view keeps going back to top

[ChrisH]

I need help bad. A new employee used my computer last week and change setting on my Mastercam. I have got every thing back but one. I also backed up everything so this can’t happen again. This is the one I can’t seem to pin point is every time I pick a surface-hole-point-curve and so on the view goes back to top after I pick it. Exp. I rotate the view to see a hole better on my solid and after I pick a curve it jumps back to top view. This is driving me nuts.

[Kannon]

Is this just when you analyze, or is it doing it when your trying to draw also?

[g huns]

Mine has started doing this lately as well. Not just jumping to top view, but to any view. No pattern to it just randomly flippin around when I click here or there. Strange.

[Guest]

I don't know if this an issue for either of you but I have a spaceball 5000 that if I don't release the device to the view, when I click on something as you describe I get the flipping to a different view also. In my case, I can release the device with a simple left mouse click anywhere on the screen except in proximity to a piece of geometry.

 

Are either one of you using a 3D pointing device?

[ChrisH]

I have a space mouse but i only use it on UG

[Guest]

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I have a space mouse but i only use it on UG

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Could it be activating?

 

When I first hooked mine up I had to send it back, there was a fiemware glitch that activated it constantly. They repaired and returned it and that was all set but I still find if I bump my desk or several other things it will activate quite easily. It is very sensitive.

 

Can't say for sure but it could be your problem you might want to pay attention to it and see it that is it.

 

HTH

[ChrisH]

I’ll unplug it and see if the problem goes away.

[ChrisH]

kannon

It seems to do it eveytime I toolpath when I try to pick a arc and depth or surface!

[deckerc]

I've had this problem when I have certain levels turned off. Seems to go away if I have all levels on.

[Chip-pan]

are you using the WCS ?

uncheck the box update the graphics view, at the bottom.

 

Chip Pan

[ChrisH]

Chip pan

I have had that checked for over a year and it never did this before. I tryed it just to see a few days ago and it did't seem to help.

[Midwest]

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A new employee used my computer last week and change setting on my Mastercam

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Maybe ask the new employee if they are still around.

[ChrisH]

He is a mastercam trainee and liked to change things. It took me a full shift to get anything to work right. I wanted to reload Mastercam but the is guy was gone and the disked are locked up. I just might have to do a reload when he gets back.

 

 

The trainee said that he didn’t change anything.

[ChrisH]

He is out of this dept now!!

[P_Scott]

ChrisH,

 

Are you working with a different WCS than the default? When working with a different WCS, I have noticed that V9 will switch to the Top GView of the current WCS whenever selecting the Dynamic GView button to look at the part from another angle. Another possibility is that the "Update Cplane and Tplane when changing GView" button is activated in the System Config. I like to work with this switch off. If it's on and you change to a different GView, the Cplane and Tplane will also change. HTH