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MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions

Posted by Michael Fagan
on 2008-02-07 23:53:37 UTC
Does anyone have a good source for MasterCAM tutorials? I just got
MasterCAM 8 and I also have access to 10. I have used FeatureCAM pretty
extensively but it was a bit different. Also, does anybody have a
postprocessor for a basic hobby-type CNC mill without spindle controls, M
codes, or that sort of stuff. I am running my Taig CNC with steppers under
EMC2, and some basic code I made with a standard VMC-style postprocessor
would have caused the machine to go nuts.

Also, since my Taig has manual, non-preset tools (it's got an ER-16
spindle), I always run my ops as separate programs, one program for each
tool. In MasterCAM, is there an easy way to have it automatically spit out
a separate NC file for each operation or, preferably, each tool? I know you
can select the operations individually, but it would be nice if it did it
all automatically...

Thanks very much for any ideas
Michael


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Michael Fagan 2008-02-07 23:53:37 UTC MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Steve Blackmore 2008-02-08 00:14:15 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Michael Fagan 2008-02-08 00:33:19 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Stephen Wille Padnos 2008-02-08 05:48:31 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Michael Fagan 2008-02-08 07:17:59 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions pml58@s... 2008-02-08 08:16:12 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Steve Blackmore 2008-02-08 08:16:38 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Steve Blackmore 2008-02-08 08:31:15 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Michael Fagan 2008-02-09 01:08:08 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions smirob1 2008-02-09 14:45:12 UTC Re: MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Mihaly Kis 2008-02-09 16:18:13 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions Michael Fagan 2008-02-10 19:42:44 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: MasterCAM Tutorials, postprocessor, and NC file generation questions