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I use a 2013 Minimill2 and haven't run too many jobs on it. Lots of high speed aluminum stuff. 42 hours of feed cutting time so far. Not using any big tools. For some...

Nagle, I'm glad it's working better for you. I've never used InventorCAM 2012 so I can't speak to it. Being a student, I always have the latest stuff. Right now I'm working on InventorCAM 2014 and...

I'm sorry you feel this way. I personally love InventorCAM only having used GibbsCAM, Mastercam, and NX Machining module. I would suggest that the crashing is either related to not having service...

Milan, I can share. If you have a specific model request I'll grab it if I have it, otherwise I have a couple other ones.

Ah. Sorry Milan, I don't have that answer. Unofficially the Solidcam North America guys will tell you that they don't encrypt .GPP files in the US and the end customer is free to edit them. Let me...

Sorry about that Milan. Do you have .GPP files already? My suggestion is to try opening the .GPX file with a text editor and see what's in it. The .GPP files by default are ASCII encoded so any text...

Milan, I simply find that impossible to believe. If you indicate a 4" x 4" block on the bottom right corner (Top View) and tell it to drill a hole in the middle, that coordinate would be -2,2 but if...

Milan, the iWorkOffset is in some of the default post processors, so changing that number simply changes whether G54, G55, etc. is put in the code. If you physically want to move your '0,0,0' then...

No, I completely agree with the idea of doing that. I've done it several times myself, but in that case there is no "shoulder" per-se. In that case, your settings would be as in the following...

Zeppelin, not sure if you got this figured out or not, but when you're setting up a part there is a tool change height. You can change that value to be wherever you need it to be and you'll get it in...

SirALLOY, as a student I will inform you of the process but in no way encourage you to do this if you are not enrolled at any school. Autodesk software merely requires you to have a "valid" *.edu...

Milan, the idea is that none of the non-cutting area of the cutter (Anything that isn't part of CL and D) should NOT be touching the material, because it is NOT designed to cut. This leads to a...

JackWilliam, I would recommend one of the high speed machining operations or at a minimum 3D Milling. This should allow it to be roughed out and then finished. Normally the way I would make these is...

Milan, I can tell you from that picture that you did not set the CL (Cutting Length) of the tool to be more than your depth of cut. The grey on the tool represents the shank and so the program is...

Just for future reference I don't have a reseller. I actually submitted a ticket to technical support and they gave me a link to both 32 bit and 64 bit. I'm in an academic application.

Glovebox, can you post or PM me a link to SP3? I'm excited to receive the update. If not could you upload it to a dropbox or something and PM me the link? Thanks.

Totalhack, the Z Feed is merely the feed rate that the machine completes ANY move in the Z at. This includes plunging, linear ramping, helical ramping, etc. That said, if you're plunging without a...

Is it possible you chose the wrong units for your part? I'm not sure what effect this has as I only ever design and machine in inches.

Not to detract, but I believe I have a more important question at hand. I'd like to hear what people think about whether or not "Machinists" should or shouldn't be able to also be programmers...

Kiwi, initially I thought I,J were absolute values but even then that still is an improperly programmed arc. Hah, guess a little bit of common sense will get one a long way.



Deka, I ended up...

DW, that would be great except I don't have HSM on my Haas machine and my tolerance I could live with I'm sure will generate a ton of controller lag.



Kiwi, I don't see how you can say that...

Viroy, you should be able to put the two parts into a higher level assembly and then start a machining project from that higher level assembly. This implies that indeed solidcam can open assemblies....

@ MetalZilla: I have not tried to use the R instead of the IJK as I do not really want to reconfigure the post back and forth between 180* arcs and R definitions. Not sure all my paths would work...

Hello good people of CNCZone. I'm back again. Can anyone advise if there is a parameter I can tighten up in order to rid myself of the dreaded "Invalid I,J,K in G02 or G03"? I assume my tolerance in...

Brakeman, I believe you were on to something. My ticket has been resolved. I was sent a new "Tables" folder in a zip file from SolidCAM and it has fixed the issue of not being able to find "Global"...

Just had a small but possibly complex question. I am using a particular end mill. It's minimum recommended surface speed is 1600 SFM and maximum is 4800 SFM. Chip Load recommended is around 0.0015 -...

Hah, sorry for misinforming glovebox. You are correct, those bugs do still exist, but I wanted to try iMachining 3D so badly that I didn't care. Not to mention I'm academically-oriented so having the...

As I'm sure you're aware Bill3D there's multiple ways of making things. It really depends on the design intentions of the person doing the drawing.

Stumpmonkey, I can think of three ways of doing...

Winks, having only used ACAD 2000 and ACAD Electrical, I find that having a parametric model is extremely pleasant. I imagine ACAD has parametric Add-Ons but it is built in on Inventor. It is far...

LeeWay, I assume you mean SolidCAM and not SolidWorks right? SolidWorks is owned by Dassault Systemes and SolidCAM is owned by SolidCAM, Ltd. I heard SolidCAM pricing comes close to the price of the...