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I'm using a Dell Dimension 9150, XP SP3, 1GB Ram, 256m Video memory. Everything ran fine with Verify on the previous versions, just started with the last update. Surfcam tells me it might be...

I've been with Surfcam since the Dos version...Now up to V4 SP1. I don't have any real knowledge in using the lathe package, but anything on the mill side, I'll gladly give help with! Surfcam is...

We just started using the latest release of Surfcam last month...Since the new release, I can only use the Verify option once. If I make a change a try to use the verify again, Surfcam crashes... ...

I've written a lot of customized M-Posts for various machines, including a Siemens 840 control (DMG Mill). Surfcam tried for 3 months to make a workable S-Post and never got it...The M-Post I made...

Instead of using a simple G82 cycle, which is only going to give you one feedrate, you can create a macro and assign variables for the options you want. We have a macro I developed last year which...

I'm not really familiar with the controller, however, most controllers follow similar PLC's for alarms. The alarm you are specifying seems familiar with a Fanuc Servo alarm that we had on one of our...

Most machine controllers use a parameter to enable retract speeds for tapping cycles. Your best bet to find out if you have that option and what parameter you need to change, I would contact the...

We have a Makino MMC with A61 machines which I use rotational macro's quite a bit. Our system is automated, so there's no operator interaction, but I am sure something similar can be done on yours. ...

According to my local guy in Phoenix, V4 will ship out the end of this month!

Text file looks like a Mastercam post file....:eek:

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I need to get some opinions on Edgecam Lathe software. The company I work for has a Nakamura-Tome WT-300 Gantry Lathe (Upper/Lower Turrets, Main/Sub Spindles, C-Axis, B-Axis transfer and...

I know where you are coming from...Out of a shop of 8 machinists that I supervise (along with 6 grinders and 5 welders), I'm the only guy who knows anything! Everyone else is basically operator only...

I'm just curious, how did everyone here learn macro programming?

Myself; I read a couple of books, spent a few weeks writing and testing programs...Now, it's no different to me than G-Coding...
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Good point...What good is a spell check macro if it mis-spells words for you!

If you setup your variables right, it could do that to!!!:D

Sorry for the long time getting this posted...The author of the book I use is someone named Peter Smid. The book title is "Fanuc CNC custom Macros Programming resources for Fanuc Custom Macro B...

I guess I'm fortunate, from the way everything sounds here...I'm the supervisor in a small shop, equipped with some of the highest tech machines I've been around (Production Makino MMC system,...

There are a lot of books out there that can give you a wealth of information on Macro Programming. Check through Amazon or Barnes & Noble - Parametric Programming...

I've made a lot of Macro...

From my own experience, Makino has the best service I have found so far! The company I work with bought an MMC system (2 Makino A61's and cell controller) last year. Since even before the actual...

Adding Bleach?! I've worked with a variety of coolants...First hand experience, if you need to add something to your coolant, CHANGE BRANDS! There are a lot of choices, some better, some worse... ...

Hello All,

Last year, the company I work for aquired a Nakamura-Tome WT series lathe with Gantry loader. No one in the shop has any "real" experience with these types of Lathes. :withstupi I've...

Thanks for the help...The machine is actually looking for DPM, not IPM, so I've got the problem resolved!

THANKS!

Hello everyone...

I'm hoping that someone here can provide some insight as to what I may be doing wrong with this machine. I am trying to create a helix cut using a 1/2 mill, pushing Z axis...