5-axis option not available warning

[MRB]

I'm getting a warning "Five-axis option not available. Contact your Mastercam dealer" when I try to select any of the 5-axis Mill Toolpaths.

 

First I made a couple 5-axis Curve toolpaths sucessfully. I then saved and closed out of Mastercam session. When I opened the same file again, and clicked on Toolpaths->Multiaxis->Curve to start a 3rd toolpath in the same 'Toolpath Group' I got the above warning and was not able to proceed.

 

Any ideas on what causes this error and how to get around it? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

MRB

[HevyMetl]

Make sure to open with your icon that has the path listed as ....mastercam.exe /X5. When you open with the file it doesn't follow the same path. Just off the top of my head as something simple.

[MRB]

Thanks, John. That works.

(btw, I have been opening Mastercam with the proper icon, and doing a File->Merge as a work around the problem)

 

This might also be the answer to other issues I have been having regarding 5-axis toolpaths - I was not able to regenerate the Curve 5-axis toolpath after selecting other Tool Axis Control lines.

 

Thanks,

MRB

[cadcam]

By the way this tells me you are on a Nethasp as this the only time you need to use these options to the Icon start_up.