I've been using lathe myself for a while and it rocks! I've done some post customizing too if you need help. We've got some live tooling lathes and it does some really neat things

Wow!!!!!!!!!! THAT is cool!

James, Thanks for all the help you have given me, both directly and indirectly!!!!

Rick, Which version of MC. We have seen this here wtih V8.1.1 When you create letters (MC box format) it deletes all tool groups and puts all toolpaths in one called Toolpath Group 1 as you have seen. Could you have done any lettering before you went home last night? This applies to "create lettering" and not drafting. We never found a fix for this. V9 doesn't do this

Over 28 years and 3 shops. started at deburr. been doing cnc since 1978 or so. started programming 8 years ago and have been here as a full time programmer for the last 5

Jay, I think this is what you want: # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Rotary Axis Settings # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- srotary "B" #Rotary axis prefix vmc : 0 #0 = Horizontal Machine, 1 = Vertical Mill rot_on_x : 2 #Default Rotary Axis Orientation, See ques. 164. #0 = Off, 1 = About X, 2 = About Y, 3 = About Z

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll check them out

Thanks Rekd, Maybe it'll give me something that the others lack. Predator doesn't do canned cycles well (no depths) and gets confused with the Fanuc home commands. I'm always on the lookout for tools that might make my job easier or improve accuracy.

Rekd, Where can I find info about this? I looked for "NC Editor Station" on Google and only found a dead link (or so it looked) Does this work better than Predator V4? That and the veryfier in Extreme DNC is all we have. Neither works very well.

I believe that you would want to remove those ##'s. This section will output the WO (as well as X Y Z and any rotary as well as G90/G91) if it is changed from previous. The # characters will keep it from being acted upon.

Yep We have a "normal" AL-2 and 2 SL-1 machines like you describe. I heard it's a parameter setting to change. Ours came from another division when it closed and we left it at an X- setting for the old programs If it were up to me I'd change them and trash or edit all programs for them. Too much chance of making a Boo-Boo if you know what I mean! But........ it ain't [ 06-26-2003, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: Mark C ]

Years ago I had a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang that I sold to buy my current toy. It is a 1965 Mustang coupe with a Boss 351 engine, top loader trans , 3.91 rear gears etc, etc. It puts out an honest 285 hp at the rear wheels as measured at the rear wheels. It's set up like a road race car and is somewhat street legal. I'm currently installing 4 piston disc brakes all around

Thank you for your responses, Chains haven't been reversed, and are in correct direction with tool on correct side. I'm using comp in control. Funny thing is, I came in this morning and regenned it and posted it and it came out right. The ops weren't "dirty". When it does it it's putting out the right x & z, just a G42 instead of G41

Hello all, I'm fairly new to MC lathe (v9 sp1) and have a question. Sometimes when boring, and using comp I get a G42 instead of a G41. One of the setup guys pointed this out to me, so I went back and checked some prev programs and some are right and some (fortunately the minority) are wrong. What might I be doing wrong. I tried posting with the MPFan post right off the install disc, so it's something I'm doing. Thanks in advance

Actually, thinking about it for the past hour or so, there may be an easier way. You say this: pdrillref n, *drillref, *sgdrill, pdrlxyrot, *refht, *depth, *frplunge works but no dwell. If you ALWAYS want dwell and the same amount you can probably do this: pdrillref n, *drillref, *sgdrill, pdrlxyrot, *refht, *depth, *frplunge, "P2" Let me know