that is what I have now... after the wizard. glad to hear your luck.

But beware of losing post edits, toolpath defaults, possibly other defaults as well, and tool library fetching after the change!

WE keep asking them for the same option on Z finnish passes in 2d facing and contour... They don't seem to care what we want!

I keep hearing mention of this priority setting... so I looked for it again in task manager, this time I found the setting by right clicking on mastercam under processes page , and found priority listed I went ahead and set it to high, idk if that will make life better, but i hope so. thanks Corry.

if u use translucent u can see all...bottom right corner in 2019 or in selection u can choose from back. what r u after? what mc version ?

yup that is it. 2018 had it right tho. silly cnc software.

there is a button for that that gives Leon82 reputation.

back plot is in mastercam idk about net hook. toolpath manager, select all tool paths, find backplot icon ... open drop down.

2018 worked fine enough, wonder what they did this time? thanks CNC,,, u never know what will quit on u. it's not like it matters a lot. Just an irritation like so many others in Master Cam...

if u using min. distance, there is a recent thread u should see.,, search minimum distance.

My idea from that, is that I should not have updated to 2019! nor u by the looks of it.

use back plot and look for more info... the drop down.

here it is... backup.mcam

there is a wizard for that... u may have to search, not sure where, but it worked great for 2018 to 2019 migration wizard

Somehow the feed time is way out on back plot. MC. 2019 My prog. runs in 26 minutes on the machine but backplot says it will be 1hour and 6min. ! it's all in the feed only 1 min. of rapid. anyone else see this?

comp wont take if the first move is an arc, could that be it?

I have no experience with that but if I thawt if I reply , maybe someone good will notice the thread and actually help

did u try remaking the stock with tighter stl tolerance? is it a tiny part?

after the file is posted it's opened in cimco to edit or transfer... what r u loosing?

Hey Metallic,, what is this X+?

i use a great time saver on my vise. I leave g54 set at the top left corner of the solid jaw and use the extension field for general setups. there by eliminating the need for edge finding... I measure down to the jaw for my "Z" value , use a step block for "X" and fine tune "y" for how tight the part is held... we work within .002" so it's good enough. of course tool libraries are a must. I like to start a new library named for the material that the tools are set up for. Whenever I set up a new tool, I try to remember to save it. u right click the tool or double click it and set it up there instead of using the parameter page. then u have to right click again to save to liberary .

We use PDM , but I only retrieve solid parts from it. I don't think there is any connection to M.C. or It;s files. don't know why they want that.

is that related to the straight line that I would need to use to be able to put wear comp on my stuff? I was told that is why my circle mill wouldn't take wear comp the other day. does it need to be 50% D as well?

What I ended up doing was to stick a g91 in ahead of my A360. and a G90 in the next line. it worked well. I think my machine is set up to take the shortest way to the next A value. by looking at these codes I suspect they will produce the same non turning result. I will see next time I have the fourth running. Thank you for your time Jason and Heavy Chevy

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