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Hey guys, If I try and create a threading opp in Intercon and pull up a thread designation I get nothing. Typed in 10-32 1/4-20 3/8-16 4 6 8 10 etc.. Nothing comes up. I look up the threads database in the cnct directory, for some reason I cant open it in Excel ? not sure why but I open it in WordPad and it dose not appear to have any thread designations in it? File is attached

What do I need to get this populated?

Qs on this,

• When typing in a fractional thread such as 1/4-20 IS this the way you type it in? or .25-20?
  Does this DB has imperial and metric threads?
  When creating a thread in Intercon do you need to define the OD of the stock prior to threading OR dose the threading opp do this for you?

If you type 10 in the Designation field, all threads starting with 10 are listed for selection below.

You can open the db in NP++, but i prefer to add new threads in intercon based on similar threads.

Uwe

And typing "M" would start to show metric threads. It's an auto-complete input. The more you type in of the thread designation, only the remaining possible choices are displayed. You do need to select internal/external/internal taper/external taper first.

The threading cycles just thread. Thread prep is on you.

Section 8.9 in the user manual details the use of the thread cycle.

You can't the thread database in Excel because it is not a spreadsheet.

Guys this not working for me I understand how it works it just is not pulling up ANY threads? ?

Your thread database you posted in the first post only contains a single custom external 1/4-20 thread. My guess is the file was wiped out trying to open it with Excel.

Yould should ne able to extract that file from a report and copy it over the corrupted one. If that fails, reinstalling CNC12 well restore the file.

tblough wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:36 pm Your thread database you posted in the first post only contains a single custom external 1/4-20 thread. My guess is the file was wiped out trying to open it with Excel.

Yould should ne able to extract that file from a report and copy it over the corrupted one. If that fails, reinstalling CNC12 well restore the file.

That’s strange cuz I tried many times to call up a threads before I tried to open in excel. I’ll look for it in an older report, or maybe on the mill computer.

Thanks I really appreciate all the help!

You must use the lathe lib for the lathe.

Renamen cnct and make a fresh install to get the lib, then copy it to the renamend cnct.
Delete cnct and rename the old one to cnct again.

This way you loose nothing, but have a new thread lib.

Uwe

suntravel wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:43 am You must use the lathe lib for the lathe.

Renamen cnct and make a fresh install to get the lib, then copy it to the renamend cnct.
Delete cnct and rename the old one to cnct again.

This way you loose nothing, but have a new thread lib.

Uwe

Do I need to reconfigure all my settings in wizard with this method? sounds like it will be retained?

nope, it is nothing changed.

Other way is to write report, new install and restore report.

Uwe