Your code format is correct. Have you checked your #19700 parameters with the sphere and either Matsuura eZ-5, a 3rd Party Axis Check program, or Renishaw Axi-Set?

$#!+ can RTDFO (G54.2) all together and just go with TWP. Way better. Way more powerful. WAY easier to use. Too many people mistakenly believe WSEC is the same as DFO. It is not, and it should not be thought of, nor used in that manner. @PAnderson, you're going to need to set the #19700 parameters (X and Z minimum) in order for WSEC, TCP and/or TWP to work. You are correct, WSEC definitely does NOT like large values. Marty is on the West Coast. You "should" have some guys out east. Out of Chicago, I'd look up Bill Jones or Rick Schultz. They should be able to point you in the right direction for a local guy for you.

Right now we're in the heat of summer here in Southern California. No pun intended. Non climate controlled shops in my area are starting off around 75 first thing in the morning and running 100+ before noon and maintaining that well into the late evening depending on building sun exposure. Even with no high pressure coolant, I was in a Matsuura MAM72-35V yesterday. It was easily 20 degrees hotter in the machine AND humidity was of course through the roof. That's definitely gonna have a drastic effect on things. Aluminum's thermal expansion coefficient is roughly .0001" per inch, per degree. Do the math. Steels aren't nearly as sensitve, but a 35 deg swing will have an effect. Probing can solve a variety of issues if implemented properly.

This is a problem. Not sure if it thee problem, G53.1 needs to be on a line all by itself.

In cases where I need to check the length offset value, I'll write a custom G or M code and call it immediately after the toolchange but before the G131, or put the check in the tool change MACRO. That way look-ahead doesn't become a problem. JM2CFWIW

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"...Issues..." That kind of specificity really helps.

To further clarify, HON Rx is the old style High Speed Modes. You have R0 through R10. R0 for canned cycles when profile tolerance is of no concern, R1 for roughing through R10 for Fine Finishing. I believe the CUBLEX Series (FANUC), MAM72-63V and the Siemens controlled machines are the last machines that use this. HON P,M,F,D are the new high speed modes that are tuned for specific toolpath types. P = Prismatic Type Machining. Contour, Pocket, Circle Mill, Engraving, Helix Bore, etc.... M = Multi-Surface Machining, F = Rotary type toolpaths, and D = Canned Cycle toolpaths. Each mode has 3 programmable settings (HONP1, HONP2, HONP3, HONM1, HONM2, HONM3, HONF1, HONF2, HONF3) with the exception of D. If using D, D=1 always. Within each setting P/M/F, 1 and 2 have 3 adjustable settings via the sliders on the MACH LEV. screen. These can;t be set by program yet. I've put in the request. P/M/F 3 has 4 adjustable settings. The MX Series (MX-330, MX-520, and MX-850), MAM72-35V, MAM72-70V, and MAM72-100H use this method for high speed modes. If a program contains HON... and is read into the control via a FANUC function the control converts HON to G131. If the program is transferred via FTP, no such conversion takes place and the program will be riddled with errors. This is the reason we have defaulted CAMplete to have G131instead of HON. FAR less support calls. The Siemens is a completely different beast. It follows the old HON Rx method. It's been a while since I've put my hands on one, but I believe no conversion is necessary.

CYCLE832 is a method to specify vector tolerances. It's probably not explicitly supported though it probably could be; TRAORI ORIAXES ORIWKS CYCLE832(0.005,_ORIFINISH,0.05) ORISON .......... ORISOF ORISON = Orientation Smoothing ON which activates the smoothing of the orientation vectors. ORISOF= Orientation Smoothing OFF which deactivates the smoothing of the orientation vectors. The ORI tolerance should be set to the CAM tolerance * sqrt³ *10 The ORISON function can only be used in conjunction with 5-axis transformations TRAORI. It's not part of CYCLE832 or CUST_832 and needs to be programmed separately in the workpiece program if vector smoothing is required.

In your manual entries @Joe777, they will need to be formatted as follows, set to "as code", and EXACTLY as you want to see it; ME1,M00(REMOVE 1ST CLAMP) ME2,(TORQUE TO 10Nm) ME3,M00(DID YOU DO IT?) ME4,M00(ARE YOU SURE?) As @Leon82 stated, in this case the "ME1,", "ME2,", "ME3,", etc... is the flae CAMplete sees which tells it to output the string of text and needs to be put in places you may want to see a manual entry output like before tool changes, after tool changes, between operatinos that use the same tool, end of program, etc... It needs the comma as well. No comma, no output.

You could use Canned Text instead of Misc. Int./Misc. Reals as well. I think it's a cleaner method.

