I got my HP workstation through the Medium Size Business dept. at HP (although I do own an LLC it wasn't necessary, at least when I ordered). Got a good discount. Love the computer, will be going back next year for it's replacement.

Blend might also be worth a try as it is good over multiple surfaces (even if they are not particularly well trimmed together).

Reverse selection button

If you look in the pwcs postblock you can see the fix to extend the range. You could also just disable the error message call, as long as you are sure everything is OK otherwise, not my first choice..

What post do you have linked?

This output is generated in one of two places depending on your base post and any mods. pretract or peof

No you just can't update or any other "perks" that maintenance subscribers have.

The debugger was bought as a third party item and has not been completely integrated. Yes I have come across this, sometimes you have to start a new debug session. It just doesn't reset properly. Sometimes just rerunning will do the trick. I have rebuilt watchlists too. If anyone else has any tricks they use I'd like to hear them too

Stock flip worked for me straight out of the box. I'm not really in charge of lathe stuff here but I am working up lathe posts for MC , POCO is still on my to do list.

The only other way to control it is with the min. toolpath radius and gap size. Make the Min Toolpath Radius bigger and it will sweep out further and avoid what you need to avoid..

Mikron make some small endmills. Their small drills are outstanding.

If you can run this rpm with a 2" - 3" insert mill you will probably be just nudging into high speed territory. You might be able to make this work for you under some circumstances, not this one by the sounds of things. You won't be fast enough (sf wise) with smaller cutters, you really need a min 30,000 spindle.

Try playing around with Blend. It is a surface path but it will do 2D quite happily. You can chain a point and a closed contour or 2 open contours, never tried it but point and open contour might be interesting. I have managed to get some good fast and smooth motion by playing with the various controls such as cut strategy (one way or zig zag etc.). I had a large blend radius against a wall and I was able to persuade it to make several step over passes surfacing up the vertical wall slightly and then a large fast feed smooth arc back to the next step over start at the base of the radius. Also note the 2D and 3D across and along controls. Don't be afraid to experiment, this is a very adaptable tool path.

Aluminum like Titanium is a heat resistant material. There are two considerations Keep you chip load up to make sure you get as much heat into the chip as possible to avoid thermal distortion (induced thermal stress). For parts above 18" or so the number of cutter impacts can become a factor (induces kinetic stress). Now its a question of balancing your horse power and the rigidity of your set up. I will quite often use more traditional step overs (i.e. larger) to keep the number of impacts down but use the HF toolpaths for "smoothness" if I have the HP available. The larger the part the more horse power and rigidity are your friend, that's not to say you can't do it with less, it can be just more work. Conveniently enough keeping your chip load up and you impacts to a minimum = shortest possible run time. Until finally the parts get so big its time to go true high speed. There are a lot of efficient high sheer insert mills out there to choose from these days, I have always used Dapra if I don't need to ramp, it's still one of the most free cutting.

Save the file out of Solidworks as a parasolid (x_t or x_b). They should be able to import this (or open it) directly into MC. Always the bullet proof method for file (model) transfer.

I have seen this on 4 axis and multiaxis programs which were on a constructed WCS, rather than using MC origin.

Look in CD under Tool tab. Make sure From Tool is selected under offset registers

Check your axis assignments in the MD/CD. Looks like it thinks your X axis is pointing in the wrong direction., or it is rotating around the wrong axis.

Most people I know start with MPMASTER for 4 axis mills. Amongst other things it has a safe index option (and high speed machining / look ahead activation). This base post is available on this site and would give you an idea of how to move forward.

I usually just sue a center drill as they are very strong. Make sure what geometry you are using for your engraving is readable by Mastercam. Use Contour path. Comp and lead in / out off. Nice slow plunge if you are I steel.

What are the specifications of your computer.

I think the minimum is provided by the P2000 or P3000. I have a P4000 in my work station at home. P5000 is top of the line but considerably more expensive

How you do this will depend on the post processer you are using. The only way to help is if you provide a Zip2Go file which includes machine and control definitions, a post processer and a sample .mcx or .mcam sample file.

I know that you lose some functionality when you run multi axis toolpaths on a constructed WCS. mainly on multi axis toolpaths. This is true for 4 and 5 axis machines. I have also seen a certain amount of instability with the origin on some 4 axis programs. I generally move my part to MC origin and as long as I am not using any multi axis paths I construct WCS anywhere "around" MC origin. If multi axis I program with MC axis same as machine.

It does depend on the thread spec. you are using as well. We use a lot of AS8879 which is an old MIL spec. and has a larger minor on external threads for extra strength.