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I have been using pro manufacturing for many years. I have been working in the hydraulics industry. I do a lot of deep hole drilling, thread milling and pretty basic milling. I want to get more into advanced milling so I can work on molds inserts etc for our foundry. Does anyone have any tutorials for advanced milling for wf2.0?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.

Thanks for all the feedback. Here are the responses.Response 1We had a training / information meeting 1½ years ago for Apriori at our sister division. It demonstrated a remarkable potential for showing areas of a component that could be reduced and still maintain strength. We chose not to get it at our facility as we were already using Ansys and taking as much cost and material out of our parts. Our sister division had not been as diligent so the Apriori software showed them substantial areas of improvement and cost outs. Very interesting software, fairly simple to use, and worth the time to set up a demonstration: at your facility, with your parts.Hope this helped some...Response 2Observations so far include: - similar to other analysis tools, it can be very easy to get an answer, but not easy to know if it is a good/valid answer - probably need a dedicated (or very regular) user to stay fully competent with the tool - many different modules, so be sure what you are getting - the

Does anyone know if nested repeat regions can be set to auto paginate upon each instance of the initial region?Specifically, I'm documenting manufacturing operations with many steps in each operation and I want to paginate after each operation.Thanks,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 was wondering if anyone is using Pro/Manufacturing for sheet metal along with a post processor for a FinnPower punch press? If you have or know of anyone that has a post processor for the FinnPower, would you be willing to share this?Thanks,James LittleCAD AdministratorCorning Cable Systems817-431-7678 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 have been at the company that I am working for 15+ years. I have been a machinist for over 30 years. I have been working in engineering for 10 years. I am self taught on pro engineer/ manufacturing. Our company is downsizing. I am getting moved back to the cnc department next week. I am stuck on wf2.0 and now even working with 2.0 is in question. I have no problem working some of the time on machines but I would like to stay on pro engineer as well. Looking for another place to call home.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, we are preparing to purchase Mazak VARIAXIS 500-5XII,and I would like to ask any folks who may have one or have run onein the past, what are some options that didn't come with the standardpackage that you think are needed or value added, and what type offixturing do you have that you consider a must, or is very usefuland worth the cost of purchasing.Over time I am sure we will figure it out, but a heads upahead of time is worth it's weight in gold...I sure appreciate any feedback you might have or want to share.Thanks;MarkThis 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 have a casting model that I merged into a new model to create a machined model. Is there a way to set up the &ptc_material_name parameter in the machined modelto pull the casting part number and set that as the material?In cast model I have a &ptc_material_name parameter to enter in what type of material the casting is going to be. In my drawing format I have a material line which uses the &ptc_material_name parameter to automatically fill that in. This works for cast parts, but in the machined drawings, I manually enter in the casting part number. Just wondering if there is away to set the casting model as the material in the machined part.Thanks!TedThis 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

Hello, I have a mold that I created in ProE (not using the manufacturing "mold cavity" option, this is just a PART file. This mold is used to create a rubber model that looks like two hills with a valley in between on top of an elliptical disk (problem uploading image) My issue is that I want to find the exact equation of the surface of the model. Note: this means finding the equation of the indented surface of the "mold". Is there a way that this can be done in ProE? Or maybe, is there a way to extract the equation of a datum curve given that it wasn't created with an imported equation? Any help would be great. (If ProE knows the location of the contours, created by cross-sections, doesn't it know the location of the surface? I've tried picking plenty of points along the contours (datum curves) and fitting a polynomial through them (for each contour) but this is still not the exact equation of the contours. It seems like I should be able to click a

Hi all.I have tried to use Trajectory mill 3axes with cutcom on. I have defined 3D curve in PRO/tabler=3.5thetha= -10*t * 360 z = -5*t -2It makes spiral curve. I need to generate endmill moe along spiral with cutcom ON (41/42). But proe wrote this error message:Output on profile failed - tool path with CUTCOM command is not planar. Turn off CUTCOM to fix.Is there any way to do it.Thanks Bukaj.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 am searching a post processor for wire edm charmille robofil 440because now we are migrating to Pro\E Pro\NC from Visi Cadi have find in a site a file CHARM-F.MCH in attachi add in attach a file that i have create in visi cad in the program ther is a G11 function that retrive worching paramiter from the macchineG11 (XXXX.TEC)if ther in any information about where i can download the post 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.

Is there more material left for Local Mill when cutting with Rough-Onlyparameter or Rough-Profile parameter?Thanks for the help, Byron TaylorCoordinator/ProgrammerDanfoss commercial CompressorsOne Scroll DriveArkadelphia, AR 71923E-mail: byron.taylor@scrolltech.comTel.:870-246-0750This 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.

For some reason, I do not always get the correct rotation output while creatinga 3-axis trajectory move on a 5-axis machine. I set my home csys in the correctorientation in my operation, and then I select other csys's to position and createthe tool paths throughout my operation. It always seems like the rotary axis isthe one gets output wrong. I believe my post is correct, and is reading and outputtingexactly what it's being told, so I think my .ncl file is not being created properly.I end either having to post out each tool path individually, and then pasting theminto one main program, or create an extra tool paths prior tothe one that's not outputting correctly to try and get it in thearea of the desired location, which seems to work, but it's apain and kind of hit and miss. Try--post--review--try again--untilcorrect position is output.I have tried 4-axis with axis control, but that doesn't seem to positionmy indexer exactly where I want it. Is there a CL command I could add priorto

Instead of picking "new" part, assembly, or drawing, you can pick manufacturing. Can you pick up on this without too much trouble if you have been using the CAD side of pro/e. I may be transfered/working to the machine shop, and there is talk about pro/m(manufacturing). Thank You Just a little nervousThis 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.

