Roger Your codes do the trick!! wonderful ! Thank you so much for your help Love this forum

Thanks for the input. Randy I have tried that as well. probably I will have to use it that way unless someone show me otherwise there' a disadvantage in this way is that several same N numbers generated as I am posting a program that recalls several time the same tool

Hello everybody, I am a MasterCam Lathe newbie. Using MasterCam X2 SP1 NetHasp. Lathe Post MPL_GEN converted from V8.1 Generic Fanuc. Here are my questions I'd like to setup my post so that it outputs the sequence number N only after each tool comment ex. (TOOL 1 - .....) N1 G28U0. G0Z4.T0 G0T0101 ...... (TOOL 4 - ....) N2 .... I have tried this setting: fmt, "N" 4 sequence_tool_n and this codes after tool change: seq_tool_n = n$ pbld, seq_tool_n, e$ n$ = n$ + 1 The output looks alright until it post a rough turn cycle: G71U0 G71P102Q112U0W0F.01 G0N102X.4995 .... N112X1.05 .... these N mess up the sequence numbers hereafter I am also looking for a way to output an incremental subprogram for deep hole drilling instead of long code or canned cycle.( I have been doing that part of program manually ) for ex. We are looking for subpro like this O9001 G00W-1.475 G01W-.045F.0015 G00W1.48 M99 and main program: ..... G00T0808 G97S565M3 G00X0.Z1.485 M98P9001L35 ...... M01 I am greatly appreciated any help you can provide thank you very much for your time

Hello everyone, I am currently having difficulty to get my lathe posts output the drilling, tapping codes like it did before. These posts were working fine with MC version 8. after I converted them to version X2. now it outputs ""CUSTOMIZABLE DRILL CYCLE X0 Z.03" instead. what did I miss? your help is very appreciated

folks, I'm running Win98 SE. probably you're right, I'll upgrade the O/S some time next week see if it solve the problems Would let you know if it does not Thank you very much for all the instructions

It is Win98 [ 08-28-2002, 01:06 AM: Message edited by: TOM ]

Hello folks I'm constantly having problem with some mill and lathe programs in solid verification. It crashed in the middle of the process. I've stil been using Mc V8.1.1 with MPFAN.PST Below are the error msg that I got. I cut and pasted it here with the hope it would tell you some of the problem Your help would be appreciated MILL8 caused an invalid page fault in module SMODAPI.DLL at 0177:00fb89fa. Registers: EAX=123b59d0 CS=0177 EIP=00fb89fa EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00000018 SS=017f ESP=0148946c EBP=129b58e0 ECX=12ab7248 DS=017f ESI=00000000 FS=0f5f EDX=00000000 ES=017f EDI=128b2c68 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 8b 4e 10 3b c1 75 0a 8b 4f 04 8b 46 04 3b c8 74 Stack dump: 123af08c 00000000 00000000 123af00c 00000000 00fa87dc 123af00c 00000000 123af00c 00fa85e2 123af00c 123af08c 0ed3f00c 0ec3f00c 00e39cb2 123af00c And lathe: LATHE8 caused an invalid page fault in module SMODAPI.DLL at 0177:01308f2b. Registers: EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=01308f2b EFLGS=00010297 EBX=00000007 SS=017f ESP=01649204 EBP=0cbb2138 ECX=00000006 DS=017f ESI=0cbb213c FS=47e7 EDX=0ccaf408 ES=017f EDI=0cbb2138 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 66 39 48 78 75 09 8b 50 04 66 39 4a 78 75 05 8b Stack dump: 112af024 112af00c 0cbb2138 112af028 013044b5 0cbb2138 01649250 01649234 00000000 113af03c 016492b8 0d0af124 7800e9bc 0cbb5ebc 0caafd68 0130443e

folks, At first, I would like to thank you very much for all the replies and solutions to my question In reply to you folks question earlier. I will describe a little more detail what I'm trying to do . I'm working on a program to cut a body of a mutiple pin electrical connector. In this program, after drilling more than 100 deep holes, I need to put an undercut near bottom of each drilled holes To cut these undercuts. We modify a carbide endmill to a very small diameter keyseat cutter. The width of the cutter is much smaller than the undercut area that need to be cut to reduce the pushing force to the endmill Therefore. It needs to travel several paths and technicaly, We want it starts to cut in the middle of the area. Cuts a few circles upward and downward Because, This whole operation will then be transformed to another 108 locations ( 108 pin connector ) so I'm afraid any transformed toolpath in the source operation would not be working in this particular case

Hello folk, I'm working on a simple 2D contour ( a circle ) In this program, I need to program such that the cutter starts at the bottom ( final depth ) of the contour first and then cuts contour several paths upward ( rough step) I'm wondering if there is a way to do that without defining mutiple circles and operations I'm using V8.1.1 your help is appreciated

Excellent! I feel much better now. Dave' 2 magic post lines did the trick!perfectly! I also tried craebild' codes. The result looked pretty good too! Many thanks to you guys. for all your input and special thanks to this forum. where I can always learn and get support from ( while my dealer' leaving everything on my own )

Hello folks, I'm looking for the way to force X and Y out before entering subprograms in translate retangcular toolpath. for instance, after a toolpath translated several times along x axis the output looks like this .... X-3.75Y0 M98P0001 X-2.75 M98P0001 X-1.75 M98P0001 ..... And this is the output I'm looking for .... X-3.75Y0 M98P0001 X-2.75Y0 M98P0001 X-1.75Y0 M98P0001 ..... I have tried to replace postblocks: pxout,pyout under prapidout by pfxout and pfyout. The result looked good at the above section in my program. but confused at non-subprogram sections: It also forced X & Y out where it not supposed to do. So..I changed it back whew.... I'm using MCam V8.1.1 with MPFan Your help would be greatly appreciated [ 09-19-2001: Message edited by: TOM ]

thanks a lot for the help This really is what I want to know Love this forum!!

An empty MC8 file(doesn't contain any geometry or operation) in my system take about 250kb. A file with several surfaces and operations takes up to 800 kb! I'm wondering if that is normal or there is something wrong with my Mastercam configuration. I'm using V8.1.1 Any help are very appreciated

It's sad to hear MC can't backplot or verify a square profile tool. As everybody knows, It generates the custom tool by internally revolving a profile. But We don't know why it' gotta be that way. coz cutting tools are not always revolved while cutting.( like a slot Broach ) They are not always symmetrical about z axis. Beside, If we are forced to use a round tool instead of a square tool in backplot and verify. The verification results won't tell us a thing. yet there may be another problem arised. coz the center of the Broach (or any square profile tool) is not the center of the spindle. It's pretty dump isn't it? James, About some custom tools won't appear in verify mode-They won't appear in both custom and standard. But in standard mode it always use a Flat Endmill instead. Charles, what file you wanna look at? A MC8 file of a square profile tool or Broaching program on a VMC machine or a custom tool that won't appear in verify?

James, Thanks for the link perhaps I missed something. I didn't see any help that link to my problem. I didn't have any difficulty in customizing tools as well as scaling them. They look fine in backplot The only problem is that they just won't appear in solid verification About the square tool profile-you meant I'll have to live with it? How are we gonna backplot or verify solidly a Broach on VMC machine broaching a keyway? (square tool bit, spindle lock and moves up and down) or we just have to guess? would it be nice if it could take a STL or any solid file as a tool profile. wouldn't it? I have also tried Predator verification but couldn't find what we need.. Any direction will be great