Thanks Ron

Chris

Im looking for a template or option  that's reasonably simple that someone would be willing to share

just wondering if anyone has a alternative format to the setup sheet default

hi im looking for a  fanuc post that will give the correct B rotations  and a   post that will give the correct rotations for a hass A rotations

thank you

hello I am using a  Ingersoll face mills  2 - 3- and 4 inch the problem I am  having is the corners are wearing out rapidly I am mainly cutting stainless steels  I cant find a reference to guide me for speeds  feeds  or depth of cut

the ones I do see suggest that my FPT to  be .010- 0.012 that seems to me to be really aggressive but maybe I am  not being aggressive enough and that's what causing the problem

any help would be greatly appreciated

is there a way to have have a surface finish contour toolpath  with a multi pass without creating 2  separate toolpaths ?

the roughing toolpath left .05 on surface and I would like to take 2  .025 passes with the finisher

I was wondering if it is possible to have my cutter ramp into my toolpath with the lead in / lead out settings, I don't see any settings for that

for a regular contour toolpath

Hi Colin I don't see the checkbox anywhere maybe you could walk me though to locate it

Im trying to set up machine simulation and Im using a wcs that I created and is different from the standard  top view , so when I use the machine simulation my vise and part are oriented incorrectly, Im wondering if the machine simulation only references the top view or can I  somehow set the view in machine simulation to correspond to the view I have created for my vise and part so  that they are oriented correctly in the machine simulation ?

I have X7 but I  dont see a probing tool path ? do I need to activate that inside mastercam , or  is that a extra part of X7 I need to purchace ?

thanks chuck works great 

-chris

I noticed that when I  have my solid in the front view it is able to rotate from side to side , where as my other views do not 

is there a way to rotate my other views the same way as the front view does? 

just wondering if its possible to make 2 mating solids into one ?

yes that is exactly what im talking about and how do you do that with a solid ? 

thanks guys this forum is great you guys are alot of help

i was curious if there is a way to have a part in wireframe in ISO view with just the foreground visible without the background wireframe , without going through and deleting the background wireframe , would be handy in setup sheets for accuracy 

any imfo would be great thanks 

Im trying to peck tap on a Mazak vertical mill , Im using a new drill and new tap , but im getting oversize threads

this is the tapping program im using for a 3/8-16 unc

T1 M6

G0 G90 G54 X1.0 Y1.0 S106 M3

G43 H1 Z.1 M8

M64

M47

G98 G84 Z-.75 R.1 Q.075 F.06 H100.

G80 M5 G91 G28 Z0. M9

G28 X0. Y0. G90

M30

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT

HELLO JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PART FILES THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE AS FAR AS MABEY SOLID MODELS THAT I COULD PRACTICE ON IM PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH MASTERCAM AND AM VERY HUNGRY TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN , I CURRENTLY AM EMPLOYED PROGRAMING WITH MASTERCAM BUT THE WORK WE DO IS PRETTY BASIC PARTS IM LOOKING TO GET COMPLEX PARTS TO PRACTICE SURFACE TOOLPATHS AND MULTIAXIS , ANYWAY JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY WOULD BE WILLING TO THROW A FEW MODELS MY WAY OR KNOW WHERE I CAN GET SOME THANKS

thank you so much Colin that's exactly what I was looking for it works great

thank you so much Colin that's exactly what I was looking for it works great you have been a great help

thank you so much for the help that's exactly what I was looking for

thanks for the help that's exactly what I was looking for its a great help

Here is a zip to go file Im working with and need some help on a tool path to use either a simple tool path or surface toolpaths to use on my oring grooves

any help would be greatly appericiated

ZIP.MCX-6

Hi guys I'm trying to cut a oring groove can anyone give me advice on the best tool path to use I have been trying to use surface toolpaths with marginal results

Thanks guys

hello was wanting to know if anybody knows a way to make a stl file a solid ? once I verify my part the only way I know how to save the verified part is as a Stl file , and then I can import it into solid works witch is fine but from there I cant do anything with it , I cant save it from solid works and then import it back into mastercam ,because theres no geometry on a stl file

What im trying to do is find a way to get the verified part from my first operation as a solid to my second operation for accuracy

any imfo would be helpful

chris