Our current confirguration is Wildefire 4.0m050 with PDMLink 9.0M30. For testing purposes we installed Wildefire 5.0m30 on a machine and triedto register the server. It did not work. The compatability chart on PTC's website shows that this combination is not supported or invalid. So it appears that if we want to run Wildfire 5, we will have to upgrade to PDMLink 9.1. Does anyone know if there is a workaround or is anyone successfully running this combination using more recent builds?Thanks,LouisThis 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.

Good morning, Is there an option to control where Vericut creates all those extrafiles when I use it to nccheck a program?It creates a lot of extra files that I do not need in my working directory.All these extra files is taking up space on the server. Or is there anadvantage to leaving these files there that I do not know of?Thanks.Examples:"the model"_1.dsn"the workpiece"_1.stkcgtpro60.batcgtpro.tlscgtpro.VcProjectcgtpro_operations.vctmpcycle.nclvericut.logSon Nguyen785-667-7763108 W. 2nd StreetAssaria, Kansas 67416

Running WF 2.0 and ProI 3.4. Takes 4 or 5 times to start ProE (with or without a workspace). Errors indicate that "Pro/Engineer has encountered a problem and will exit. Select OK to generate a traceback file for technical support, or cancel to exit". Traceback log is attached. Exception EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION has occured. 1: 0x3dafbf4f NO MAP FILE ( 0x17f12750, 0x1, 0x3d7b4984, 0x7eb5710 ) 2: 0x3d7b4f8c NO MAP FILE ( 0x0, 0x0, 0x802d0, 0x0 ) 3: 0x3d7b53b1 NO MAP FILE ( 0x2, 0x7f4d098, 0x0, 0x7eb5710 ) 4: 0x3d7b4b00 NO MAP FILE ( 0x411723aa, 0x0, 0x90fb0c8, 0x7eb4000 ) 5: 0x3d7ab73c NO MAP FILE ( 0x755cb20, 0x755cf40, 0x755cf40, 0x90fb0c8 ) 6: 0x3d7c123b NO MAP FILE ( 0x755cf40, 0x6, 0x85ed778, 0x755cc78 ) 7: 0x3d7c1175 NO MAP FILE ( 0x755cf40, 0x6, 0x85ed778, 0x755cc78 ) 8: 0x3d7c2895 NO MAP FILE ( 0x90fb0c8, 0x7f4d098, 0x3, 0x755cf40 ) 9: 0x3d7c2755 NO MAP FILE ( 0x7f4d098, 0x0, 0x3, 0x755cf40 ) 10: 0x3d7c428c NO MAP FILE ( 0x7f4d098, 0x755cda4, 0x7f476b0, 0x3 )

I need an engraving font that a small end mill can accually mill. All of the supplied fonts have square corners or an uncontrollable width. My machinist would like to use a 60 degree single point engraving mill, but sketched lettering can not be exported in ether IGES or ACIS. Is there something that I am missing?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 have a new Toshiba Qosmio. as i travel a lot i puyrchased this laptop because it had a Nvidia G force graphic card with 1 G dedicated. I am running windows 7. The actual graphics is good and quick but when i machine or modify the model as the side tool bar hides the model is locked up and i can not rotate or zoom. i have to move the curser of the model and click then i can rotate etc. do you have any suggestions as to how to overcome this problem. thank youThis 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.

The online demo shows how to Insert CL Commands into the NCL file for Trajectory Milling using: Tool Motion/Insert/CL Command then typing in the CL Command text. This works great for trajectory milling, but how do you insert CL Commands for other types of machining processes? This is critical for complex machine functions such as multiple process machines MILL/TURN multi-spindles etc.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.

Version 7 is nothing like the newer versions of X2/X3. They are trying to make the interface look like pro/nc if you ask me. We have pondered the switch at times but Pro has so much more to offer in my opinion.

How many errors do you average in your "posted" programs? I'm not talking about two tools for a mold cavity or a face drill and tap program but large programs with multiple tools. I have to customize my cl before its posted as well as subroutines. This wonderful built in varicut is a worthless POS for real world programs. I will be building up my predator editor for backplotting which is as you know an over priced option with varicut.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.

Where can I find learning materials to learn how to manipulate FILfiles?I like to do the way I want to see the G codes output. Thanks.Artin BaghdasarianSr. Manufacturing Engineer EATON Aerospace * Hydraulic Systems Division4690 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039 *: (818) 409-0238 *Fax: (818) 409-0381* E-mail: -<blocked::<a style="COLOR:" blue;=" text-decoration:=" underline"=" target="_BLANK" href="mailto:-">">mailto:-> 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.

How do you get the post processor to output the block delete character on certain NC Sequences?I have added the CL command OPSKIP (also tried OPSKIP/ON)The post processor is configured to accept the OPSKIP command an use the / character, but my g-code program file is not getting the block delete on the lines I want.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 have confirmed that you can indeed create the ncl file (tool paths) and manufacturing models in the recent versions of Pro/E (I have WF5 M020). However it does not post process.But, we own the NC_Sheetmetal package and therefore a copy of Gpost.Can I use this to process the ncl file?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.

In Wildfire4 I use a volume mill with a mill window. When I run the toolpath it shows the path taken with a red line from the center of thetool. When I try to move the part to see where the path has been thelines disappear. How do I keep these lines visible so I can see wherethe path is. <<presentation1.ppt>> Thanks,Byron TaylorCoordinator/ProgrammerDanfoss commercial CompressorsOne Scroll DriveArkadelphia, AR 71923E-mail: byron.taylor@scrolltech.comTel.:870-246-0750This 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.