Buy "Minimum Spec", get minimum performance, minimum stability, and maximum headaches. I get it, everyone's got a budget. When I get new rigs, I don't get the newest and fastest because I have a budget I'm trying to work within too. I get one step down from that and that gets me through a couple/few years normally.

The closest machine parameters I have to that size is about 1/2... Best I can do is some program formatting for the functions; (G05.1Q1 w/ G43.4 w/ G68.2 Pre-Position and 3D Cutter Comp) G05.1Q1 G00G90G54A-1.016C84.106 G68.2X0.0Y0.0Z0.0I84.106J-1.016K0.0 G53.1 X0.1389Y-0.039 G69 G43.4L1P3Z0.8588H#517S13875M03 X0.0379Y0.1358Z0.8602 X0.0511Y0.1344Z0.1103 X0.0537Y0.1341Z-0.0396 G01G41.2X0.0549Y0.134Z-0.1076D#517F200.0 ...... G40X0.0476Y0.1333Z-0.1088 G00X0.0356Y0.1512Z0.859 G05.1Q0 G00G90G49G53Z0.0 (G05.1Q1 w/ G54.4 w/ G43.8 w/ G68.2 and 3D Cutter Comp) G05.1Q1 G00G90G54A-29.755C-147.24 G54.4P2 G68.2X0.0Y0.0Z0.0I-147.24J-29.755K0.0 G53.1 X0.5398Y0.4636 G69 G43.8Z1.2495H#517D#517S#515M03T0 X0.0994Y-1.152Z0.8547,L2I0.5411164J-0.840937K0.004251 X-0.102Y-0.839Z0.2035,L2I0.5411164J-0.840937K0.004251 X-0.1423Y-0.7764Z0.0733,L2I0.5411164J-0.840937K0.004251 ...... G00X-0.2313Y0.2439Z-0.1275,L2I0.3484266J0.9273712K0.136314 G05.1Q0 G00G90G49G53Z0.0 G54.4P0 (G05.1Q1 w/ G54.4 w/ G68.2 w/ G05.1 Q3) G05.1Q1 G00G90G54A0.0C0.0 G54.4P2 G68.2X0.0Y0.0Z0.0I-0.0J0.0K0.0 G53.1 X2.75Y-2.38 G43Z2.0H#517M03S11460 G05.1Q3X0Y0Z0 Z0.0 G01Z-1.3667F120.0 G41X2.0D#517 .... G01G40X2.718 G00Z2.0 G05.1Q0 G00G49G90G53Z0.0 G69 G54.4P0 Hopefully this helps somewhat.

I reccommend you get FANUC in there as well. Odd that at least a generic set of numbers didn't come from the factory. What machine is it? If I have a machine around that size I'll numbers from it. Thing is you don't want to move too quickly because you'll have other problems.

My BigDaishowa holders are Japanese. Chances are yours are too G. Matsuura's pallets for their MAM72-35V, MAM72-25V, CUBLEX-35, MX-330 PC10, and MX-420 PC10 have a Sandvik CAPTO interface and are made by BigDaishiwa. The quality on them is extraordinary.

Worked on a project for a bit with a customer before I had to hand it off to The Professionals in this arena on one of these; https://www.lumex-matsuura.com/english/lumex-avance-60 Part Samples; https://www.lumex-matsuura.com/english/samplework Additive and subtractive in the same machine. Matsuura did it before all the MeToo's came a long.

Just because technology changes and improves, doesn't mean it won't still take a skilled person to make decisions and drive software. Because (as JP alluded to) a few degrees this way or that way will make the difference between success and failure... and that's NEVER gonna change. Software WILL get better, but it's never going to be click and print for everything. Just like it's NEVER going to be magic button programming for all subtractive processes.

(EDT) I believe the parameter is #13102.7 = 0 for EDIT allowed, 1 = EDIT no allowed. Bits are as follows; 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Use at your own risk.

My 2¢ FWIW, it was the ONLY way to stay competitive.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr! You mean you're not a mind reader? I think I'd probably send his Nigerian uncle my bank account info... so I'd have the cash can buy some CAM software with Graphical Toolpath editing capability.

@Kyle F USE CAMplete! Send me a DM and I'll get you all the goodies (MD, CD, Post, Defaults, etc...), and instructions on how to set up CAMplete to get te most out of your machine and software.

EVERY (new since Matsuura USA formed) MAM sold in the US has G05.1 Q1, G05.1 Q3, G41.2/G42.2, G43.4/G43.8 (G43. etc...), G54.4, G68.2, Data Server, etc, etc, etc... Or IOW equipped as a 5-Axis SHOULD be. There's a few obscure options not included relating to grinding and Orbital milling. Both of those are field retrofitable should the need arise. It was the previous importer of Matsuura machines that did not properly option them right out of the gate. I'm STILL picking up the pieces from that mess over 10 years later, but I digress.

