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dan,
do you have a post that output mill turn code?
do you know how to do milling surface machining?
have you done other lathe face and cross milling?
without seeing the part, you should be able to go into the face or cross plane and just do the surfacing toolpath you need. in the ops rotary settings, you can set it to C or Y axis code.
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Can you directly open Solid Works 09 files after install of MU1?
Thanks- still haven't pulled the trigger on X2 to X3.... figured on waiting til the SW09 thing came out.
Greg
gms,
yes X3 MU1 opens SW2009 files
Inverse Feed is the inverse of the amount of time necessary to make the move, and since each move has a different distance, the corresponding time varies for each block as well.
F(code) = 1(minute) / (time = 3D distance move)
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mastercamguru: I haven't seen you in years.(back when v8 came out you came to my shop and did some post magic for me) Nice to see you in the forum.
welcome to the forum, you'll find that a few of my guys and myself are here quite often. Give the office a call if there is anything we can help you with.
if you have or had maintenance in thru 01/2005 then install the V9 MR0105.
There is also a V9 patch for getting the hasp to work on XP SP2 - http://www.mastercam.com/Support/Downloads...aspx#V9.1%20SP2
Columbo,
did you check your HASP info to confirm that the current licensing is set in HASP?
In the X3 program folder, run the haspx utility and 'Read' the info from the sim.
MMT has nothing to do with having or using Solidworks.
MMT will be a module for Mastercam Lathe for syncing and simulating Multi tasking toolpath.
We have just started Alpha testing but it is looking very good.
Jim,
problem with 'correct' way is that you keep getting the warning dialog of same work offset used for multiple planes. If that could be turned off I opt for the WCS value variable.
not a simple edit but...
- setup a misc integer to flag that you want to lock on first wcs
- save value of first wcs
- use saved wcs if flagged to lock to 1st wcs
John,
it is because you are in X and not X2. Chooks are not usually compatible between version and need to be compiled for that version. I don't know if there is an X version of that chook still around.
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couldn't you just change the pxout to pfxout and pyout to pfyout, etc
Would work fine but you may have to do a bunch of digging to find all the pxout/pyout/pzout that you would need to change. Change the format statement in one place and all outputs using that format are effected.
a quick, dirty way to force the G-codes out is to use the post variable force out symbol. In your rapid, line and arc output sections force the sgcode variable. Example with the line output section:
code:
plinout #Output to NC of linear movement - feed
pcan1, pbld, n$, sgfeed, sgplane, *sgcode, sgabsinc, pccdia,
pxout, pyout, pzout, pcout, feed, strcantext, scoolant, e$
The * on the sgcode variable will force it out every time.
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