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We design in SW and I write the programs with MC. I have had no problem importing the SW files. My biggest issue was the way they were drawn in SW. By creating 1 quadrant and mirroring it in SW made...

...the actual process may differ. If the extrude cut you want to perform matches a contour of the surface you can use the geometry of the surface itself and just copy/translate to the position you...

My problem is similar but in a different direction. I prefer my CAD/CAM for speed. I still do hand programming because we have some very old machines that will only accept hand text input. I would...

I won't even tell anyone what my tolerances are. It would be too embarrassing. I originally thought they wanted increased production at a lower cost. This was easy to show considering we have been...

We do a lot of big ugly castings and other mild steel. Our main issue is the raw dimensioning. I have the luxury of some very liberal tolerances but the double edge of that is the raw has ridiculous...

I was a lowly manual operator since '88 and eventually moved to the shop's CNCs in '04 after first moving to Florida in '03 then coming back. Our programmer was not degreed and not very good with the...

I am buying new. I considered used but the plant manager is leary of adopting someone elses problems.

I am about to meet with the bosses I and planned on telling them something similar to what you...

I have a new Haas. For the minor things that needed attention their service was very quick. We also have 2 Johnford VMCs that seem to need a lot of attention. We have an old Warner & Swasey lathe...