Config setting to remember last number used in translate, rotate, etc? (MC2023)

[Thad]

Is there a setting in config to make it NOT remember the last value used for things like X, Y, or Z values in Translate or the angle value used last in Rotate?

[AHarrison1]

I think it is this

File - Config - Toolpaths(at the bottom - un-check 'Get Defaults from...'

[crazy^millman]

Funny that is something I like and miss in MT.

[Thad]

1 hour ago, AHarrison1 said:

I think it is this

File - Config - Toolpaths(at the bottom - un-check 'Get Defaults from...'

 

Thanks, but I'm talking about the CAD side of things (translate, rotate, scale, etc). 

Say I translate a line Y+ .5. The next time I want to translate something, it defaults to Y+ .5. This causes the preview to move/copy my line Y+ .5 before I even type anything. Is there a way to make it not remember the previous value by default? I'm sick of my geometry jumping all over the screen based on the last value when 99.9% of the time, it isn't the direction or distance that I'm trying to achieve.

[AHarrison1]

Try this one,  un-check 'Maintain'

• Maintain: Select to have Mastercam remember the last-used Preview and Fit settings each time you perform a Transform operation. Clear the checkbox to reset Preview and Fit settings to their startup default values (as specified on this property page) each time you perform a Transform operation.

[Thad]

17 hours ago, AHarrison1 said:

Try this one,  un-check 'Maintain'

• Maintain: Select to have Mastercam remember the last-used Preview and Fit settings each time you perform a Transform operation. Clear the checkbox to reset Preview and Fit settings to their startup default values (as specified on this property page) each time you perform a Transform operation.

I'll give it a try when time permits. I don't have very high hopes though. It seems to be prevalent in more than just Transform. Even things like changing levels, MC remembers the previous level you changed to. I was thinking there was a "remember last" setting in config, but I think that may have been for chaining.

[Thad]

@AHarrison1That didn't give me what I was looking for.

My problem doesn't lie solely in the preview feature, but rather that the previous values stick and that's what gets previewed initially.  I like the preview, AFTER I type in my numbers.

The second part of it goes like this. Say I have two lines and I want to translate one X2.0 and the other Y-.25. I translate the first one X2.0, click the blue check and select the other one to move Y-.25. The first thing that happens is my second line jumps to X2. before I even type anything. Now I type in Y-.25 and I have to correct the X move to X0. It's annoying and (once again!) adds to the unnecessary extra mouse clicks/typing that MC has become so good at...aLl In ThE nAmE oF hElPiNg Me. 

[AHarrison1]

On 5/5/2023 at 6:38 AM, Thad said:

@AHarrison1That didn't give me what I was looking for

I'll take that as another feather in my cap... as long as no one asks