How do I......

[MIL-TFP-41]

This is my biggest frustration with X. In V9 I commonly used create point position midpoint..or endpoint. Or create line vertical center...or midpoint. Basically one could override the autocursor by telling Mcam where you wanted the geometry you create to start (or end). Now in X, you go to create a line...you must SLOWLY drag the cursor over your geometry and look for the tiny autocursor to highlight whatever posistion (midpoint, endpoint, ect) you want to create the geometry at. This becomes a royal pain if you have a few lines sharing the same space.

 

So...how do I do this in X similar to how it was done in 9...

[Guest]

Try using keymapping.

 

Settings >> Keymapping

 

If you do a search there have been several threads recently about how people are using this feature

 

HTH

[Thad]

You can force autocursor by selecting from the dropdown menu a little to the left of All and Only.

 

Thad

[crazy^millman]

That is the one I use in X and works like a champ. You had list that would show up where as in X it is always there. Tanget only works when you have already started soemthing but most time you only really need it as a 2nd function anyway.

 

HTH

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

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You can force autocursor by selecting from the dropdown menu a little to the left of All and Only.

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That would be this little guy right here:

 

 

HTH.

 

I find that frustrating too, but I think the new autocursor's usability outweighs this problem, IMO

[Thad]

Nathan,

 

What do you call that part of the screen? Is it called a selection bar?

 

Thad

[Qmp]

Nathan,

 

We used that "drop down bar menu" too, but it is not stay in last selected. you have to click every time. Is there the way to set it defaul to last command.

 

Pat

[Thad]

Pat,

 

There is no setting to make it stick. I think this is both good and bad. When I have to select the same type of entity consecutively, it would be good. When I want to grab the midpoint just this time, and it stuck, I think that would be bad. Personally, I rarely have to use anything beyond what autocursor snaps to.

 

Thad

[stickgc]

anyone try right clicking and selecting which function they want to use in auto cursor. Sort of like the old v9. I default it to point or midpoint most of the time,depending on what I am doing, and nothing else. This way I don't have to worry about what it is finding.

 

The only problem I really have right now with X is all my points go away when I geometry nest. This is a HUGE PROBLEM!!!

 

Best of luck to all and to all a good night!!1

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

Thad,

I don't know of a technical term for it, and none of the videos from Mcam I've seen call it anything. I think if I were to call it anything, I would call it the fastpoint toolbar.

For those of us out there who want that to be more useful, you may try putting a flyout in your right mouse button to have this option there. It's in the autocursor category.

 

HTH

[Guest]

 

Adding the "Snap To" menu on the RMB has been quite useful and reducied the amount of screen travel

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

AT least it is maintained like the other drop downs, where after you use it the last one you use jumps to the surface for one-click. I really don't think it's that bad.

[jplecan]

In the Autocursor help section, its called the override. I would like to have a config choice to maintain the last selected state ,also. I'll try some of the other suggestions listed above in the meantime.

Jim

[Thad]

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In the Autocursor help section, its called the override.

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If this is directed at me, I was referring to the whole toolbar.

 

Thad

[Thad]

Having the selection stick would virtually disable autocursor all together. The only thing the cursor would snap to at any given time would be what is selected in the override. Now *that* would suck!

 

Thad

[MIL-TFP-41]

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Having the selection stick would virtually disable autocursor all together. The only thing the cursor would snap to at any given time would be what is selected in the override. Now *that* would suck!

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I actually used this all the time in 9...say when doing a drilling cycle...disable the autocursor & pick point or arc center...enable the autocursor when you are done.

 

So yes...I would like to have the option of the selection "sticking"

[Thad]

James,

 

When drilling in V9, all you had to do was pick the arc. There was no need for autocursor. Besides, you'd still have to click center or point (or the hotkey) for each hole you selected (that is, if you went through the extra unnecessary steps to use autocursor when selecting drill points). The setting didn't stick in V9 either.

 

Thad

[Jeff Kemper]

So, John, where do you find that Snap To menu, to add to the RMB? Thanks

[Guest]

I created a folder, named it Snap to and added the icons into it.

 

Then added the floder to my RMB

[crazy^millman]

And what is funny is that Tanget is grey out on the one next to X,Y,Z but when you put in in the RMB it works fine.

 

John I had others set-up like that but I did add SNAP to my RMB after seeing your set-up.

 

Little tip to folks. Do a back of your config, bmp, mtb, and other files in a different folder than MCAMX you will be very happy you did.

 

 

HTH

[Guest]

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And what is funny is that Tanget is grey out on the one next to X,Y,Z but when you put in in the RMB it works fine.

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That is strange, same menu, in one it's available in one it's not.

 

 

I created new config, kmb and mtb files, that I backed up onto the network. The originals MCX ones are virgins and untouched

 

I actually forget who it was but when X was first released he had that added to his RMB, I added it mine and it's one that thru the changes I've made adding and deleting things has stayed.

[DavidB]

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What do you call that part of the screen? Is it called a selection bar?

 

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Thad,

If you watch the MCX video again they refer to it as the Auto Curser ribbon bar!

 

[Thad]

Thanks David. I thought there was a name for it I couldn't remember it. Although "just a little to the left of All and Only" did get the point across.

 

Thanks Bro!

 

Thad