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John

You could make a form tool on the IDM wire cutter.

EDM?

Mastercam, of course.

What's your reseller saying about it?

Use project toolpath. Have your surface on top view and place your picture well above the surface, Some 100MM above. translate, rotate, as needed, go to isometric view and project the geometry onto...

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Did you have inctalled newer than V9 versions of MC before you installed V9? If so. You must uninstall all versions of MC including registry entries and then start installing the earliest version...

I did it like this:
#force_wcs : no$ #Force WCS output at every toolchange?

Check on these files. Square generator and Ellipse generator.

If you guys can afford a 5X machine centre you sure can afford a $15,$$$ 5X post from http://www.inhousesolutions.com/

Hi Zafar and Angel
Did you fixed your posts?

John

What cam software are you using and what version?






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Mate. Do you know how dangerous this s**t is if you don't know what you're doing? I wouldn't like to be in your class.

John

WHAT???

Some useful trig.

He's dead.

To Kiwi
That dialog box is only to create the drawing. Once you have the drawing you generate a toolpath and then the nc file. You can do it internal and external. It is better to use compensation...

I have this square and hex generator xls. You guys will find very useful.
You could say thank you.
John

Do you think you can give me a list of values to fill the parameters in the attachment as well as centre coordinates and tool diameter. I can try to generate some code for you to use.

John

Chooks: THELIX.DLL and SPIRAL.DLL can do that in Mastercam.

Yes, parametric/macro programming uses If and While conditional statements, but it's not something you can learn overnight.

newtexas2006 neans trigonometry.
Have a look:

Here:

Do a Google search

G'day
The language is calleded MP. You can get more info at: http://www.emastercam.com They are good and helpful, but don't ask them for a postprocessor.

John

Your reseller.

What machine? What control? What cad cam software? Face? Cross milling?
If you use Mastercam I may be able to help.

vmc4020
What you need is this tool. Make a copy and get a transparency and laminate it. Place it on top of your drawing as per instructions.
Good luck
John...