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  1. #1
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    Looking to change the Generic Fanuc Post in MC

    Hi;
    I'm designing in Solidworks, generating tool paths in MasterCam and Posting to a Generic Fanuc Post MPFAN. I'm trying to increase the decimal precision of the Post Processor to avoid some rounding errors and also to increase the Max spindle speed to 40,000 RPM. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
    Thanks

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    What version MC??? and if you're using X, is the post a converted post from a previous version?
    It's just a part..... cutter still goes round and round....

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    It's Master Cam v9

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    By decimal precision, I assume you're talking about the calculated math. From the Mastercam main menu click Screen > Configure. I don't have my SIM key with me so this is by memory. On one of the tabs, you'll see an input for "nci" decimal places. Change this value to increase the number of places where it will read to and begin rounding from. Keep in mind, too far out and you could slow down your processing greatly.

    For RPM, look in the post file for this:

    max_speed : 10000 #Maximum spindle speed

    Change it to:

    max_speed : 40000 #Maximum spindle speed

    And at the bottom, might as well change this:

    103. Maximum spindle speed? 5000

    to

    103. Maximum spindle speed? 40000
    It's just a part..... cutter still goes round and round....

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