Me thinks he's been smoking that crack!

hit the "all" button then select all group or all result

You need to adjust your light settings before you go to verify. You can find that under shade settings.

quote: And BTW these two are Hot $hit, two of the best this forum has, listen to them you could learn alot.+1000 to Hardmill. Just reading their answers to posts I have learned so much and I have used mastercam since 1993 V6! And I agree 150 percent with John Paris that the most dangerous thing about X is the operator.

You can tranform them 3d about specific points, you might have to mirror them after also about a point.

Can't you just use xform translate 3d?

You can hide your toolbars and do a print screen then put it into Word or another word processor, then you could save it as what you want.

Repeat Simonpeter, this is from the X help files: Filtering is supported for most toolpath types. To turn on toolpath filtering , select the Filter check box in the parameters tab for any toolpath which supports it. To change the filter settings, choose the Filter button and edit the values in the Filter settings dialog box. (There are separate versions of this dialog for Mill/Router and Lathe). For surface toolpaths, filtering is part of the total tolerance feature. Choose the Total tolerance button and edit the values in the Total tolerance settings dialog box. For high speed surface toolpaths, select the Arc Filter / Tolerance page in the Surface Toolpaths dialog box. Much of the toolpath filtering functionality depends on parameters stored in the control definitions. See the Tolerances page for the overall maximum and minimum tolerances which are allowed, and the Arc page to specify in which planes arcs are supported.

Simonpeter, this is from the X help files: Filtering is supported for most toolpath types. To turn on toolpath filtering , select the Filter check box in the parameters tab for any toolpath which supports it. To change the filter settings, choose the Filter button and edit the values in the Filter settings dialog box. (There are separate versions of this dialog for Mill/Router and Lathe). For surface toolpaths, filtering is part of the total tolerance feature. Choose the Total tolerance button and edit the values in the Total tolerance settings dialog box. For high speed surface toolpaths, select the Arc Filter / Tolerance page in the Surface Toolpaths dialog box. Much of the toolpath filtering functionality depends on parameters stored in the control definitions. See the Tolerances page for the overall maximum and minimum tolerances which are allowed, and the Arc page to specify in which planes arcs are supported.

John Paris teh forum junkie! PS sorry Corby!

You also need to change your point style to a cut or thread point. A standard point will just cause the machine to cut and thread at zero.

That explains it a little better. Thanks John!

You also need to set your construction plane to back as well.

You need to rotate your coordinate system in the back plane so your xyz are in the right direction. Set your plane to back then rotate.

You can save them by using the tool manager. Save the tool geometry file as a seperate file or on another level and then check the custom file or choose level button in the tool definition page. If you click the help file in the tool definition page you can find out more about saving tool geometry.

quote: BTW, converting splines to arcs is not the same as Edit-Simplify. They're 2 different features. I have learned something new. I always used edit simplify like convert splines to arcs. Thats why I read the posts, thanks Thad. Thanks Pete, this is why you guys make the big bucks! Do you guys still have GenElMec in Bpt CT as customers? I used to work there.

If you mean converting splines to arcs or edit simplifiy in X, I would use .0002 tolerance.

That would be file, save as, ASCII. Sorry, forgot that part. You can then open it with an editor or word.

Try saving the point data to an ASCII file, that will give you X and Y coordinates for all the points. you can then open it in word or bring it into Excel.

Sorry I see was covered in duplicate post

Try Edit-Simplify-All-Splines

+1 to John. If you lose the sharp edge on your extracting tool it's done. I do mine the same way John does. Good luck!

in the x,y,z boxes (upper left side of the screen) you can type 0 in each box, make sure you hit enter ever time, or hit origin on the selection bar

You need to click on the arrow next to the box where you entered your length, it will turn red meaning the number is locked. Then you can pick your x dimension in the box next to the vertical line button.

I have found that this error msg comes upon almost every crash. We have been sending reports in whenever a new crash happens, hopefully it will get straightened out soon. This is still an awesome product though.