New discovery in V9 (for me)

[jeff]

I was playing arund in the job setup and just now realized that I could move the Red origin arrow.

 

Jeff teh dum-bass!

After 7+ yrs of being on Mcam,I just now find that out.

[Thad]

Man....you *are* a dumbass! Just kiddin' bro.

 

I was just talking to a fellow employee yesterday about how you know how to accomplish your task, so you just do it....not even looking at your other options. I just recently stumbled upon the divide function when trimming. I used to always break the line, them trim it. Talk about feeling like a dumbass! Tunnel vision, I guess.

 

BTW, you wanna REALLY feel like a dumbass? Wait until you start playin' with X!

 

Thad teh only uses Job Setup to import operations

[jeff]

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Wait until you start playin' with X!

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That's what I've BEEN doing,waiting!

[BernieT]

I just recently found out you could undelete a toolpath op after accidentally deleting it.....dohhhh

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

I just found out that we have a Extrude tool for surfacing. (Create-Surface-Primitive-Extrude) It works like Solid Extrude but makes closed surfaces

 

When did they sneak that extrude tool in there?

 

Of course Id rather use Solids for this, but hey not all customers have Solids and that is a nice tool to have for surfacing.

 

Ernie

[Yogesh K. Raman]

ok my turn:

i just found out that u can rotate ur part non-stop by pressing the END key....

 

i wonder what its for?

[pip]

If you spin your part in the right directions, it helps you unwind.

[g huns]

I just noticed that if you right click the box on a file get you have a recent files list.

[garyg]

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I just noticed that if you right click the box on a file get you have a recent files list.

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Never knew this. Great tip. It has been so annoying to have to search/type file name each time.

Are these what they call Easter Eggs? Perhaps we need an Easter Egg thread.

[Thad]

Assuming you have plane mask on or you have a flat part, you don't have to click Chain-Partial. Just click the first entity and then the last entity.

 

Thad

[John13]

Gee, who needs X when we're still finding all this cool stuff in V9.

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

That's what cracks me up about everyone complaining about X being late. Most people use about 10% of what Mastercam can do. Except for the really advanced useds they use 55% .

 

It just does soooo much. I've been learn something about V9 all the time.

 

Mike Mattera

[Rekd™]

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I just recently stumbled upon the divide function when trimming. I used to always break the line, them trim it. Talk about feeling like a dumbass!

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x2

[jeff]

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I just found out that we have a Extrude tool for surfacing.

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Kewl...I did not know this,gonna have to play around with that.

 

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I just noticed that if you right click the box on a file get you have a recent files list.

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I use this feature everyday!!!

[dan m]

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I just noticed that if you right click the box on a file get you have a recent files list.

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wish i knew this one along time ago

[cblythe3d]

I keep geting tuned up by the simple stuff in the interface that I missed for years like rotate and type A for angle, brings up 2 line option etc.

 

Transform, translate between views, so simple to take a 2d model into 3d wireframe in a few steps.

 

GView rotate makes the most confusing blueprint projection easy.

 

I learned the cereal bowl method for understanding blueprint projections. Put a cube in the bottom of your soup bowl, for the view to the right move the cube to the right side in the bowl (it rotates x plus up 90 deg). G View Rotate gives you perfect projections by then calling c-plane = gview. If you have ever had problems with top/front/side not jiving with your print views give it a try.

 

After years the interface still amazes and humbles me with its simplicity.

 

Henny Youngman rocks

Chas

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just found out that we have a Extrude tool for surfacing. (Create-Surface-Primitive-Extrude) It works like Solid Extrude but makes closed surfaces

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+1

 

Ernie, great find on this one.

 

I never knew this existed.