Millman, Thanks for the input. I'll have to give a try tomorrow. I'll get back to you and let you know how it goes. Thanks Joey

Jimmy, I may be doing something wrong but I tried that also. When I used swarf, things got ugly. I appreciate your time and input though. I'm always open to other ideas though. Thanks Joey

Jay I just sent it again. It's titled mastercam forum question. Joey

Jay have you recieved the file yet? I think I got the right address but not totally confident. John I don't seem to have that in my c-hooks. Is it any different from the multi axis menu option Joey

I forgot to mention that I'm using v9.1 sp2

I just tried it again

Jay I sent it. Could you let me know if you got it or not. Thanks for the quick reply. Joey

Afternoon everyone, I got a problem that I've been scratching my head over for most of the day and I just can't seem to figure it out. Here's the situation. I got a concaved part with a pocket in it (.038 deep). the bottom of the pocket is also concaved. (normal with the top surface) it's radiused in the corners and has a .09 radius in the bottom which are normal with the surface. Right now I'm doing the pocket surface using surface parallel finish with a 3/16 ball with a .006 step over(which is working fine but takes awhile). What I would like to do is, do most of the pocket surface with a 3/8 with .09R using flowline and output it to 4th axis. I tried this and it works pretty good but I have scallops on the edges. Here's my dilema, I tried cleaning up the edge with a 3/16 ball, using curve 5th axis, output it to 4th axis. the trouble is that it skips right over the corner radii in the corners. I've tried everything I could think of and a few things that I probably shouldn't of thought of. How can I get it to do the bottom radius of the pocket around the corners and keep it normal with the surface. Hope I explained it well enough. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would put it on the FTP site but we can't get it to work here at work. sorry I could supply a picture of the toolpath but I can't seem to paste one in. Thaks in advance. Joey Happy St.Patrick's day

I think it's starting to get warm in here! Joey

I absolutely agree with you whole heartedly. I personally want to thank you for all the help you've given me. Directly and indirectly through reading other threads. Thanks Joey

+1 to Millman's response. James, I feel for you. Some of the engineers ideas are like WTF. I trully enjoy doing this because I learn something new everyday and sometimes I can't even believe how much I actually enjoy what I do. And with this forum, it only gets better with you fine people. JMHO Joey With Mastercam and an imagination almost anything is possible.

Millman, Thanks for the quick response. I believe they checked that (ok I imagine they would have checked that). I used the Haas post that we use for all of our Haas's except the 5th axis. I'm using the inverse mode just on the periphery because the edge has to be normal with the surface. But now that I think of it I'm not sure if the company has ever tried using the inverse mode on that machine before. I know that they have the 4th axis over there plenty of times but I don't know if they have ever used it in the inverse mode (just for positioning I think). I'll have to bring that up on Monday. I've only been with the company for about 9 months. With the holes it's just strictly for positioning which worked fine. Sorry I wasn't more specific. Joey

Good evening everyone. We got a problem with a machine here and I was wondering if anyone here could lend a thought or two. Here's the situation with the info that I know. I got a 4th axis program (just a few holes, a couple of pockets and a simple periphery toolpath) that we ran on a Haas VF5 with a 4th axis attachment and it ran with no problem at all. Now we are trying to run it on a VF6 and when it it hits the G93 line, the machine alarms out. A guy from Haas was here and he couldn't figure it out. They actually e-mailed my program to their company to see if it's the program, but I don't think that's it. I was just curious if this has happened to anyone or if someone has a thought or remedy for my current headache. Thanks in advance, Joey

James, LOL Don't hold back tell us how you really feel. Joey

Welcome and best of luck. Joey

Mct010 Welcome, I got a progamming position right out of college after 13 years of being out in the "real world". It's like Rekd said it depends on the individual. With your background and a desire to learn I'm sure you'll do alright. It may take awhile to be comfortable but use patient. This forum can be your best friend, the people on here are incredibly knowledgeable and are the best. Good luck to you. Joey " Try to learn something new everyday, no one can't take that away from you "

Jay I can probably e-mail you the pictures if your still interested in helping. Joey

Jay sorry it took so long. I don't have access to the ftp. site here at work, and I can't seem to get any pictures to paste in. I'll keep trying though. Joey

Good Morning folks, I got a quick question that I'm sure one of you can answer. I'm going across the top of a angled surface that is radiused at one end. I used multisurface 5th axis on. It works great. My question is , is there a way to have it make one pass instead of three? I can edit it out in the editor, but it would be better if I could just post out the one pass. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Joey

Millman, Thanks anyway. I appreciate your time and effort. I'll let you know how I make out. Thaks again Joey

Millman, I tryed the point thing and it looked good on the screen but when I posted it I can see in the code that the machine will rotate back a little and the tool is digging in at that point. I just read your last post. I never heard of "povit distance" in the post. How do I check it and is it easy to correct. Thanks Joey

Thanks Millman, I'll it a try and let you know. Joey

Chris, after I read what you said it sounds like fanning is not my problem. Now I'm not quite sure how to fix my problem. If you read the post to millman you could see my dilema. Any suggestions. Thanks Joey

Millman, Thanks for the quick response. I'm trying to swarf around an angled surface with a 1/2 endmill on a Haas TR-6. My problem is the swarf works pretty good until the tool reaches the radiused part of the surface. When the machine starts to rotate the cutter digs into the part. It's only at the start of those points. I'm not sure if this is the best way to do this oper. but it's the only way I could get it to work. I thought maybe fanning had something to with it. I could probably e-mail you the part if you want. I can't get on the FTP site. Joey

Good afternoon folks, I'm trying to figure something out and I'm having some difficulty with it. I was wondering what fanning is and what does it do for you exactly . Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Joey