should we update to X now?

[Elad]

i think i was the first one in Israel that updated to X.

But after woking with it for a week of two i went back to 9.

should i go to X now?

does it really better then 9 now??

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

please x mr2 is so much better

just do it

[Hardmill]

Do it

 

 

PEACE

[C. Gilson]

Do it, it's well worth it. I could never go back to V9.

 

Chris

[LaszloK]

You should upgrade. Keep in mind that the interface is really different and it will take some time to become familiar with it. The best way to get familiar with the interface is to use it. Good luck.

[Matthew]

Upgrade. I cant remember the last time I opened V9.

[Steve Zirtzman]

Elad,

I would start training on X MR2 now. It is better than V9, and also you will be ready to jump right into X2 when it is released. If you wait too long, you will be left in the "SUNSET".

[Charles Davis]

IMHO, yes. X MR2 is very solid, and X2 implements a lot of great stuff that you will not want to be without. Do it and don't look back.

[Andy]

Load it side by side with 9.

Then make sure your posts translate to X correctly and verify that they output the nc you need. My lathe post which worked perfect in 9 did not perform well in X and I was told it would take major mods by CNC (I guess it was an old post). I went ahead and used mplfanuc X and edited it to my needs so that I would have a modern post. Took many hours but seems to work good.

Migrate your tools and make sure the are correct. Lathe tools translate ok but the coolant will be off on every single tool and you will have to manually turn coolant on one tool at a time. (took me lots of time, lots of tools.)

 

Once all is perfect then use X.

You will like it better after you learn it. For me after 7, 8, 9, it was a big learning curve, but you will like it better eventually.

 

And, yes, keep 9 in the shadows in case you get in a pinch.

 

Good luck,

[Yogesh K. Raman]

its hard for me to design in V9, I don't know how I managed it last time!

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Go for it Elad!

 

You will be happy as there is much more power, functionality and speed available.

 

Mike

[Müřlıń®]

XMR2 is pretty good now..You really need to keep 9 around for certain things, but 99% of the time X works great...

[cadcam]

Like what Murlin? can you give an example of certain thinks.

[kinglouie V]

Elad,

 

We all heard you were in IDF and I'm glad

to see you're home.

(missed you in other thread)

 

oh yeah,

upgrade to X

 

 

[Fig sign]

I told Elad what I think about it - I will migrate

only when I will be not able to continue in ver9 .

I still don`t need it (may be in 5 axes or high speed machining ) but in most of our cases which are general machining I am super fast and extra comfortable with ver9 .

I bet noone will show me the speed of work close to ver9 in parts of middle complexity up too 200 toolopathes .

Still X lacks lot of functionality and have lots of bugs

[Müřlıń®]

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Like what Murlin? can you give an example of certain thinks.

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Well Jay,

 

I have had alot of issues with scanned in surface models. Toolpaths take forever and a day to crunch in X.

 

9 breezes right thru them.

 

Some toolpaths gouge in X when they will not in 9 at all....on same said model.

 

 

I keep it around for when I am having trouble like this.

 

Sometimes I don't have the time to waste a few hrs trying to get things to work right in X....

 

Like I said I keep it for the small % of the time X gets my A$$ in a crack

[Ocean Lacky™]

Murlin,

 

Whatkind of scanned in surface models? We do forging dies, as I think you do to.....For me, XMR2 is a godsend over V9..... We use Faro's LaserLine Probe to gather data, Geomagic Studio to convert to surfaces. Excellent system for what we use it for.

[Müřlıń®]

The files are laser scanned off point cloud data that comes from various sources. Sometimes even the customer doen not know where the files come from. Probably been translated so many times.....

 

Most of it is rock bit mining stuff that are nothing but complex blending coons....hardly any strait walls on them at all.

 

It has been scanned off a plaster cast or even a forged part and turned into a solid.

 

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Geomagic Studio to convert to surfaces

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lucky you

 

 

phone rings....."Oh sure I can do that is a day easy".......meanwhile 2 and a half days later.....phone rings.....

 

Been in that scenerio too many times to delete 9 just yet

 

Don't get me wrong....I love X now.

 

 

Now being the key word....

[desmotom]

I am getting Version X tommorow, I think with MR2. Am I going to fall behind with X2 coming out soon?

[cadcam]

desmotom you will not fall behind just get up on MR2 soon

[gcode]

I got mail from my Mastercam dealer today.

It said X2 will be released Aug 31 2006.

I've been using it in beta at home. It will be nice to use it for real at work next month

[Müřlıń®]

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It said X2 will be released Aug 31 2006.

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Wonder if we get new install CD's and a box with manuals?

[Thad]

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It said X2 will be released Aug 31 2006.

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Murlin,

 

Don't get too excited. Read this thread.

 

Thad