And back in the earlier days, the controls did not have as much processing power in order to make the UPM-DPM time calculations necessary to just input a single feed command.

The "general" guidline would be if the machine has TCP (G43.4) or not. If it does, I wouldn't use G93. Ever. For any reason.

That's a rabbit hole question if there ever was one. I'm with @crazy^millman @tilikoom. You need to at least tell us what machine, how many axes you have, what control you have and what feed options you have. Then we can give you the pro's and con's of the various options. JM2CFWIW

You probably don't want to do that. There's some things that go on in the background that you don't want to interfere with. If it were me, I would take it out of Auto Mode for a minute. Unset the ready condition, delete the old program. Load in the new program. Assign the new program (even if the name is the same, do it, just in case), set the pallet to ready, then turn on Auto Mode again and #SendIt!

Wait, wait, wait.... the part program you are expecting to run in the scheduler is located/mapped to the USB stick instead of the DATA_SV?

Yes. I DEFINITELY need to speak my mind more.

What is #6001.1?

I typically have a G10 line at the top of the program. It is generally a "rough" number as I typically probe for the precise location. JM2CFWIW

Can you post up some code you put in, then the corresponding section you got out? It could be your formatting may be missing something.

It's all about frogs in the boiling water.

Considering it's a very modest 2% increase... that's not even keeping pace with inflation. VERY reasonable IMHO. My healthcare benefit went up 6.1% this year. It's gone up 37% in the last 8 years... AND I get less for it. With CG Tech, you know you're at least getting a quality product that will continue to develop and add value. That's "Thank you sir may I have another."

IT... those guys. They are the source of more CAD/CAM/CAE problems in this world than they can possibly even fathom. They need a and a

I've only ever found those users in the CATIA, NX and NCL houses. Almost never anywhere else. At least in my experience.

In the FANUC Common to Lathe and Machining Center Operator's Manual Custom MACRO section the "Arithmetic and Logic Operation" sub section AND OR are listed. IF[[#13NE1]OR[#13NE2]]GOTO1015 IF[[#13NE1]AND[#13NE2]]GOTO1015

It's a feature not a bug. Revert the file back to the original, then change the stepover slightly. May not solve anything but it may rule somethig out. No CAMplete updates since July 21st. FWIW

I can't work without one.

Yeah... I'd threadmill that as well. That's a LOT of metal cutting surface area.

Right there with you Colin. It's DEFINITELY on my skills acquisition list as well.

I have less than 0 experience with Hurco. In the 1,000's of shops I've been in in may career, I can count on one hand with fingers to spare the number of Hurcos I've seen. That said, take what I am about to say with a grain of salt because that's gonna be about what it's worth; most CNC's can be tuned. Typically the factory machine servo settings are shipped with Acc/Dec settings that will allow it to safely machine it's max load capacities. The end result ultimately is if you're running small parts you're leaving some performance on the table. So, I'd call the builder and explain what you're after and chances are they may be able to either offer some advice, or put you in touch with someone that performs the services of servo tuning. HTH

I don't know that "groups" were standardized. Then again I don't know that they weren't That's worth some further digging. I bought the APT Standard (ANSI NCITS 37-1999). A CAM vendor (NOT one of the big one) was telling me something I knew to be different than was being explained. The actual G-Code "standard" is ISO 6983-1:2009. I don't have a copy of it. It's around $150. Not sure I can justify buying it. https://webstore.ansi.org/Standards/ISO/ISO69832009?source=preview

15-B Series it is listed as Group 18 15i-A Series it is listed as Group 18 15i-B Series it is listed as Group 18 0i-A Series it is listed as Group 22 0i-C Series it is listed as Group 22 0i-F Series it is listed as Group 22 16i/18i-B Series it is listed as Group 22 30i-A Series it is listed as Group 22 30i-B Series it is listed as Group 22 The FANUC Manuals are THE standard. But Reader's Digest version is everything other than a 15 (0, 16, 18, 21, 30, 31, and 32) it will be Group 22. The G-Code Lists are found in a few different manuals depending on the control and series.

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Interesting... usually the closest office gets the call.

Why are you forced to use Detroit?

FANUC part number is A02B-0282-J937 list price (not including installation, travel, etc...) is around $1,200-ish