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I found when i post out my NCL file to say a Haas post processor in a drill cycle the first hole location is always skipped. The hole is is the first move position but not under where the drill G code is. Any idea of how to fix this. Seems like the post is the problem. Here is the code, it is suppose to drill 4 holes not 3 and the hole that is missing is on line N20.JeffN10 T7 M06N15 S30000 M3N20 G0 X10.235 Y2.0085N25 G43 H7 Z.187N30 G83 X9.335 Y2.0085 Z-.0388 R.187 Q.03 F20.N35 Y.8665N40 X10.235N45 G80N50 M05This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hello, Does anybody know of a post processor for a Huco VTXU 5 axis table table machine? I am running Creo Elements Pro or Wilfire 5.0. Any info would be a huge help.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

hello everyonebeen using creo 1 for a few months im having trouble when trajectory milling , if i take more than one cut the plunge feedrate only works on the first cut but after the first cut it plunges at the cut feed rate which can be too quick sometimes is it possible to change this.thanks for any help mickThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

When I post a .ncl file my RPM's won't go beyond 10,000 even if in the paratemers they are at say 25,000. Any ideas how to fix this? Seems like it's a software issue setting???Jeff

hello everyoneive been using creo 1.0 for a few months now but have trouble when trajectory milling. when i take more than one cut the plunge feedrate doesnt appear on any cut sfter the first one. the cutter plunges at the same feed as the cut feed rate, am i missing something? trouble is when machining at fast feedrate the cutter plunges too quick.thanks for any helpmickThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hi everyone, I was wondering what people use for high speed tooling. We are trying to figure out what or what not to get or do. Can people give there experience with diameter with respect to flute length, suppliers, special balanced tools (can't seem to find anything definitive with manufactures) will any 2 flute or single flute carbide end mill work? Heard from our machine trainer any 2 or single flute carbide would work and we have plenty of carbide tooling here in house we would like to use if possible. How much can be hanging out of holder. Max speed of machine is 40,000 RPM.Thanks again,JeffThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able

When I startup ProE on my productview machine, using proepublish.bat I'm getting this error in the std.errThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

How NOT to Design for Manufacture                There are many articles, and blogs, out there telling you everything you need to do to be a great designer.  I have come to the conclusion that these are either incomplete, inadequate to solve the problems of design, or they are not reaching the legion of designers and draftspersons who cannot read.  Therefore I have put together this blog series to explain how NOT to design.  Hopefully, through its subtle humor,  it will be able to reach the hopelessly backwards.  Don’t be offended by the label, if you are hopelessly backward in all likelihood you don’t know that you are.  If you at any point find yourself getting huffy puffy about a particular portion of this series don’t worry, there’s hope for you yet and you are merely backwards.  Manufacturing ProcessesDo not learn anything about how mills, lathes, presses, or any of that o

All,One of my customers just provided me with a .txt file with what I believe to be G code. The data looks like:<h3><h2>.</h3><h3>.</h3><h3>neal@geometrixeng.c</h2></h3>This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

I don't understand how the information in the CSYS/OSYS line can be used to calculate an angle.I have extensive knowledge of our Post Processor and can output a specific set of Coordinates as a G10 output to the controller if I could "Calculate" the position and orientation of the CSYS/OSYS command.I understand that the following is for NO ROTATIONS and position at X0 Y0 Z0 (A0) (C0)$$-> CSYS / 1.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, $0.0000000000, 1.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, $ 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 1.0000000000, 0.0000000000But I don't know how to translate something like this$$-> CSYS / -1.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, $ 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000, -1.0000000000, 0.0000000000, $ 0.0000000000, -1.0000000000, 0.0000000000, 0.0000000000Mathematically into directionsThanks in advance.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please

Hello everyoneim a fairly new user to pro e had it 3 months now im having a problem that when i generate the nc file when it generates the g3 or g2 code with i and j code if i take more than 1 cut the i and j code are mising, if i just take the single cut the i and j are there. im using pro e 5 and creo 1.0 any ideas would be gratefull

From license file#PROE_FAPAAX 2 Creo Advanced XE with AAX (formerly Pro/ Creo 1.0 Flt Lic perm#PROE_FoundationAdv 2 Creo Parametric (formerly Foundation XE) Creo 1.0 Flt Lic permMaybe it's the XE that makes a difference.On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Steve Cooke (C & S)<-> wrote:> Michael>> Was there an upgrade cost?>> I have asked this specific question and this was the answer from my VAR> (Only one in South Africa so I don't have much choice!)>> Quoting:> "To answer the second part. on upgrades:> We can upgrade from Creo Foundation to Creo Parametric, it sells for R20,000> (based on USD of R 😎 and requires that your maintenance be up to date on> the package before we can upgrade it."> End quote>> In spite of the above he also is quick to explain that there is no such> thing as Creo Foundation to buy as a new user. But any functionality missing> from your ProEngineer foundation license will be missing in Creo if you move

Hi all,I'm having some trouble storing my mapkey button icons and hope some of you can give me a hint.I customized my ribbons and menus adding my own mapkey buttons and creating icons for them. After that, I exported my customization .ui file to a server so I can open it in another machine.The problem is, when I import that customizations, it brings all my buttons, but they come with the funny yellow face instead my own custom icons.Anyone can help me with this one?thanksEmanuelThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

I'm new to pro/E and Creo. I am having trouble with the expert machinist output to G-Code. My Machine tool does not like the format of the post processor. I have the basic 2 ½ D CAM that comes with Creo. The post outputs the tool path in as follows: N0012X00035Y0015F01. My machine tool interprets this as X=35 and Y=15. It should be X=0.35 and Y=1.5. In addition, can I adjust how the line numbers are generated? I would like to start at N0010 and increment by tens. I cannot find in the documentation how to change these formatting issues. I have tried using the NC Post Process under the Applications menu, but I’m not sure what It is actually doing. There is only the one default profile UNCX01 under the machine setup. And the list file says its using the UNCX01.p00 file (This file does not exist on my Hard drive.) So I’m at a loss. Any help would be appreciated. ThanksThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open t

