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    Re: Sinumerik 840 C Post options

    if you open your generator in code wizard and go to NC styles, G-code and modality then select debugging tab and turn on "generate code constructor trace" and repost your program, you will get...
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    Re: How to remove things from the visualisation

    if you right click on any tool or cycle in your tree, you can hide the item by selecting/unselecting the visible option for cycles and display layer for the whole tool
  3. Thread: Projecting lines

    by timf
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    Re: Projecting lines

    not sure if this will work for what you want but when you generate the wire from solid, press the 2-D geometry button first and all the wire will be generated on a flat plane at your current Z level...
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    Re: Edgecam v 12 no toolstore library?

    have you looked at the toolstore administrator to make sure you have a toolstore database activated?
    installs have always included a basic toolstore, even in the early days.
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    Re: Edgecam generating new post help

    you have to press the "compile" button for wizard to put the generator in the list, have you done that?
    it looks like a sheet of paper with a gear in front of it.
    i think "ctrl+I" shortcut will...
  6. Thread: code wizard

    by timf
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    code wizard

    doesn't anyone even try to write their own generators using the tools edgecam has?

    seems like every forum i go to has post after post of people begging for generators for this or that machine.
    ...
  7. Re: Post: Toolchange block numbers in setup/tooling sheet

    you can set the generator to only use block numbers on toolchange lines...N1 =T1... N2=T2, if tools are sequential and non-repeating that may be the simplest fix for your quest
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    Re: Editing of PostProc

    you should be able to use the job manager tokens from the machine parameters/job data

    tokens are JM-*** ..... COM for the comment box
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    Re: Insert stock from CAD model

    why is there a link tied to the words "the wire" in that post i just made???

    talk about click bait, WTF??
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    Re: Insert stock from CAD model

    when you insert the stl add some wire to the same layer from the base model for something of reference to use when you move the stl to the new position.
    the stl will come in exactly where the model...
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    Re: WHY is there no pocketing?

    each cycle has options that when filled out correctly are pocketing operations and more.
    there are depth and stepover increment options for most cycles.

    any tool is only as useful as the hand...
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    Re: How to compile .wxt to .wct

    did you try to search your C drive for " *.wcp " to find any file with that extension?
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    Re: HELP post processor needed for Edgecam DMC 63V

    have you tried to write one yourself?
    the code wizard makes it fairly easy, i have written them for machines ranging from a 2d laser to 5 axis.
    if you know what the results you desire should look...
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    Re: EdgeCam post testing

    have you used the code trace option?
    in code wizard, under "NC style,G-codes" there is a "debug" tab, in that check "generate code constructor trace" box and compile the generator. when you code a...
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    Re: Edgecam 2016-2017 Impeller advanced 5 axis

    i'm working my way through this myself, the only help i have found is through online support at vero.

    my part is more of a pulley with fins then a true impeller but that is the cycle i'm using and...
  16. Thread: EdgeCAM 2017 R1

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    Re: EdgeCAM 2017 R1

    you dont have to "switch" like before.
    select your machine by clicking "create sequence" then select the "machining" tab above that, select your tool and roll.

    the tabs...
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    Re: How to add thread milling to post processor

    in the code wizard, check the machine parameter page and make sure that the "helical arc capability" is selected right based on your control (mine is single turn) and "CRC helical support" is...
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    Re: FADAL Drip Feed CIMCO

    we have been using the calmotion setup for several different machine here for many years, directly hooks to the machine by rs232 and never drops. i think we gave 700 for the universal version and...
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    Re: EdgeCam support - Is it worth the money???

    the value depends greatly on the support team of your reseller. i have dealt with people that i wanted working for us but i have felt others had no clue outside the training manuals. the one i deal...
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    Re: Define work offset number?

    you can also use "datum shift" from the M-function pull down at the top, if you dont put any shift in the boxes and just add the datum you want to use to the "work datum override" here it will do the...
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    Re: Define work offset number?

    if you open the tool in your sequence tree and pick the "more" tab, at the bottom right is "work datum override" if you put the offset number you want there, it will use that datum till you change...
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    Re: G01 after each line problem

    first, the code you show should have all those G1's because the lines are changing between arcs and straight move (G1 and G2) any time the mode changes from arc to linear the responding code is...
  23. Thread: TOOLPATH SPLIT

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    Re: TOOLPATH SPLIT

    have you tried using the start and end extensions in the start/end tab of profile?

    a positive number will extend the cut off the geometry and a negative will advance the cut from the start point....
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    Re: Thread milling post problem

    way back before edgecam supported threadmilling i would do a single arc then edit in a z move by hand, copy and past then modify z's accordingly.

    are you sure your generator supported thread mill...
  25. Thread: 2014r2 Bug?

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    Re: 2014r2 Bug?

    i have noticed that i need to make some mouse action movement to get the screen active for that to tab feature to work. after i scroll the screen everything works fine
  26. Thread: Lathe clamp

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    Re: Lathe clamp

    the grooves could be done with a double angle keycutter from top position and the chamfers can be put on with a chamfer tool just use the start and end extensions (start/end tab) with a negative...
  27. Thread: Horizontal 5 axis

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    it should work just like the 3 axis machine...

    it should work just like the 3 axis machine laying on its back for the most part, till you get fancy it is really nothing more.

    our 3 axis generator still worked fine when we first got a...
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    i've never had a part yet that forced me to use...

    i've never had a part yet that forced me to use the full 5th, we did a lot of 3-d milling before we got the trunions so position and contour has always come as first idea and worked so far. (watch me...
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    we have 2 VF3-ss with tr160 trunions just like...

    we have 2 VF3-ss with tr160 trunions just like you got going, never bothered to dowel them in, we just tram them in like a vise and pick up center of trunion hole, they dont come off very often...
  30. Thread: Drip Feed 88HS

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    i use TA,1 to send a program but i type in DNC...

    i use TA,1 to send a program but i type in DNC instead then start it feeding from box when drip feeding.
    i do use a calmotion usb/cnc box to dnc to all my fadals so i dont tie up a computer, maybe...
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