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Anyone using mastercam to vericut interface with X4 on 4 and 5 axis programs? We just purchased it, and the vericut trainer set it up on 3 axis parts. worked like a charm if you have your tool planes set up top top top. but what about on say a horizontal part where I use top front front? when I bring it stuff into Vericut it always wants to put the part in as I set it up with the wcs in matching mastercam which is not situated right on the machine. Is there a setting in mastercam which will export top front front to basically top top top, do I have to trick it? I'm lost, and until I figure it out I will just keep on setting up my vericut sessions for 4 and 5 axis programs in Vericut alone. any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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If you are using Front T/C palne to do Horizontal programming at B0 in Mastercam. (I do the same)
What you will tneed to do is in Vericut rotate your stock and fixtures 90°
Or in MC from right side view rotate your fixtures and stock -90° This is because Vericut see's a Horizontal machine as using Top for B0.
If you programmed in Mastercam as Top view being B0 you would be fine. But this is not the case I and many other users use Front as B0. for Horizontal programming.
This is what I do.
1, Copy fixtures, stock and part model all to sepperate levels in MC (vericut fixture,vericut stock, vericut part)
2, With only the new levels now on using Right view rotated all -90°
3, Save each level as STL files. (Vericut fixture stl, Vericut stock stl, Vericut part stl)
4, In Vericut import the Stock, Fixtures as model files. I also import the part file as a model file so I can compare cut stock against part model.
HTH
Are yoiu in Australia "AU" I'm in Melbourne
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