Point of information; BT holders are shorter from the gage line to the pull stud surface than CT holders. Generally speaking the BT pull studs have a thicker flange than their CT brothers. ALL Matsuura spindles if not HSK are BigPlus. I use and recommend BigPlus holders. Not all "dual contact" holders are created equal. Big Daishowa, Big Kaiser, Rego-Fix, Schunk, Sandvik, and a few others are BigPlus. Nikken, while not "BigPlus" make a quality holder I don't mind recommending. Personally I prefer Rego-Fix PowR Grip over heat shrink, mostly just because heat shrink holders have a finite lifespan but heat shrink is a very good path to go down unless you use HSS tools. If you do elect to go heat shrink, DO NOT skimp on the heat shrink unit. A good quality unit will maximize the holder's life span if used properly and will pay for itself over time. Tool runout is the enemy of tool life. Less is more in this arena.

Point of clarification, it is NOT the "spindle" that determines CAT or BT, it is the tool changer fingers/claw and the tool matrix racks.

Since the advent of the 30i series control you've been able to run DIRECTLY from the Dataserver. No running from subs, just straight. If you cannot, that is a machine tool builder limitation.

If you increase the Small Gap Size on the Linking and Gaps Along Cut pages that can minimize the retracts. I usually have mise set somewhere between 100% and 1000% but have gone as high as 5000% on large structural aerospace stuff.

Well... if you knew which parameters to change to get the desired result, you could create your own G/M code...

A lot of the differences are the option packages put on the individual machines. Some builders skimp on the options to keep their machines in a certain price range, others option the machines appropriately, and still others are somewhere in between. Then there is the expertise of the AE doing the training on the machine. Some of those guys aren't fit to teach someone how to run a toaster let alone a complex CNC, then you have guys like @zoober, @YoDoug, and @CrazyMillMan just to name a few who are at the top echelon. JM2CFWIW

You should have the contour control functions active when machining period. The machine will perform better. Part quality will be better (provided the settings from the factory are good). And contrary to popular belief myth, use them during canned cycles (maybe with one exception until testing your specific machine - rigid tapping). Here's some DATA to back up my claim; 3:24 - W/ NO HIGH SPEED MODES 3:11 - W/ G05.1Q1, G05.1Q3, AND G131 D1 3:07 - W/ ONLY G05.1Q1 3:06 - W/ G05.1Q1 AND G131 D1 3:06 - W/ ONLY G131 D1 G131D1 is a Matsuura specific code that sets certain Acc/Dec parameters to favor positioning type moves (as opposed to profile type moves). If your machine has R levels (on the G05P10000 line), G131D1 would be a rough equivalent to G05P10000R1 or G05P10000R0. Hope that helps.

G05P10000 is AI Contour Control (High Precision Contour Control compatible) P is not a function of accuracy. If machining condition is present, R would be. G05.1 is AI Contour Control/NANO Smoothing/Smooth Interpolation Different options.

I use mine to make stuff for my tool box, chess pieces, broken toy fixes, gun parts, etc... Gun stuff gets Colorfabb XT CF20. I use a hardened steel nozzle when printing for it.

I have a Prusa i3 MKS. We got it in May of 2019. Yes, THAT May.

DM me your machine's parameters. When FANUC installs options, they DO NOT configure the parameters for the machine. That is the builder/dealer/end-user's responsibility.

I've got an RTX-4000 in my laptop and I just ran a 632 Operation, 6 stock model part from Mastercam through CAMplete's collision checking with no issues. My card is only an 8GB card. Probably on the lower end of the scale today. When I got it, it was their #2 mobile card. I usually get the 2nd from top of the line video card and CPU when I get new rigs. They usually serve me well for 2-3 years-ish.

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I've not heard of any rumors or plans to discontinue any of the Plug-Ins. Well, actually, I have heard a few rumors, but those originated from people that have a vested interest in selling CAM post processors. But no rumors from anyone with any real juice, and nobody that would really know. The reality is the last Plug-In that was discontinued was the NX Plug-In. There will be no further development on that one. That decision was made by Siemens NOT CAMplete/AutoDesk. The NX PlugIn is still available, just not in further development. For 15-20 years we've had/heard the discussions about "when Dassault decides to cut the cord from their competitor Siemens in licensing the Parasolid Kernel that SolidWorks uses and get people on to CATIA". People made decisions long ago to discontinue maintenance "because it could happen" meanwhile they missed out on all the tools available from then to now. Because of conjecture. Because of rumor. Hey, I believed they would get tired of writing that check to Siemens too. Apparently the SW sales and Maintenance are worth the hit to Dassault's ego. Money talks and something else walks. Personally CAMplete is all I ever use. We actually bought 2 seats BITD AT FULL retail. That check was somewhere in the neighborhood of $25k in 2007 dollars. It was worth it then. It's worth it now. I've been using it since mid-2007. I'm not going to stop using it until it's gone or no longer available. Every new Mastercam version, I update the Machine Definitions, Control Definitions and Posts that I use for machines I support (and a few that I do only because my customers needed assistance because the other machine dealers aren't up to snuff), then I go through the Defaults and set them up so our machines will perform in the ways we expect them to. JM2CFWIW