MCAM VERSION 9

[KEVCAM]

Does abyone know when version 9 could be coming out??

[Simtech]

The target date seems to be for the first quarter of 2002 but this remains to be seen.

It is Beta testing right now.

Luc

[KEVCAM]

That's good to here.

Thanks

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I would venture to say closer to WESTEC (March 2002) would be a better guess judging from past releases, but I guess that March is in the first quarter so you would be right. OK, I'll go sit in the corner now.

[cadcam]

James,

Make sure you put on that long pointed hat too.

[ 10-02-2001: Message edited by: cadcam ]

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

That would be my DUNCE cap.

[cadcam]

Give this man a cigar that is the right answer..

Hey did you get a new cell?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I should have it by Friday. Cell phone Insurance is a good thing, kinda slow but that's ok.

[Bill]

We should be getting the beta 2 version soon. James how do you like it? Is it alot different?

We haven't had the previous version so I wouldn't know.

[Toby]

There's some nice features in vs9. As usual I cant wait for production releases.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Bill,

It's been great so far. I've stopped using V8 all together for about 2-3 weeks now.

It's not a lot different interface-wise but there are some signifigant feature additions and improvements. I hear Beta 2 should be out next week or so. Of course I am looking forward to it.

Thanks to CNC for letting me beat up their stuff.

Beta testing is not that difficult. The most important thing is to be deliberate in what you do so that if you encounter somenthing you can repeat it, and tell CNC about it.

Later,

[KEVCAM]

Thanks everyone for all your input. The grid points worked well.

The best part is the parts are out the door,

and the boss is happy!!!1

Thaks again to all Mastercam Forum users!!!

 

[kathy]

Got my version 9 Beta late last Thursday afternoon.

Hope to have more time to play around with it in the next couple of days!

Kathy

PS - i like the UCS function - now I got to figure out how it all works....

[cadcam]

HI Kathy,

Do you mean the WCS system?

Or maybe some thing i did not see yet.

Busy trying to install Beta2.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

The new WCS functions are great. Unfortunately they don't apply to me anymore as I get 2-D flat drawings and must create the part that way, though I do "get" to import the DWG file. Those of you that get parts in say Aircraft Model space will greatly benefit. You'll no longer have to rotate the part into the top view, you can now set any view as the top view now. Also, of you get parts designed in say Solid Works, the front view is usually the top, now you don't have to rotate it for that either. Just reassign the coordinate system. Then wen you select the Top G-View, you get what you should, not somethig out 800 inches in X and 300 in Y, and out of rotation in all three axes.

JM2C

[Toby]

Hey I thought we wern't supposed to be talking about vs9 specifics on the forum!!

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

DOH!!!! Sorry about that. Me and my big keyboard!!!! I wonder if very vague generalities are ok.