MCX backplot

[gcode]

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I have a Quadro4 XGL 750 128meg. Any suggestions for this card

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I had good luck with both my Quadro cards by going back to last years video drivers

 

I'm running the SolidWorks Cerified V71.84

with the unified backbuffer switch off.

 

 

NVIDIA Certified Drivers

[SLJ]

Just got a Quadro FX500 card installed and am getting the strobe effect, along with heavy red lines partially overlaying the tool trace lines. Checked for the back buffer and didn't find anything to match up with that description. I believe he loaded the latest driver. any ideas?

 

Should have added, the disc included with the board was bad, so he just loaded drivers from the website. I'm wondering if we're missing something?

[SLJ]

OK, the blind one found the back buffer and older driver. Works fine now.

[Thad]

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If the cursor is over the Toolpath Manager. Yyou can tell when the TM icons are not grayed-out. TM is “seeing” the keystroke and beeps (It doesn't know what the 'S' is for). This issue has been logged.

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If you click rewind and "S" it through again, it still beeps even if the cursor isn't over the TM.

 

Thad

[Thad]

I just realized that I you click on the grahics window at any time, it will stop the beeping from that point on. But every time you rewind, it starts that beeping cycle over again and you must click the graphics window again to kill it.

 

Thad

[CimtechTrainer]

Hi Everybody,

 

For people having issues with Backplot:

 

Try doing a fresh installation of both the .NET Framework and the DirectX 9.0c from the Mastercam installation CD. We have been taking tech support calls from many users who have been having graphics problems. A majority [notice I didn't say all ] of them have the same problem: They have an older version of Direct X installes (such as version 8 or 9.0(a). If this is the case, when these customers go to the main installation screen, the two installation buttons for Direct X and the .Net 1.1 Framework are grayed out. To install these products you must explore the CD contents in Windows Explorer and go to the Data folder. You will find seperate install programs for both .NET 1.1 and Direct X 9.0c.

 

A final note, after the install of SP1 I also had to go to Mastercam's website and re-install the HASP drivers for Windows XP.

 

-Colin

www.multiaxis.com

[CimtechTrainer]

sorry guys, I should proof read better.

 

(installed)

-Colin

[cadcam]

I found on one of my computer that after installing SP1 MC-X runs and 8 & 9 cant find the hasp. Did a repair on 9 and now it finds it.

[MitchD]

Im at a loss with my MCX backplotting in Lathe, I am running the 71.84 nvidia drivers and DX9c. The unified back/depth buffer switch is off. And I am still getting so many backplotting errors that I have given up using it and use my Text editors backplotting to see what the code actually does. =

Dell 370Precision workstation, NVidia Quadro FX 3400, I am running dual displays and have noticed that SolidEdge runs better with large files if I step back to one monitor so I tried that with MCX and had no change. I installed it at home on my AMD2.8 with a ATI9800Pro 128M card and it runs better on that than my Workstation here at work..hehe I am hoping for some changes to make it back plot better. I also do not like the way it does not peel out the material when backplotting and just removes it after the operation is complete.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

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it does not peel out the material when backplotting and just removes it after the operation is complete.

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A known issue that is being worked on...