Users, Abusers and Downtown Cruisers; I have two questions forthe users that are working with Pro/E and PDMLink. I am wondering if y'all are willing to share how your company handles these two scenarios in PDMLink:Non-Solid CAD Changes After Released: The models and drawing are at a RELEASED state, but there is something that needs to be changed or added in the 3D models. For example, you need to hide a Layer, add a Datum, fix a frozen or failing component's assembly constraint, add a Simp Rep, etc. We do not want to REVISE the model to bump it back to a state where it can be Checked Out, changed and Checked In. We are changing the model only, not the drawing. How are you handling this at your company? Make Minor Changes to A Drawing (or Model) During the Approval Process: The drawing is going through the process of being reviewed/approved. After ~10 people have reviewed it and approved it (Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, etc.), one of the people in the process (Quality)finds a

I have been finding more and more gouges lately and i am wondering if any one else has been finding the same. MAINTAIN_CUT_TYPE will generate these strange circular gouges. This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

We're revisiting a lot of models created pre wildfire, some 2000i, some 2000i2. A lot of the features were created using internaldatum planes. As some of you probably know, these planes do not show up in the model tree and are only visible in the sketchenvironment. Has PTC ever come up with a way to externalize these datums? Doug KeunekeManufacturing EngineeringUnited Space AllianceKennedy Space Center, Fl321-867-2653 work321-501-0643 cell This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hi folks,Today I launched the blog CAMZone.org, a

HI,I used ProE, ProNC for a long period of time this is the only package that I used.I've seen also other demos from other CAD/CAM Packages but in demos everything it nice and appears the best tool.From my experience with Pro/NC now I have some issued that I really donlt know are because I donlt have enough knowkedge or the tool is not really powerfull.One of the biggest problem in CAM that I have is regeneration time that takes special when I'm trying to reorder sequences. Having around 500 sequences into an operation when I try to reorder some sequences take time. Do you have this time of problem?For the moment i'm not using Expert Machinist, or Process Manager functionality to machine our plate(just standard Machining application) Reason being some of the sequences are really complex including analyze feature with parameters used by Post Processor to convert in NCL file in a G code shorter format. Do you think that Process Manager or expert machinist can help to creste faster the pr

I have WF4 installed on W7 and I see slower performance than on my XP machine. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a way to speed it up? Is this because WF4 is not supported on W7?TIAMichael WimberlySystem Administrator, Sr, IS/Engineering ToolsT 513 881-4843 | M 513 833-3565 | F 513 881-5087 | -<">mailto:->BAE Systems, 9113 Le Saint Drive, Fairfield, Ohio 45014 U.S.A.P Before printing, think about the environment.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Looking for documeted solution for keeping tool head normal to machine surface. The tool path must remain stable as the engineering design component is flexed through multiple sizes and the addition/deletion of features such as scallops.Specifically, the modeled tool head displayed in the attached screen shots "roller" applies laminate banding about the outer workpiece surface. We have been successful atrunning the tool 'normally' about the part but unsuccessful when the model is flexed between sizes and variable features.Using Wildfire 5.0, M070-This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hi, I'm looking for a post processor for a CMM. It's a B&S Image with the PC-DMIS software. I'm wondering if this is the same as a 5x machine with a Nutating head and rotating head?Thanks in advance,Jay.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hi guys!! I need to create a groove like this:It's a groove created by a milling process in which the axis of the drill is not normal to the cut trajectory.I've done this manufacturing by a very complex work of surface. My question is: is there a system to create a cutting revolution along a tajectory????Thank you very much!This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

After some months investigating solutions I learned a lot about other CAM systems and how they do things. I also learned some nasty marketing tactics employed by CAx vendors and that sometimes the things are wrapped with a nice cover but in the core they are all alike. That being said, I created a small video showing Creo Elements/Pro 5 profile turning toolpaths applied in a complex groove so that you can get the so called "Trochoidal Turning" effect such as shown in Unigraphics NX and Sandvik video. Please check this out at Sandvik website:http://www.myyellowcoat.com/solutions-machining/cam-programming/trochoidal-tu...http://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/01247/tooling/Sandvik_Coromant/Turning/Trochoida...This video shows how to make this in Pro/NC or Creo Elements/Pro. It can be done in all Pro/NC versions as well. "Trochoidal Turning" in Siemens NX is NOT a dedicated toolpath as it seems but rather a series of profiles offseted with reversed lead in / lead out moves / cut directions. Not bei

Hi folks,After some months investigating solutions I learned a lot about otherCAM systems and how they do things. I also learned some nasty marketingtactics employed by CAx vendors and that sometimes the things arewrapped with a nice cover but in the core they are all alike. That beingsaid, I created a small video showing Creo Elements/Pro 5 profileturning toolpaths applied in a complex groove so that you can get the socalled "Trochoidal Turning" effect such as shown in Unigraphics NX andSandvik video. Please check this out at Sandvik website:http://www.myyellowcoat.com/solutions-machining/cam-programming/trochoidal-turning-calculator/http://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/01247/tooling/Sandvik_Coromant/Turning/Trochoidal_turning.wmvThis video below shows how to make this in Pro/NC or Creo Elements/Pro.It can be done in all Pro/NC versions as well. "Trochoidal Turning" inSiemens NX is NOT a dedicated toolpath as it seems but rather a seriesof profiles offseted with reversed lead in / lead out mo