Hello,

 I have used the information on this forum post ' https://www.emastercam.com/forums/topic/64263-max-min-depth/ " to add min max depth to several posts in the past. However this latest post that I have added it to has not gone so smoothly. I am mainly having an issue with the values being spit out i suspect the buffer is not receiving the correct value it always reports max @ z-99999. and min @ z99999. I think this is due to the pwrtt block being missing in my post, I added it to the post but had to remove the "$" symbol else i would get an error about duplicate labels. Any help getting this working would be greatly appreciated.

Back in the shop , yes you are correct about the B-axis. Also the post processor needs some adjusting.

MACHINE BASE.stl

DIMENSIONS.BMP

fixture.stl

INTEGREX-I200S-LATHE.xml

MACHINE BASE.stl

MAIN SPINDLE CARRIER.stl

MAIN SPINDLE CHUCK.stl

MAIN SPINDLE FACE PLATE.stl

MAIN SPINDLE CARRIER.stl

MAIN SPINDLE CHUCK.stl

MAIN SPINDLE FACE PLATE.stl

MILLING HEAD AND B AXIS.stl

MILLING HEAD AND B AXIS.stl

STL OF ALL THE COMPONENTS METRIC.stl

SUB SPIDNLE CARRIER.stl

SUB SPINDLE CHUCK.stl

workpiece.stl

X AXIS CARRIER.stl

X AXIS CARRIER.stl

Y AXIS RAM.stl

Y AXIS RAM.stl

Z AXIS CARRIER.stl

Z AXIS CARRIER.stl

2 hours ago, Spotterhphc said:

Yes. I made it so Mastercam World Z is is the machines X. Should I move the stl 90° so it is perpendicular to the lathe chuck?

When all axis are set to zero this is how it sits.

It think world z should match machine z , its been a while.

Hi I just saw your PM, id be more than willing to share, I will be out of the shop for a few days. But I can send you my sim file and set yours the same. Try re assembling it but dont add the c axis until the end. Before you import components right click it and add a rotation right away. I think it should revolve around the x axis. But I think i assembled the machine on front view in mastercam and had the issue with the tool coming in 90 deg off. So I did an xform and got it to top plane. Than saved the stl's in this orientation. And the first thing you do in the mach SIM is rotate it back to what would be the front view.

Hello,

 I have been using stock models on 2018 and 2019 with little to no hiccup. However I am on 2020 now , I have done two parts so far and both Ive had different issues. On the first, the stock model never renders on screen unless i use stock compare, it will generate and export just fine. On the second file the model renders on the screen however I cant seem to get it to un-render. In other words on 2019, when you green check box on the tree your stock model - it appears in the view, and goes away if you select any other op. i have it permanently which is displayed. Am I missing something?

I played around with it some more, I got it to work! it was actually very simple, i started assembling the machine all over when i realized the first bullet has a machine shift, i rotated the whole machine 90 deg to coincide with top plane, now it works like a champ, both turning and milling tools run perfect now!

42 minutes ago, JParis said:

For an Intergrex, the ONLY way you're ever going to get good simulation is if you use the Mastercam Mill/Turn module

- Unfortunately, Its not in the budget.

42 minutes ago, 5th Axis CGI said:

Well the Mastercam, Machine simulation doesn't support all of this without MT so you already going above and beyond what you can do. You can try doing a transform of the holder when it is defined to see if that helps, but I have only ever done milling simulation with Machinesim on these machines when I have built them and just trusted the lathe and call it a day.

-i was thinking this might be the worst case scenario. I tried the holder xform,but it rotates my milling tools out of the way. I did notice though on the Xform matrix, for Milling tools it stays at zero rotation. However when it loads a Turning tool it automatically puts in a -90 deg rotation in X. Im going to try building it on the top plane next. I dont want to give up.

-Thanks

HI ALL,

I have modeled an Integrex I-200S, I have the machine assembled in the front plane in a separate mastercam file. The first issue that I am currently having is that the milling tools and lathe tools come in to the simulation 90 degrees apart, I would like them to be the same orientation as the Milling tools. This is the first machine that I have assembled so I am not even sure if it is set-up correctly. The toolpaths look right. The second issue I am having is, that on Mastercam 2019 I have been able to verify all the toolpaths both lathe and milling, despite the tool coming in 90 degrees off. However on Mcam 2020 I am only able to simulate a select group of turning paths, it seems like i can only simulate the ones that I drew custom 3D tools for. The file being used to compare 2019 and 2020 is exactly the same minus the version year.

-Thanks