Ok thanks I was thinking that John but was hoping for something else.

Thanks... your right I was looking for the magic of Mastercam. I wanted to draw 2 line from a point the proper length and meet at end points.

Help Drawing lines . I have two point 120 inches apart. from these points i need to draw two lines different lengths which need to connect at there end points 1 line is 194 long and the other is 289 long . is there a way to draw this without figuring out the angles. I need to do this with a 100 different points so i was hoping for a quick way. I know the length of the three lines so i could trig. out the angle , but was hoping i didn't have to.

Yes Dave I sent the post away and asked to get that done... fingers crossed.

Yeah it was called Comodo. this is the first problem i had with it all the other updates worked fine.

Thanks guys. computers are great when they work but give me grey hair when they don't.

yep it was the anti virus software. had to uninstall it. then the update worked.

i did contact the reseller but we still haven't got it working. all my soft ware is licensed , but everything was working great before the download .

anyone having problem with the new update for X8 , mine wont start, invalid exe. did an uninstall and reinstall still have the same problem. restored my computer to an earlier date got x8 running again, then did the update again and it quit working again , same error invalid exe. any suggestions?

Yes Dave that was 1 of the problems, the other 1 is the r value needed to be 1.9 so then it would rapid .1 above the part drill the hole then rapid back up to the 2 " . drilling with Hurco is a little odd. but once we get the post the way we want then the problem is solved, cheers.

I just use stock flip pick the geometry and offset the part what ever the length of the part is.

One of our machines has BNC the other has ISNC.

Dave do you run Hurco? for some reason with Hurco when drilling Z+ is into the part. also everything is incremental from where you start. so if you start .1 up in z you have to tell it drill .5 deep to get a hole .4 deep. maybe there is a machine parameter to change that i don't know about. but we have been running this way for a few years now. maybe some of the Hurco guys here have a different way to do this. dave this is the confusing part. you have to position Z to the staring height. so you would start Z @. 2 then your R would be .1 , then the machine would start drilling at .1 then retract to .2 to move to the next hole. I am open for suggestions if this is not right. Cheers

still having trouble with drill and tap cycles, can some look at this code and see if it looks right. z rapid to 2.0 , then to .1 ,then to z0. then it start to feed. we tried to set it the same as J paris said but it will still rapid right to z0. (T) (MASTERCAM - X) (MCX FILE - T) (POST - ) (MATERIAL - ALUMINUM INCH - 2024) (PROGRAM - T.NC) (DATE - FEB-20-2015) (TIME - 11:03 AM) (POST DEV - IN-HOUSE SOLUTIONS) (T1 - 13/64 DRILL - H0 - D0 - D0.2031") N100 G70 G75 G90 N110 G00 T1 M06 (13/64 DRILL) N120 (MAX - Z2.) N130 (MIN - Z-.3) N140 G00 X0. Y0. N150 S2800 M03 N160 Z2. M08 N170 Z.1 N180 G81 Z.4 R.1 F8. N190 X.5 Z.4 N200 X1. Z.4 N210 G80 N220 Z2. N230 M09 N240 M05 N250 G00 M25 N260 M2 E

I need to change my post . when drilling holes I put a retract height of .5 to clear clamps when it goes to the next hole it starts drilling .5 above the part. is this a post issue or is it the way I set my retracts?

great Thanks

Could someone tell how to change my Lathes default home position. then I don't have to use the user define option. Thanks

I there a way to reset the planes manager? I want to uncheck bottom but cant seem to be able to .

taking the level 1 course right now, have already learned allot of new stuff. I guess it doesn't hurt to start from the beginning . not as smart as I thought i was.lol

yep mine is set like that already.

Yep thanks John , Thats what I ended up doing to get it to work. any idea why it does that?

I have had this problem a few time posting with x8 lathe. when i select all the operation to post it will only post the first operation. any help would be appreciated.

Ok thanks connor. I will decide shortly.

Jay I have X8 mill level 2 with solids , so should i take the mill level 3 course . or are you familiar with the courses? I was thinking I may not get much out of the level 1 course.

Has anyone signed up for the mastercam courses through inhouse solutions?