Here is a Christmas Present for you all.

In Cimco OEM just press CNTRL-W for Toolpath Statistics

Try C:\users\public\documents\X+\uninstX7_X+.exe

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

Thanks for that tip Colin

To activate the "select post" button, use CTRL + ALT + SHIFT.

Not anymore in X8

What are the new buttons to use?

Ctrl-alt-shift

I love that feature, but it is not available anymore in X8

Well this brings around a new topic. The last version of Mastercam with  a  bible attached (Mastercam Reference Guide)is what ?. Yes I am talking about that 831 paged thing last seen in X5. That is where you would think to find info like this.  But it seems we do not need one anymore , otherwise we'd have one. A teacher from a local college (newbie) asked how can he learn to use Mcam. I directed him towards the X5 doc .

 

it's like sex, you have to learn it on the streets )). Right now learning Mcam requires one to look in Youtube, Googling, etc. You'll find a tidbit here, tidbit there. 

 

Gracjan

I find this module works manual has a lot more info in it.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw

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.

If it were up to me, heads would roll.

 

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

You could set your Task bar to Auto hide to get a little more screen space.

Glenn, the pictures are not coming up?

I get the pictures and the animations

Hi Ron,

 

I think there is a lack of documentation available to the average user to figure out what all the different toolpath options do, and how to best create a toolpath using these options. There are a lot more options, and it can be daunting to figure out what combination of settings gives you a great toolpath.

 

One of the other Moduleworks Partners has more documentation.

You can get it here:

https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNJYUord0FTRTdFdzhUQw

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

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.

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

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

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.

I would suggest not outputting arcs in the XZ or YZ plane with a Haas.

See the results below.

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?

http://general.ca/products/6_cnc/40-913.html

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