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Received MasterCAM X today--yahoo
Mike Mattera - TFM replied to Code_Breaker's topic in Industrial Forum
OK, Really, You've been waiting a while for X right? How much time did you want CNC to spend on shirts? I have a better idea! how about if they provide you with Really Really good Cam software instead! You dont need a shirt. X is so good you'll want to program naked. Mike Mattera "X - It's better than Sex." -
There is no Mill Only. It's one application with modules for Mill Lathe and router. The total is 1GB (approx). I'm diggin it more and more everyday. Mike Mattera
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Might be the "Machine" NC code. Can you open it with the editor? Mike Mattera
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I'm sure it's the head growing and not the tool. Mike Mattera
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Create a Contour or Pocket that covers the area you want to cut out. Go to Backplot and change the Step Mode to Interpolate and set the steps to the distance you want between "chops". Set Save Geometry to NOW and Pick a new Level (that your not using). Then Backplot the path. Now turn off the other layers. Toolpath - Drill - All - Entities Bada Boom Bada Bing... Your done. Mike Mattera
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1M of Fanuc Memory = ? kilobytes
Mike Mattera - TFM replied to Travis_Buchanan's topic in Industrial Forum
16Kb = 130 ft of tape 256Kb = 2080 ft of tape 1024kb (1MB) = 8320 ft of tape 170MB = 43,078 Meters or 16,972,800 in. or 267.87 miles. Mike Mattera -
Solid Edge is also .prt See if you can get STEP. Mike Mattera
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Sounds like your bringing it in as surfaces and not Solids. Bring it in as a solids and there wont be any holes to fall thru. Screen - Config - Toilerance - System Tolerance What's this set to. Mine is .00005 This has to do with the tolerance of the surface (not the toolpath). In your Toolpath paramneters: What is your Gap setting. Mine is 300% Mike Mattera
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This will help. Click the first link and page down to the section... "Controlling The Format Of The NC Code" http://my.voyager.net/~mmattera/mastercam/...ite_a_post.html http://my.voyager.net/~mmattera/mastercam/...tatements1.html Mike Mattera
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Exactly what version are you running. Is is V9.1 Mr0304? There was a problem with the NCI output when used with older posts. It would add crazy Z moves. http://www.mastercam.com/Support/Maintenan...ult.asp#Patches Mike Mattera
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What folder did you install Mastercam Into? is it c:mcam9 or C:Mcam9.1 ? Mike Mattera
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Are you using a custom .cfg file? Those only load from the Icon with the switch (mill9.exe my.cfg). The Sworks direct only runs Mill9.exe so the default Mill9.cfg file gets loaded with it. Mike Mattera
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How about a "the making of MCX" DVD?
Mike Mattera - TFM replied to DaveR's topic in Industrial Forum
Since everyone on Discovery uses Mastercam anyway (West Coast Choppers, Body Coddington, etc...) It might not be a bad idea. Mike Mattera -
Hi Victor. Open the post in the editor and search for "arcoutput" . Set it to 2 (for most machines). arcoutput : 2 #0 = IJK, 1 = R no sign, 2 = R signed neg. over 180 Mike Mattera
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Ron makes a good point if the company is investing in you, it's not pay in your pocket, but it's knowledge. And they cant take that away from you. If someone is paying you while you get an education from them. That's a value to you. If you make an investment in personal time, classes, books or training CD's, they should take that into consideration for your worth to the company. Mike Mattera
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+10 Psychomill That's the reason for it. Not every BC is 360°. Just click in the angle box and type in... 360/4 and it will set your angle. Mike Mattera
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Murlin, Have you ever used the Create - Surface - Next menu - Primitave - Block. Dont even need a rectangle. Dont get me wrong. I'm a Solids user. I NEVER draw in surfaces any more. But the primitaves are pretty quick and handy. Solids is the way of the future and surfaces modeling is going by the way side. Mike Mattera
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In X you will be able to import a solid (Sworks, Inventor) and it will come in as a Solid. You can NOT do solid modeling to modify, do Boolean functions or create a new solid. For that you need to buy the solids module. Mike Mattera
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Many controls will FREAK OUT if you try to rapid with comp on. Save yourself the headach down the road, when you cant figure out why it's acting weird. Mike Mattera
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Could be the line before. Mike Mattera
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You copied your config from a V9.1 SP2 to a V9.1 MR0105. They have a different number of lines in the .cfg file. I suggest you rename your .cfg file to a .cfg-old extension and whan you re-start Mastercam it will create a new one. Re-do your config choices to that file. Mike Mattera
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Create the XY circle and then the XZ 1/4 arc of the circle and use.... Toolpaths - Nextmenu - Wireframe - Swept. Works for Level 1 Mike Mattera
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You dont use cutting tools to Design a part. You use tools to cut the part. This is not a Design issue. Mike Mattera
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Who can help with mechanical animation???
Mike Mattera - TFM replied to betts's topic in Industrial Forum
You know Mastercam (the Swiss Army Knife of Cam) has a Chook called Animate.dll Just draw your pics in the views you want to show the motion. i.e. draw the part in the various positions to be displayed. Save each file in a sequential name pic1.mc9 pic2.mc9 etc... It's not like a real animation application, but for a "quickie" It can get your point across. Mike Mattera -
Hi Joe, welcome to the forum. Set "omitseq" to 1 or yes. Then find the psof section and deceide where you want the block number to appear. Insert this line. Now do the same for the ptoolchg section of the post. If your running one of my Mill post MPFANUCV9_3X you find an example of this. Actually if your running one of my posts, all you have to do is set "omitseq" to yes and it will already do it. pbld, *n, e This will force (*) the n number. Mike Mattera