As far as your gouges go, go to your Linking Parameters - Leads - Make sure Horizontal Arc Entry and Exit are at 0.0. Any other value in those two boxes will cause a gouge now and then. Values in the Vertical Arc Entry/Exit should be ok. I have seen this bug since the invention of Hybrid and it still pops up in X6MU1. I do not know if it was fixed for MU2.

Thad, that worked!! I knew you could use that procedure with the config files, but wasn't aware of the default and op files. Thank you!

Thanks K2, but I just sent an email to the reseller. I had virgin copies on our server, but for some reason they are no longer there.

I could do that, but that is way more work than I wanna go through. I would just like the two files. I may have to call the reseller.

May someone please upload these two files to the server. I want to start from scratch. I think my files were migrated and got messed up and I can't find the virgin files on any of my workstations.

Most of our S7 is heat treated to 54-56 RC. Del is correct. It machines easily hard and soft.

Is there a round pocket surrounding the tapped hole? If you're machining a moldbase, it may be a pocket for a taper lock component (similar function as a parting line lock). Best to call the customer.

Turn off smoothing and it will most likely work for you.

These are the 3 most popular HST I use for molds. Area Clearance = Surface Rough Pocket Waterline = Surface Finish Contour (z-level cutting) Raster = Surface Finish Parallel

Daniel, you mentioned you already have experience using the legacy toolpaths. You should be able to just start using the new toolpaths and ask questions as you go along or if you encounter some toolpath movement you are not satisfied with. Some simple advice I can recommend right now is to use boundaries and don't bother too much with check surfaces. You are only gonna learn the toolpaths with practice. Jump in with both feet

Changing the File dialog style fixed this for me. Please see this thread. http://www.emastercam.com/board/index.php?showtopic=66652&st=0&p=758296&hl=+file%20+dialog&fromsearch=1entry758296

On Core Roughing, the boundary defines stock and is suppose to lead in from the outside of the containment boundary.

Please read the first post in this thread.

X5MU1 was very stable on my end. Rarely a crash. X6MU1 on the other hand is ridiculous!

I don't know how that is possible myself. He must rarely use ramsaver or open other parts while in a session.

Hahaha! I thought I screwed up when I replied to your post. Sorry Alex

By no means would I recommend anyone to abandon those toolpaths, but I would recommend watching backplot and verify closely and use your expert decision. They are very valuable progamming tools.

Yes BR. That is a huge issue with me with the dynamic toolpaths. A few versions ago I sent a couple files to CNC describing the situation with some screenshots from verify showing that ridiculously thin fin causing the cutters to break. Right now I may add some geometry to help avoid the situation. It would be nice if we had another parameter to dictate that so called fin size. Eg: "Min fin size = 10mm" That setting would NOT allow any radial stock to get thinner than 10mm. Of course following that dynamic path using that setting, you would follow up with another toolpath to remove that left over stock. OR maybe also within the dynamic toolpath, the leftover stock would be approached with a peel mill style movement which would prevent the tool from wrapping around that fin. Hope this makes sense. Of course I didn't get a reply with that enhancement request from CNC at the time.

I previously reported I had no issues rotating solids. Well, it just happened to me twice. I repeated the same steps in the same order the third time and it worked fine.

I manipulate solids often and haven't seen that problem either.

These issues have been around since the invention of X. I sometimes wish to migrate, hoping CNC actually fixed the software to work properly. It is still buggy and not reliable. I'm not just talking about the operation defaults. The config file, machine and control defs are still not right during migration.

I had the same issue with the defaults comped to center. I believe I may have migrated the defaults when I installed X6 (something I learned in the past I should NOT DO) Gcode has preached in the past to migrate NOTHING and I think that advice is GOLDEN.

Sweet! But I don't know if there is a way to do that. Someone here may be able to convert that .stp file into an ascii file and import that data, but I have never done it and do not know if it is possible. I believe pro/e can use those .stp files to collision check holders. Send me a PM with your email addy and I'll send over the HSK100A holders if you are still interested.

My HSK database only include shrink holders made by MST and a Mill chuck by Nikken. I don't know how that will help you in any way if you don't have those holders on the shop floor. I will be glad to send you a database if you really want it. Do you have the HSK63A or the HSK100A?

William, do you happen to know the manufacturer of your HSK holders?