X8 icons changed

[AlexC]

Going to Mastercam x8 the icons have changed. After years of looking at the same icons I am having trouble understanding the new ones.is there a way to change icons back to the original. I don’t understand why they changed them in the first place.

AlexC

[crazy^millman]

Man I really wish someone would pin a topic to the Forum in 72 pt font.

 

The icons have changed and we either deal with it and get our job done, we stay put with whatever version we have been using or we don't and move on to something else.

 

This is where it is and anyone that wants to move forward with Mastercam. Sorry we have gone over this so many times in the last year and half.

 

I will go craw back under my bridge.

 

BTW Welcome to the forum. :turned:

[AlexC]

By the way these new icons really suck..i miss my scissors lol.At least they should have given us the option to change them back. another case of What were they thinking !!!!!!!!!  

[crazy^millman]

That again has been covered many times.

 

Go log in on the official Mastercam forum and complain over there. We try to help each other over here or at least those of use not only posting in OT try to. :turned:

[Newbeeee™]

^^^ Hey - the fun's over in OT.

Beats all this working stuff

[Thad]

Don't worry Alex, you'll get used to them. I've been using nothing but X8 for about 2 weeks and I'm almost back to full speed with them. I agree that some of them are poor choices of images, but you'll still get used to them.

 

RE: the trim icon...changing the scissors to an exacto knife. ???  I'm not resistant to change, but change just for the sake of changing something makes no sense to me. Maybe in X12 the trim icon will be a Buck knife.

[Guest]

Don't worry Alex, you'll get use do to them. I've been using nothing but X8 for about 2 weeks and I'm almost back to full speed with them. I agree that some of them are poor choices of images, but you'll still get used to them.

 

RE: the trim icon...changing the scissors to an exacto knife. ???  I'm not resistant to change, but change just for the sake of changing something makes no sense to me. Maybe in X12 the trim icon will be a Buck knife.

 

Ever done tree trimming with an M60?

 

I think and M60 icon for trimming would work just fine  

[Thad]

Ever done tree trimming with an M60?

 

No, but I *did* set the range on fire with tracer rounds from Ma Duece. 

[GIZMO 21]

^^^ Hey - the fun's over in OT.

Beats all this working stuff

I don't think so. im still thinking of that youtube video, where the 13 year old kid

shoots the elk near the neck.

[Guest]

Ever done tree trimming with an M60?

 

I think and M60 icon for trimming would work just fine  

A Ma-Deuce works well also. :

 

The new generation of kids writing code these days don't know what scissors are. We should probably be happy it's not a graphic of a shiv.

[Thad]

The new generation of kids writing code these days don't know what scissors are.

 

They probably don't know what Ma Duece is either!

[Guest]

They probably don't know what Ma Duece is either!

It's a pity too. 'Ole Ma... she's a beut!

[Newbeeee™]

A Ma-Deuce works well also. :

 

The new generation of kids writing code these days don't know what scissors are. We should probably be happy it's not a graphic of a shiv.

I read that the icons were changed to help colour blind people.

But what I did find mildly amusing was that a colour blind person complained that they weren't as clear as the old ones...

[garf]

Hi AlexC,.

 

is there a way to change icons back to the original.

AlexC

yes.

pls take a look at the .pdf

http://www.emastercam.com/board/topic/79827-title-bar/#entry959907

 

bye

[jlw™]

Don't worry Alex, you'll get used to them. I've been using nothing but X8 for about 2 weeks and I'm almost back to full speed with them. I agree that some of them are poor choices of images, but you'll still get used to them.

 

RE: the trim icon...changing the scissors to an exacto knife. ??? I'm not resistant to change, but change just for the sake of changing something makes no sense to me. Maybe in X12 the trim icon will be a Buck knife.

I hope not a buck knife... I could lose a $60 buck knife in a sealed empty windowless Doorless room.

 

I started with x8 so everything looks right to me.

[Guest]

I read that the icons were changed to help colour blind people.

But what I did find mildly amusing was that a colour blind person complained that they weren't as clear as the old ones...

They are FOS if they said they made the icons the way they are to appease us colorblind people. : What they did do was made the software painful to look at. :

Now perhaps they gave us .WORKSPACE to appease us, in which case they did a marvelous job at giving us varying degrees of contrast and highlighting for which I am grateful.

 

For the different looks go here;

http://forum.mastercam.com/Topic1544.aspx

[AlexC]

Thanks for all your reply's. its nice to see all the good humor here. I tried to get into the above link into the Mastercam forum but I must have a premium membership thru my reseller. that counts me out if it costs anything my employer won't got for that.

lets hope X9 will address some of these issues.      

[CJep]

Thanks for all your reply's. its nice to see all the good humor here. I tried to get into the above link into the Mastercam forum but I must have a premium membership thru my reseller. that counts me out if it costs anything my employer won't got for that.

lets hope X9 will address some of these issues.

There is no cost involved to register on the Mcam website. You register with your hasp # and create log in & password, then you'll have access to the forum as wel as the software downloads.

As far as the incons are concerned X9 looks like X8,..

[Thad]

I tried to get into the above link into the Mastercam forum but I must have a premium membership thru my reseller. that counts me out if it costs anything my employer won't got for that.

 

It won't work anyway. The link in garf's reply tells you how you can change the color scheme, not the icons.

[AlexC]

Thanks CJep for info on linking sim to Mastercam web site. didn't get that it needed to be done for access to forum, I am now in. Also I change the look to top menu thru applock to 5. much easer to see .   

[MIL-TFP-41]

they did a marvelous job at giving us varying degrees of contrast and highlighting for which I am grateful.

 

 

xxxx fvcking poor job if you ask me. Having to go into a file editor to change a color scheme? Why couldn't they integrate this into settings/configuration?

At least the ability to change is there...albeit with little control.

 

BTW...thanks for taking the time to post screenshots of what the different settings are/look like.

[Thad]

Having to go into a file editor to change a color scheme? Why couldn't they integrate this into settings/configuration?

 

Probably because it's unsupported. I'd rather have it unsupported than not there at all.

[MIL-TFP-41]

Probably because it's unsupported. I'd rather have it unsupported than not there at all.

 

Why not officially support something that went over very well during beta?  Not like there wasn't any enthusiasm when it was pointed out that it could be changed.