You'll also need to set in the Options Advanced Settings the "Post Insert Custom GCode As Comment" as unchecked. By default it is checked.

My rig's specs are in my siggy. In January I'll probably be getting a new one. Next one will be the fastest i9 with a 17" monitor and a Quadro card.

That's a relatively new setting. By default it's off.

A few possibilities; 1) Go to the CAM Wizard, go to the NC Format page and make sure the "Output Tool Ref" and "Input Tool Ref (CAM File) are both set to "Tool Tip". 2) Go to Manage, Tools Ribbon, Options, File Types, Mastercam. Make sure the Default Tool Ref. is set to Tip. 3) While still in Options, Scroll down the Preferences to "NCI - Force Canned Cycle Paths to Tool Tip". Make sure it is checked. Give that a shot.

Maybe it would be better with HOOPS? Or graphical CMM Paths? Asking for a friend.

This is my usual setup;

I wonder if a scanning CMM would have been a better solution for that application I had all the trouble with? The profile read out would have looked like a profilometer scanning a vinyl record.

I had an experience one time where inspection was using a ruby that was so small it was picking up the peaks and valleys of the milling operation. I had .0008" profile to hold and it was all over the place. I couldn't figure out WTF was going on. Surface finish was called out as 32. I was around 16. So I go into inspection and watch. I see the inspector had some features to measure where he needed the .5mm ruby. He was using that same ruby to measure the tight profile feature. I asked him to change the ruby for the feature that was going out. He said no. I protested to the Mfg. Manager. Long story short, I lost that battle. I had to get the surface finish down to 8 to get the all the profile points in. On my write up, I explained that inspection, engineering and manufacturing need to get on the same page. By meeting the surface finish call out It would have been impossible to meet the profile requirement with anything less than a 3mm ruby. I created drawings to prove my point. They said I was full of $#!+. Alrighty then....

It is not and I cannot share. Frank's an east coast guy right? You should have at least a couple guys back there. I've been sworn to secrecy under threat of perpetual FANUC phone support.

FANUC guy for OEM support. I meant to say.

I rarely call FANUC. If I think it's a parameter I'm missing I will, but at my level, I need to talk to the OEM guy. The odds the guy answering the phone at FANUC can answer my questions is about 10% at best. Fortunately our OEM guy lives in the next city over from our office and we've been friends for the better part of 20 years. So..... #MembershipHasItsPrivileges Builders and dealers get a discount I think.

You may want to take the 3 Day Understanding the FANUC 4 and 5 Axis Functions FANUC class in Chicago as well as the1 day Understanding the FANUC 4 and 5 Axis Functions - Maintenance Addition that is done on the 4th day. The maintenance Addition goes over parameters, troubleshooting, etc... I took them last year. I had a pretty healthy handle on them previously but when it came to explanation, they give you some tools to better explain the functions to customers. It was worthwhile for me. Cars, coat hangers, toothbrushes, CNC Machines... it's all the same right?

Typically I'll only use M1 with Opti-Rough because as the toolpath name implies "...Rough". I'll run 1's on my modes if I only need to hold around 25µm or so. I'll use 2's if I need to hold 10µm or so and 3 ONLY on finishing passes if I need to hold single digit µm. You finish the paths, I'm certain they'll ALL pass... as long as inspection does their job. See the attached document. Matsuura High Speed Look-Ahead Functions Procedure.pdf Dollars to donuts they are checking by calculating radius centER.

We do the same. When Matsuura and Methods divorced for lack of a better term, we are the flagship US dealer (Dealer of the Year since inception of the Award) so we worked closely with Matsuura USA before they even had an Applications Engineering Dept actually, and helped put together packages based on the machine type in conjunction with the type of anticipated work type (for the look ahead options ... VMC, HMC, and 5-Axis, and controls). Like you, we won't even sell a machine without the appropriate option package. Too much damn grief down the road and the machne sale is not even worth that grief. Anyway, not sure if you know this but FANUC (at least in the US) has done a little better over the last few years. They have their own option packages as well. FAST Package III R372 for 5-Axis machines (90+% of what I do) for example. You are right though, the majority of Machine Tool "professionals" in the industry are clueless about what options are needed for the various activites and it creates serious headaches for those of us that do know. I've participated in training over the years and one in particular I was pretty shocked at how little the vast majority of Applications Engineers actually know abut the under the hood stuff. Kind of a bummer really, because FANUC is so powerful, but the because of how it's packaged, supported, and sold, it doesn't always show well. Thankfully most all of our sales guys ask when there's a question. I'm one of the Senior AE's we have so part of my job is staying up on what's new and what direction we need to move in. Matsuura USA has assembled a good team at their HQ and we give them feedback, and they get us factory information so that helps matters.