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I have had the best luck defining button shellmills as "Slot Mill" and then putting the diameter of the button for flute height, corner radius of 1/2 button diameter. However, toolpath generation takes a LOT longer than calling it a bull mill. The geometry of some of our parts requires the cutter to be able to cut slightly on the backside of the button, and bull mill does not give an accurate result in these areas.
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I notice it changing WCS when moving the Red arrow "of doom" between ops. I have the change C/T plane settings unchecked.
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No problem with you or anyone specific. I just don't quite understand that attitude about jobs. I have only worked in this one shop, and it has been good to me. I can't walk out of here and replace the wages or benefits that easily. Maybe if I had moved around I would see things differently.
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I agree completely - pick your battles. Your question was already asked and answered, but someone puffed up their chest and said "negoatiate????"
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I think if I went against the bosses wishes too many times I would have to be reminding myself that I am still "right" while looking for a new job.
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I too have had it delete entities it called "duplicates", even though the duplicates were on another level.
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What does a performance hit mean though? Processing time, or does it have to do with the apperance?
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I have read all the threads about Vista as they came up, and just did a search like suggested. I can't find anything less vague than "should" and "probably". Has anyone tried a side by side comparison of X2 with a Quadro card on XP and Vista?
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What does it mean to be Vista capable? The original X2 can't run on it?
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In Windows Explorer: (At the top) Tools, Folder Options File Types tab, click on DWG, then click the Change button and find Mastercam. Works for me.
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Could it be set to center instead of tip?
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Not to stick up for Stork or anything, but I believe it is just a poor design. We have a Cat50 that was successfully welded like Doug said, and a few 40s that are still broken. I don't know the exact amount, but the arms are very pricey - to the extent that we have never justified it. Stork's workaround is a very good one.
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quote: Ideally what I would like to see is some kind of benchmarking standard for mastercam, so users can compare configurations & see what is best.This sounds like an excellent idea.
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OK. When I set coolant on while defining the tool it still doesn't show op in the operation dialog box as on.
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This is starting to drive me nuts. I did a format to clean up my PC right before Christmas. I backed up all of my Machine & Control Defs, Posts, etc. However, I forgot the op defaults. On the new install I reset them all how I had them, and have checked numerous times to make sure they have stuck. All appears normal. But when I start a new file, the coolant is set to off for the 1st operation of any type. Any ideas??
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I haven't done much with custom tools. Hopefully someone that has can help you.
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Weird. Does it make a difference if you check fluted or shaded in backplot options?
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In the backplot dialog box there is a toggle button for Display tool.
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See if reversing the surface normals makes a difference.
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The only levels that I get with no entities are from levels in the original dwg that have a name, but no entities. In my level manager they will be named, but with zero entities.
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I thought of that, but it's not checked.
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I have flood coolant set to on in my operation defaults, but when I create a toolpath it comes up as off. I can't figure out why. I have double and triple checked my op default settings, and it is set there, but still doesn't come on. Any suggestions? Running X2.
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Too bad Bullines isn't around for these PC questions anymore.
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My system has a spot for a 2nd processor, and I might be able to justify it to the boss - but might, or should, won't cut it. Has anyone added one and seen a significant speed increase in Mastercam?
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Has anyone done a comparison for MC as far as dedicating a 2nd processor to it?