inventor direct

[malibu]

hi all,

how can I get inventor direct add in to work in mr1?

( previous install worked fine. mastercam showed on inventor under tools )

installing inventor direct for mr1 gives me no add in.

 

thanks

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

xgioser,

 

First, in Inventor, go to Tools/Addins. Is MastercamDirect there? Is it listed as "Startup/Loaded"? If not, select MastercamDirect and check those boxes at the bottom of the addins dialog

 

If its not even listed, shut down Inventor, open a DOS-window, and then type the following...

 

cd mcamx2_mr1direct

regsvr32 MCInventorAddin.Dll

 

...that will register the .DLL for you and that should be all you need. Now restart Inventor and look in Tools/Addins.

[malibu]

hi Pete,

done that and no luck.

( it registered fine)

but it does not show as addin.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Are you saying that it doesn't even show up in the list in Tools/Addins?

What version of Inventor are you running?

What versions of Mastercam are installed on that computer?

 

I would recommend doing an Install 'Repair' of X2 MR1. Technically there's no need to even run the MCDirect for Inventor Install, since it does get installed with Mastercam itself.

[Jeremy Haage from MCAM NorthWest]

I just ran the new Mastercam Direct for Inventor (X2 MR1) for a customer and experienced the same thing. I uninstalled the previous MC Direct before I installed the new one. The install goes through (rather quickly it seemed) without any problem, but once we open up Inventor there's no Mastercam Direct listed in the Addins. I haven't tried the procedure for registering the file yet, I'll give that a shot.

 

Oh and this was with Inventor 11.

[malibu]

inventor 11

&

x2 mr1

 

and yes it does not show at all.

it was there before installing mr1(was good with x2 sp1)

I will try a repair.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Maybe its related to our updating to support the upcoming Inventor 2008...

Let me check around. If there's a fix, we can post it somewhere for you.

[malibu]

thanks

[ducati]

I am running MasterCam X2 mr1 and Inventor 11 Pro. Please send me the information also,

I am trying to some simple 1/2 external pipe threads left handed in mastercam and getting no where fast and yes I did say 1/2 inch pipe threads external Left Handed. The only ones I have seen in 34 years of machine work. I dont think the example will be in my basic class for MasterCam coming up next month.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

We found the problem - it is indeed due to the changes we made to support Inventor 2008.

I've placed the necessary .DLL and a 'readme' file containing instructions on the forum FTP site in the Mastercam_forumInventorDirect_X2MR1 folder.

[malibu]

great !

 

thanks

[malibu]

Hi Pete,

it registered correct,shows loaded in inventor but no mastercam addin selection available.

[malibu]

sorry Pete,

I was looking in the old area .

now it is in the toolbar area.

and it works !!

thanks