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We have a new OKK VMC that so far we are really liking. There are a few minor annoyances that probably have to do with machine set up.


When we are on the program check screen on this machine,...

Since these newer machines don't come with an rs232 port and it is now an option, we are wondering if these machine are able to issue DPRINT statements through rs232? I was told that they are but...

tosz (tosz$) is the "absolute" position of the Z location of the top of stock

If you look through the existing drill cycles you can match them up with the pages from the document. That will help you understand what is going on and what is needed.

I think that you can get...

Do you have the MP Post Reference guide? If you do not, I would suggest getting it.

The information in the guide will help you to get what you are looking for.

Can you post your file to the forum?

Your version of X5, is it MU1 or the initial release of X5?

Since you are using X5, no stock model available.

Ive used the 2d high speed paths for situations like this. You can use 2d dynamic rest and pick the drill op as your previous operation.

Use "dynamic area" for pockets.

Yes.

I have worse graphic issues when using stock models.



All that I was saying is that this statement is not entirely accurate.


I rarely used fully defined vices and/or other...

Which version of mastercam are you using?

This is not entirely accurate. I have simulated several vices "not joined". It is a bit of a pain in the ass but it can be done.

Anything that can be saved out as stl can be used to simulate tool...

It works fine or me. Did you delete the containment boundary?

Have you tried to also pick the bottom (flat) surface as well?

Add the flat surface to your drive surfaces and get rid of your containment boundary.

Do you have allot of time invested in that post? If not I would suggest looking in to mpmaster.

Having said that,

Look for

pretract #End of tool path, toolchange

1926 is indeed 10.1.10.52 for machine 1 and 10.1.10.53 for machine 2.

1934 is 192.168.100.1 on "both" machines.

11005 is 192.168.100.2 for machine one and 192.168.100.3 for machine 2.


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Which post are you using? And which version of mastercam?

We can ping both machines on our network.

We can make sub program calls from the data server using "M98 <Oxxxx>, D0". So we know that there is access to the dataserver. You cannot see the...

Our applications guy spent two days trying to get the ethernet working and struck out. I was told that there are some very severe limitation to the kitamura front end at this point and in fact they...

Which post processor are you using? Look for the section peof


pbld, n$, *sg28, "X0.", "Y0.", protretinc, e$

remove the "X0.",

We just had two 3xg's installed this week. So far just getting the ethernet set up has been a pain. Our local applications guy doesnt have any experience with the control so its been a little hit or...

Look for X+. It prints out a nice tool list without all of the clutter.


GMCCS - Mastercam CAD/CAM Software Systeme - X+ Tool Downloads

I know a couple of people that use FC. They love the software.

I think that if a majority of your work is aluminum then the path would probably work fine for the most part. We machine mostly hard metals here so

1. Conventional cutting is out of the question...

I can show you several examples of this including using morph (which is a horribly inefficient tool path to begin with).

Granted, its been a while since ive had to use this function at all since...

That option is only practical in SOME situations. If you do not want your cutter charging in to material and burying itself then it can be hit or miss.

Unfortunately, X2 does not have allot of options for 2d roughing. You would either have to create extra geometry to get an efficient 2d roughing tool path or accept that you are going to have an...

Im especially excited to see opti-rest and stock model creation/tracking. I am hoping that the stock tracking works better than some of the rest by previous ops do.

Sounds like you need to edit your control definition. Open your control definition for which ever machine you are using and make sure that in the "ARC" settings that you have "support arcs in XY...

You can just use a manual entry operation in Mastercam to add your offsets. I do it all the time on our horizontal for the fixture offsets. No post mods required.

I use Dynamic for both conventional speeds and feeds AND high speed machining. If you are going to be using a high speed machining approach then 5 - 10% is a good place to start.

With your high...