T and C planes undefined in TPath Manager

[JB7280]

Anyone know why my T and C planes are suddenly "undefined" in toolpath manager?  Not sure what I did.  It posts correctly, I just can't seem to figure out why it says undefined.

 

[JParis]

What's listed in your WCS Manager?

[JB7280]

10 minutes ago, JParis said:

What's listed in your WCS Manager?

[JParis]

Typically when you see that,  that's a plane that's not saved...

I'd chalk it up to computer voodoo...re-select the correct plane and move on

[JB7280]

1 minute ago, JParis said:

Typically when you see that,  that's a plane that's not saved...

I'd chalk it up to computer voodoo...re-select the correct plane and move on

That's the issue.  It won't allow me to re-select.  I'm going to try a Mastercam restart.

[JB7280]

9 minutes ago, JParis said:

Typically when you see that,  that's a plane that's not saved...

I'd chalk it up to computer voodoo...re-select the correct plane and move on

A restart didn't seem to work either.  It's odd that it posts correctly, and shows the correct plane designation in the code, but just not within the toolpath.

[JParis]

Yup, strange indeed

[JB7280]

"Display plane info relative to WCS" was checked.  Unchecking it fixed the problem.  That being said, what is the purpose of that selection? When would you use it?

[Joeyls319]

JB7280

I'm having the same issue as you in 2022.  Where did you uncheck the "display plane info relative to ECS" BUTTON?

thanks

Joey

Figured it out.  Thank you for the original post.

[AHarrison1]

3 minutes ago, Joeyls319 said:

JB7280

I'm having the same issue as you in 2022.  Where did you uncheck the "display plane info relative to ECS" BUTTON?

thanks

Joey

 Have A look here

[Aaron Eberhard]

On 11/16/2020 at 4:55 PM, JB7280 said:

"Display plane info relative to WCS" was checked.  Unchecking it fixed the problem.  That being said, what is the purpose of that selection? When would you use it?

I understand that JB asked this last year, but to answer the question:   Pretend you have a part that's floating out in space somewhere (aircraft coordinate system), so you  make a new "top" plane called G54.  Now, you have to make a Front plane that you call G54 A+90.   If you make a toolpath or just have your selection set to G54 / G54 A+90  / G54 A+90, that option would just show it as "Front," which can be less confusing for people.    The problem is that a lot of times your planes won't match an existing idea, so then you get Undefined.

I prefer properly labeling my planes, so there's no ambiguity, but a lot of people are lazy/sloppy, and this helps them.