I use to use the HP510 designjet. It was very accurate, although I would check on the mediums. Never used it for mylar.

42 inch width with unlimited length (roll).

You can also use the X+ setup sheet. I believe it is pinned in the forum for download.

Here is a rough idea to what it can look like.

That is how I have my Mastercam set-up. A while back someone told me to switch my Nividia settings to Dassault Systems Catia-compatable. I also notice that a program settings is available so that you can set-up Mastercam specific settings.

 

My graphics card is shaky at best. When I got o verify and stl compare I get white outs and it seems as if my screen is trying to refresh. It takes forever and I can't even get out of the compare before it finishes it's business.

 

I am not trying to move the view during a compare (I learned that lesson a long time ago).

I would think that if your toolpath (stock model) and stl are fairly large most if not all mid range cards might choke with the compare. That could be a huge amount of data to have all up at once considering fine detail and resolution settings.

You cannot take X6 x64 back to X5 x86

 

If you take the X6 x64 to X6 x86, you can save that back X5

 

the 32 bit previous versions have NO WAY to read the x64 files

 

This was covered extensively during the roll out of X6, not new news

That makes sense John. Keep forgetting we are on x64.

I just noticed that. Didn't X5 have the save as function to go back? Wonder why they took that away.

This is 7.

The place cuts mostly Inconel mostly.

However it does not look like they want me. Guess when they said a lot of times on Friday afternoon they get a rush and have to work Saturdays and Sundays I told them.

"I don't work Saturdays and Sundays anymore. Have my family that's more important."

Missed my other boys growing up working 58-96 hours a week in this trade.

Oh well.

Did X6 loose the "Auto" option? It describes it in the help, but I don't see it in the window anymore....

Is this what you mean?

After I click open external this file select page opens and there are two options auto or text.

here it is.

My link

Is there a way to get a xyz gnomon to be displayed at the tool plane origin?

There is a verisurf program that is free somewhere on here for X5. It gives you a nice large colorful XYZ to turn on and off.

Thanks guys. I will definitely be asking questions.

I have always just used MCam for 3 axis VMCs. I was curious as to what reading material is out there to learn lathe and any 5 axis programming.

Reason I am asking... possible new avenue in my career. Ground floor in a start up company machines and software yet to be decided. Although they do have a Mori lathe but it seems to have power issues (electrical surges).

If anyone can point in a decent direction I would appreciate it.

No.

I just tried. Even created a custom profile. It worked.

I've suggested the glued in inserts. He agreed.

Thanks for everyone's input.

Oh, I was going to use diamond burrs. Seems like they will do the trick. I will post the outcome.

When solidworks saves it as a step, it does SAVE the file, but it technically may not won't adhere to the properties of a step model

 

Verisurf has an auto-surface feature that can put surfaces on a STL file, at which point you can save this as a STP/STEP

Was wondering that seeing the file size 5k.

The CMM scans though ugly.... MCAM can cut them nicely.

I thought it was magically changing at first too until I realized I wasn't hitting enter. Other than that I have not had it happen and tried like crazy to make it happen just to see what the issue is.

Just trying to figure it out.

Read in your stl from verify into MCAM and save as an iges then.

I just read in an stl into my solidworks. Saved it and then saved as step. It seemed to have worked... until I tried to open it in MC. But mcam is looking for solid or surface features.

Why can't they take the finished solid model in step. run the program and verify from that a set amount of stock they expect to have left from your roughing operations?

Seems like a lot of messing around to make sure a roughed part is roughed?

Maybe the CMM would be capable of reading the step I (you) created in Solidworks.

Just wondering.

Not sure what CMM's they used to have where I was before but they used stl files.

They are positive its a step file?

Bump

I'm amazed at all the trouble some people are having.

I've been working with high speed toolpaths extensively for 3 weeks and this has not happen to

me once. Don't know why, but I'm not complaining

Look at my other topic. I think that may be the issue. Not really a bug per se but an error on my part for not hitting enter.

thanks Matt.

for your advice.

I know this is an old topic, but I have a college kid that wants me to help him with his school project. He has 6 sheets that are .437 thick. They each have two 10-24 tapped holes.

How does this material tap? Can it be tapped or should it be inserted?

Thanks for any help

See my new topic (reply) on this this... see if that may be an issue.

My link

Have you changed any of these settings recently?

Grabbing at boundary box straws.

I was just using the HSS waterline and found out what may be the issue.

If you type in a stock to leave in the XY field and mouse click to your next parameter and then go back... the field has changed.

But if you type in the field stock to leave and hit the enter key it duplicates that value to stock to leave in Z. And then it sticks.

I found this by accident because I didn't want stock left in Z. I went back to that page and typed in the z value at zero and clicked another page. By happenstance I ended up back and found my Z value was back to the original duplicate.

You HAVE to hit enter to make it stick. Could this have been the issue you were having?