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I have posts that need reliable tweaking/adjusting.

In the settings dialog, turn compensation to "off" .... alternative options are "Control" "Computer", "Wear" "Reverse Wear".
HTH

Hi
Anyone looking to do some evening modification work to a Mastercam post processor/s, please pm me with info, I need a person with skills.
Specifically for Siemens/Heidenhain.

Thanks

Use the WCS View Manager - Choose the solid face you want your axis to be normal to, set your origin and then when creating your drill or mill toolpaths make sure you choose the view created in your...

Very True....but its not my money that was spent ;)
Personaly I agree with you, but still when modern mobile phones have more storage capacity you have to wonder!

They wont edit the post so you have what you paud for?

Yeah, its a pain in the neck.
Really there would be no issue if Fanuc memory was a little larger :(

Thanks anyway.

If those parts are on a tombstone then you set your 4th axis so the hole centre lines are normal to the Tool, and you can drill and mill.
Thats a standard and easy way of drilling at angles, even if...

Can anyone confirm if it is possible to resume a dripfeed mid-program on a Fanuc-15M on an Hitachi Seiki, using CIMCO DNC.
We can do it by inserting block skip..but that has proven to be dangerous...

Cheers for that. Its a shame really, because its important but tedious :(

Hi,

Could anyone point out how to add some output in the program header which states the XYZ values of whatever WCS offsets are used.
Maybe something like
( G54 : B(insert Tombstone angle here)...

You can use Contour and change it to chamfering mode in the dialog:
2D
or
2D Chamfer.

The stock model that has stayed on screen is just 20 or so roughing operations, and some of these ops have been updated so its not even accurate. But I cant actually see any of my surfaces underneath...

I tried your suggestions, no luck.
It seems that when i removed the Stock Model from the Ops Manager...the "machined Solid" has stayed on screen.

When I create a new Stock Model, I can delete it...

Hi,

I created a Stock Model at the end of a toolpath group.
When I deleted it, the model stays on the screen..obscuring my surfaces.
Has anyone ever had this problem before? new one to me.

Figured it out, I had to redo the Axis combinations to fix terminations.
What a headache that gave!!

When I create a machine definition file for a Hurco VMC with a rotary axis, I keep getting an invalid definition error.
Does anyone have one I can compare with?, the rotary axis is pointing along...

I have used both, Mastercam extensively in industry, and Solidcam in an educational capacity.
For a shorter learning curve, go with Mastercam.
After that the major differences only begin to appear...

Thank you txcncman.
I have been a bit rusty from lack of use, and I didn't spot the T/Plane , C/Plane issue in the dialogs.
It is now indexing correctly, and I can progress.
:)

Hi,

I have a part setup on a HMC with a B Axis as the picture below.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1070/tombsetup.png

Its basically a straightforward profile, with a top area that I want to...