Program numbers

[Toast]

Is it just me, or are you guys wondering why they took Program number out of the Toolpath para box? Now whenever you regen a tpath, you have to re-enter the number again, then regen again for it to stick - what gives here? Is there a work around to this nonsense?

[DavidB]

Right mouse click on the group or toolpath.Edit selected operations/Change program #

Change NC file name will stick too

 

 

HTH

[Toast]

Sure David, that works...but it's a bit tedious to do that for every prog, and redo it every time you adjust an offset or something. The logic of moving it from V9 location escapes me. For the new age of SFP, it seems a crazy idea. With V9, the post picked up the Prog no. from the toolpath and gave the program that name also. If can pick the Prog no out of the NCi, that will save one step.

[DavidB]

In ops manager Under files, set the folder for the NC code to be placed and the NC name.NOw when a toolpath is made it will have that as the default NCI name

[Guest]

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In ops manager Under files, set the folder for the NC code to be placed and the NC name.NOw when a toolpath is made it will have that as the default NCI name

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Yes, but you have to set it before you start creating toolpaths. Otherwise you have to use the change program # right click option to get it to stick.

[DavidB]

jmparis, Thats correct thats the first thing I do when starting a new job along with stock and tool settings.

 

The setdir chook is much missed though

[Toast]

Ok, that's fine if you've got one prog...what if there's 20 all needing a diff number?

[Guest]

If you do one machine group and each toolpath is a different program then you need to use the right click method and change program name and change program #. It's the only way I am aware to do it this way.

 

DavidB,

 

As far as the setdir chook, I'm pretty sure I read on this forum that it is coming back in the MR-1 release.

 

[DavidB]

Same as V9 right mouse click change NC name. In V9 it was change NCI

[Toast]

My point precisely - why change it from V9 at all? Who uses one prog number for everything - that's the way they have set it up by tucking the function inside 2 dropdown menus!

[Guest]

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Who uses one prog number for everything

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I do.

 

One machine group is OP1

another machine group is op2

and so on.....

 

Each machine group allows me to set a new program #

 

How hard is it to right click on your op and set a program #?

 

Is it different yes, but it changed because the way MC handles the entire tool pathing parameter box has changed.

 

If they had changed the interface and the way it looks everyone would then be complaining about that.

 

The software is evolving.

 

Perhaps not quite as smoothly as it could but it is evolving.

 

[crazy^millman]

Yeah why change it from V9 has been a large topic of diccusion lately. Mastercam get bashed for taking to long ot go to windows then they get bashed for going to windows then they get bashed for not doing some above what every other CAM software or any software comapny can not do and make something perfect and bug free. With that said I wish alot of things were different but I ask this how many of you have had to write programs long form for 4th axis work, 3d surfacing with out a CAM program. I did it for many years and it sucks so do you want to go back to no cam programs or try to appericate what you got becuase you got something. I have really got to like X but still go back and forth between V9 just for thing we do around the shop. X does have things to get worked out but if it were not out I can just see the out cry of how CNC software does not care they suck and how dare they not have soemthing out. I will say this with some experiecne there is no way to keep everyone happy so you either do what works and keeps your company in business and hope that course gets you through the day and keeps you in business. Some peopple will appericate that others will hate that but such id the struggle of life everyday.

 

Off the soapbox.

[Günther Massimo - GMCCS]

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Ok, that's fine if you've got one prog...what if there's 20 all needing a diff number?

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With X+ you have xchgnci. That can do the job easy.

[Toast]

I asked the Q once before...what's X+? I cant find the linc to it.

[Guest]

Linky

 

HTH

[Thad]

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I asked the Q once before...what's X+?

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I told you when you asked.

 

 

Thad

[Toast]

silly me, I couldn't remember where I'd asked...

[Thad]

It's all good, bro.

 

Thad