Thank you.

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I had bookmarked the link to the dynamic mill spreadsheet. I went to click on it today and google tells me the page has been deleted. Is there a new link to follow?

We are looking into replacing our scheduling software for our cnc mills. We use robots to load and unload pallets from a rack into the machine. Our cnc programs are ran through the scheduling software to prioritize which pallets run first, takes the nc programs and adds our tool groups and pallet change commands into it. I'm just curious if anyone is using anything similar to what I have described above. I believe the one we are using has been modified heavily in house and we'd like to purchase something that can be supported in case of problems. Thanks in advance.

I use a Razer Naga Trinity https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga-trinity I can set each of the number buttons to perform a different macro. I absolutely love this mouse. It saves me a ton of clicks throughout the day.

Just point entities. Our CMM program can take .txt files and use the information in that file, which is vector data, to probe points on our parts. I'm trying to create a program that will probe our magnetic pallets that we use to machine parts on. This would basically let me know if we are "dishing" our pallets over time. This is just a little project I'm trying in my spare time.

I have a set of points that I need to export with vector values. The points need to have an x,y,z,0,0,0,0 values to them. Is this possible thru Mastercam? I need these points converted to vectors to run an inspection program in PC-DMIS. Below is an example of how the points need to look in order for the CMM to read them properly.

Does Mastercam support multi core processing? I know that some software limits the number of cores they use for crunching. So in some cases maybe a dual/quad core would be better than a processor with 6-8 cores? We have the same problem with Cimmatron right now. Toolpaths take a long time to crunch but the software itself only uses one core to do the processing. We have 8-core processors so we aren't really maximizing our computers resources.

Personally I am blown away by our 3 axis Yasda cnc. We are always talking about getting a 5 axis one because the machine we have now is so accurate.

We used Harvey engraving tools for some of our hardened blocks but we also used 1/32 ball mills. Most of the stuff we engraved only had to be legible so .005" - .010" was the deepest we went. Some of our customers had really strict "tolerances" on their logo so that's when we went with the Harvey tools.

Nevermind just found it. Hiding in plain sight

There was a page/spreadsheet on here where users could input their settings for the dynamic milling tool paths (opti rough etc...) , is this page still around? I lost the link to it and so far my search has turned up nothing. If anyone would share the link it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

I use wear but at my old job I used neither. The owner didn't believe in cutter comp. All adjustments made were by the programmer and the program reposted. This is one reason why I refer to it as my old job.

I would second JParis' idea. We always used plaster to hold our parts when having to machine undercuts or for multiple setup prototype parts. However, if you have to pour it into a cavity or "bottle", you would have a very hard time getting that stuff out. We used wax a few times to hold parts but we never had to melt it to remove it.

We always used body filler for joining pieces together. It works great and we also used the body filler to "build" up areas where we may have missing foam.