Sorry, I miss read your answer. Thank you. my bad. thank you Keith and HevyMetl. Joey

Thank you HevyMetl, That's what I'm driving at. We just were wondering if there is a way to do it in Pro-E. Joey

Keith We got a guy here that does his programming in pro-e and he was wondering how to lock the toolpaths like we can in mastercam. Joey

Morning Folks, I'm just wondering if anyone who uses Pro-E knows how to lock a toolpath. Thanks ahead of time. Joey

A saleman in Ohio told me that if you go to solidworks website you can get a 90 day disk and learn it at home. HTH Joey

howdy I took Mike's class in college along with other classes of his. With him and this forum you all are in good shape. Hi Mike. Joey

KJS I ran, troubleshot, set-up and rebuilt Davenport screw machines for 12 years. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may have if I can. My experience is limited on other types of screw machines but I know other guys that are very knowledgable on acme-gridleys and brown and sharpes. Joey

Thank you gentlemen. You've both been a big help. I'll have to do some more research into this Predator software and do some analyzing. thanks again for your input. Joey

What would be best for 5th axis verification in your experience and or opinion. And what about the verifying in mastercam? Is that a toned down version of vericut. Someone here at work said it was. Joey

Thanks James for your input. I'll have to pass it on to the boss. Joey

Good afternoon folks, Morning to you all on the west coast. I've asked on this subject before but not quite the same. We're looking into verification software. We're looking at Metacut and Vericut. Can anyone tell me the differences between the two besides the price. For examples being user friendly? and if you can verify 4th and 5th axis programs? Also is was wondering about the verification that comes with mastercam itself. Is that a toned down version of vericut or just something mastercam came up with? Any info would greatly be apprieciated. Thanks in advance. Joey

Sorry it took so long to respond, been busy with work and all. Thanks for all the responses. I'll have to talk with the powers that be. Thanks again. Joey

Hello all, I was wondering if any of you use vericut. I am wondering how good and dependable it is and if it's user friendly. I've read some articles on it and read some old threads on the forum about it and have gotten mixed reviews. Was wondering if it's worth looking into or if there is better options out there. Any info would be helpful. Thanks in advance. Joey

oh welcome to the forum. I would go through some of the past threads, that might help. You can learn alot from just reading. The people are incredibly smart and helpful on here. They are the greatest. Joey

skir I would check out the local colleges and mastercam dealer. Joey

congradulations and thank you. Your a real asset to the forum Joey

+1000000 James. I'm surprised with young mans dilemma, Rochester is deep in all types of manufacturing companies and it has a wonderful tech. school ( Rochester Institute of Technology) there. Where is the educational system going? At the local community college, enrollment is up in the machining program but these kids are just content on only applying themselves enough to get by and only be content on being button pushers and nothing more. I don't know maybe I'm just rambling but I am always looking to learn something to improve myself and things for my family and surroundings. JM2C Joey

Is that up near Rochester NY? Welcome to the best place on the internet. Joey

Ed I don't know what else could be wrong. I've ran into that problem and I can't think of what else it could be. I'll have to think about it some more. I'm at home right now and don't have MC in front of me. Maybe someone else can help you out but I'm stuck on that and it bothers me that I can't help you more because it seems like an easy problem to fix. Sorry. If I think of something I'll let you know. Not much help sorry Joey

Ed Instead of typing (.0), type in your y coordinates. You've already told it the "x" when you type origin. try that Joey

very funny thread. +1 N Franco "quit while your a head" LMAO

Happy Birthday to the greatest place on the internet!!!!!! Joey

AWESOME pictures Thad

I just e-mailed you with the info. Joey

Hi guys Sorry it took so long to get back to you all. I tried a little bit of this and a little bit of that last night and came up with something that I thought would work. I banged my head till around 10:30 so they could run it during the day. When I got here they had all the parts ran off doing, it the long way and never tried what I came up with last night. (of well that's the way it goes though). But I am going to try all the other suggestions just so I can learn. JG, I tried that and the surface was trimmed and I couldn't extend the corners. Thanks anyway. Jay, Thanks for your patience and help. I'll have to look at it from home because I have trouble accessing your site here at work. I'm not sure if it's IT Department of me. If you could, could you email me a copy of the file. I would like to learn from my mistakes. Everyone else, Thanks so much for your help. Joey