Spent a good 2 1/2 days creating a pretty complex solid model of a part I'm working on. Also models of various stages of roughing. Go to use the simulator, pick the correct stock model than Bam!! " Curve set defines no face" than half the solid operations go dirty and cant regenerate them at all. Even going back and picking the geometry wont solve the problem. I cant even start creating the model over with out getting that error. Has anyone ever seen this? Is there a fix? This SUX!!!

Wow this is still going?????

Its not a bug because the people who write the posts understand that G80 returns to the initial plane. The code your getting is whats intended.

Dead Horse!!!

Not a bug! The G80 should make the machine retract back to 3", at least every machine i've ever used works that way. A G99 owuld only retract back to the R plane of R1.6938. Must be a different parameter setting but dont know which one.

Yea I knew that. Thought there was supposed to be a way that you can open it and have it load the mcx file and all the machine files and post as well. Maybe not

Can someone explain to me how to open a Z2G file? I can get it into the Z2G utility but cant figure out how to open it from there. Thanks

I only turned on the filter to try and remedy the issue. It was off originally. If its a bug than that makes this issue even stranger. I've been using X8 since it was released and am just now seeing this. Well at least I know a way around it for now, Thanks John!

Can someone take a look at this for me. Not sure If its an X8 issue or if I did something. When I backplot the 2 operations with endpoints on it looks normal to me but when I post them its not posting arcs like it should its doing it in small line segments. Operation 1 is leaving .01 stock on the walls, If I change that to .0 it will post fine. Really weird issue here that I have never seen before. Contour Issue.Z2G

Is there a way to get Mastercam to properly show rotary axis position moves in backplot and verify from 1 operation to the next? In verify when A changes from one operation at A0. to the next operation at A180. it crashes thru the part. Its really bad in Multi axis paths. As far as I can remember it has always been that way. Not sure if its a problem or if that's just how it is.

Sweet. Thank you. I'm semi comfortable making minor post edits but this is a little more than I've done. Let me give it a go. Might have a few questions for ya.

yea if you don't mind that would be cool.

Does anyone have a macro for drilling where you already have a hole say 1" deep and you want to go back in with a longer drill but start at 1" deep and peck but always retract completely out of the hole?

When I did it I went in to my lathe post and there is a switch that will allow you to post out in radius instead of diameter so it will run on a mill with no editing the code.

I did too. I messed with it until I changed the right thing and got it to work. Couldn't tell you what it was though. Just keep playin with it.

Under planes, Lathe Dia, you have 4 options. I never tried them before but just did after reading your post. I picked the +D -Z and used a tool facing the other direction and it seemed to work and post just fine to me. Give that a try and see what you think?

Wow! Your pretty smart there aren't ya! How do I find parts 1 - 3. Definitely want to read all of them with the hopes that I might be smart one day too.

Huh????? Can you explain that a little better. How do you tell it where or what you fixture is?

I've been given a project at a new job to get this horizontal up and running. I was told that someone who tried to get it running deleted some kind of file and crashed the machine. Its really hard to get accurate info because nobody wants to take the blame for it. From what I can gather it might have something to do with the toolchanger. I've started going thru the operatition manual and am getting a feel for how the machine operates. If some files or parameters where deleted is there a way I can get them and reload them? How would I check and find out if that is actually the case? Thanks and really need some help on this.

I'm talking about when the toolpath wants to reposition to say the other side of a part it wants to hug the geometry and produces a lot of small lines and arcs that slow down some machines. If it could just make a big arc around the part that might even be just 1 G03 line of code. I guess this is what the vertical retract kinda does now.

Here is a quick little video I did turning some small aluminum shafts. Don't have a lathe, Improvise!

What I would like to see in a future version is when doing a dynamic toolpath, not have the reposition moves try and hug the part geometry so much. If it could just have a big sweeping type arc it would run so much smoother on lower end machines and not be so herky jerky. Know what mean. This would be on the dynamic core type paths. Not sure if dynamic area pocketing paths would benefit from this at all.What do you guys think.

If your talking about the 2 flute endmill, I think that's a 3/4. As far as I know that's the biggest tool holder they make. You just have to respect its size when planning cuts. I think everything translates pretty well. It seems to love the dynamic style cuts really well. Everything I've cut aluminum and mild steel it just eats it up. Not to sure I would try to cut any inconnel but that's a give in. Maybe a very small inconnel part but no hogging that's for sure.

New video. 120 ipm, 6000 rpm and a 4 flute endmill.

Its a Fadec UMC-10 https://www.facebook.com/FadecEng. It was designed by Dave DeCaussan Former owner of Fadal and Gary Frolka who worked at Fadal with Dave. I think there going through some changes at the moment. Gary and Dave are going to do there own thing. Dave is making a cheaper version and Gary is gonna improve on the one I have and make it better. They also make a sweet little lathe too. I plan on picking that up as well.