How It Works In X

[Charles Davis]

Erase Chain:

 

Just hold down the Shift key and click any entity in the contour. Then hit the Delete key on your keyboard or select the Delete icon.

[Charles Davis]

Jeff,

 

Agreed. I put Accept as the last item on my RMB menu.... best of both worlds...

 

 

When I have to use Enter, I hit the Enter key on my numeric keyboard with my left thumb, or just click the green checkmark on the open dialog when that's required.

[Charles Davis]

Patrik,

 

Not that I know of. You need to draw the point first.

[George Hardwick]

Just been reading about Levels.all OK.

in V9 Screen / Change Levels.

How do you change the level of an entity? in X.

[gcode]

Select the entity/entities ( they turn yellow)

right click the level manager box on the bottom of the screen. Click OK or choose a different level

and click OK

[tooljockey]

Right click over "Level" in status bar at bottom of screen. Pick geometry to change, end selection. Pop-up should ask for your info.

[George Hardwick]

Thanks thought it was somthing like that, but nothing in help...

 

Geo

[George Hardwick]

Yes just tried it nice and simple, when you know..

 

Geo

[Steve LeClair]

I just recieved my copy of X(thanks Charles),and I wanted to know if the system requirements are just a recommendation or are there installation or graphics problems with slightly slower models?

I have 1.6 Ghz and only 256 RAM. If so, maybe I can get a new comp out of the deal.

[PROG_MAN_DO]

how do you change machine groups without having to move all the operations?

[Charles Davis]

Steve,

 

Yes, you get a new computer.

 

In my opinion, you need Win XP Pro, at least 1280x1024 graphics with 256MB video RAM, and at least 512MB of memory (1GB much better).

 

You need a mouse with a wheel button in the center.

 

While you are at it, I HIGHLY recommend a 17-19" LCD monitor. It is much easier on the eyes and gives you more desk space.

 

Luckily, this type of system if probably a lot cheaper than you think.

[Steve LeClair]

Thanks Charles, but in case the boss doesn't upgrade me right away, will I be able to load it and get a feel for it, or am I just looking for trouble?

[Guest]

Russell,

 

In your Machine group go to Files, on the Machine Group properties, go to the replace button and then choose the machine definition you wish to change it to.

 

HTH

[P_Scott]

R.O.Y._23,

 

quote:

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Can we still select, for example, create/line/endpoints/and then select endpoint. Then click on the line nearest an endpoint you want as the 1st endpoint selected?

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All the point selections that were available in V9 are still available in X. The menu is part of the Autocursor bar, which is right above the ribbon bar to the left of middle in the screen. Check out the image below. The drop down menu shows all the point selection methods. HTH

[Charles Davis]

Steve,

 

It should run, but kick your screen resolution up to 1024x768 at least.

[Charles Davis]

ROY_23

 

Notice the ! just left of the select options.

 

This sets what type of geometry features the mouse will "see".

 

Make sure Endpoints is checked, and your Autocursor should work nicely.

 

Also, use the mouse wheel to zoom up on the area. Notice that the zoom focus now depends on cursor location.

 

This makes it a lot easier to zoom up on an area so the autocursor jumps to the endpoint you want when working in a cluttered area.

[Brendan P]

Roy23

You can also hit the Alt key,then this will place an underscore on your create,solids,xform ect... functions at the top.

Now you can hit C for create,L for line,E for endpoint and create your geometry...

[Allan]

Toolpath editor? In V9 i right clicked on the nci file name in the operations manager, now it launches verify

 

Allan

[calnet42]

I am trying to format the feedrate for an older machine that accepts no decimals.

(OKUMA OSP3000)

Ex: F.007 would be F70

F.010 would be F100

 

In V9, the format statment was: fs 12 0 4t

and the output was: F70

 

In X, I have tried: fs2 18 0 4 0 4t

The output I get is: F0070

 

Can anyone help me get rid of the zeros to the left?

[stevieboy]

Hello all

 

How do you Break an entity into two pcs in X?

When I try it changes the shape of the entity.

 

 

Thanks for the help

[El Scotthead]

Charles,

good call on adding "accept" and "end selection" to the right mouse button.

 

I also added most of the point selection buttons(see Peter's post above) to my rmb, along with autocursor. This way they're only a right click away when I'm not using autocursor(which is rare).

 

Another tip if you need to copy a solid to a different level. In the op manager, right click the solid you want to copy and choose "Duplicate". Then you can right click on the duplicate solid and choose "Attributes" to change its level or color.

You can also do all the standard solid ops from this menu--very handy.

[b_daddy]

stevieboy,

 

I get the same thing.

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

Got it! Great tip!

 

I got to start spending more time in X as I've been using V9 mostly since a few molds needed machining ASAP. In a day or so I'll devout most of my time in X. As I use X more and more regularily I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions.

[?Mark]

quote:

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How do you Break an entity into two pcs in X?

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edit/trim-break/break many pieces/

pick how many pieces, pick entity, done...

Is this what you needed?

 

Mark

[stevieboy]

bchristilaw,

Yes, to create a net surface I need to break 1 entity into 2, But no luck yet!

 

 

stevieboy