Thanks everyone. I check in once in a while. Skulking in the background.

Jim, Signed sealed to be delivered to everyone here on Friday. Probably end up in St. Gobains hands if it goes like Magic and Holz.

As of this Thursday, I will be Layed Off (voluntary). I will be starting a new job within the next couple of weeks and will be taking a much needed vacation before starting. My new position will be Secret so I can't say anything more on it. I just wanted to thank everyone here for thier help over the years and I hope I've helped some also. Good Day All.

Bruce, I think you'll find it will save your butt over and over. Did you get the Autodiff addon? It's a neccesity for comparing cut stock to customer model. It catches stock left in finish paths and a lot more.

Thad, I had a brain fart. What I've done is set up Source Template files for diferent types of parts i.e.: fixtures vert machine parts , horizontal machined parts and parts that will run on both. I have default tool paths, no geometry, arranged in order of use with a basic tool library of common tools. When I open one of the groups, operations and tools are set up and ready. I add/delete what I need and assign WCS and geo. Cuts a lot of time out for repiticious processes. Chris, sorry for the bad info. Good Day

Chris, In Screen Configuration you can set up the tool path defaults. Name the group what ever suits you, then save it. A new program will now default with the name you give it.

Thanks for the input everyone. I tightened up the Curve Cordial Deviation in my configuration menu and the mesage went away. I think it was causing the cutter to touch a check surface. Good Day....

Thanks Lee but it sounds Like a workaround.

Happy Tuesday All, Little problem.... I have a 4th axis helix. I'm using Curve 5 Axis with y as the rotary. My initial path is good but I want a spring pass. When I turn on Multipasses, Finish Passes set at 2 at .002, then regenerate I receive a “Message 28 in [msurf5ax] not found”. Does anyone know if this is something to worry about? Code looks O.K.

Jerome, #999

Jerome, Well, that's not what I call myself. About your gaskets. Dennis Gerka said there is a shop here in the Bay Area that has the 3-D printers. I think he mentioned San Leandro.

Jerome, There is an alternative to Stereo Lythography. I'm not sure what the name is but I will get it for you. Instead of using a light activated polymer it uses a resin which is printed out like a printer. Much cheaper and, I believe rugged enough for your application. I'll get back to you. Rick

Decomaster, Try reducing your depth of cut to around between .150 and .200 axial, increase your feed to around 400 IPM. Make sure you coolant nozzles are on the tool tip from all sides. Your cycle time will be reduced proportionately to the material romoval rate increase.

Go with the GUI. User friendliness is a good thing.

Tryon, We have had this problem for a long time. We modified our post to prompt for the actual B axis face when we post. The post does the math and updates all work offset angles.