Config. the start up icon.

[Threept82]

Hi Guys.

I was told that I could set up a couple of start up Master cam icons. I want one for mill and one for lathe. the properties looks like this now C:McamX2mastercam.exe and I want something like

C:McamX2mastercam.exe /lathe or something to that effect. Anyone do anything like that?

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

You can use /M to load the default Mill Machine Definition, and likewise /L to load the default Lathe Machine Definition.

You could also, instead, put the path of a Machine Definition file

 

"C:Mcamx2Mastercam.exe c:mcamx2cnc_machinesmyfavoritemachineDef.mmd"

 

to load a specific machine.

[Guest]

Here are the new options:

/D : No toolpaths at all - Design only

/ME : When running Mill, only use Entry

/M1 : When running Mill, only use Level 1

/M2 : When running Mill, only use Level 2

/M3 : When running Mill, only use Level 3

/LE : When running Lathe, only use Entry

/L1 : When running Lathe, only use Level 1

/RE : When running Router, only use Entry

/R1 : When running Router, only use Router

/R2 : When running Router, only use Router Plus

/R3 : When running Router, only use Router Pro

/WE : When running Wire, only use Entry - 2D with taper, no 4 axis capabilities

/W1 : When running Wire, Level 1 - All functionality

/AE : When running Art, only use Art LT

/A1 : When running Art, only use Art

/noD : Act as if Design is not enabled on the SIM

/noM : Act as if Mill is not enabled on the SIM

/noL : Act as if Lathe is not enabled on the SIM

/noR : Act as if Router is not enabled on the SIM

/noW : Act as if Wire is not enabled on the SIM

/noA : Act as if Art if not enabled in the SIM

/noS : Act as if Solids is not enabled on the SIM

/noX5 : Act as if FiveAxis is not enabled on the SIM

/noV5 : Act as if Verify5Ax is not enabled on the SIM

/noC5 : Act as if Curve5Ax is not enabled on the SIM

/noT : Act as if MultiTasking is not enabled on the SIM

/noMaint : Act as if Maintenance is not enabled on the SIM (Makes Maintenance Release run as a Service Pack, MR1 becomes SP2. If an SP was not created, it will not run at all, MR2 will not work)

/xm : This method exports the Mastercam menu resources to an XML file for translator usage.

/S : On a NetHASP, check out a Solids license at startup

/C5 : On a NetHASP, check out a Curve5Ax license at startup

/V5 : On a NetHASP, check out a Verify5Ax license at startup

/X5 : On a NetHASP, check out a FiveAxis license at startup

/T : On a NetHASP, check out a MATSS license at startup

/H : Use a local HASP (override the NHASPX setting)

/N : Use a NetHASP over the network (override the NHASPX setting)

/NL : Use a NetHASP on the local computer (override the NHASPX setting)

/STU : Student version, for students to buy cheap, will not post, creates EMCX files (Dealers only)

/EDU : ‘New’ Educational version for schools, creates EMCX files (Dealers only)

/I : Act as if the SIM is Industrial (Dealers only)

Examples

C:mcamxmastercam.exe /i /M3 /nox5 /noC5 /nov5 = Industrial with Mill Level 3 and no multiaxis add-on capabilities

C:mcamxmastercam.exe /i /M3 /noD /noL /noR /noW /noA /noS /nox5 /noC5 /nov5 = Industrial with only Mill Level 3 and no multiaxis add-on capabilities

[Henk]

I don't want a default machine, as default i want the selectmenu comming up!

Is that possible?

[Guest]

Yeah, sort of, open MC in design instead and then use machine type tp select you desired machine

[Threept82]

Ok. I have 2 icons for mastercam, 1 for lathe and 1 for mill.

C:McamX2mastercam.exe /M

C:McamX2mastercam.exe /L

both work on opening the mill or lathe package but the default in MC is for lathe and when I open the mill package I have mill3 but the toolbar is for lathe. I tried

C:McamX2mastercam.exe /M configthreept82.mtb

and a few other combos but I can't seem to get it to work.

What I'm looking for is when I open mill for the my mill toolbar to open with it and for lathe for my lathe toolbar to open. Any help would be good.

I'm going Bug-F*%ky.

[Threept82]

Hello... Is anyone home?

[Glenn Bouman]

Rather than using /M or /L, just make a config file for each machine that you want to use on startup. Each config file would specify which product to startup with along with the default machine. Use the MMD file to specify which toolbar state to use with each machine.

 

 

The command line would then look like this.

 

 

C:McamX2mastercam.exe C:McamX2configthreept82.config