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Glenn Bouman

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  1. Glenn Bouman
    Here is a Christmas Present for you all. In Cimco OEM just press CNTRL-W for Toolpath Statistics
  2. Glenn Bouman
    Try C:\users\public\documents\X+\uninstX7_X+.exe
  3. Glenn Bouman
    Watch this video, https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=572597186208043&theater Looks like it is a compressor screw. Can that be programmed in Mastercam or is it a special macro?
  4. Glenn Bouman
    Because of this issue you will also that the cycle times reported by classic backplot for drilling are much longer as it thinks that it is feeding from the clearance plane.
  5. Glenn Bouman
    Thanks for that information Tim, that helps explain this mystery to customers and I will have to try those adjustments, when I get a chance.
  6. Glenn Bouman
    I am at a customer right now that just got bit in the !@#$%$ with this issue with a Fanuc 16i, I tried adjusting minimum arc length values and it did not make a difference. The culprit was the break arcs at 180 setting in the control definition. Since he is using IJ's, full arcs or > 180 are not a problem. The latest Cimco Edit does not show the problem, it just ignores that bad line, when I save as DXF it shows a gap. N2730 X4.3176 Y15.648 I1.3646 J.0025 N2740 X4.3175 Y15.6466 I-1.3646 J-.0025 bad line N2750 X3.1841 Y14.3011 I-1.3643 J-.0009 bad code.txt
  7. Glenn Bouman
    I have seen this problem before on Fanucs and it always been when the customer has the arcs set to break on quadrants. Cimco Edit backplot will show the arcs correctly. You will notice that the arc segment is very short, so changing the minimum arc length to a larger value may also help.
  8. Glenn Bouman
    Thanks for that tip Colin
  9. Glenn Bouman
    Not anymore in X8 What are the new buttons to use?
  10. Glenn Bouman
    I love that feature, but it is not available anymore in X8
  11. Glenn Bouman
    I find this module works manual has a lot more info in it. https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw
  12. Glenn Bouman
    I checked your Arc/Filter Tolerance settings and you have the cut tolerance set looser (.09") than the filter tolerance (.0047) This will not give you effective arc filtering (I wish Mastercam would not default to this when you enable the arc filter option:( Set the cut tolerance to 30% instead of 90% and you will get better results and a smaller toolpath file.
  13. Glenn Bouman
    If it was up to me I would leave it to the lower cost janitorial staff instead of high skilled/paid folks with better things to do
  14. Glenn Bouman
    You could set your Task bar to Auto hide to get a little more screen space.
  15. Glenn Bouman
    I get the pictures and the animations
  16. Glenn Bouman
    One of the other Moduleworks Partners has more documentation. You can get it here: https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw
  17. Glenn Bouman
    Here is a good document on the new 5 axis tools, file that I found "out there" ModuleWorks_-_Documentation.chm https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw
  18. Glenn Bouman
    I found this explanation from the ModuleWorks_-_Documentation.chm file that I found "out there" https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw SWARF (Side Wall Axial Relief Feed) machining, or also called 'flank milling', is a 5 axis simultaneous milling process.
  19. Glenn Bouman
    Is this the same company? http://www.fifthaxis...-axis-vise.html I was just setting up a customer with a Haas UMC 750 (inhousesolutions post and machine simulation) with that vise, works great
  20. Glenn Bouman
    Regardless how you explain it, making the number bigger will let it into get more areas and make it smaller if you do not want to cut those nearly flat areas. As shown in this example. BI-TAN-ANGLE.MCX-7
  21. Glenn Bouman
    I have seen this on a brand new model and on a 1998 model. On a horizontal Haas the problem occurs in the XY plane, maybe the counter balance is not calibrated correctly.
  22. Glenn Bouman
    I would suggest not outputting arcs in the XZ or YZ plane with a Haas. See the results below.
  23. Glenn Bouman
    Good job, nice looking part, is there a way to apply a side tilt with the new swarf so when stepping down the blade the entire length of the tool does not contact the blade?
  24. Glenn Bouman
    http://general.ca/products/6_cnc/40-913.html
  25. Glenn Bouman
    If you have your nethasp.ini modified (other than default) Just copy it C:\Program Files\mcamx7\nethasp.ini to the cimco edit folder C:\Program Files\mcamx7\common\Editors\CIMCOEdit6

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