Originally Posted by 9 1/2  Thank you so much!
I had to experiment with the options contained within the Transform tool path dialogue but finially got it sorted out.
Monday I'll put this to the class, I'm assuming my instructor either didn't understand what I was asking or wanted me to dig a bit on my own. Well I hope asking here would be considered "digging"
Peace.
owen
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You're quite welcome.
One important thing I forgot to mention is on the first page and listed as:
Method:
Toolplane
Coordinate
Make sure you understand why you would choose Toolplane vs. Coordinate.
Finally, a few pieces of advice if I may based on my 2 years of real world experience using Transform toolpath to make parts with.
1. Experiment with all the options in Transform Toolpath to see what they do.
2. Tranform Toolpath is an area of Mastercam that I feel is often very buggy especially Transform Mirror where my advise to you is to *always* 100 precent check what Transform Mirror gives you as it often does some strange things on its own like reversing chains where it shouldn't.
I have found that often in Mastercam when I don't get what I know I should be getting I close Mastercam and restart it. It's truly amazing to me how many problems this solves. This applies to all versions of Mastercam I've used... X2, X2MR2 SP1, X3, X3MU1, X4.