Thanks, appreciate the response, I figured it was going to be a no.

Nope and a method to add more than one group at a time with custom naming along with sequential controls. These have been suggestion and numbers assigned over the years and nothing yet. I did have a Chook I used a couple versions back, but it has not been updated so only works in 2021

IT will have to be recompiled for the 2024 version. That zip was for a previous version of the Software.

I make them separate view sheets normally, but an automated way to output them not sure of one.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why would you need a diameter offset posted for canned drill cycle?

Hi Mick, I tried to download and get the c hook to work under mCAM 2024. After making sure the files were unlocked, I tried to run them from the ribbon Run Add-In icons. No luck going further as I get "A procedure imported by "SetupSheetInterop.dll" error. Any ideas on what could go wrong at this point? First time adding a third party add in...

Is there possibly a way you could have a separate viewsheet defined for each tool, and then automate your activereport to print a page of each viewsheet? As long as you label with notes correctly I feel like that could be a decent workaround. I guess every time you adjust your stickout/tool/etc you'd have to go and manually edit the viewsheet,.. so I guess it's a bit annoying either way.

I have added the reference for winforms, but I have errors when I try to show It. Can you write to me an example code for show a windows form?, and where I have to put that code?. In C# is easiest for me. I don't know C++. Thanks

Did you get the installer from the Mastercam website?

It is all about tool type. No D offset for a drill tooltype it is baked into the software. Use a chamfer mill defined the same as your spot drill and your good. AB

We have an Okuma LB3000 and I put offsets for the right spindle as (tool location 1 offset 21) (tool location 2 offset 22) etc.. This works fine on mill tool performing a contour or pocketing operation (I just change the diameter offset in the toolpath settings). However when I have a tool that does a drill/tap cycle I can not change the offset because it is greyed out and I have to go into the post and change them by hand. Is there a setting that can be changed to allow me to change the diameter offset in drilling toolpaths? The images depict a 1/4 spot drill in a drilling toolpath and a chamfering toolpath.

Pretty straightforward. Looking to assign "New Toolpath Group" to a keystroke. This command only seems to exist inside the right-click menu of the Toolpaths Manager. Is it possible to assign it to a keystroke? I'll even accept some modifications or workarounds. I do a lot of updating old programs (not through all 4000 yet), they usually have the OPs unorganized. I'll be lucky if G54 and G55 have separate groups, usually just divided by a comment. So naturally I need to organize them when I open one up, and making multiple toolpath groups is a pain in the patoot. And at speed, I have often clicked "cut" on the way to the Groups flyout. There is no dialogue box or anything, your toolpaths are just poofed, and the red arrow now lives in the last group you made, so good luck pasting them back in the right spot. Anyways, kind of a long road, but that's the deal. A "New Toolpath group" shortcut would be useful.

Not a way through Active reports since this is not really tracked that way. Best way is to build them and then make screen shots you add to your setup sheets.

I am trying to fine tune a lathe setup sheet such that it spits out static tool projections automatically. There is obviously a value in Mastercam (2023) for tool projection adjustment, I just can't figure out what the datafield is for it in ActiveReports, or if there even is one. I've tried 'PROJECTION', 'Projection', 'ToolProjection', 'ToolAdjustment', etc. My current work-around is to use a PDF editor and manually entire that field. This kind of feels like it defeats the purpose of having an automatically generated setup sheet though. So, if anyone has figured this out I'd appreciate some insight! PS: Based on an older post on the forum I downloaded an XML viewer to try to find this data in the XML file, but the XML file that gets generated looks like it only contains the exact data that I'm currently using in the ActiveReport. It doesn't retain everything else (incl. datafields that I know work, but am not using.). If there is some XML default file somewhere that shows the path to all of the data I would scour that for the info I'm looking for, but I cannot find such a thing.

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C'mon, Dad, we were just poking the new guy... Looked like the other spam this morning, I felt obliged to give him the gears. I usually extrude>cut with dummy wireframes, this is better if the desired cut lies on a plane, thanks!

Trim to plane and split solid is checked. I normally uncheck Make associative to plane to not get issues when deleting un-needed plans in the planes manager. 5 seconds of work answer both of your questions?

Yep, Post Debugger, and you need a Mastercam License to use/run this. Also, you can install and use Mastercam Code Expert, which has all the pre-defined variables and functions listed, using an "auto-complete" feature. By the way, if you're looking to learn about Post Processors, I have a free Post Processor Class (actually several) on my YouTube Channel. Link in my Signature. For MP 101 - Basic Post Processing, there are 28 videos. Be sure to watch all the Office Hours sessions as well. For MP 301 - 5-Axis Post Processing, there are 20 videos.

FYI, If you've got the Multi-Threading Manager open, with no threads active, this enables a "configuration" button (looks like an exclamation point > !). You can then set the "Default Thread Priority" to High, instead of needing to remember to set it on each thread. Also, are you Filtering each-and-every Operation? Because if you're not (assuming they are also non-vector based), then you're missing out on both shorter NC Programs, and decreased processing time for Verify and/or Stock Models.

Is One Drive running on your machine?

To change these colours....when in Verify go to File - Options - Graphics and make your changes.

Having a single Stock Model, at the end of your process, means you single-thread the removal of stock, from start to finish. Because each subsequent operation is dependent on the removal of material from the previous operation, you're limited in the speed the operation can execute at. Jake gave three great suggestions on how to potentially solve this issue. Or, just hit regenerate, and go get a cup of coffee while you wait. If you pause the operation, you can also Right-Click and set the Processor Priority flag. I like to use "High". I've seen no difference between High and Real-Time, but High does seem to give a performance boost versus standard.

Easiest way is to only create the 1/4 of your solid then use Mirror to duplicate each part or parts as needed. You can cut that solid using the extrude-cut function with a complete chain to cut it by. You can also use Model Prep push/pull and reduce the model to the 1/4 shape and then use Mirror.

Here's a link to another post about this topic: Here is another link to a benchmark testing thread so you can see how you stack up: Another link from MC Northwest on the topic: (the benchmark file download is on this page) https://mcamnw.com/how-to-optimize-your-pc-for-mastercam/ And one more link discussing computer specs for the heck of it: The biggest points: 1. loosen tolerance on the stock models if you can 2. use more stock models to spread the load 3. stock model regen is primarily a single thread process, which bottlenecks the regen times HTH