[Techman]

When using a roughing cycle in a bore as the last operation Mastercam sends the tool home without retracting out of the bore. (OUCH!) Am I missing something simple?

Thanks,
Jim

[mkd]

clearance plane in linking parameters most likely.

can also play around with Ref points for the beginning and ending of a path

[Techman]

Thanks mkd for the reply. I can find no clearance plane field in the lathe rough cycle. I redescribed the stock so it showed material on the outside and now it works just fine. I think as long as I include the outside of the part on the inner stock boundry it will work.
Forever learning!

[mkd]

Silly me I was thinking mill.
Ref points are still good to use (always) while doing ID work in mastercam for the reason you describe.
Also create a geometry point outside the part at ,say, 1 inch z+ . IIRC you can select it before and after your chain.
Let us know how that works for you.

[mkd]

Faking stock def is powerful but not the best way. Often you will have it faced before ID work