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[LaszloK]

So who has downloaded it?  Any feedback?

[gcode]

I didn't get any emails about it, but it is available for download
Mastercam Download page

I've been running various MU2 betas for a while now with no issues

[Crazy^Mill/Turn]

I am happy with it. Do not use holders and life is a lot better.

[Josh Kinney - ProCNC]

I can say this.

Change a tools Name or T/D/H # and it actually updates all of them.... Before you had to go into each Op and click on the tool so it would update the name.

THANK YOU CNC!

Now if the lathe tools would not change the feedrate I would be happy!

[gms1]

Josh Kinney - ProCNC, on 09 July 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:

I can say this.

Change a tools Name or T/D/H # and it actually updates all of them.... Before you had to go into each Op and click on the tool so it would update the name.

THANK YOU CNC!

Now if the lathe tools would not change the feedrate I would be happy!

Does this work with holders?

[Cannon]

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Do not use holders and life is a lot better.

So what problems is there with holders?

[Crazy^Mill/Turn]

Just something hopefully I am seeing on my system.

[Josh Kinney - ProCNC]

I only use holders when I have to. It's a mess.

[Josh Kinney - ProCNC]

It does seem to be updating the holders correctly when making changes.

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

I use holders for everything (except quotes), the one thing I have noticed if you have a holder selected for a tool, and you do another toolpath with the same tool, as soon as the toolpath parameters page opens pick your tool, Do not hit apply yet,  go the holders tab and then hit apply, and then go back and set everything else. Just what I have seen, and Rick you already know  everything else to watch out for.

[GoetzInd]

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I use holders for everything (except quotes), the one thing I have noticed if you have a holder selected for a tool, and you do another toolpath with the same tool, as soon as the toolpath parameters page opens pick your tool, Do not hit apply yet, go the holders tab and then hit apply, and then go back and set everything else. Just what I have seen, and Rick you already know everything else to watch out for.

This is the only way I've been able to make holders half reliable.

Mike

[GoetzInd]

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I just don't like "holders" in toolpaths. None of that holder info is passed through to the NCI file so it's not nearly as helpful as it could be. It's kinda like Machine Defs and Controls Defs... half done.

Yes, but they can be very helpful in verify and can be imported into vericut pretty seamlessly. Our posts also grab the holder number so our setup guys know exactly what to use.

Mike

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

^^^ +1, and they show gouges in verify, and machine sim. Not at all saying that they are not a bit of a pain sometimes though.

[Crazy^Mill/Turn]

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^^^ +1, and they show gouges in verify, and machine sim. Not at all saying that they are not a bit of a pain sometimes though.

[Neurosis]

I am not necessarily sure that this is feed back for MU2 particularly as I have seen this issue in several paths through several versions of the software.

I have tried to create a very simple optirough cycle.  Instead of processing the tool path it just hangs. I tried to let it process through my lunch but nothing seems to be happening.  Then I try to stop the thread using the multi-thread manager and nothing seems to happen.  Eventually I have to just force close Mastercam and restart.

Would be nice if at least it were possible to STOP the process so that you could make a change without having to force close Mastercam.

[Rickster™]

Neuosis I get that on occasion as well,
Have to use a different path Shen it occurs.

Some paths still go dirty changing a feed....

[Neurosis]

Rickster™, on 10 July 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:

Neuosis I get that on occasion as well,
Have to use a different path Shen it occurs.

Some paths still go dirty changing a feed....

Ive always found that it ends up being one simple change that makes the difference. Whether it be a change to the step up, min radius, etc.  But it blows to have to force close Mastercam every single time I make a change and I dont want to just change a bunch of xxxx at once because then I never know what it was that caused the problem.

[Cannon]

There is a readme file in the documents telling what they have fixed in X6 MU2. It also says that X7 will only work in Win7 and Win8.

[Dan@Vian Ent.]

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It's kinda like Machine Defs and Controls Defs... half done.

This is becoming a very bad habit, and then never fixing them even worse.