Do a lead out of .1 and select a referance point at the front of the part at the location you want to retract to - the reference point box is on the same page as your tool

Create a construction plane using the geometry - then do xform translate between views - choose the created construction plane as the source view and the desired view as the destination view

I think you can move this around by changing the location of comment$ in the post put a # in front of the original so you can go back if need be and add comment$ at new location in psof and ptlchg

I believe For 3D contours to be accuratley generated with a ball end mill you need to set the comp to center - also the part contour needs to be adjusted in Z by using "offset contour" by the cutter radius

The arrow at the top "select drill point position" drills in the order selected for me

Anyone know if tool information in jobmaster can be imported into Mastercam tool libraries Or if sofware exists to allows barcode scanning tool info directly into Masercam Libraries Thanks for any info

You can create a new one by going to customize general selection and drag the ball whereever you want

If I send files to myself the message comes back to break the files and send them seperatley kept sending smaller and smaller files till one got sent - 50k was about it - not sure what they call the plan but they get $52/mo

Im using comcast cable internet service and during the day it says to break files into pieces if I try to send anything over 50 K - anyone else have limited bandwith and if a 2 meg part file is sent in pieces will it re-assemble correctly at the other end

Web master sent me an e-mail address but your server is rejecting the e-mail

I don't see how to attach the file when I click to e-mail you

Created geometry flat in the top plane created a contour toolpath and rolled it around the X axis - kind of messy to describe will e_mail you the result if you want to have a look

Works great Thanks to all

In X2 Will Mastercam use any solids for lathe toolpaths that are not created in Mastercam - bringing in geometry from Solidworks using Mastercam direct the message is cannot create boundry from solid Thanks for any info

My system will not use some functions including levels if my Zone Alarm protection system is on

Thanks for replies I have to taper thread from the inside because in the top view the top hole and the bottom hole do not overlap Found the solution In order for it to work the top and bottom contours must be synced

Using X2 MR1 Trying to get a tapered wire thread in 4th axis wire path I chain the thread point at the bottom then the bottom contour then the top contour then go to the tapered thread page and choose the point in the top plane - but I am not getting a tapered wire thread - is my procedure right - am I missing something Thanks for any help

I found if you set colant on in an opration like rough - the colant setting will only stay set if you choose "save parameters to default file" from the tool parameters page

Check your firewall and protection package I had to get rid of Zone Alarm - it was fighting with Mastercam settings

Correction to previous - post if you are programming in ipr the part rpm (spindle speed)is irrelevant only the number of teeth on the cutter and its rpm affect chip load on the cutter front IPR -------------------------- = Chip Load Cutter rpm * number of teeth

If I understand correctly chip load you need is on the end of the milling cutter If the the tool moves .1 in the Z direction and there is one cutting edge chip load is .1 if there are two cutting edges and the part makes one rev while the cutter makes one rev the chip load is .05 because the tool will move .05 for each half spindle rev so for each spindle rev there will be two cuts of .05 or .1 per spindle rev if there are 4 cutting edges each cut will be .025 because the spindle will make 1/4 rev for each cutter edge - the diameters do not affect the chip load on end of the cutter in the z direction - the faster the part rpm the higher the chip load (if you are programming in ipr)- the faster the the cutter rpm - the more cutting edges - the lighter the chip load on the cutter face

Consider it like a thread path (lathe rpm) X (Inches per rev) ------------------------------ (Mill rpm) X (Number mill teeth) = Chip load Top divided by bottom = chip load The part diameters do not appear to matter

Interesting question OOPS - The solution I was going to propose didnt look right Will look again

Create a bounding box - cylindrical - with no offset and create points at the intersection of the fan and cylinder - analyze distance - or creat lines from center to points and analyze angle

In the operations window Under properties - pick files Pick lathe operations defaults - bottom of window Go all the way to the top of the operations default window Pick properties Pick tool settings Make the settings on this page There is a duplicate tool settings page when you first go to files - but these are not permanant settings