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The bold text is a bit easier to read, but the icons still look faded and the text doesn't look high resolution. It looks like a greyed out selection compared to previous releases of Mastercam.
Its one of those issues to try and ignore for the sake of getting things done, but it will take a long time to get used to. It may just be how 2024 is, but it would look a lot better if it was the same as every other ribbon.
After watching 2024 tutorials on YouTube it appears everyone's toolpath manager looks semi translucent and hard to read.
2024 is on the left in this screenshot, 2020 is on the right. 2020 is much easier to focus on.
Hopefully there is a fix.
I would like to see one of the gurus on here do a screen cap video, talking their way through programming a part from start to finish.
I think this would be very beneficial and is hard to come across, we have a million videos about a single thing, can someone show it all?
Everything from selecting the machine to the point where it is time to go to OP 20 OP 30 OP 40 etc..and how you transition between planes etc.
There are people who program hundreds of toolpaths on a single part, it would be great to see their workflow.
A youtube video showcasing this by an expert would be great! I am definitely not a Mastercam expert or I would do it myself.
Cheers
So the best cycle combination is the most inefficient, Mcam 2021 update? Hope so.....
Just add a checkbox "Chip clearing" Or a field for "radius sweep angle" for gentle entry into the cut.
But I am trying to find the absolute best Mcam setting for difficult holes not easy ones.
Try these parameters and watch it run, it has a very smooth entry, but it retracts out of the hole like a glitch.
Your settings are outputting a move straight down in Y fully enveloping in the cut. I prefer not to do this especially if I am doing 1/4-20 x 1.000 deep in stainless etc..snap city.
This setup gives the best control over making a linear move first, as well as a smooth gradual entry into the cut.
But it retracts out and back into the hole every pass for some reason??????
If that could be disabled somehow I would have exactly the control I am looking for over the tool.
What I can't figure out now is how to get the lead in to enter the cut smoothly, it is going straight down into the material and then interpolating. Perpendicular entry gives wear comp the small linear move it needs, but then you lose the gradual entry into the cut.
Attached are the beginning moves of the cut.
Wear comp works but terrible entry into cut.
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This is smoother entry but lose wear comp
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