Two things to try set - point generator to create

more cut moves in the corner - enable fanning

which starts the tool leading into the corner before the corner actually starts

Axis substitution works for me

Just create a line in the top view starting

at the center of rotation - this line should be

pi x dia of rotation long - easy to get this by

generating a line then in the length box type

"L" and pick on a circle the diamter of rotation

now create as many points as you want and write

drill toopath in the top plane - the point at the end of the line in the center of rotation will drill at 0 at the middle of the line the point will drill at 180 be aware that if you want 4 equally spaced holes create 5 points because the the one at the far end drills at 360 which duplicates the the first end

awkward but - create a surface where the plane is

-note this also works with any surface - create

a plane normal to the curve - if it is a spline

extend the spline then put points on it and create a line through the points - then create

a circle at the endpoint then create a swept

surface using the circle and the line or spline

then trim the original surface to the swept

surface and create an edge curve on the trimmed

surface and put a point in the center of the edge curve

Thanks I did not know that - will give it at try

I have X4 - we have a customer that has X4 -

but some of the shop people are still using

V9 and they want to continue using it - I thought I had a copy of v9 demo disk so

said I would provide them with one - but

it turns out I dont have a disk

Anyone have a V9 demo disk they are willing to

share

Thanks for any help

Choose settings

Configure

Default Machines

Pick your machine

Start exit

Start up product

Mill

The edges of the surfaces have to meet and be

the same length where they meet - also the surface normals have to point in the same direction Maybe recreate the surfaces using a swept surface

If the engraving is on the end use c-axis face contour

It helps to be in 2d and the corrsct plane when trimming

Is there a way to install toolbar configurations

on several computers that are the same then

lock the installation so no one can change them?

On the gap settings page there is an option to

to extend the toolpath using the "tangential line length" box - maybe this will work for you

Check your settings on the arc filter tolerance page the smoothing settings on the top

Check to see if sorting is on

Also to do bolt circles select automatic and pick the first hole then the second hole then the

last hole and it will do them in order

If they are drawn as rectangular grooves just

pick two opposite crners on all grooves - they

do not have to be the same size

If they are the same size and shape program one

groove and translate the toolpath

If grooves are irregular shapes pick multiple

chains from the menu chain all using partial chain

If it is the same program that is posting

it will be locked - unlock the program and

regenerate the toolpath and highfeed will be gone

If the holes are equally spaced create one

circle and do x form translate as many as needed

To create center points - go to setting - configure - cad settings - and set automatic center lines to on then create a fillet on two sides of the octagon with a radius equal to the hole radius this will create points at the center location of the holes - if circles needed

create them at the points by locking autocursor

to points and locking the raduis setting

In the help file the default keys are

listed under Mastercam interface -

but customized settings do not seem to be listed

It is one surface right - if its not this

can cause that

Thanks for the help

I know this has been covered in the past - but

my search didn't find it - How do you edit

toolpaths that have been exported to the ops folder- and how can these toolpaths be deleted from the folder

Thanks for any help

Set autocursor to nearest

Select beak two pieces

Select entity to break

Move cursor along entity to any position

click mouse - it will break at that point

Be careful with the copyright issue - a local

school got in trouble over a baseball logo

Or drill the holes - backplot - save as geometry

Set cut depths absolute max to below top of part

If using incremental set adjustment to top cut

to a positive value equal to amount of first cut

wanted - a negative incremental number will set the first cuts above the part