Okay so It imports mill toolpaths just fine but not Wire EDM operations?? Anyone have a clue as to why this is? If I try to import it with a mill group as my active machine it gives an error, so I know it's trying to import. But when I have my EDM group active it just refreshes the operations manager.

Thanks guys, it's working great now. You were right, just needed to define the Import options.

Thanks Mick, lots of great examples on the website I've downloaded. Still having some trouble with this one though.

Trying to create a Net-HOOK that imports operations (preferably all toolpaths from a single file) - but so far no luck. Example: OperationsManager.ImportAllOperations(@"C:\\users\me\file\file.mcam",1); Filepath ^ ^ID Says 'no overload for method ImportAllOperations, takes 2 arguments'. I apologize, I'm new to Net-Hook development.

Awesome, it's working now. I basically just made it look exactly like yours. Learning new things every day. Thanks for all the help, peter!

Yes sir, that's what it was. Thanks Jeff. I will make an account and see what I can learn there.

Yes, as long as the file is in my chooks folder it gives me that error every time even though Mastercam will run the hook from "Run Add-ins". Do you know if there's any video tutorials on Mastercam hooks or are the files on the Mastercam site + forums my only resource?

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Thanks Jeff, I'm looking into it right now.

Lol, we might never see it then. Thanks for the reply. It would definitely be a nice touch.

Glad I could get you scratching your head on this one! Have a good day.

Is there any possible way to have an optirough toolpath adjust it's stepover percentage based on the depth it's cutting? (ie. 1" depth = 15% stepover, .500" = 30% stepover, etc..) I realize this can be done with multiple dynamic toolpaths, just thought I'd ask.

Hello - trying to integrate visual basic programming with Mastercam but I don't have any files under my 'help' folder (or anywhere for that matter). Could someone post their vbhelp.doc for me to take a look at? Thanks.

It essentially links connected toolpaths (ie. rest mills, transforms, etc..) So say you had a rest mill which is dependent on another operation, if you select 'selection' under the dependencies and enable it, you'll notice when you select one toolpath, it selects all associated toolpaths as well. Same thing with 'regeneration'. It comes in handy especially when you have large programs.

I've been using the 'Power Surface' feature, seems to follow whatever 3d contour I select. Sometimes leaves kind of a choppy surface but that can be fixed in Tolerances.

Are you using MasterCam 2020?

I'm still on Windows 7, but you should be able to find an 'organize' tab underneath the back arrow of your Windows Explorer. From there, select Folder and search options>View and uncheck the 'Always show icons, never thumbnails' box. Hope this helps!

I actually wrote a simple pallet change macro that also referenced G53 for desired pallet face orientation. We don't use it, I was just messing around with macros back then. Hope you're enjoying your a51! O7779 (PALLET CHANGING MACRO) (#650 SPECIFY DESIRED PALLET NUMBER) #650 =1 (1=TOMBSTONE 1, 2=TOMBSTONE 2) (#651 SPECIFY DESIRED PALLET ORIENTATION) #651 =1 (1=0 2=90 3=180 4=270) (DO NOT ALTER BELOW THIS LINE) M462 G53 #652 = #100 IF [#650 GT 2] THEN GOTO 3 IF [#650 LT 1] THEN GOTO 4 IF [#650 EQ #0] THEN #3000=101(NO VALUE SET IN #650) IF [#651 GT 4] THEN GOTO 5 IF [#651 LT 1] THEN GOTO 6 IF [#651 EQ #0] THEN #3000=101(NO VALUE SET IN #651) IF [#652 EQ #650] THEN GOTO 1 IF [#652 NE #650] THEN GOTO 2 N1 (PALLET READY) IF [#651 EQ 1] THEN GOTO 100 IF [#651 EQ 2] THEN GOTO 200 IF [#651 EQ 3] THEN GOTO 300 IF [#651 EQ 4] THEN GOTO 400 M30 N2 (PALLET CHANGES AND VARIABLE UPDATES) M60 #652 =#650 IF [#651 EQ 1] THEN GOTO 100 IF [#651 EQ 2] THEN GOTO 200 IF [#651 EQ 3] THEN GOTO 300 IF [#651 EQ 4] THEN GOTO 400 M30 (ALARM MESSAGES) N3 #3000=101(#650 PALLET NUMBER SPECIFIED TOO LARGE) M30 N4 #3000=101(#650 PALLET NUMBER SPECIFIED TOO SMALL) M30 N5 #3000=101(#651 ORIENTATION NUMBER SPECIFIED TOO LARGE) M30 N6 #3000=101(#651 ORIENTATION NUMBER SPECIFIED TOO SMALL) M30 (B AXIS ORIENTATIONS) N100 M11 G00G90G53B0.0 M10 M30 N200 M11 G00G90G53B90.0 M10 M30 N300 M11 G00G90G53B180.0 M10 M30 N400 M11 G00G90G53B270.0 M10 M30