A gentle shove in the right direction or a link to a tutorial would be great. I'm not necessarily looking for a complete answer unless it's really simple.
Is there a way to modify the overall geometry of a built-in library tool holder to resolve this? I tried modeling up a tool holder and insert in SolidWorks and importing it but after I get the tool (probably incompletely) defined in the MasterCAM workspace, it tells me the tool won't fit. I mean, I coule just ignore that because I know the tool the setup guy will use won't collide but I don't want to make a practice of ignoring alarms/errors. If I ignore than and continue when I run the simulation it shows the part being deformed by the tool holder. If I modify a regular library tool to have the right radius and depth, the tool holder itself which is under the insert collides with the stock and I get a collision error. I've picked up the essentials of MasterCAM Lathe 2018 as far as generating toolpaths and generating/editing the g-code, but I'm having a hard time with certain custom or modified tools doing a face groove.
Nowadays I don't work with the machines anymore but I/we are in a position of no longer having a programmer (all machines use either Fanuc or Haas controllers so programming is done with CAM). I would frequently enter segments of g-code by hand for odd form tool toolpaths but in any event all programming was done at the machine. In a previous life I spent many years setting up and programming CNC machines, but they were all Mazaks which run on mainly their own language (Mazatrol).
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