march update

[Eeyore-nonhuman forum member]

DavidB.

You are with us more than a year .

This topic was covered very well ,and I sure you read this not once :

Always backup all Your Mastercam directoty to some other place for a backup before starting installation .

My algorithm for such things is this one ( I do it with every new point release ):

Copy all your c:mcam91 to Mcam91back folder

Run update over C:mcam91 directory

If something will go wrong delete or rename C:mcam91 to the c:Mcam91maintbad and dir.mcam91back returne to c:macm91.

You will have a working old version and no need to edit pathes in regestry using regedit.exe

Or rename c:mcm91 to c:mcam91back folder ,install maintanence in c:mcam91 folder ., if something goes wrong rename c:macam91 to c:maintbad folder and c:macm91back to c:mcam91

The second method is a clean install ,you will not have your defaults ,configuration ,c-hooks ,icons ,tool libraries and will need to copy them yourself.

The first one must preserve all your customisation .

 

HTH

ETHH

 

Teh stilling Iskander `s ideas

[DavidB]

Eeyore,

Good point and next time I will do so.

Murphies Law something will go wrong.

 

[Greg Williams]

David,

 

Check your email

[Toast]

I put the update in seperate directory - just as well b/c I need to use both. High sp. pocketing causes gouges in the update, old 9.1 SP2 was causing pain with WCS, but not the update. Update also will not trim 2 entities in seperate Z heights, but same plane - the 9.1Sp2 will. Has been quite a drama the last few days!

[DavidB]

Toast what is your Mastercam support like????????????

 

[Toast]

Hi David, usually pretty good, has got a good response time and wants to find a solution. On holidays at the mo tho. Got someone else, I suspect in Syd that is helping out - but not sure. At the mo, I'm just using both Versions to get results.

[Greg Williams]

David,

 

No problems here.