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It would be good to see the program that you are having trouble with or an example of one that exhibits the problems. That way I or someone could see what is happening. The project...

Mark

SprutCAM will do that for you. If you are using Finishing waterline, in the Parameters there is a scallop function check the box to turn it on and enter the amount of scallop that is...

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It would be good to see the program that you are having trouble with or a example of one that exhibits the problem. Jest a thought there is a dialog box that comes up after one...

Gerry

I am a little late with a comment.

The advice to rough the part with a square nose mill and leave some stock is a good plan. Then finish with a ball mill is a good plan for all but the...

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First I use SprutCAM for all my projects for some time now and it does a good job for the price tag on it. See Pix of one of them that I did on my 1100. I almost never use the wizards...

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I use 7 and 8. I started with 8 last Nov or early winter, the switch to 8 was to get a 64 bit version so I could do larger programs. I was running out of memory with some large parts....

Novakon has a limited Z height in its work cube. It would not work for my parts.

Mike

Michael and Gerry

I found that if you go to the Model Tab and highlight by left clicking on (Part) this will place the part file below. Next left click on the part file that appeared below and the...

I am an Alibre user and was having problems with some complex IGES files that it made.

Some time ago Alibre had a good deal on Moi and someone said it was a good program so I spent some $$ on it....

LRF
The best way I deal with this problem is to make a fixture. In my last situation this was done so all activity of the tool entering and exiting the stock for the part is on the left side (– X)...

Chris
I do not know about Autodesk Inventor I am an Alibre user and the biggest complaint I have is how it made IGES files. From what I see in your files it works better then Autodesk Inventor. When...

There is a problem with the IGES model of the part. See pix1

The sides are not trimmed and every time the tool path passes through a side there is an error generated.

The fillets are jest...

I have an 8 in 4th axes on my mill and use it for most of my work. My mill is an early 3 digit SN so there is a lot of time on the rotary table. There was a problem with it lousing steps about 2...