25 minutes ago, Seedy steve said:

do u mean the yellow coating? should I go with thru tool or coated?

will a rougher be worth it? if I need a .3 deep cut with a dangling tool length?

thx again.

steve sorry haven't tried the aluminum ones just the for Ti and SS ones with very good results

17 minutes ago, #Rekd™ said:

Helical or Seco A345 

+ for Helical,

tried their Ti end mills and got  150-200% improvement

for wireframe go to Home, Attributes, far right icon is set all, you can change color , style, level or you can also change from analyze entity properties

think that would get you fired at most shops

at least it would be a written warning

just use a tapered cutter with a small point

2 hours ago, TERRYH said:

Yes we do have a choice, but our senior guy has told us in the past that we have to stay current within 3 versions or we lose our MC support from our reseller, however in an email from them this past week we will still have support no matter what version we use, so not sure where he got is info from and he is on vacation till tomorrow so will ask when he returns. 

you can use whatever version you want, they may not have someone that knows the version you use for help

we have one computer that uses ver 7 (not X7) just for engraving

13 minutes ago, AMCNitro said:

I mat have to cut some molded parts on a mill for a second opp.  Its a round part with a bore.  Bosses want to have each part indicated, I know how to do that.  Problem I'm seeing is that the Indicate Bore routine on the Haas doesn't ask for a depth, you have to take it to the depth and then run the program.  

How would I go about doing that?  Write the coordinates BEFORE the probe program ?

you set the probe up as a tool and just program it to the center of the bore and to the z depth that you want then call the probe bore sub

17 minutes ago, apsg said:

I think the angle of the undercut is less than the insert -- I can change tools if needed. How do I allow undercut?

under plunge parameters

you need to allow undercut but the angle needs to be less than on your insert

39 minutes ago, gcode said:

Try downloading new drivers from Mastercam.com

They have X2 and later

and

X2022   dated 06/03/21

 

Drivers and Utilities – myMastercam

i did  the hasp driver even uninstalled X5 and re-installed.

asked IT and they said probably .net update. try rolling it back

there was a microsoft update on Monday

not a big deal only 39 working days left but who's counting 

13 minutes ago, gcode said:

hasp or nethasp? if nethasp, try copying nethasp.ini for 2021 to X5

any Windows updates recently.. 

hasp

yeah, i was thinking windows update too

all of a sudden X5 will not find the sim

2021 and 2022 work fine

i have a lot of old files that are easier to look through with X5, i reloaded X5 and updated driver for the sim but still doesn't work

any ideas

i usually copy all the geometry to another level and turn off original  so  not to modify solid creation

if you have 

%
O8010
(PROGRAM NAME)
blah

blah

M30
%

should be good

do you have an O (not zero) before the program #  and can't be over 5 digits

38 minutes ago, Günther Massimo - GMCCS said:

Please check your spam folder.

wasn't in my spam folder

i added you and info@gmccs to my contacts, hope that will let it through if you send it again

all good now

thanks Gunther

28 minutes ago, crazy^millman said:

His website look current, but I sent him and email to check on him. His number is there if you want to reach out to him via phone.

+049 02942 799713

he's probably 6 hrs ahead of us if i don't hear back by tomorrow, he hasn't been on here since June

has anyone heard from Günther ?

i tried emailing for an invoice because i didn't get one this year but never heard back, my license expired on 8/31/21

find a wire shop

1 hour ago, Chally72 said:

If you're adding via the 1 or 2 distances method, then you aren't actually asking that it respect a 45 to either edge- you're asking for specific conditions for the bestfit of the chamfer between the two edges you're applying the chamfer to.

but did the same function in both systems, i d 

if you do 1d with angle it doesn't let you select an arc

22 minutes ago, Chally72 said:

 

Correct- the intersection of the chamfer at the tangent of the arc is affecting the outcome. If you're adding an equal Width+height chamfer to any corner that isn't a true 90 degrees, it has to pick a median. Here you know the answer you want- you'd like the chamfer to remain 45 to the bottom edge- but to the software, 45 to the tangent of the arc rather than your bottom edge would be just as valid- so it's a case where you need a very specific relationship for the chamfer angle and should draw it out. 

doesn't do that in Solidworks, would think that the 45 deg is locked in

i don't have SW for MC loaded will have the other programmer try it when he's back from vacation

18 minutes ago, Flycut said:

Does the angle change if you make a bigger chamfer?

yes

never ran into this before, when adding a 45 deg chamfer in wire or solid if it's a flat to a curve it doesn't come out to a 45deg

if i draw a vertical  line at the intersection it does the 45

is it making the 45 tangent to the curve intersection point?

could be virus protection

ours was always flagging X+ as a virus and disabling it

1 hour ago, gcode said:

I'm currently using my hasp at both home and work

It's very convenient. The only real danger is losing it while carrying it back and forth.

I don't know  the process for moving a software license from machine to machine

but I doubt it will be as simple as a moving  hasp 

with solidworks you have to release it from one computer and activate it on the other