General edge tool in eia

This is probably a very elementary question but here goes-
(First time with new feature cam software and all eia program)

We are running a job in which we are facing and turning a part on the sub spindle with the head at 180 deg (G53.5). However, after doing this the finish tool (T5B @90) came up and was about .050 away from touching the part in the Z. My first thought was that something was wrong with the tool data, but everything looked fine. The next thing I tried was rotating the head down to 90 and touching off the face with the same tool that roughed the face (T4A @180) and finding that this tool was off the same amount? Next I wrote a simple mazatrol program to face and turn the same feature with the same general edge tool (T4A@180) and the tool went to it's proper Z location?

Is there a different way to call up this tool other than T004.01 B180? What am I missing?

Not really following the problem.

The general way I do things is:

M06 T??.?? (Tool change)
G0 B180.0 (in your case)
G53.5 Z?? C?? (Z and C are optional offsets)

Now I also use the No. box on the tool data page to define what corner of the insert I have taught it to (0-9) but this may be not needed with a CAM system. I have never used a cam system and do everything .eia long hand in notepad.

Hope this helps

check the chuck pressure, it sounds line when roughing out the component is been pushed back in the chuck.?

So I found the problem. I had 1 tool (pocket #4) decribed 4 different ways: General out 4A,4B- General edge 4A and General edge highlighted 4B. This worked fine in mazatrol because you can call up a general edge 4B and there is a distinct difference between an edge and a general out. However, in EIA, it does not know the difference.

What I had to do was as follows:
General out 4A
General out 4B
General edge 4C
General edge 4D

Now I was able to say T004.04 and everything was cool. Sorry for the confusion.