I'm using 2020 (recently upgraded from 2019) to program a WEDM and my tool path is chained from lines and arcs I've created specifically for chaining. Nothing complicated, it is an open chain and there are only 5 or 6 entities. Done this 100 times before with no issue. The tool path rendered appears to produce the cut correctly, but when I run it it simulation, the cut shows the arcs extend beyond the intersecting of the next entity, and there is no stock cut in a portion of the tool path. While I'm reasonably certain the program would produce the part as intended, I'm baffled as to why the simulation is telling such a different story. Anybody else run into this? Thanks

Hi, can somebody give me the new link for eBook support? I have a pdf copy of Mastercam X9 Lathe I purchased a few years ago and I'm trying to open it and need a new unlock code. The imbedded link to support is broken. Thanks Scott

After a year and a half, we finally just upgraded to DNC-DT on our Okuma 4020 with a OSP-E100M control and I was wondering if it is possible to copy from the on-board data server to MD1. The reason I ask, many of my old programs have goto / branch code in them, and apparently this is not allowed running from the on-board server. The programs are small and will run from MD1, it's just getting them there that's the problem. Part of the reason we'd upgraded was because our corporate IT security has made it difficult / impossible to write to a floppy disk for program transfer. Our installer, who is also our Mastercam reseller, is looking into it with Okuma. I was just wondering if anybody here has been able to do that. Thanks!

Hello, I'm attempting to put a vibrating pneumatic engraving tool into operation on a VMC. The tool will be in a tool holder mounted in the spindle, and the air to power the tool will be supplied via a short plastic tube. Therefore, it is crucial to have the spindle not rotate (static) In my tool library, the engraving tool has its spindle direction set to 'static'. When I bring the tool into an operation, the direction defaults back to 'clockwise', but this is not the primary reason for this post, and yes, the Feed Calculation in the Machine Group Properties is set to 'From Tool'. At this point I am happy to change the setting back to 'static' at the operation level. Were the real issue is, even though the spindle direction for the tool is set to static at the operation level, my post processor still outputs an M3 to start the spindle. Specifying "0" as spindle speed results in an error in the machine. My reseller worked on this for a few days and could not come up with the fix. They offered a few ideas but they didn't work. I certainly understand I can make a simple program edit to keep the spindle turned off, but I'd like to eliminate any chance of forgetting to do so. Anybody got any thoughts or solutions?

OK thanks all. I was just wondering if there was something I was missing.

Greetings, We now have a Wire EDM seat and I've been trying to get the hang of it. So, I've got a block in which I'm cutting an arc off of on just one side. I've got a model in which I'd like to chain the arc (and only the arc) to create the toolpath, and I would like to extend the toolpath a little beyond the stock at both ends of the open contour. I am accustomed to being able to adjust the start and end of a contour in the Lead In / Out parameter in MasterCam Mill. I can't see how you can accomplish this in EDM. My workaround has been to project the contour line above the part, extend it on both ends a suitable distance, and chain it. Simple enough, but I was just wondering if there was a way to simply extend the start and end points on an open chain as you can in mill.

Thanks I'll try that next time it happens

OK what I don't understand is why I can't select edge curves after I utilize a surface toolpath. I'm able to select those entities beforehand. I've been creating 2D toolpaths on this model. If I save my file, restart Mastercam and re-open it, I can select edge curves again.. Oh, and yes, it is a surface model, no solids. Thanks, Scott

Greetings, I've not had this happen before and I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing. I'm working from a surface model where all of my toolpaths have been 2D up to this point. I just created a toolpath using a surface high speed toolpath and now I'm trying to continue with a 2D Contour, but I can't select an edge. Only surfaces can be selected. The 'select edge' icon on the ribbon bar is greyed out. What am I missing? Thanks! Scott

Thanks Greg. From what I saw in the manual, I was pretty sure it was an option we didn't have. Just wanted to confirm it with somebody who knows where the panel would be if we had it. I guess our next move is to see if the DNC-B option can be added at this point. Thanks for your reply, Scott

Greetings, I realize this is probably not the forum for this question, but I've run out of options so please forgive me. We've got an Okuma MC-V4020 machining center with an OSP-E100M control and I need to know where the DNC control panel is located. This panel should have two switches, one turning on/off communication, the other turning on/off Buffer Operation. It is refered to in the manual but our maintenance people have been all over the machine looking for it. Does anybody know where this panel would be? We're trying to get this machine connected to our shop DNC and I'm working with our Mastercam reseller to make the appropriate changes to our post processor. Right now the only thing we've been able to get to work with limited success is input via RS232 emulating a tape (hence the additional code added to the post) From what I can understand from the manual is that there is another means of input 'DNC-B' that I'm seeing no reference to in any on the machine's on-screen menu's. Perhaps the machine is not equipped with that option, or maybe we just need to find that switch to turn that feature on. Thanks in advance. Scott Lent

Thanks all, This solution was exactly what I was looking for! I'm running X9 by the way. Thanks!

Greetings, I am working on a complex part and want to create a stock model before I begin machining the next side of the part. There are over 100 operations on the first side and the 'Toolpaths --> Stock Model' method I am accustomed to using isn't successfully creating the stock model. I have tried another approach I read about here by verifying the completed operations and then saving as an .stl Then I point to that file for the initial stock shape in the stock definition and the stock model does render. The problem is that when I start machining that stock model in verify, the model is a surface model and has no 'meat' under the skin. Any suggestions? Thanks

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Can anybody tell me what the RCTF option in the tool menu for some tool paths does? Thanks!