red arrow of doom

[tooling]

Is there a way to keep the red arrow at the bottom of you tool paths until you drag it where you want it? It usually stays at the bottom until I write a tool path that needs to be the last operation. Then wham it moves the arrow someplace in the middle and crashes the cutter.

I think I have all the updates.

 

 

MCX MR2

[Thad]

I thought there was something coming out in X2 to relieve this.

 

Thad

[tooling]

I think it is a little better in X2. But now it it seems worse sometimes because you don't expect it.

 

Can better really be worse???

[Thad]

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I think it is a little better in X2.

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Are you a beta tester or did you think I meant MR2? X2 is not out yet.

 

I recall hearing about a keep it to the bottom unless I move it option coming out. Maybe it does that now and I just haven't paid attention.

 

Thad

[Müřlıń®]

What is that red arrow for anyways?

 

It's supose to replace holding the shift key??

 

I just been trying to keep it on the bottom....

 

A taunting task indeed....

[tooling]

Sorry Thad I misread it. I was thinking they were going to change it in MR2 from MR1.

[Yogesh K. Raman]

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What is that red arrow for anyways?

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I would use it to control where my next toolpath will appear...when it works properly...

[Müřlıń®]

Ahhh gotcha...I always just drag and dropped..

 

That might come in handy if you had alot of toolpaths in your operations manager...I never have more than 25 or 30...

 

Heck I don't use half the bells and whistles....

 

Thanks...

[John13]

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Heck I don't use half the bells and whistles...

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I've never even seen (or heard) the bells and whistles, where are they? Nevermind, too many and I couldn't hear the radio.

[Müřlıń®]

LOL...been using MC since ver 6 and not once have I even used the material library...heh..

 

I think I imported an ops the other day...

 

[Mark Graham]

I want to get this thread going again.It seems like I spend more time trying to straighten out what the little "RED xxxx" screwed up!I got in the habit of dragging & dropping similar toolpaths a long time ago & the arrow gets lost in the dust.It won't move for whatever reason when you do that.Cut & paste works fine(as long as he is hiding in the right place when you hit paste.I think it still needs a little work.

Thanks for letting me vent.

 

Mark Graham

Austin Machine

[Thad]

Mark,

 

If you select your ops and right click drag and drop, you have the option of copying/moving them before/after. Then the red arrow never comes into play. If you import ops or add new ones, then you have to play by the "red arrow of doom's" rules.

 

Thad

[Mark Graham]

Thad

Thats what I'm doing,but when you drop them the arrow does not go to the end of the ones you dropped it stays put.So if you create a new path after that without moving the arrow it gets put in ahead of the ones you dropped.I just can't seem to remember to move the arrow.

 

Mark

[Tim Johnson]

Personally I think the red arrow works just fine the way it is and it's a real timesaver for me, you just have to pay attention to where you left it.

[Thad]

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you just have to pay attention to where you left it.

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That about sums it up.

 

Like you Mark, I keep forgetting too. I've used MC for so long without it, it's one of the few things that I can't get used to. Fortunately, I realize it as soon as I add new ops. At that point, it's just a matter of putting them where I want them. That's what I'm used to doing anyway.

 

Thad

[Mark Graham]

The biggest thing for me is like I said drag/drop is about the only thing the red arrow doesn't recognize.If you drop a path in the manager the arrow should follow it.You should not have to move it after you've done that.If we're going to streamline it do it all not just parts of it.