In CAMplete, I've got a setting to specify 3D Comp enabled toolpaths ID'd by op type number. I'll I can add or subtract to this list if I feel so inclined. My main point in this whole discussion is in Old-School 5-Axis Flowing, Curve 5-Axis and Old School Swarf the comp selection method is there. The new MW paths it is not. For me the post question is irrelevant. I can get whatever output I need by any number of methods. Should be a pretty simple ask IMHO. And if comp is supported, is it left, right, wear, or control, or reverse wear. I fully understand 3D Tool Comp works "differently", however I want to know that I'm going to get G41.2/G42.2 , or whatever other comp option I'm choosing... AND what data I need to put into my comp table in the control. When I get to select what I want, I know what data to put in the offset table. No selection means I've gotta guess. So, forgive me if I'd prefer to not guess when I'm running somebody's $800,000 or $1,000,000 investment.

So @Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software what mode is the compensation? Wear, Control, or Reverse Wear?

It functions as another device that the CNC has program access/storage to. It is usually accessed externally through FTP over a network where programs are dropped onto. The CNC then runs from that device. In a 3xi series control (30i, 31i, 32i, etc...) programs can be run from them just as one runs from CNC_MEM. Same editing capabilities, etc... Older 16/18 series controls you needed to use M198 Pxxxx to run from them. That requirement is no longer the case.

I've combed every single Swarf Milling Operation page, every pull down on every page. Multiple times. Please show me @Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software where I'm missing the ability to enable cutter comp.

Yeah, I can totally get CAMplete to do whatever I need it to, I just need the MW toolpaths to give me the switch/pull down... Is that available @Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software?

Correct @crazy^millman I should preface my statements with "...on a table/table kinematic..." since that is 95% of what I spend my time with and on. There's a few things we could do differently, however, I have SO many 1st time 5-Axis users to work with and a good chunk of my job is teaching our customers reliable methods to accomplish given tasks. If people choose to use 5-Axis linking, I've got a CAMplete NC format that supports that and the standard 5-Axis Matsuura machine control option configuration in the US will do whatever dance anyone cares to do with it. As a matter of preference, since I put my hands directly on other people's machines, I choose safety over cool factor or capability. If the customers want the cool factor, I can help with that too.

The safest move is pre-position in TWP then engage TCP. That will give you predictable motion at a glance. Plusses and minuses to everything.

In the Mastercam File I/O settings in CAMplete I can totally specify comp supported toolpaths, however In MC's MW operations I don't see the pull down to set L/R/Control/Wear, etc... unless it's just automatic, which is kind of not optimal IMHO.

Show me in a MW 5-Axis toolpath where the wear/control/none, etc... pull-down for comp is please. @Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software

As do I. A logical cross IMHO. With even a basic understanding of either, one can form a basic understanding of the structure and formatting. At least that's was how it was for me.

Ever make those parts where you have unilateral tolerances that erase ALL the tolerance because everything is RFS? And QC says you need to hold it instead of picking up the phone? Those Engineers need to be publicly flogged. This is why companies NEED Manufacturing Engineers that have ACTUAL manufacturing experience instead of the toilet paper they have hanging on the wall.

I'd suggest having G43.4 active for your positioning/transition moves. This will give you that kind of motion. Please note, it "can" be dangerous in certain sometimes unpredictable situations like if the positioning move passes through 0,0,0. At that point the next move has an infinite number of solutions and will produce aggressive moves and could result in a collision. HTH

Old School Flow 5-Ax, Old School Curve 5-Axis and Old Scho Swart give you comp options. I use CAMplete exclusively for posting and it outputs G41.2/G42.2 just fine. This is why I don't use MW in Mastercam for anything but roughing 5-Axis. MW paths in MC don't have the tools I need to do my job.

@Aaron Eberhard - CNC Software, Any chance you guys added cutter comp to the 5-Axis paths yet or are they still only available in the old school paths?

Imagine all the holes and grind marks...

Probably not on an HSK32 though that could be dangerously out of balance holder configuration.

Definitely not me. We've had a few issues over the years with a few pull studs so as a group we got together and agreed on a reccomendation. We narrowed it down to 2; JM Performance and BigKaiser. Their stuff is unquestionably the best. I'll check the holders in the office. I think I gotta drop in there tomorrow to grab something that I'm going to need from there next week.

You sure it's not HSK32? Here's an ER16. Not an 11, but close. https://www.guhring.com/ProductsServices/SizeDetails?EDP=9043970160320&fromResults=True I've got some ER11 for our HSK 40E's... I'll find the manufacturer next time I go in the office.

I've only ever seen G54.2 with a P on a FANUC control. P1 through P8 are available. There's basically a couple ways to do it. You can put your COR in the Common offset, then the X,Y, and Z distance from COR to part origin in your G54.2Pn offset. The other way is as @Bob W. Mentioned put your COR in your chosen Work Offset (G54, G55, G56, G54.1 P1, etc..)

Full kit is 110 lbs... so I'm committed to the cause. And the Big Kaiser tools are BigPlus... because it matters. Oh, and I have a BigDaishowa BigPlus master tool for laser calibration

I forget that sometimes. Our machines typically START at 12k. The majority of what I see is 15k and 20k spindles.

Yep. Check out YouTube. Looks like they are on fire when you run them right. Cutting speeds of 350-1000m/min recommended.

Believe it or not, I see that on occasion going into a Matsuura as well. In my 5-Axis training kit; JM Performance high strength pull studs, BigKaiser Hydraulic and ER Collet adapters, Rego-Fix precision collets, Frasia, Kennametal, and Harvey cutting tools, Raptor Adapter plates and risers, and Schunk KSC vices in a rolling Pelican Case. I can't very well recommend customers buy quality stuff if I roll up with run of the mill garbage now can I?

I've always been a fan of ceramics on the exotic nickel based alloys... Spendy, but worth every penny IMHO.

I'm of the opinion that if you buy that kind of machine but can't afford to make it do what it was designed to do, you shouldn't even be getting in the game in the first place. May as well put radials on an F1. Seriously.