Chris, That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw my liitle gouges and the machine doing the funny arc dance. My day went a whole lot better today now that I have a clue how these things are supposed to be! [ 06-27-2003, 05:40 PM: Message edited by: lovell110 ]

I'm glad I'm not seeing things. For the life of me I couldnt figure out why my program was not working. I'm glad I went to the books. I modified my post to get the right output but I had to understand why it needed to be this way. Here, I thought I was over worked. [ 06-26-2003, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: lovell110 ]

Hi All, I was just reading my programming manual for this machine and something is not sitting right. In this book it claims that a G03 is a clockwise move! A G02 is a counter clockwise move! Now this machine requires a negative X value for its diameters. Has anyone seen this before? Or am I just overworked? John

Chris, Thanks for your reply but I solved my problem. I was being stupid! It really helps when you PICK the tool first! Thanks again! John

Hello all, I am using MCAM Lathe and I am trying to do a rough and finish canned cycle. I am using the same tool but I keep getting an alarm stating that my tool nose radius is not the same. Im using the same tool! What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated! John

I agree Jay that backups are very good to have but I deal with people going to places they shouldn't be and doing things they shouldn't do and the usual canned response is "I didn't do anything"! So if I change it to a binary file there is less risk that they will mess with it. Its not the cure but it may be a good way to keep my posts safe! John

Question, How would someone go about changing a .pst file to keep meddling new mastercam users from messing up a pefectly good post? I can't be watching all the time and I usually get one question a month on "I dont think the post is doing this right!" crap.

SMO, I have a Cinn 10VC withan acramatic 900 contrller that uses P & Q vectors for cutter comp. I might be able to help. Email me and lets see what we can do!

Mike, Presently we us SW in engineering and I import their files direcly into mastercam with no trouble. I cant say whats good or bad about the other softwares out there but my guys just laughed at the idea. That was enough for me!

Frank, I presently have 8 machines hooked up to a Greco unit. That system isnt bad but we move machines around alot. I also have 5 machines hooked up to a wireless system that is great! You can move your machine anywhere in the shop and no wires! The machines all have MDSI controls and my IS dept claims that it should not be a problem with the Fanuc controls. You might wnat to look at incorporating wireless with your new DNC system. John

Ver. 5...Isnt that like a collectors antique?

Scott, Im looking at your code and getting confused! On the code you claim to want line 30 on look a little screwy. Before I can help I need to know what version of M/C your using! If you want you can email me a sample file with the code you want and your post and I'll dink around with it. John

Hey Mike, How can you be fresh to teach when your up late chatting on the forum?

Will M/C DNC function work with mazatrol language? What if you wanted to use mazatrol language only? How does it work? Bummer! [ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: lovell110 ]

Mike, Have you tried making the center line of your axis Z0? With my 5 axis machine we just use the pivot point of the index head as Z0. Works great for me! Email me and I'll send you a MC8 file as sample!