If you use cut depths incremental a negative

amount will add cuts to the top of the part

In V9 I think you could mask levels but dont

see how to do it in X

Don't know if this is possible - but when I had

zone alarm on my system it interfered with

some Mastercam functions

Choose the Z- end as the start point and the Z+

end as the end point - this should give a LH thread

Look in the tool library and see if the coolant is defined as on for those tools

Try putting a spindle under the Z axis

Also It seems that it is necessary to select

the green check mark at the the bottom of

the screen and save the definition and then

come back to machine definiton and do the save as

part of the creation

Check the tool settings in the librayr see if coolant is on - if you are using cut depths and

feed from the tool it could be setting coolant as well

Create edge curves on all edges

In front view select arcs in window to delete

those in the top plane

Use C-Hook "drill pt" to get points in arcs

select points and set depth to incremental

and top of stock and retract to absolute

Unroll the wireframe flat - then write a toolpath

such as pocket then roll the toolpath around the

x axis - can e-mail a sample file if you like

Select long line - do Alt E - the long line

will be blanked - do waht you want with the short line - do Alt E the long line will come back

Could be plunge parameters setting

Looks like the surface is flat so create a

c-plane normal the surface edge curve and

trim to that edge curve - if trim lines are not parallel and surface is not flat - create a c-plane normal to each line and project a point to the surface using view break the line at the projected point and delete the unwanted half

The arc size dll gives the error recompile for

a version number - but a work around is to

select all arcs and copy them to a new level

then close arcs and create a hole table

Thanks for the suggestions

Is three a way to find the smallest arc on a part

finding the samllest complete circle is fine

but can the smallest radius be found

Thanks for any info

All geometry must be closed to create solids

Thank You

No experience with this - but what about 5-axis

toolpaths limited to 4 axis output - it needs

a special post to do this - this particular toolpath looks like curve 5 axis

Sorry - running level 3 X3

What is the c-hook called

Thanks for the responses so far

Is there a way to delete a level

In the operation s manager choose files

and choose the mill inch operations

at the bottom by clicking on the excclamation

point at the top is the file name - change

that name to the one you want - then go to

machine defintion - control edefintion - files - and set the new name to the default

Pocket facing should work - make sure the

lead in lead outs on the pin finishes are not

destroyiny the pins

Select pocket and geometry again and on the remachine page select roughing tool diameter

and put in the 1/2 cutter Mcam will calculate

the area where the 1/2 cutter could not go

Use the pocketing toolpath and select facing

instead of standard pocketing this allows the tool to go past the outer boundry but

cuts the islands to size set your lead in lead out as you want

I usually have good luck using Erics method

Thanks for this

Now buffers are a little clearer