F3 During backplot

[MIKE_B]

Hi all,

 

Question for beta testers. Will we be getting are F3 (refresh) back during backplot. I don't have many gripes but this one drives me crazy!!!

[Thad]

Mike,

 

Do you mean to erase the toolpath part way through backplot? I'd like to be able to do that too.

 

Thad

[Chipmakr]

It would also be nice to use the S key to step thru the program without that annoying ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding dingding ding

 

The whole way thru .

[Thad]

Chipmakr,

 

Click in the graphics window and it'll go away. I think if you hit your first S key with your cursor in the graphics view, it won't do it at all.

 

Thad

[DavidB]

I hit the graphics window with the mouse then "S" key to step through.I never have heard a ding for "S" key?

 

I would LOVE F3 to clear a chain when you are reslecting one for a toolpath.

[Chipmakr]

Interesting I can move the mouse over the graphics window while holding the S key no sound. Now move it over the operation manager while you are holding the S key. ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

 

You get the picture.

 

What terrible luck that my mouse has been over the ops manager every time I have tried the S key in X.

 

I loved using this in previous versions glad to have it again WITHOUT the sound effects!

 

Thanks guys

 

I would also like F3 back too.

[Thad]

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Interesting I can move the mouse over the graphics window while holding the S key no sound. Now move it over the operation manager while you are holding the S key. ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

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When the toolpath manager is active, all commands are directed toward it. It doesn't know what to do with a "S" so it beeps. When you're over the graphics window in backplot, an "S" means step it through. So it does. Keystrokes do different things depending on where your cursor is on the screen.

 

 

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What terrible luck that my mouse has been over the ops manager every time I have tried the S key in X.

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Prolly because you just clicked the backplot icon.

 

Thad

[MIKE_B]

Yes that is what I want Thad. There are so many times when I need to see something and its all covered by a previous toolpath. I know this was mentioned before but I wasn't sure if there were enough gripes to bring it to CNC's attention.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Subject: v9 'F3' type functionality in X(MR1)

 

Click the Restrict drawing button (left button) to remove all currently plotted toolpaths from the screen.

The remaining toolpaths then become the only ones Mastercam will plot.

Also, the full length of the progress slider on the Backplot VCR bar will represent only the remaining,

unrestricted toolpaths. Click the Restrict drawing button as often as needed to isolate the required toolpaths.

Click the Turn off restricted button (right button) to reset to all toolpaths to their unrestricted states.

[MIKE_B]

Roger great to hear....look forward to it!

 

Thanks

[Eric Hendriks from CNC Software]

Also throughout backplot the wirepath highlights in red for ease of viewing.

[Steve Zirtzman]

Roger,

The new Backplot functionality will be nice!