Toolpath Manager

[IbanezTim]

I am sorry for asking something this silly but its driving me crazy.  I'm running 2023 update 4. I have my Toolpath manager in a floating spot and a lot of my parameters and other functions pop up over this location. but if I move my pointer to select something on the parameters the Toolpath manager pops up to the top and blocks the current open menu and I am unable to do anything because it keeps swapping between the two like a kid that gets candy for mashing alt-tab each press. This just happened to me today after opening a old X8 program to update. The only way I can access these menus now is to turn Toolpath manager off. What did I break?

[AHarrison1]

Have you tried docking the manager to one side or dragging parameter window to another location on your screen?

[IbanezTim]

Yes, that is the only way I can access them now. I really do not want to move them though, they are all placed for ease of access and speed of mouse maneuvering. It was not always like this until today.

[AHarrison1]

That is odd, The focus should stay on the parameter page untill either X out or green check or clicking somewhere outside the window.

Do you have your mouse set to Snap to...maybe?

[IbanezTim]

No it is not, that setting actually sounds more annoying then useful.  

[AHarrison1]

Well, I've given this the obligatory 30 min while the boss isn't looking and I cannot reproduce what you are seeing.

While a parameter window is open I cant interact or click on anything else while the window is open.

Nothing in Config either from what I can see.

[IbanezTim]

5 minutes ago, AHarrison1 said:

Well, I've given this the obligatory 30 min

Yeah I have been messing with it all day trying to get it to stop.  Thanks for looking though.

[#Rekd™]

43 minutes ago, AHarrison1 said:

Well, I've given this the obligatory 30 min while the boss isn't looking and I cannot reproduce what you are seeing.

Well done!!!!!!!!!

[AHarrison1]

6 minutes ago, #Rekd™ said:

Well done!!!!!!!!!

You know, for me it's not about the thanks I receive but the failures I achieve that get me through the day

[Jobnt]

2 hours ago, IbanezTim said:

No it is not, that setting actually sounds more annoying then useful.  

I had that on all the time while using v9 and it worked great. In X it's super annoying. 

 

[crazy^millman]

Sounds like a Window Permission issue. I have covered this many time over the years. Look to have the Mastercam 20XX folder given Admin rights for your user account. I do have to warn you doing so will disable the ability to drag and drop files into the Mastercam sessions. I got to different customers and they can do this and I cannot not. They ask me why and then once I explain the reason behind it some are okay dealing with the random issues like this. Me no way and no how so I have no issue having to use merge to do things that could be easier not giving every version of Mastercam full admin right for my user account. CNC Software as far as I know doesn't do that kind of testing. Everything is normal OS process and methods. Doing out of the bx like giving full admin rights to the user is probably frowned upon, but ever since Windows WE came out doing this I have always done this to Mastercam and found it perform better. Again the only sacrifice it the lack of being able to drag and drop models and other thing directly into active session. I can drag them to the start icon, but normally I am to far into a project that doing that would be beneficial.

[IbanezTim]

14 hours ago, crazy^millman said:

Sounds like a Window Permission issue.

I'll give it a shot thanks! Maybe it will stop a few of the other bugs I just ignore as well  

 

Edit; Seems to be working thanks! 

Edited April 25, 2023 by IbanezTim