to the source operation didn't carry over but in the operations manager, on that transform step, the WCS and the Tplane match the source operation. Can innyone hep me?
  6. Oops, maybe not, I just pulled up an old print that we have like this and the U is used to indicate "counterbore". Might that fit your scenario? JohnA
  7. It's a font issue. When you open the CAD file you have to use the correct font. We get that here too. After I post this I'll go back and check which font we have to use but it translates into +/-. JohnA
  8. Hi wildpair, I worked in a plastics shop years ago and we did a tremendous amount of mill and lathe work on G-10 as well as G-9 and all the other G's you can think of. We used diamond grind carbide end mills to do our work, we didn't use coolant but we had a vacuum system throughout the shop that dropped a hose at each machine. For drilling we used -you guessed it- circuit board drills. I don't recall the exact surface speed but it was pretty low because the stuff burned easily and would delaminate. There's nothing really fast about machining this stuff. If it's green and smells as bad as you say, it's probably G-12. If it's grayish in color with a sharp "burn your nose" odor, it's G-9. Anyway, good luck and keep the dust off of your ways. Baq from Iraq JohnA
  9. Wow, I totally missed the post right below mine. Maybe I can get some ideas from there...
  10. Hello all, I have a cool .jpg that I'd like to be able to convert into something that MC can read. I want to be able to engrave this image onto a piece of material. I remember doing it in Smartcam years ago but I don't remember how I did it. I think we had a scanner that would output in DXF format but I don't remember that clearly. Any help is appreciated. Baq from Iraq JohnA
  11. That was it!!! Thanks so much for your help. When I brought the file in I created a simple arc to run the tool around but I forgot to change levels so the tool geo AND the arc were on the same level. Once I changed the arcs level, all was good. How were you able to find those minute imperfections in the geometry? This very well may happen again and I'd like to be able to solve it myself. Thanks again for all the help. JohnA Baq from Iraq for 18 months now
  12. Thanks guys, I have another question though. The fixed file renders correctly in verify but not when I backplot. Also I can only get it to work as a custom file and not on a custom layer. If I try to use the custom layer method, I get the error "unable to create custom tool, backplot will use hte automatically generated tool" Thanks for the quick replies. JohnA
  13. Okay, The file is on the FTP site under the MCX_files folder. The filename is TOOLS-TEST.MCX. Sorry, I don't know how to do the links and such. Thanks for the help. Gcode, the reference settings you sent to apply to my tool file didn't work. Thanks though John

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