Greets to the group... Since you cant have check surfaces with a Surface_rough_pocket toolpath I was wondering if anyone has a slick work-around. I cant get boundries to work because it throws up a 'no nested boundry' error. Thanks, Dan

This has got to be a bug. Ive spent hours trying to figure out why I cant create a point at a set distance from the end of an entity. In V9 it was C_P_L bam done. A good part of this morning I've been getting points that are .020" off (from what I entered) from the end points of any horizontal line ie: .28 is .26 or .28 is .30 depending on which end of the line I reference. Heres the kicker: My WCS is off .020 (in x)from the default coord system. So, the Create_Point_Dynamic_Distance appears to be influenced by where your WCS is relative to the default. Try it. Time for a break. Happy T-day! Dan

VB, its red because X tags it as a group. Go to the groups button at the far lower right and pick delete. You should see it in the right color now. HTH

Can't seem to get it. I'm trying to create a point at a set distance along a entity. I've tried Create_Point_Dynamic and then hit D and enter .125 in the distance field. Whats wierd is I get a point but it's not .125 from the end of the line. It's .105 from one side or .145 from the other side. Try it: 1)Drag a short horizontal line (about .500 long), 2)Pick Create_Point_Dynamic. 3) Click on the line and drag the arrow to a endpoint. 4)Press Shift_D to highlight the Distance field. 3) Enter .125. 4)Analyze the distance. I'm getting .020" off from my entered value! BUG? Thanks for any help! Dan

Shift-D was what I was looking for. This place rocks. Many thanks!! Dan

I was creating acrs and the fields in the ribbin bar highlighted red. I was able to just click the point and get the arc I wanted. Up till now I've been entering in the dia for every instance. It's killin me that I can't do it again!! Somebody please toss me a bone here.

DavidB. Can you up an example of that to the FTP? I'd like to see a mill and lathe part all in one shot. Thanks, Dan

That was it. Thanks man!

I ran updatepost on my 5 axis cinncinatti post and it got seriously butchered. This is new territory for me. Can someone pleas nudge me in one direction or another. I'm putting up the before and after .pst files on the FTP in the Text_&_post_files_&_misc/ folder. The before update file is called: CIN 950 5AX SET LEN.PST_v9 the after file is: CIN 950 5AX SET LEN.pst Important note: I put a # in front of the STARTBIN because updatepost.dll was kicking back an error. I have no idea what STARTBIN does. Many thanks!! Dan

Thats good. Good that I'm not going nuts.

I take it that hide seems to be working correctly for you all the time?

It's kind of hard to describe. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, then I just save and re-open the file and it works again. Most of the time it will hide a couple of entities that I didn't intend to hide....they weren't even highlighted before the hide command is used. Is anybody else seeing this?

+1000 to Thad and VBJB. I'm sure the speed I enjoyed in 9 via the keyboard is gone forever till I get used to the alt key and stuff. I like the Macro keyboard idea though. WTH is a X-keys keypad? Dan

I just noticed the caption on my mcam calendar is a quote from none other than our good e-friend Mr. James R. Meyette. What no autograph? Maybe someday I'll get asked to put my mark on it....like maybe in the year 2015. Cheers, Dan

In all my parts the profile is among a wireframe...usually fairly complex and the chain has like 100 entities. It's easier to just window around it and project it to a plane then to go pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick pick..... and try not to screw up in the process.

Saaaweet!

I put the file up on the FTP in the MC9 folder. It's called LETTER I.MC9 Dan

Worked fine for me.....

MasterCAM 9 or X?

I'm trying to show my verified STL shaded over my solid part so I can see the cut part versus the model. In V9 you can go STL, Xform, Show zero max entities (which shows all of them...go figure) then turn shading on. BOOM! you get the shaded stl cut model and the shaded model so it's easy to see problem areas. Dan

Ok. What font are you using?

Oh yeah!. Most excellent. Gracias senior Martin.

Not exactly. Lets say your going to mill a profile that is on the B0 side and you want the chain to be .050" below the part wireframe. You decide to Project the profile onto that Z level (.050" below). You set the t/c plane to front, now you need to set the Z value. You pick the Construction Depth icon(or mouse drop down in my case) then hold shift down and pick on the bottom of the wireframe. MCAM pops up the Delta field and waits for you to enter a number. BUT, Z-.050 wont work! You have to enter a axis ID that is aligned to the default WCS. So Y+.050 works BUT only if your part is aligned that way. It's screwy if you ask me.

I can't remember but I know there are 3 of em. You know, the files that set all of your preferences and colors and such. Thanks!! Dan

Are you going nice and slow? Say 30ipm in alum or a little slower. We've got a Matsurra that won't drive a quick turn over 50ipm. Sounds like your machine may have some backlash isues or can't keep up with the programmed feed and change of direction. I'd grab an indicator and go check what kind of slop are in the X and Y axis. HTH Dan