Taper length, thanks for the link. that might be just what i am looking for.

I have not. Good idea!

No, this would be for new parts that require cams.

Thanks for the responses. Newbee is correct. getting the cam profile is the difficult part. I can apply toolpath to any geometry but defining the geometry has me stumped.

Contouring the cam shape is I believe the easy part.

Working out the cam shape/rise in the 1st place is the difficulty exactly as John says.

I have a very old copy of featurecam that (by memory as it is probably very dusty and somewhere in the loft at home) has a cam generator built in.

We currently use an old software and cam cutter to make cams for our Tornos screw machines. Is anybody using mastercam to generate these toolpaths? Seems like there would be some sort of cam C-hook or something.

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Won't engrave work??

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Yes, MEConsultant has been infected for years.

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You can also go into the verify settings and select file instead of STL. Select the mastercam file you have with the solids and they will all appear in your verify.

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There is no correct answer. It is all based on your application. I believe the major difference between the two is that synthetic is strictly a coolant until it reaches a certain amount of heat and pressure. Soluble oil is a coolant and a lubricant. The semi-synthetics try to overcome this by just adding soluble oil. This gives them some lubricity at low pressures. So, lets say you have very heavy cutting pressures and high heat I would lean toward a synthetic coolant. It will increase the life of you tooling. If you are taking light cuts in aluminum and or tapping small threads a soluble oil will be a better solution.

Many thanks Gunther...

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I had this problem as well. I believe if you would re select your tool at the time of the change it would have worked fine.

I forget how to turn this off. I have set the MI to 0 but that does not fix X3 programs that I did not have to that to.

Bryan,

I found that as well. The only problem i have with it is does not stay where I put it in my defaults???

I sure would have bet it was that way in the past. I will try to dig up some code...

I can no longer set the ramp to depth and have the tool ramping around the contour until it reaches the depth I have input. It just continues to ramp around the contour until it is at the final depth. This breaks the tool every time. It should ramp around until it reaches the specified depth and finish around the contour before ramping down further??? Is this broke or was it changed for some reason?

I am not sure what you are referring to? Would vector toolpaths have less distance between the points?

Does anyone know where this feature went? I machine features created with splines and unless I can tighten the tolerance I get a very choppy finish. Also, when i set the defaults arc filter for contour operation it does not stick???