Does a Q2 come into play with point to point code?

I searched the forum and didn't find an answer to my question so I apologize in advance if this has been covered. I am playing with a Fanuc 18i control. To utilize the AICC do I use point to point code? Or do I filter in arcs? Thanks in advance!

In the machine def -> tolerances - what's a good tolerance for the chordal deviation? Is .0001 to small?

Ok. Got it to work. It was the ONE that wasn't defined - not the linarc$. Once I set that it worked. Thanks!

I did have it spelled correctly (copied and pasted from an X9 post). The post being used doesn't have that pmotion_su variable. I would like to make this something that can be turned on and off using an misc integer variable (which my current Roeders post uses). If I can find the proper variable name I can make the mod to the post. Thanks for the help!

How was this done in older versions? I was hired by a company that uses X4 to help get the arcs output by a normal 2D Contour to be output as lines for their high speed control. I tried the linearc$ parameter but it didn't recognize it. Is there another way to skin this old cat?

Thanks Ron! I put a call into Roeders. The service manager is going to reach out to his programmer guy to see if he has info on how to setup the machine/tools and what the program will need. Hopefully I'll hear back by the end of the week.

Thanks Ron. I have no experience when it comes to multi axis programming - I've only been 3 axis vertical. I'll find the book and see what it says. Pardon my ignorance, but what does TCP stand for?

I have a couple questions that I hope someone can answer – our RFM 760 has a B axis that can tilt +4deg/-45deg. We have never used it before but have a job coming up that maybe we can. My questions are this: 1 – Is that tilt programmable with a B address (G0 B10.)? 2 – When the head is tilted – does the machine compensate for the tilt and knows where the tool tip is (like a 5th axis machine)? Or do we need to measure it every time? Not looking for contouring capabilities - just being able to tilt the head away for tool clearance and learning how to program this in MCX would be HUGE! I appreciate all comments on this. Thanks!

I always right clicked in the box, selected Z coordinate of a point, selected my point, and that would work. Now it will add the value to the box but not move the plane. I reported this a few weeks ago in the other forum. They are aware of it.

Is there a setting in the machine definition that controls the case of the file extension for the NC file? Right now they are all coming out in upper case letters but I would like to have the file extension in lower case letters. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Just got posted on mastercam.com. Thanks for help!

No box for me. That's why I am asking.

There a PDF somewhere saying what was updated in Update 2? Been looking for it and cannot find it. Thanks!

I got a response from QC this morning: Hi Brian I spoke the product manager on this. I asked him if there was a setting that we were missing. It is a bug that is on the schedule to get fixed. When? I don’t know. He said for now, do exactly what you did. Change the tool geometry.

I was able to reproduce in a very simple file so I created a Z2G and emailed to QC.

I do have a holder selected, but I do not have it checked for collision checking. I will send a z2g to QC.

Were there changes made from X8 to X9 in regards to the HST Pencil toolpath? I cannot get a clean toolpath like in X8. I am using a 1/16 Rib ball cutter for this toolpath. If I make the shank size the same as the cutting diameter I can get a descent toolpath. Is the shank size now incorporated into the calculation of the HST toolpaths? Thanks!

Creating geometry and chaining all them together would help (that's how I have done it in the past).

Hmm.... it's a template file that was working fine in X8. I'll send into my reseller and have them check it out. Thanks Matt!

In X9 - is the helical entry/exit not working for threadmilling? I have 2 library toolpaths I imported in. In the past (X8) they had the helical entry/exit. In X9 it seems that it makes a straight move back to center. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I tried searching the forum and really didn't see anything. I know there isn't something inside the toolpath but that doesn't mean it cannot be done. Maybe a CHOOK or something?

It's not that I don't know how to do it another way - I am just asking if there is a way to do a bottom to top cut with a 2D contour.

Is there a way to reverse a 2D Contour toolpath to cut for Z- to Z+ (bottom to top)? I am putting a large angle on a wall and would be easily programmed with a 2D countour with a tapered wall. I would like to start at the bottom and work to the top so I can use the side flutes of the cutter. Thanks!

Could also be a new parasolid format. Do you have X9 installed?