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Hello, ever since I updated to 2020, I can not make custom lathe chuck jaws like I used to, so I have been making programs without them. The problem is that when I choose to use a chain to define my jaw profile, MasterCam then wants the reference point to be in the bottom right-hand corner of the most extreme entities, and this point must be touching the jaw profile, but in the majority of jaws I want to design it is not. And I can not for the life of me figure out how to get around it. I know there is a parameters tab there with a button to reset the reference point, but it gets greyed out when using a chain. I am running the most current version. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chris
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I'm trying to get my boring bar to retract before going straight up (home). I have 3 lathes with left chucks and 1 with a right chuck. Have tried defining stock and setting ref points and that works MOST!! of the time. Is there any way to get the right chuck lathe to load a different operation default file automatically? Then I could have the ref point box checked and have approach and retract set to Z.1. every time I open a lathe opp. Then it wouldn't matter if i forgot to define the material or X7 decides it doesn't feel like it want's to retract . Thanks Pete
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