at james I ranthe warmup program u suggested up top in this thread and got a error saying cant run that macro... thanks..

@ james and 3rd string.... I will try both of these out and report back my findingss... thanks for the help... much appreciated...

well I dont turn on the spindle and leave it run cause in the program it changes rpms after certain period of time.. and while its doing so I am doing other things else where and cant go over and turn it up to different rpms... Autmation and simplicity is the key here hence I need a macro..... I want something that does what I have already which is fully automated with out the tables and head running back and forth is all.. Im not worried about warming up the whole machine here just the spindle...although I do appreiate your concerns Im looking for just simple modification of the existing program.. so I thought I would ask for some assistance here... thanks,,

I have the folowing warmup program and i was wondering if someone could tell me where or what lines I need to take out to keep the table and head from moving back and forth during this process.. I just want the table and head to stay stationary while the spindle is warming up... thanks.. % O5000(INCH INPUT) #996=0 #994=60 N1G91G28Z0. IF[#996LE30.]THEN#997=6000.(LINE ADDED) IF[#996GT30.]THEN#997=10000.(LINE ADDED) M3S[#997] G91G28X0.Y0. G4X1. G91G1X[#991/25.4]Y[#992/25.4]Z[#993/25.4]F600. G04X1. #996=#996+1 IF[#996LT#994]GOTO1 G91G28Z0. G91G28X0.Y0. G04X1. M30 %

RAID 0 definately your faster bet but along with that speed you must sacrafice your redundancy..you could build a data recovery strategy around this issue but still chance loosing small portion of data even with data backup on multiple schedules through out the day.. Of course this can vary depending on how much the data changes on a daily basis on your machine...

Opterons dont utilize hyperthreading.. the use Hyper Transport technology to shuttle data between the processors and other devices...

I think if the operation manager becomes undockable again it will cause the CPU utilizaton issues like were experienced in Version 9. the auto hide option would be cool.. I have seen web pages that the menu hides to the left of the screen then once you scroll the mouse over to that area then it becomes visible..

only things with networks would be a slow in performance as far ss reading and saving files..plus insome instances if I haev a file open across a network share it tends to slow down the performance of my pc while using other applications..My work isnt set up on the greatest network layout as well either..lol..

thanks ken...that worked..

ok thanks...

MR1 SP2 installed. go to use new core roughing toolpaths and get error stating that my operations ( custom operations ) dont support this path. It works in the default operations files mill_inch when I use it but not my custom setup.. is there a way to fix this error or do I have to recreate a new operation file. thanks,,

@ gcode... thanks abunch.. that fixed it...

yeah I was using sp1 update 3 previously and just got it working few weeks ago.. all was well then updated to MR1 SP2 and all want haywire..lol..all posts get the same editor error...

well I decided to try it and updated to MR1 SP2 well no surprise its a mess.. first issue when I try and post a tool path it posts it but when it goes to open up the editor and show the posted path it errors out and says error opening the file..box says editor error...

thanks guys that fixed it...

Updated to patch 3 while back from patch one and have been having drill problems in my post ever since.. here is a drill path in X X example: G83G98X-6.3125Y2.4375Z-1.R.1V.03Q.03D.1F5. X-5.8438Y2.5938 X-5.1563 X-4.6875Y2.4375 X-5.8438Y2.25 X-5.5 X-5.1563 X-3.3125Y2.4375 X-2.8438Y2.5938 X-2.1563 X-1.6875Y2.4375 X-2.1563Y2.25 X-2.5 X-2.8438 X-6.3125Y1.0625 X-5.8438Y1.25 X-5.5 X-5.1563 X-4.6875Y1.0625 X-5.1563Y.9063 X-5.8438 X-3.3125Y1.0625 X-2.8438Y1.25 X-2.5 X-2.1563 X-1.6875Y1.0625 X-2.1563Y.9063 X-2.8438 G80 (MACHINE_GROUP_1.) Start of program G00G17G20G40G50G69G80M09G90 G49Z00.000 T1M06 S950M03 G43H1 G00G90X-2.8438Y.9063 Z2. G40G49 G00 Z00.000 G53 X-12.5000 Y00.0000 M09 M05M02 ( End ofMACHINE_GROUP_1.) Now the same path in version 9 that works correctly.. 9 example: (MACHINE_GROUP_1_MC9) Start of program (TOP) G00G17G20G40G50G69G80M09G90 G49Z00.000 T1M06 S950M03 G43H1 G00G90X-6.3125Y2.4375 Z2. G83G98X-6.3125Y2.4375Z-1.R.1V.03Q.03D.1F5. X-5.8437Y2.5938 X-5.1563 X-4.6875Y2.4375 X-5.1563Y2.25 X-5.5 X-5.8437 X-3.3125Y2.4375 X-2.8437Y2.5938 X-2.1562 X-1.6875Y2.4375 X-2.1562Y2.25 X-2.5 X-2.8437 X-6.3125Y1.0625 X-5.8437Y1.25 X-5.5 X-5.1563 X-4.6875Y1.0625 X-5.1563Y.9063 X-5.8437 X-3.3125Y1.0625 X-2.8437Y1.25 X-2.5 X-2.1562 X-1.6875Y1.0625 X-2.1562Y.9063 X-2.8437 G80 G40G49 G00 Z00.000 G53 X-12.5000 Y00.0000 M09 M05M02 ( End ofMACHINE_GROUP_1_MC9) In X it takes like the first 5 or so lins of code and puts them half way down the page in the toolpath .. anyone else run into this ?? thanks..

try slowing your baud rate down. overflow errors and crashes after start of send usually are caused by buad rate being set faster than what machine can handle recieving at... I know your only at 4800 now and thats not extremely fast but you might try lower for hell of it and see what result you get,... HTH

@ QMP tried what you said and it works now.. thanks...

print preview only shows lines and arcs and surfaces.. no solids or dimmensions.. and Im running patch 3 as well... thanks,,

We have a color printer and a black and white printer here at our shop.. when I print on the color printer everything prints fine but when using the BW printer no dimmensions or missing geometry.. is there a trick to get the BW printer configured properly to work in X.. works fine in 9 so I figure it must be a setting somewhere.. thanks...

well I just want to go deep enough to get a few threads to start with and finish by hand.. Im just concerned about diameter settings is all.. I will probablly only go about .500 for depth and run the tap by hand down to my needed depth..So Im assuming and diameter will work and then just specify 18 as my threads per inch...

so it dosent matter the diameter I put in but just the threads per inch...?? I have never tapped pipe threads in master cam before thought I would give it a try but wasnt sure how to set up my tool parameters for the NPT...

size of the finish point ?? would you be refering to the very last threads on the tap.. Im getting about a .550 diameter at the largest point...thanks..

Whats the input needed on the tool page when using a N.P.T tap for pipe threads versus a regular tap ?? Im using a 1/4-18 npt looking for the proper input on the parameters tab far as size and threads per inch..thanks,.,..

I cant see where a spaceball helps take place of key commands.. nothing will replace these there were to many in version 9 and they were great..I think there was one for almost every key on the key board...lol..Yeah spaceball helps but only in certain aspects..point im trying to get across which I know is hard to do but alot of functionality has been lost with this transition to X from version 9 and time taken to get things done has greatly increased for myself I dunno about others..