I have the same problem + if I define

stock by picking two corners and set use last

size when I come back to verify next time

the stock goes back to toolpath extents

automatically - defining stock in setup before

verifying works fine

I am running Zone Alarm "internet security suite"

and am not on net hasp - I haven't installed the

last few Microsoft fixes because the last one

I installed locked up my computer and it had

to be rolled back to a previous config to run

could this be the problem?

My system was locking up and crashing

about every 10 15 minutes - I turned off Zone Alarm firewall virus protection - now it seems to

work fine - except for solid verify when

I try to define stock by stock corners - if stock

is predefined it works fine - Question what is

good protection that works without problems with

XP Pro

Thanks for any help

On the toolpaths parameters page aheck to

make sure "axis combo "is set to right

On the toopath parameters page make sure the

rotary tab is turned on and the diameter is

entered

According to help file saftey zone only

works with 4 & 5 axis toolpaths

An organic life form being treated for a malady

You can also write a template using the

manual entry toolpath - then save it and

fill in the parameters when it is inserted

in a tool path

It works sometimes if you make the change

then choose the blue accept button then

highlight one of the folders and choose propagate

but my system will not change the change retract

height for drill cycles no matter what I try

Create an arc at both ends of the hole

and use loft cut body

Cowboy saying - two best jobs there are - the one before this one and the one after this one

Can also create a template as a manual entry

toolpath - save it - and fill in the numbers

for each op when you call it up

If you look in the NCI file for "900" you will

see the numbers that come from the settings

in job setup - then look in the post for"900"

and you will see the defintions for each of

the spindle moves - problem is as the post

comes standard it does nothing with those numbers

it just goes to the predefined block and outputs "stock transfer" - currently trying to

make this work on a Mazak myself - any hints

or help appreciated

Create points along entity and create geometry

at those points - but probably going to have to

break the geomtry where you want the tabs in

v9 to get retracts there

Could try creating a c-plane perpendicular

to the line - create point at end of line

project point to surface - trim line to point

If you look at the screen in X the top is

the menu that was down the left side

the bottom of the screen is the secondary

menu - so when you first start you can

run it like V9 - then gradually add the

icons as shortcuts - ease into it this way

How about Design light

Have had the same problem - created an empty

file set up EA Manager and open that file

when starting a program

On the thread cut tab

Under the NC code format

There is a selection for alternating

which writes long hand code and alternates

cutting on the right side and then the left

side of the tool - maybe this would help

Playing with it a bit more - create

a helix on the dia then offset the helix

by the eccentricity and use c axis contour

on the helix

Can you create a circle offset by the amount

of eccentricity then use c axis - c axis

contour to do a series of plunge cuts

I have never done it this way but it looks

to backplot and post to give the desired

effect

You can write a contour toolpath turn off

cutter comp filter the toolpath back plot

the toolpath and save it as geometry - then

you will have a contour composed of lines and

arcs

A magazine called Home Shop Machinist used

to publish machining projects complete with

prints - dont know if they are still around

but maybe a good reference

Used to use vises - V blocks - or look for

air operated engine drawings - similar to steam but run with air - also clocks like the wooden

ones in kits which you can make from aluminum

plastic and brass

I have also noticed that I get an invalid

axis combination if I try to look at axis combinations before the machine is saved -

if I go out of machine def and then come back in

it will show combinations - also if you put terminator such as a table then put something

like an A axis with a chuck as terminator on top

of this table make sure the table is unchecked

when looking at axis combinations