Thanks John I will check out the tutorial.

Thanks for the friendly advice. V9. The way that I did it I do not get any blue lines.

Thad, I do change them on the T/C planes page, that is when all of the z values adjust.

I set the new wcs to -2.00 so I can get a good verify for all setups.

ok, I have a 2" thick block and I want to work from the bottom side first. I set up a new wcs as a copy of the bottom wcs -2.00 in Z. I set my Tplane and Cplane to the new wcs. I spot and drill some holes thru. Now I want to work on the top side. I want to csink the holes that were drilled thru by copying the spot drill ops and changing the tplane and cplane to the top. When I do this all of the z values change relative to the original plane. I am sure there is a way of doing this so as to not loose my z values. Thanks Kevin

Got it. Thanks guys

Ok I have started useing multiple wcs for different faces of a part in order to get a good verify on all faces. If there are operations in the first setup that I want to use in the second setup how do I copy the operations using another WCS.

Correct Mr. Psyco

An example of what I am trying to do. A .560 wide X 2.00 long slot thru 1.500 stock. Using a .500 endmill. Plunge down, slide over .1 plunge again slide over .1 .... I do not want to ramp I want to rough plunge the slot and then contour to finish. I can not use the slot function because the geometry varies.

Where is your lazy tricks?

chop out a slot with the bottom of an endmill.

Is there a way to chop a toolpath or pocket like surface,rough,plunge. With out using any surfaces, or having to define each point?

Is there a way of converting a solid to a wire frame of lines arcs and splines. Kevin Prodoehl

Here here all sports are alive and well at the youth level. With the enthusiasum of the players and fans at the high school level. Ill save the $150. and enjoy a high school game in any sport.

Sorry to bore the non-hockey fans, and I am sure to upset the Canadians on the forum but I feel impelled to say something. I am 43 years young and have been a hockey fan all my life, have played it and now have a son that plays it. The right team won. Unfortunately for the game the Lightning represented good and the Flames bad. The Flames throughout the series chose to at times use illegal hits and elbows to try and take players off their game or out of the game. These players have been playing the game for a long time and know what they are doing when they take these actions, there is no excuse. The finals provided some exciting hockey by some exciting players, (Igilna, StLouis, Khabibulin, and Kiprusoff), and I hope the league realizes the good guys won.