SolidWorks and Mastercam make a powerful combination. Have them throw in a SpacePilot.

You can never have enough computer! I would go with the Nvidia Quadro FX series graphics Card.

terry5357, Here is a G-rated link that might help. Linky

We all knew you would fiqure it out in time.

Kannon, I hope you get your upgrade. You will love X2 MR2.

What is your depth?

Look in your Mastercam Help under Customizing Mastercam with C-Hooks and Net-Hooks. A few C-Hooks also have Readme.txt files stored in the C:mcamxchooks folder. Many of these are very useful.

Welcome to the Forum John! What is the format of your file now?

I create notes and then break them into lines and arcs. What is your chaining tolerance set at? On second thought, just take the day off and go buy your wife a nice 21st anniversary present.

Thanks Kannon

Just another day in paradise.

Tim, It must be possible, because I have converted iges files that originated from Pro/E, that had entities on seperate levels. Can you save the Pro/E file in another format?

I have heard of a Hasp causing similar problems.

How is your Hasp connected? You should send a Zip2Go file to your Reseller and see if they can reproduce your problem.

How are you scanning the file?

No, it does not. The last time I saw MetaCut Utilities Light was in V9.

Are using X+?

John, Are you on your Pocket PC?

You need to set your Tool Plane to the face side.

ina, Welcome to the Forum! Are you trying to make a custom tool or geometry for chaining a toolpath?

fastercam, I believe you would select the Override button on the AutoCursor ribbon bar, then choose Relative from the list. I think you could also set up Relative as a keyboard shortcut.

BCW, Welcome to the Forum!

DG, Were you cutting the letters with only one pass?

This is the beginning for one of our Fadal programs: % N2 O2055 ( FADAL VMC 4020 / 620-55 .NC ) (STEVE Z / 10 - 25 - 06 / 09:12 ) N10 G0 G40 G80 G17 G90 Z0 H0 E0 T1 ( #4 HSS CENTER DRILL............. ) ( CENTER DRILL ALL HOLES.... ) N11 M6 N12 S1800 M3 N13 E1 G0 X-10.005 Y-4.855 N14 H1 Z3. M8.1 L12 N15 G81 G98 X-10.005 Y-4.855 Z-.2 R0.1 F3. N16 X-9.505 Y-5.9535 N17 X-7.755 Y-4.855 N18 X-8.505 Y-2.005 N19 X-8.63 Y-.7035 N20 X-5.505 Y-1.005 N21 X-.755 Y-.755 N22 X-.755 Y-5.6963 N23 G80 N24 G81 G98 X-.945 Y-3.605 Z-.1 R0.1 F3. N25 G80 N26 M9 N27 G0 G40 G80 G17 G90 Z0 H0 N28 M1 T2 ( 5/32 HSS NACHI TWIST DRILL...... )

I think it has been 4 days now.