Hey Guys,

Whats new?

I haven't posted in a while, I have moved from Support to Applications where my focus is on Lathe.

I would ask Millman for the part but we all know it will work for me.

As always if someone has a problem that can be repeated send it up.

There have been enhancement to lathe recently and there are enhancements in X4Mu1.

Some things that come to mind;

"Stock Shade" and "Stock Display" toolbar options.

Tool inspection for groove toolpaths.

Change feeds and speeds on finish pass in grooving.

improved 2d profile performance.

What can I do to help with your lathe issues?

Millman,

Applications has done some testing on G43.4 and G43.5 at Mazak. We did not use G68 positioning.

In order to get G43.4 to work properly we had to change a few variables on the control.

I sent you a PM of what we found needed to be set on the control.

If you want to send the mcx file I will be glad to enable g68 and then create a nc file with the post that I am using.

[ 12-15-2006, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: Greg McKay ]

Brian,

Check your email

Greg

thanks,

tried it on a sample part and could not find a problem.

Hello,

Can you provide a bit more information?

Take a look at the aladdin diagnostix program installed with X.

Check out the updated Mastercam web page.

http://www.mastercam.com

We added a tech tips area to the support section.

rs here is a link to commonly asked machine and cotrol def questions.

http://www.mastercam.com/Support/TechTips/...FAQ-CtrlDef.htm

I am going to try to explain how to select multiple posts for a single Machine Definiton.

select a valid Machine Definition

go into Corntrol Definition and select the Post Processor selection box.

select add files, in this dialog box you can select mulitple post by using standard windows options(contol, shift).

after exiting the add post files dialog box, you will see that when you select the pull down menu for post processors the files you added have been added to the pull down.

YOU ARE HALF WAY AT THIS POINT.

any post in the list that has a "+" (plus sign) has not been saved to the current Control Definition.

select a post you would like to make available to the current Machine Definiton and save the control definiton file, the "+" sign changes to a green check mark, and if you check under Exsisting Definitons the posts you have added will be listed. (TIP)You need to save the control definiton every time you add one additional post.

To change the post for an exsisting op select files under Machine Group Properties in your Operations Manager and then "edit!" under the Machine - Toolpath copy heading, that will take you back to Machine Definition Manager and you can select a different post from the pull down menu.

When starting a new job you can make the chjange by access the machine definiton manager before select a Machine type.

see simple,

try setting timeout to zero in, communication configure send in the editor.

Hey dkintzel,

I think what Pete is saying is take five minutes and look at the Mastercam X quick refernece card,

specificaly "Create your own Keyboard shortcuts".

Reading the transition guide will also help to explain the new functionallity in X.

send an email to [email protected].

I can help with your graphics problem.

yes, i can access the ftp

Try here

http://www.asciicodes.us/

I agree with jimp, thanks for all the help this year.

Thanks,

I will try it with the next customer who calls with this problem.

Normally I have people run cncreg and reset

check path statement

hey

i'm here

Reynolds you got detention, get back to work

Hello,

I would try dropping hardware acceleration on the graphics card and I might try dopping mouse effects in control panel, system advanced. Then I would upgrade to V9.

I emaild a doc I put together with some screen shots for getting to these two settings in XP.

Happy Friday everyone

Thanks everyone for the parts sent so far.

You can email parts to my email address or to [email protected] Attention Mark B.

MC9 files are fine

Mike,

When I look at the parts that people send, that I like, It is obvious that they are proprietary.

and

It's rare that someone sends a part to Support because, the toolpath is perfect.

Greg

I am working on creating sample parts for X.

I am creating parts that show different toolpath functions in Mastercam

We would also like to include parts from users.(real parts)

If you have a part that would make a good sample part send it up.

Also if you would like to see more samples of a function, let me know.

Thanks,

can you upload or email the file?

70 seconds. On a clean install

48 seconds seond time around

dell notebook

inspiron 8600

1.4ghz

512 ram

XP pro

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

I remember fanuc0t's creating files like this in an older version of Mastercam I think it was 7 it may have been 6. I don't recall hearing about it with v9?

I would reccomend Keith's suggestion

I forwarded this thread to our educational office. They should have more information for you.

Congratulations to your company for seeing the need for this kind of a program.