Cool MCX Features

[gcode]

Thee are plenty of threads about X problems.

I thought I'd start one about cool features.

In backplot, you can drag the progress bar back and forth across the screen to move back and forth along a toolpath.

This is cool, but your index finger gets tired in a hurry.

You can do the same thing with the left/right arrow keys too. This is very useful for checking out long pocketing operations

 

gcode... banging that drum again

[Bill]

How about creating new tool groups and having a fresh start on tools being used i.e 12345 instead of 678910.

 

We load different tools in the tool change so they are never the same.

[John13]

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Cool MCX Features

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How about MCX itself,

 

 

 

(helping to bang the drum)

 

 

It took a few days, but once I ran the first part and knew my post was right, I haven't gone back. I got used to it a lot quicker than I thought I would

[El Scotthead]

It's not as cool as Gcode's or bill's, but I like being able to put the Auto Hilight toggle under my rmb.

 

Scott teh joining teh percussion section

[Müřlıń®]

Net surface=extremly kool, dynamic pan and spin one of the best improvements.

 

Redo/Undo, how did we go so long without it....

 

the list goes on....

[gcode]

No mouse click to turn off the spaceball

[John13]

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Redo/Undo,

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I also really like the divide function, one click and your done, instead of 3,

 

The customizable RMB kicks A$$ too.

[Bill]

Ditto to the spaceball mouse click. How friggin irritating especially if the spaceball was jumpy.

[Bill]

Select entities and [del]period!

[Dan Kintzel]

Automatic crash report dialog.

[El Scotthead]

I forgot another thing I really like--

that I can turn off all toolbars. I'd much rather use keystrokes and not have all those icons cluttering the top of my screen. It's cool that you can customize it to your own personal preferences.

 

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Redo/Undo, how did we go so long without it....

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[Chris Rizzo]

In backplot you can also click on the little slider, and use your mousewheel to move the backplot along.

[El Scotthead]

d,

 

don't tell me you're finally coming around from the dark side

 

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X FOR SALE - CHEAP!

Back in it's box!!!!!!!

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[Bill]

I really like the sketch features also with the autocursor (which you can edit to your liking).

[gcode]

Hit trim, then D and go to work.

Its an amazingly intelligent trimming tool

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

Access to the Custom Tool Bars under my RMB menu.

 

Mike Mattera

 

[Steve Zirtzman]

One of my favorite features in Mastercam X is the Live Entities state. Now you can get it right the first time!

[Jim at Gentex]

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I'd much rather use keystrokes and not have all those icons cluttering the top of my screen.

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Me too.

 

I'm just starting to use X and I think finding the cool features is part of the fun. I'm still tied to 9 especially since we had 2 killer weeks last week and this week so I didn't have time to muck about with new software. We just had stuff to get done as quickly as possible and I'm not comfortable enough with X yet to travel at hyper speed.

 

Next week looks a little calmer so maybe I can play around with X a while and get more used to it.

 

BTW...Any NY NJ PA forum members going to 3D training at Prism Engineering Oct 24-26?

If so I'll see ya there!

[Rodney @ Roush Yates Engines]

I really like the pre-selection function.

[chip]

One of my favorites is Dynamically rotate (mouse button) Hold alt down automatically (while in dynamic rotate) and she pans.

 

Like Jim said... Sometimes the jobs are needed right away... I don't have time to fumble around in X when I can have code in (in a fraction of the time) in V9. Version X is definitly getting more smooth. I still find myself using SW instead of creating surfaces... There are a lot of us here we will hopefully bring eachother along though! TGIF

[Thad]

If you backplot multiple ops, a little marker shows up on the slider where each op ends and a new begins.

 

I like the divide (single click) feature and the fillet (single click) feature.

 

Thad

[chip]

Gotta say though... I kinda miss Heidi in the upper left corner all day everyday... Laying there...

[Bill]

Just found one more...

 

In 9 you had to use moldplus to extend a trimmed surface and a lot of times it was ugly.

 

Now, in X you can extend any surface trimmed or not and it looks sweet.

 

Very useful tool for electrodes and if'n you're running a POS machine which rounds corners at parting line.

 

Way to go guys!

[Lumpnut]

- Holding down the mouse wheel to rotate

- Customizing Toolbars / States

- The "Tab" feature in 2D Contour

- Gradient Background Direction in System colors

- MRU bar

- Previewing Xform functions

 

Find more and more everyday. I dig it !!!

 

Fix the communications quirks, and it will be perfect.

 

[gcode]

In backplot you can step through a toolpath with the S key, the slider bar on top or back and forth with the arrow keys. That's been covered already.

Here's another cool feature... When you 'Save as Geometry" it save the geoemetry up to the point

where you stopped. In V9 it saves the whole toolpath and you have to dleete want you don't want.