Missing Chaining Arrows

[Corky Brown]

I am running a new system. It is a 3.40GHz/P4 2 GB of RAM. I am running an NVIDIA graphics card, it is a GeForce 6800/256 MB of RAM. The OS is XP SP2 also.

I am running MC 9 SP2. Whenever I chain something the arrows do not show up. I am assuming it is the settings on the card. If anyone has the same card, I would like to know the settings to get that corrected.

Thanks!

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

I've seen some cards do this. I found turing off hardware acceleration fixed it. I don't know why it has a problem.

[mike.b]

i had the same problem with my 6800. it acted like a radeon in mastercam. the only way i could get things to work properly was to turn down hardware acceleration.

these cards have limited opengl.. good for games but not 3d applications. i think that its the lack of support for opengl hardware overlays that cause icon and cursor problems.

i have since used the rivatuner mod to allow me to use the quadro drivers on it and all is perfect now.

[randymcdermott]

Hey Corky,

 

People are saying "Nvidia Quadro for CAD. GeForce for games". Personally I'm thinking of trading my Quadro (which seems to work well for both Mastercam and SolidWorks) for a GeForce card for my work PC

 

Randy

[Roger Peterson]

Does anybody know where the 6800 fits in series wise? Is it a Gforce FX, Gforce ti, or Gforce mx, etc...

[Corky Brown]

Thanks everyone,I got Half the arrows, I will continue to work on it.

Roger - the cards description is as follows:

MS-StarForce GeForce 6800 NVIDA GeForce 6800. I am downloading the "latest" drivers now. The description says it supports more opengl - yeah right!

[mike.b]

the 6800 is the latest and best nvidia gaming card .the fx series was the previous generation and ti before that.

there is 6800, 6800gt and 6800 ultra.

i am enjoying a great flame thrower performance boost in Call of Duty since i got my gt

[Yogesh K. Raman]

alternatively...

goto screen-configure

click screen tab

turn off 'enable opengl drawing'

just a temporary solution... may not work if have shading on( ALT-S to off)

[Alvaro Gil - Cimquest-inc.com]

The only true solution is to get yourself a decent nVidia card. With prices of a low end PCIx or AGP Quadro FX series card around the 120$ range, there is no reason not to get one. It will save so many headaches! Also make sure you are using the latest and greatest drivers. I usually buy them in the OEM box with no drivers to save some cash, you will need to go online and download the latest drivers anyway.

 

Even an old Quardro 2 Pro works great and you can get them on ebay for 25 bucks.

[Corky Brown]

I'm back! My old system was a 1.78 GHz P4. My new one is a 3.4 GHz P4. XP-SP2 2GB RAM. I tried the "stock" Intel card built into the system. The problem is it is not a PCI or AGP it is the newer PCI Express slot. Our IT guy here says it does not seem like the graphics card seeing as we tried 2 different cards in it and 2 different monitors. (The problem card is the NVIDA GeForce 6800). He is thinking that it is the higer end machine that is giving the problems. He says it seems like MasterCAM can't handle the higher end machine, I personally disagree. I am leaning towrds Avon's reply of the Quadro FX card. Has anyone experienced anything like this before. The root of the problem is my chaining arrows do not show up. Part of the arrow shows up and I get "ghosting" when I analyze a chain.

[Guest]

Corky:

 

Try using the drivers from http://www.omegadrivers.net/

 

They seemed to fix the problems I had with my card.

[Bryan Johnson]

Corky:

Have you tried turning down the hardware acceleration?

 

This is found in the windows display properties (not in mastercam)

[Corky Brown]

Yes, I have turned down hardware acceleration to the very bottom - just before the card will not recognize the display settings. I will download those drivers from omeagdrivers.net and try them.

[Corky Brown]

Installed the drivers from omeagdrivers.net. I get the same results. I maight email them to see if they have any recommendatons.