Thanks for bringing this up John. I've found it an interesting read too. I'm going to be looking at Wintool later this year or early next year (based on time permitting )

Thanks for the reply. This is a Fanuc controlled C axis lathe, so there is no inverse time feed option. I'm suspecting it is some kind of minimum feedrate error.

Feedrates are modal, so no, it shouldn't matter. But, I will get them to check in the morning

Hi there, I'm doing a test toolpath on a Fanuc 18i C axis lathe. The post has out code as follows, and when it encounters the F.9 error, it returns "No Feed Commanded" X60.62 C32.879 F740.3 X62.509 C35.52 F697.3 X64.545 C38.028 F654.9 X66.722 C40.405 F613.5 X69.036 C42.654 F573.6 X70.334 C43.811 F544.1 X71.66 C44.927 F524.2 X68.036 C44.924 F.9 X64.848 C44.92 X61.66 C44.915 X60.878 C44.857 F67. X60.115 C44.68 F202.3 X59.393 C44.387 F336.7 X58.73 C43.98 F466.8 X58.145 C43.467 F588.4 X55.887 C40.966 F669.8 X53.771 C38.297 F724.3 X51.805 C35.453 F781.4 X49.998 C32.431 F840.4 X48.357 C29.228 F900.3 X46.891 C25.848 F960. X45.61 C22.295 F1017.9 X44.521 C18.583 F1072.2 X43.634 C14.728 F1120.8 X42.955 C10.755 F1161.7 X42.489 C6.692 F1193. X42.243 C2.572 F1213.2 I'm assuming that the post has output the F.9, and the machine is interpreting the feed as too low, and hence the error. Is there a minimum mill feed in the post somewhere that I am missing (I can't find one). The post outputs the correct feedrate units command (G98)

Just contact CGTech's technical support. Their support is rock solid, and they will be able to help you out promptly. If, on the very rare chance, you don't get any response, let me know and I will look at it. Your local CGTech representative should be your first port of call though

Yeah baby!

Thanks for the clarification Colin. That makes sense.

Why at least six spaces in Colin? I'm curious.

Hi John, I have models for the HCN4000 in STEP format. A customer of mine has just ordered one of these machines, and the STEP files were supplied to me from Mazak. Actually, Mazak supplied STEP, STL, X_T and IGES format. Send me a message

Ain't that the truth

Ok, I'm going to be interested to hear how you get on with the implementation and interfacing. Please, let me know how it is working out

Thanks Daniel, I'll email today sometime I did do a search and read through some of the threads, which was very helpful.

Thanks Doug. I appreciate this!

Tool management software. www.wintool.com It interfaces with a lot of CAM systems.

I'm curious, is anyone here using WinTool? If so, how do you find it? And are you interfacing it with any other CAM software? I'm after some feedback on this product.

I've done a bunch of parts catcher logic in posts. You should have rung me

From memory the Okuma horizontals don't or didn't use OO88. I'm sure it was something like OG367 or something to that effect. Im not sure if it is an option, or standard. Unfortunately, we don't have any horizontals. Only 2 axis lathes, 4 and 5 axis verticals, a B400W and a U3000. so I can't confirm.

I use Fixture Offset (Call OO88) on our MU500. It works perfectly. Talk to your Okuma dealer, or Okuma USA. They should be able to help you.

Really? All my experience with Haas and models has been stellar. They've been really forthcoming. Mori Seiki? they were terrible. And charge like a wounded bull. It was close to five figures for one model set (we politely declined) I actually thought DavidB meant a Mastercam Machsim file. Not just the solid models.

I'd talk to Greg your reseller about it. I'm sure Mastercam have a UMC750 machsim model that is dialled. The UMC750 is probably the most common machine available out there for simulation models in any software.

Can anyone here, that is using Adveon, connect to the Adveon server at the moment?

Ok, I tried to install Coroplus. The install is sooooooooo slow to download. Hi ho, hi ho, its back to Adveon I go LOL

You still print?

I've got to get the latest version installed. If I have time to kill later today I might try and brave it.

Sandvik isn't (AFAIK). I read, or was told somewhere, that it was being looked at, but nothing seems to have transpired.