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?

Is it happening with just one part or file? Or on any of them?

If you are going into corners I would suggest a 1/8 2fl bull with a .02-.03 rad. Or at least run a 1/8 flat endmill into the corners first. If not you will get some deflection. As far as speeds and feeds, 7000 RPM and 30 or 35 on straightaway runs max. Unless you have more RPMS available. Step downs probably get away with .01 Typically I would cut something like that with varying tool lengths. ie. maybe standard length to a depth... next longer etc from the previous cuts.

Sorry Brian haven't used Moldplus in a long time. Glad you figured it out.

Thanks for the link.

Is X+ out now for X6? I miss the chaining selection.

Anytime.

Technically ordinate is origin (0,0) so I would say no. You probably could make a print look like that though if you hide or maybe change the level of the referenced origin. Not sure why you would want that though? Typically on a print you would see a reference start point dimensioned and then any ordinate from there.

Yesterday before I left I was opening up my machine def/control def quite a few times trying to find a solution to some other post. Today I fired up X6 from my desktop (open not double click) and my config had changed. I reset my config to how I like it and saved it as bill.config. Closed X6 and tried double triple and quadruple clicking and could not get it to reset to default. Prior to this morning though I had noticed every time I opened X6 it was prompting me for a toolpath group name before it would fully load. Started doing that about a week ago. What could I have done to get that, so I know what to look for if it happens again. Thanks

And I too. Thank you Mr. Mayette and also Jay. Really everyone who has given helpful insight and shared their knowledge. This forum has been educational and full of laughs and great debates over the years.

Also see the thread and its counter thread in it's entirety. If you change or edit an existing tool verify the D and H values changed accordingly. If you are editing a tool you must select the edited tool for each operation that uses the edited tool. That make sense? It will prompt you to change all operations that use this tool... hit yes and reselect the tool per operation prior to regenerating. It does to me anyhow.

In Control Definition see tool register. Also see my posting at this thread... My link If the tool library is assigning numbers from said library and you want them in order i.e. T1 T2 T3 see the pictures at that thread.

If you already have the operations and tools picked and then try to change the control def it will not change what was already generated. If you do reselect as Gcode the tool register will set those numbers for you. I will mess with it when I get the time. I am sure there is an easier way and less dangerous. Wouldn't necessarily say it is a glitch in the software. The tools were pre-chosen under a different set of rules. Changing the rules after the fact would require some messing around. Although I was under the impression the control def was controlling the post output regardless of tool register settings for already used tools. My impression was wrong apparently.

Well now you can set it. Should help you a lot.

Like this or something different?

Does it say add to tool?

Curious to what your control definition is set to as far as tool registry?

I am getting that too Rick. I posted it on a new topic. No replies.

On X5 it would give you the warning at posting. On X6 for whatever reason??? It warns you at tool creation or editing a tool number and NOT at post.

Mine does.

Its been an old habit of mine to always have the NC edit on when I post. I have gotten in the habit of tool next all the way down just to double check. I used to work at a place that had a funky post and this was back when you could leave the the D values Zero. Back then the post would spit out the tool number on all offsets. (if the post was setup that way). Where I am now I find myself using the same tool and using different D values for various operations (similar but different sized holes or slots with tight tolerances). Limited tool holders and limited tooling makes this work. So... forcing the post to make the value wouldn't help me. However, anytime I edit a tool or a program I re-check all of my settings. I figure we are paid to make sure what we send out is what we intend on sending out, so better safe than sorry. If it gets past me and the setup sheet, my setup guys should find it on the setup sheet. I have used a few other cam packages and granted they may not be the super high dollar high end packages available but they have their issues as well. For instance, not even noticing that I have two different tools with the same tool number and it posts it out anyway. There are a ton of shops out there that can not afford the highend stuff someone else keeps spouting off about. We are the programmers we are the failsafe. Even if someone sets up my job on a machine... I double check their setup. Why? Because it all falls back on me.

We have 8 HAAS and everyone is a different year. I never know before hand what machine it will end up on.If it is an older one I kept having to change the feedrate output to a gut wrenchingly low number 150. I started using the full vertical retract... a lot of time the parts are so small you can hardly see any time difference seeing I use a very short entry exit loop. This particular was large by our standards and I just had a brain fart not realizing (remembering) the dogleg. Completely my fault.

I should have remembered that Tom. Such a dope. Been bitten on Fadals once. I have posted G1 out at high feed rates and these old Haas do not like them.

Gotcha. It does dogleg. That would explain it.