Got it, going to give this a try for a bit to see if i like it. 

Thanks for the help

17 hours ago, nickbe10 said:

If you have line numbers at tool change option you will not.

Where is this option located? Not that I care about memory in the machine but most of the time I'm just starting from a tool but my control won't skip past 9999

35 minutes ago, sharles said:

Unfortunately, in this case that won't work, because the 'mm' simply divides whatever number you put in by 25.4, but here you need to do the opposite and divided 25.4 by the pitch. That's what got me hung up...

in the FPT box you could just put  1mm (m6x1) in that box and it will convert it to the .039" blah blah blah for you and that's basically all you need. The speeds and feeds will figure themselves out.

If everyone just worked in metric and dropped the silly imperial system we wouldn't have this problem....... metric taps are the perfect example they give you all the information you need to find the tap drill with out having to do silly division

Hey Jeremy,

I am certainly not a guru, but instead of having your slugs fall off and potentially damaging your wire machine for lights out work. This is how I set my parameters so it can rough skim. When I come in, in the morning, all I need to do is cut the tabs and the part is done. Hope this helps

anybody tried this software?

I am no stranger to slamming my head against the desk to try and figure out why I can't get this software to work some days, but this forum has so many people willing to help. 

Dynamic mill (as I understand and use it ) is meant for roughing and the dynamic contour is more of a finishing operation.

Knowledge is power. Honestly that's what I love about my line of work / the trade. If you want to you can constantly push yourself to try something a bit different. There are ten right ways to do everything, one just might work a bit better then the other nine.

9 minutes ago, Leon82 said:

I also think it's easier to analyze dimensions with the curves

Agreed

I'm certainly not trying to turn it into that sort of post, I'm more asking out of ignorance. What is the purpose of creating those edge curves? I'm curious more then anything. I always program off the solid. 

But to answer your question to the best of my ability. It appears like its doing the Xform>translate>join trick where it connects the upper and lower together. Your way of doing it seems more legit though cause when you chain it won't stop at branch point. (Unless that's just how my chaining is set up)

I have never been able to use other types of fonts in mastercam. I work for a Japanese company and have had to put that font on some parts before. I've always had to draw it in solidworks and bring it in 

On 9/27/2017 at 0:43 PM, newbeeee said:

You've seen Gcodes' arm from loading those tools?

At least I think that's how he built it up...

Works wonders for your arm wrestling career haha 

I have a cat 50 big plus spindle. I'm surprised to hear there is much on offer that's more rigid than that. This machine is a tank. I also have embraced the capto system for modularity for some specialty tooling. It does perform quite well.

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# C-codes...
#------------------------------------
# 'C' is used to select machining condition files
# C900-C999 = used for PIKA machining and HF machining
# C777 = used exclusively for wire vertical alignment
#        Flushing is NOT turned on, even if a G01,G02,G03 is executed.
# C888 = used exclusively for wire breakage recovery function.
#        (It cannot be used in a machining program)      

This is from the top portion of the post.

fmt  "O" 7  progno$     #Program number
fmt  "O" 7  subprogno   #Subroutine number head of file
fmt  "P" 7  subno$      #Subroutine call number    
fmt  "G" 4  g_wcs       #WCS G address
fmt  "C" 6  ccode$      #Condition code        
fmt  "H" 6  offset$     #Wire diameter offset
fmt  "H" 6  offset0     #Wire diameter offset 0  
fmt     2   tlrad$      #Wire radius
fmt  "H" 4  tofs$       #Wire index to taper list  
fmt     2   wt$         #Wire taper  

thats all i can find after reading through the post i searched for ccode$ but came up with nothing.

I was wondering if someone could help me get the condition codes to come out properly. The machine likes to see C001, C002 and C0903. for the first second and third passes. Mastercam always outputs C001, C002, and C003. I have my power library set to 903 but it always outputs 003. I'd assume its just counting pass numbers and assigning the number based on count. My post editing skills are weak but I'm up for tackling this if someone could point me in the right direction.

thanks for your time

16 hours ago, drafting3 said:

So, I asked our lead programmer about this and he seemed surprised that I was having trouble. He made a toolpath that collided with 100% of his model, both feed and rapid moves. When he did a simulation, there were no warnings, errors, or even red coloring to indicate a collision. He tried setting the model as a fixture, and still nothing. He could swear Mastercam used to collision check vs models.

 

Collision vs models is working for everyone else but us? Can someone try it and post a screenshot? I fee like I'm flying blind without any software driven collision checking.

 

So I had this problem once as well, but only once. I had this part and it was a screw up on my end that it even happened. I had run verify on it and didn't show a red streak or anything or shown the gouge that eventually was put into the part. That made me pretty wary of trusting verification after that, considering I was just using an endmill. If that happened at 3500mm/s with my high feed cutter  I'd have been right pi$$ed. Moral of my story, check and recheck, then check again. 

On 8/15/2017 at 5:01 PM, mig said:

Okuma and  Okuma the best .You just have to know how to use it and you love it

I haven't ran alot of different controls but okuma osp300m has been my favorite so far. Its a little slow for me but I button mash like a boss. Used to be all fanuc based stuff before this machine and there isn't a huge difference in code. 

2 hours ago, bigprody said:

air for roughing, coolant for finishing.

That's pretty much my motto

I use a Sandvik 216F  which is similar to what your asking, I the have carbide shank versions and those inserts run me $35-$50. They seem to last a good long while though.  I use a Sandvik Corochuck 930  to hold those tools.

1 hour ago, JParis said:

Don't laugh, on t he 12 meg program I reference, they guy actually came to me and said he couldn't follow the code....that it was processing to fast and he wanted to single block it so he could watch it

I worked with a guy once that would single block every line. He would check over and over again with a gauge block any time a tool would come to the feed plane (0.1"). Slightly frustrating to watch considering it was weld clearance haha. 

I'm no expert, by any means but I do a lot of wire cutting. I generally make a level with all my wire geometry on it. Often times I create extra geometry to help control where and how it moves. 

I want to give this a go one day, seems like a much safer process then a tap. Although I use Emuge multi-taps and they are pretty good.

I don't use them often but when I do, I use them heavily. But its one of those things I've always been used to using levels. I didn't even know level sets were a thing.... 

Man I wish we were on maintenance......I have X8 with Verisurf and X9. X9 is set-up to my liking and it sucks having to go back to x8 and probe/ reverse things and have  to bring them back to x9. Would be nice to have everything upgraded. Is everyone here on maintenance or are you buying the new versions as they come out, it seems like there is some pretty big jumps between versions. 

I only have the option of DXF and any Mastercam file. No option for Step.  I suppose you could open it and resave it as a mastercam file. Im running X9