From what I see in this forum, Mastercam seems to work on almost anything! Good Luck! Brian

I am gonna try the scuffing that James suggested. I have had the problem on occasion and think that sounds like the quickest fix! Thanks James for the tip! Brian

I think I was in such a hurry to try and help Jeromy that when I was running through the steps, I forgot to change it to inside, and not inside and intersecting. That probably would be the reason I duplicated it. +1 to camguy. It dosent seem to have anything to do with the color. Wow talk about feeling like a horses a**. Some day I will get it right! Brian

Jeremy, I just duplicated your problem and I dont know if its the green or not! Change your color, screen- change colors- then select entities-done. Then I went modify-drag-window-set mask make sure in your attributes your color box is selected,and then pick your color and hit ok.Then I chose inside and rectangled the whole works. Only the color I have masked is highlighted for me.But with the color green it highlighted everything. Whats up with that? Just try changing your color of what you want and set your new mask color to that and I believe it will work. hth, Brian

Jeremy, Dont forget to set your color mask before you select entitys, its located just below your use mask. modify drag window set mask, then color select what you want. hth, Brian

John This was all I could find. I dont know if its what your looking for though http://www.helicoflex.com/products/ Best of luck, Brian

Welcome Anthony, I am not able to work with the posts as good as the gurus here do. But I am sure one of the first questions they will ask is what are you posting to. (what type of machine) Good Luck, Brian

I never thought of dragging the geometry! I will have to use that one! Its amazing the short cuts you can pick up! Thanks, Brian

Welcome to the forum Tom! Brian

I never knew this c-hook existed. Thanks Brendan for bringing this up, and thanks Andreas for the add on! Brian

Congratulations! Im anxious to see how many members will be here in another 5 years! BRIAN

Thats one big cookie! I use to be a laser engraver and used this site to find some logos and fonts. Dont if any will be any use to you http://www.cdug.com/graphics.htm Brian

Hey Jammer, I cant get on the ftp site, can you email it to me and I will see what I can do with it Brian

Whenever my surfaces are jaggedy I go into screen-surface display-shading and change my chord height to .001 and it seems to smoothen everything out for me. Not sure if it helps ya out or not. good luck, Brian

I would agree, the simple stuff shouldnt take more then a week! Brian

mkd You wont find one better! I have found forums, but nun with the response time you get here! Brian

Welcome Salem! If there is anything you have questions about this is the place to find the answers! Brian

I wish I had the knowledge to run a 5 axis machine, not to mention make one! very impressive! Brian

I did what you guys said, Unchecked the passive, and it was checked and tried again. Seems to connect and once it gets to the command pasv line it sits then after about 5 minutes it disconnects me and gives me the dreaded operation timed out! You know guys, at one time I thought I would have a good chance moving anywhere in the states and landing a good job as a mastercam programmer. And after the feeling of stupidity of trying to get to the ftp and cant even do that maybe I"ll stay here in little ol decorah, Iowa Thanks, Brian

As you know I have been trying to get on the ftp site. Today I downloaded filezilla. It seems to be connecting, but I am not seeing anything. It tells me retrieving directory list and then sits there. Here is what it shows me on connection, any help on why Im not getting in would be appreciated. Trace: ControlSocket.cpp(185): m_pProxyLayer changed state from 0 to 1 caller=0x003ad6b4 Status: Connecting to www.ppcadcam.com ... Trace: ControlSocket.cpp(185): m_pProxyLayer changed state from 1 to 2 caller=0x003ad6b4 Trace: ControlSocket.cpp(185): m_pProxyLayer changed state from 2 to 4 caller=0x003ad6b4 Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(802): OnConnect(0) OpMode=1 OpState=-1 caller=0x003ad6b4 Status: Connected with www.ppcadcam.com. Waiting for welcome message... Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=-1 caller=0x003ad6b4 Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=-1 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 220 precision1 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0). Command: USER mastercam Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=0 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 331 Password required for mastercam. Command: PASS ***** Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=3 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 230-Welcome to Precision Programming FTP along with Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=3 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 230-Mastercam Forums. Response: 230- Response: 230-If you should need any help please contact the Response: 230-Webmaster. Response: [email protected] Response: 230 User mastercam logged in. Command: FEAT Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=-13 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 500 'FEAT': command not understood Command: SYST Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=1 OpState=-14 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 215 Windows_NT version 5.0 Status: Connected Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(3547): ResetOperation(1) OpMode=1 OpState=-14 caller=0x003ad6b4 Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(947): List(FALSE,0,"","",1) OpMode=0 OpState=-1 caller=0x003ad6b4 Status: Retrieving directory listing... Command: PWD Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(670): OnReceive(0) OpMode=4 OpState=0 caller=0x003ad6b4 Response: 257 "/" is current directory. Trace: FtpControlSocket.cpp(947): List(FALSE,0,"","",0) OpMode=4 OpState=0 caller=0x003ad6b4 Trace: TransferSocket.cpp(1133): m_pProxyLayer changed state from 0 to 1 caller=0x01080d44 Command: PASV then at this point it sits. Thanks, Brian

Thanks Bullines, I contacted our administrator, and hes taking the info to our networking division.I was getting kind of frustrated wondering if I was the only one with the problem. It seems everyone just unchecks the ftp passive in their internet settings and they are in. Now I have something else to try. Thanks again, Brian

Nothing works for me! Ive tried the passive ftp in internet settings, contacted our administrator,he contacted his boss. His boss tried to get on and couldnt, and concluded they need to go through whoever does our networking. All claiming firewall! When I got home I can get on there. Only problem is I dont have mastercam there, so it dosnt do me good. Why do I feel everyone sees the ftp site but me? Someday I get in there... Brian

If you do a search for cutters compensation you should find I think what your looking for. http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=014292 Hope this helps! Brian

we were always told that if you had interupted cuts not to use coolant, and if you didnt have interupted cuts you could. Probably thermal shock issue. Brian

No problems here either Brian