Is there a way to limit the amount of my RAM that MC uses? On some large 5x toolpaths, with stock model tolerances set to 0.001", MC will use 99% of my 32GB and, for all practical purposes, freeze the PC. I can fix it by loosening the tolerances, but I never know when it's going to happen.

Yeah, it used to be in there. It changed in 2017, I think, might've been 2018

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We rarely do production runs of more than a few parts, when we do I use threadmills. The formula I use is: RPM = TPI x 10 & IPM = 10 So 1/4-20 = 20 RPM & 10 IPM, 3/8-16 = 160 RPM & 10 IPM, 1/2-13 = 130 RPM & 10 IPM etc. Except on hardened steels and exotics, this has rarely failed me.

You can have post files (.pst, pst_backup) files default to open in Code Expert.

I use Code Expert for posts for all of the built in functions, that are specifically for posts. But I use Cimco for G-code, simply because the colors make finding things easier, such as linear to rapid transitions, M-codes and comments.

I am slammed at the moment, but I will get back to you as soon as possible.

I thought it made me a Republicrat, or was it a Democracan?

I generally agree, but sometimes, as in the instance I stated above, they are the only option. I'm on an older system with only 16GB of RAM and sometimes the system is overloaded by the stock model.

Got it. Thanks scharles

How do you do this?

How does one convert an stl into a stock model? I know this has been answered before, but while this forum is one of the best resources I've ever had in my career, the search function still blows big nasty chunks . Zeke

I don't know why either, but please keep us informed on this. I have a file right now that I cannot create a stock model without it locking up my box so badly that the only way to recover is with a hard reboot! And the stock model I'm trying to create has only one 2250K morph path, it swallows every bit of my physical memory, so that the box cannot operate. This is the worse instance of this I've come across and I'll be sending it to our reseller to forward to CNC. I'm using 2018, so this isn't exclusive to 2019.

This is the 2019 version of the ModuleWorks help file. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nn9fg2hlmhecquy/AAAWgYQNPe6J0llkSuFNHdFla?dl=0

Open Verify, File>Options>Graphics