Yes I get that but the file I was pasting into had toolpaths in it. When I pasted the geometry all of the toolpaths disappered. Is this the way it is supposed to work?

I tried the copy and paste thinge. I lose my toolpaths in the file I paste into. Is this the way it works?

From tech support at my reseller. Dave, I got the same result on my system and forwarded the file to QC at Mastercam I sent them my MCX file.

The data was originaly from Catia, passed thru UG, then MCX.

Yes. Only left a couple of surfaces. 12 or so, mostly rads.

Scale move dose not blank all original surfaces.

I don't think so. One surface at a time seems to be the standard for all CAD softwares. You could try chaining, and making one big surface. "Well all that I have used anyway".

I saved the toolpaths from MC9 as geometry. Regen paths in MCX they are almost exactly the same. The only difference was with the 5/8" end mill.

I opened both the MC9 file and the MCX file. I opened them both in MCX. I did not see any difference in the verify.

Did you know you can open the MC9 file right into MCX toolpaths and all?

How did you open the .MCX file? The toolpaths in both files are different sizes.

I have had this error before. It always happens when I had a Z on the same line with an R,I,J,or K. I think it was a problem with my controle def. not reading correctly. Had no G18 or G19 in the programs. Changed my post to, point to point, Linerize arcs. No problem since.

Go to Stock setup, under your Machine group. Do the bounding box thing to creat your stock, at the top of your next form incheck (all entities). Then use the arrow top left to select the plate you want the stock around. Or just make sure your machine table is on a turned off level, and reset your stock. You do not need to cancel the stock just reselect the part to make the stock.

Scale by 0.03937

Dave, If nothing popped up at all after apply, then the person could determin for themselfs what they want to do next. I understand you can't anticipate every scenario, just wondering why it is going down one path at a junction instead of waiting for user imput. If the chain dialog did not popup and the surface remained selected the user could go either way. New surface or new chain. Since you said it's in development, I guse it's not been changed in X2. Maybe sometime soon?

Just read you previous thread. I might have actually read that when you first put it up. I only yesterday found a use for fence.

Somebody was not thinking. What is the purpose of haveing the chain dialog popup after you hit apply if not to continue creating surfaces.

Is their a problem with the procedure in fence surface? I am creating multiple fence surfaces. First I pick the surface > then I pick the chain > then I set options > then apply. After I pick apply the chain dialog comes up. I have to pick a chain to continue, after I pick the chain I have to pick a new surface, then I have to pick the chain again. Wouldn't it work better if after apply, new surface selection was next. No matter what I do it always goes in this order, it works but for every surface I make I have to pick the chain twice. Is there a different way to pick this?

That's strange. I had to go to the Windows standard for other reasons. Since then I have had no crashes on save. Just now noticed since SAIPEM brought it up.

If the G8, G9 are model would this work? N70630 X-3.6048 Y-.0915 Z1.3517 N70640 X-3.6037 Y-.0908 Z1.3515 N70650 G8 N70660 G0 Z1.8515 N70670 G0 Z2.3515 N70680 X-3.4787 Y-.1019 N70690 G0 Z2.3272 N70700 G0 Z1.8272 N70710 G9 N70720 G1 Z1.3272 F10.0 N70730 X-3.2708 Z1.2867 F50.0 N70740 Y-.1037 N70750 X-3.2868 Y-.1042 Z1.2899 N70760 X-3.4787 Y-.1019 Z1.3272 N70770 G8 N70780 G0 Z1.8272 N70790 G0 Z2.3272 N70800 X-2.8232 N70810 G0 Z2.2009 N70820 G0 Z1.7009 N70830 G9 N70840 G1 Z1.2009 F10.0 N70850 X-2.5674 Z1.1523 F50.0 N70860 X-2.4395 Z1.1284 N70870 Y-.1043

I am not sure if it will or not. I will compare it to my posts output tommorow. If my code looks anything like this I may be able to help you with your post. If it dose look like this I would think we have a machine problem and not a code problem at my work. Have a look back here tommorow I'll let you know what I find.

What kind of machine do you have this controler on? Is this code (G8, G9) model?

Can you show me an example of the code that you run on the machine? The non jerky code.

We have a machine that uses the Boss controloer. Our reseler could not get the post to work correctly. Out of the 12 machines in our shop this is the only one that uses the G8, G9 to do this. I have been watching this thread to see if someone could come up with a way to make this work. As far as I can tell our code is posting out correctly, but the machine still jerks sometimes when changing directions. Nobody is sure if the function is working correctly or if this is just the way the machine is. As far as I can tell this controler is not common, once you get out in the real world you may never see one. Our machine that uses this controler is our smallest machine, it is used for mostly 2d work. We have used it for 3d but nobody likes to run it on 3d stuff with the thing jerking all the time. If anyone has any experience running this controler please help.

It works for me.