[ihbuilder]

This may be a noobish ? but how doo you get visualmill 6 to work in negative z values ? first time using a cam program

thanks for any help
Steve

[ihbuilder]

yes a very noooobish ? I understand it now :idea: had to sleep on it

[ihbuilder]

still having trouble I'm not sure I got the clearance plane right . when I post and lok over the code the values do not work out to what I want . It's a simple 2 - .25" deep pockets , 1 with 2 islands inside .When I put it in the mill and run tool 2 I get tool 1's dia. in blue is what I find odd Hear's what I have :

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S4583M03M08
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[ihbuilder]

OK , got my problem solved just by a little edit this line G43H0 D01
the 0 behind the H should be the tool # . now BIG ? is how do I get VM to post it right ? or do I just keep editing ?

:cheers:
Steve

[mmckell]

if you look in the MecSoft folder - mine is in "My Computer-C-Program Files-MecSoft Corporation-VisualMill" open the VM Post Generator and select your post - you can make any changes to the post that you need.
Be sure to save your original post in a safe place... just in case you make a mistake and hit save at the wrong time.

Hope this helps
Mac

[ihbuilder]

thanks Mac I'll look into that sometime right now I'll just edit that line . I'm still having an issue with my Z depth I'm .1" too shallow driving me crazy , can't figure what I'm messing up on . any thoughts other then take a class ( I may do sooner then later now ) .

Steve

[ihbuilder]

I'm sorry guys I feel like an idgit it was right there in the totorials (chair) just had to reread for the 100th time . Now I'm rolling :banana:

[LYN BYRD]

I have a Milltronics post that I have been using for about two years. It took me a while to get it exactly like I wanted. I don't know if you use cutter comp, but Visual Mill creates the toolpath offset from the line that it is cutting. That creates a problem with the Milltronics, because it uses full cutter diameter compensation. Anyway, I found a way around it by adding a mathmatical formula to the post that adjusts the control to work with Visual Mill cutter comp. PM me if you want a copy, I will gladly send it.