Suggestion for future releases

[Ocean Lacky™]

i figure....you're gonna ask, ask for something BIG!

 

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Ocean,

 

Save an EIA file. Rigth click on it and select 'open with'. Choose the MC editor and select the check box 'always use this program'.

This is the best you will get for now.

[Cuda84]

How about a way to activate the levels without closeing the level manager. So you can see if it's the right one before you close the manager.

[3R!< W3NG3R]

wouldn't it be nice to be able to select your main level from the status bar? What is the drop down button beside the levels button for anyway?

 

Also, it would be nice to have a finish speed and feed for contour toolpaths like in pocket.

[Mcam Nut]

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Also, it would be nice to have a finish speed and feed for contour toolpaths like in pocket.

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This would also be nice to have on the finish z depth of a pocket

[PeterM]

How about boring bars and center drills in the tool librarys for mill that are correct, and how about double angle cutters to be able to back chamfer and front chamfer with the same tool.

[FP1]

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I'd also like to see the Mastercam Editor recognize .EIA as a file extension.

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Tools Tab/Options/Editor Tab/ and look for "extensions to recognize as NC code", here you can key in other extensions and also set as a defalult if you wish. Is this what you are looking for?

[FP1]

Sorry, didn't see page 2

[MIKE_B]

I'd like to be able to pick a pc of geometry and have to operation expand or highlight in some manner. This would be a great addition for long programs

[Cuda84]

Yes, some way to identify an operation from the grafics screen. Would help a great deal when you have 150 + operations. (Toolpath labels) or (Select toolpath = highlight operation)

[Guest]

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Yes, some way to identify an operation from the grafics screen

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Have you tried right click on the OP manager Display options. Operation comments, if you add comments they will show in the op manager.

[Gecko]

I'd settle for being able to pick and entry point on a normal pocket toolpath

[Guest]

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I'd settle for being able to pick and entry point on a normal pocket toolpath

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You can.

 

Chain the point first, do not use any other entry method, ramp or helix.

[Guest]

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I'd like to be able to pick a pc of geometry and have to operation expand or highlight in some manner. This would be a great addition for long programs

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as far as highlighting,cant you do this already in the op. manager by toggleing on the only dispay selected operations if i understand you correctly.

[Gecko]

John

I should have clarified better, i meant being able to pick a point inside the pocket such as a hole drilled in an earlier operation.

[MIKE_B]

John

 

I use comments for almost every toolpath I do just for this purpose. I just fished a part with 225 operations and it takes some time just to search through my comments. I'm thinking I might try typing them in English next time....

[Cuda84]

John

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Have you tried right click on the OP manager Display options. Operation comments, if you add comments they will show in the op manager.

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I am not following.

 

I would like to be able to pick an operation on the screen and have the operation on the ops. manager highlight.

[wildcat99]

I use comments on every toolpath also. Don't know if it's a bug or not, but when I click twice on an operation to change the comments all I get is the dull yellow highlight box and it won't let you change the text.

 

It only works if I stretch the toolpath manager window or move the slider at the bottom to where you can see the end of the comments.

[wildcat99]

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I would like to be able to pick an operation on the screen and have the operation on the ops. manager highlight.

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Not exactly what you're after, but you can right-click in the toolpath manager, Display Options and check the boxes under Highlight Geometry.

 

Then you can click on an operation and it will highlight all the geometry used in that toolpath whatever color you choose. HTH

[Roger Peterson]

Quite a few of these requests you can already do, and for the most part have been able to do for years and years. I'm pointing this out to ask if people have searched the help files? If you have and it does not point you in the right direction we need to send this in to CNC Software so the help files can be modified a little.

 

 

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I'd like to be able to pick a pc of geometry and have to operation expand or highlight in some manner. This would be a great addition for long programs

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this exact thing is possible, as are several other options for corrolating geometry to operations. Right click - select - geometry.

 

 

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wouldn't it be nice to be able to select your main level from the status bar? What is the drop down button beside the levels button for anyway?

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you can enter the main level # in the status bar, just type the # in. the drop down is the recently used levels.

 

 

jdowe, quite a few of yours are already available, like saving a nest so you can access it again, etc...

 

[ 12-19-2006, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: Roger Peterson ]

[Roger Peterson]

Oh, on the editor recognizing other extensions. Enter ALL the extensiions you want to read in as nc files in tools options. Then in the file open dialog you will have a file type of "custom files" that will list nc, eia, iso, cod, etc... all at once.

 

 

HTH

[Cuda84]

Wildcat99

 

I don't think anyone understands what I want.

 

150 operations visable on the screen, you see one that dose not look right. How do you determine which operation, in the ops. manager is the one you want to change?

 

Currently I have to turn off all toolpaths. Highlight 10 at a time and turn them on, until the one I am looking for turns on. Then I have to sort thru the 10 operations to find the one I want.

 

There should be an easier way. If anyone knows please explain. So far I have not heard anything useful.

[Ocean Lacky™]

ok.....here's one...

 

Offset passes on Surface/rough, surface/finsh contours, and waterline cuts.

[Span]

Cuda84

 

Click on the only display selected toolpaths button.

select first op only.

use the arrow key to step through all your ops until the one you want shows.

 

 

I'd like to have change NC filename, change program number, renumber tools and renumber tool offsets all in one dialog box so they can all be changed at once

[wildcat99]

I understand exactly what you want and it's not available as far as I know. This was close, so I threw it out there. Sorry it wasn't useful.