We are in Romulus, what kind of work?

I have the top of the holes selected not the bottom but my hole depths are all the same from the point selected, my concern is I am drilling .03 holes .125 deep and with the contour I have to have my retract set at an inch to clear the part and was looking for a way not to drill an inch of air above the part

X6 MU2 ......... I really need to change that

I am trying to drill holes at different z depths and checking incremental under reference hieghts does not seem to be controlling the reference on each individual hole. Am I doing something wrong?

I have a part with a 3/16 wide slot and the bottom is not 2D it has a contour to it, i want to just run a 3/16 ball endmill around it and have it just follow the contour. What would be the best toolpath to use?

its ok John I will let you slide I was just looking for direction and you gave me that

it is supposed to angel the other direction

I have not actually done it yet but his solution looks like it would work but I am always interested in more then one way to skin a cat

Thank you I got it now thank you very much for all your help

on the right side the 2 areas outlined in yellow to the top and bottom of the strange shaped thru hole need to angle down into the thru hole but have a verticle wall

Sorry John thank you for the input i have attached a file with most of it done except for the area i am having trouble with i am looking to angle just one wall all the way to meet the opposite side of the pocket

FILE.MCX-5

I am pretty new to creating solids and am looking for a tip on how to creaet something. I have a large solid face and I am looking to create a pocket with an angled bottom. What I am trying to create basically looks like a whistle notch with a vertical wall not a perpendicular one. Any direction would be a great help thanks in advance guys.

FILE.MCX-5

We also use Hocut 795 and the stuff works great and no skin rashes at all. Maybe they have it mixed way too strong or something.

Thanks for looking into it and your right Zig-Zag does work, also I guess i should have mentioned I was using one-way. I looked at the code too and it looked alright to me too.

Thank you for logging it John

When I post out a facing tool path with depth cuts I get a Warning !! ................... Invalid tool motion detected within depth cuts. Operations require regeneration. Cancel post processing? ........... Then when I cancel the op turns dirty, I regenerate it and it is ok but when I try posting it I get the same error again. Anybody seen this before?

Now that is pretty darn funny right there !!!

ingersol indexable spotting drill. +1

I agree works great

Then in that case did Colins information help you or do you have other questions?

All very good info given but i am going to ask the simple question. What level of Mastercam do you have?

Does anybody know the font name that they use and how to get it and load it into Mastercam ?

i got it to work the way i wanted to with contour ramp thank you for all the help guys

i am useing slot mill .......... does contour with ramp work better? i created a rectangular shape is that the same?

I am trying to mill a slot and i keep getting an error that the toolpath will not generate. last time i used this path and it has been awhile i remember i think that you had to create the geometry a certain way any help or suggestions would be great ......... i am using X4

yes i can thank you that worked perfectly

I am kinda new to solids and i am trying to creat a fillet from a solid that is kinda shaped like a hockey puck to a cone that is sticking out on the side and i am and using face to face fillet and keep getting an error that says : Both sets of faces must include faces from solids . they are both solids so i am looking for a little help like i have a seeting wrong or something

i am using X3