Unless your operator set a work offset wrong the tool should have stayed at retract position or overtraveled in the plus direction. Unless the machine parameters are set up in reverse. HVC

I remember James making a similar part here you might try to get him to chime in. I still have the part here. He did it on a lathe though if that makes a difference. HVC

Come-on james i thought we were friends?

Code_Breaker, This might not be what your looking for but maybe something to tide you over. We are looking for some part-time instructors here at the Ontario NTMA Training Centers. Lots of hours days and nights so it would be split shift. It could be real erratic as far the times go. We are are also looking for a full time guy, but full time here is 25 hours a week. Between the night and day stuff you might be able to pull the 40 hours most guys want. Let me know if your interested in teaching. Henri

Stan, Try setting Z0 to the top of your part. Henri

scottyT, .obj file extentions were used in C/C++, as an intermidate pre-compiler extention before being created into an .exe or .dll file or application. I've never know it to stand for a CAD type file extention. HVC

I recently attended a workshop here in southern calif. for $50.00. They gave 2 tutorial workbooks and a student version of Solidworks/Cosmos. I thoght it was a pretty good deal. you might be able to get the same thing from your local reseller. Henri

Matt, I currently teach in southern california, if theirs anything I can do to help you out let me know. I have access to curriculum or can steer you in the direction that would suit you best. You can reach me thru my e-mail: [email protected]. As far as money goes it varies depending on the area your in, I would would not take less then what time and a half of your present wage is. Henri

Ken, I used to have the exact problem. The only thing that fixed it for me was to switch from an AMD processor to an INTEL processor. I haven't had the problem since. I know others who use AMD and have never had problems, so who knows? Henri

Ray, The address is 1717 s. Grove, Ontario. I'm there all day Tuesdays and Thursdays with thursday being the best days for me. I'm also there the rest of the time, Mon, Wed and friday until 1:00PM. We are open on Saturdays but I don't know if anyone will be able to assist you then. My phone no. is 909-947-9363 ext 12. Henri

Hi RTM1818, I'm an instructor at the NTMA Training Centers in Ontario, CA. I know it's about an hour from you but we get students from your area once in while. If you have the time to come and vist I would be happy to assist you with any resourses you may be able to use. I can show you the books and things that we use and the type of projects that the students make. Henri

Jammer, There's also a free program called capture.exe that I found while browing thru this site. It's a little better then the mastercam bmp file cause you can select certain sections of the screen and save it as different formats. If you can't find it thru google, e-mail me and I'll send it to you. HVC

Jay, Yes it is. We want to upgrade ram and mobo's. But I don't know what we can get away with. HVC

Does anyone know what the minimum system requirements for Mastercam X will be? We're getting ready to upgrade and want figure out the best way to go. We're looking at upgrading at least 40 systems here at the school. Thanks in advance.

Yeah James i think you were the one who taught me how all the setting in filtering worked.