I hide the edge Alt E Now its the only thing MC can pick.

Turn Grid on Great training wheels So you know where your actually drawing and on what side ofvthe block etc.

Its the gaps like rekd said Converting makesvthem even at .00005 tolerence etc. MC qc uses SW to fix them Using MC2017 here.

2017 Transform / Rotate is bullet proof 4 Pallets 8 electrodes on each Each electrode has identical detail every 120 degrees same ops each Solo paths rotated 3 x per ghosting 1st set of ops. Tranformed this ALL OVER THE REST OF THE PALLET and other pallet stations. Still dont trust Mirror. Lol

Whatever you draw / model in MC it understands. It's now " Native".

While were on the subject... Autodesk / Powermill etc. Straight Lease now. Almost $ 10,000 a year, you don't pay the bill next year ,you don't have software. No maintenance. No purchasing a seat Boo Hiss ! Please don't follow these foot steps CNC EDIT: Two seats...not one

Mine came on a USB , but were almost already on update 2 You will still need to get past a firewall for those. You need update one minimum for the "All curves / create curves come out as splines " that need to be simplified saga.

Surface Rough Pocket .003 Step down Come back in 3 days DONE !

Similar One I cant stand is the XY stepover % of dia. Min @ Max It Stays at some other tools Last tool , last time I used the toolpath etc. Values. I.e. The % is at 75 % min .030 max .090 But I just picked a 1/2 endmill The only way that it updates is if I change the 75 % to 76 etc. What am I missing ? Thanks !

I'm on 2017 and never going back but Funny how X3 / X4 Mirror (debacle) still drives my transforming approach. I mirror my solid ,geo stock model and then use transform to verify it But I still won't transform / mirror it and then hit cycle start . Back then I would send the reports into QC labeled "I'm going to be Fired" !!

You could Do exactly that to the geo on another level. Copy and paste the original toolpath and then re pick the geo to the mirrored etc. Or....?

Ahh I knew it had something to do with How I picked it , I had center of arc locked on vs. Zeroing on the arc center with the cursor. ( 280 miles south of that bench currently) Lol

Im guessing he could pick the center of different sized holes and the dia field Would be greyed out and his one tool would nail all the different dia. This can still be done in 2017 / X9 But I have start a Fresh toolpath to do it. Can't edit an old one to new geo. Like before it seems. (I am literally sitting on a picnic table In Fish creek Wis. The leaves have almost peaked in color.)

Its telling you your lead in cant be pulled off like as in your controller needs a min of 1/2 the tool dia. Before it can start the contour. ( some controllers dont need any of this as long as you dont have "Wear " checked i.e. cutter comp) I HAVE SPOKEN !

I was told by qc its my video card driver Did that still testing it out.

(Surface issues) When I untrim or extend a surface it makes 14 0r 47 or... odd amounts of Duplicate surfaces in the one mouse click. I can see them in Delete duplicates but , delete duplicates won't delete them. I have to pain stakingly delete them one at a Time !?! I have even created a simple Loft surface ( 2 line Ruled) and the result is my new surface and my last surface trim to plane pop's back un trimmed with 63 duplicates !! Undo quit's about 5 minute's into a session. I had it set to unlimited and or 100 at 500 meg. Didn't matter. to get undo to work again you have to close out and then re open it. Awesome stuff going on when making electrodes. It takes me hours longer fighting these two things. I will run Jing video tomorrow to send into QC.

There will always be a use for V9 legacy toolpaths like S.F.C. and Flowline. They give you the exact result your looking for with minimal data fields to answer.

Thanks Foghorn

Way out there but...in my low 50's and have been at this since 1984.. anything put in front of me, I have a plan / process / attack at it right out of the gate . I have seen it before in one way or another. I made xx,500. last year My wife (Wilma j/k) thinks i'm worth 100,000 min. "HEY ,THEY NEED YOU , your the commodity " !!!

The scenario of someone "Over selling" there product still continues. Your doing the right thing , keeping the peace and just figuring out what is actually a capable feed rate / load etc.

The " Metal Movers " here are Cat 50 Mazaks. What took 3 hours at another shop takes an hour at this place. Ear muffs on, 3" Komet sending snake like chips up over the top of the machine while your finger is .005 off the feed hold button (in case you lose coolant pressure and or the price of the tool)

"But" delete chain is now working "Standing on the delete key now rapid fire deletes chains" didn't in X9.

MAKINO hands down, proven player my entire career.

Im getting used to it.... If the customizable bar had big icons I would make it identical to my X9 menu and be right up to speed.

Play with the retract in Incr. Etc. Sitting in my front yard I cant recall But its an incr. Move in the data field etc.