Am I doing something wrong?

[chipman]

I have had mastercam crash on me a several times per day just by clicking the parameters icon in the toolpath manager. Is there something wrong with my setup? Does anyone know how to avoid it?

I find myself clicking save after any change.

I just uninstalled Mcam completely and reinstalled the latest (Mcam MR1 SP1)

and it still does this.

Also why when I click on the parameter icon just to check the a few things and not change anything, when I exit out of the page it is marked dirty. I there something that I am doing wrong.

 

Thanks

Rich

[John13]

I noticed it being dirty as well after clicking on chains in one file, even if I didn't do anything. The part I'm working on now doesn't do that though.

[Mcam Nut]

dont click on the parameters icon

[Guest]

How about a system description?

 

CPU, memory, video card

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I have had this in the past. Haven't seen it for a while though.

It is frustrating. MR2 should be out soon, and hopefully it is better for you.

[chipman]

I have the following:

 

Windows XP professional SP2

Intel dual core @2.13 ghz

2gb RAM

Nvidia Quadro FX 1500

 

Rich

[Guest]

Have you gone into your config

 

 

settings >> config >> screen and make sure that disable front buffer is "Checked"

 

also right click on your desktop

 

Properties >> settings >> advanced >> Quadro Tab >> Performance and quality settings >> and make sure the unified back buffer is off.

 

Also what driver are you running with that card, I am using the 91.85 driver, same card BTW

[chipman]

John,

 

I checked my config and the "Disable Front Buffer" is checked.

The driver my Quadro is using is 9.1.3.6

I chose this driver after reading a few posts on Emastercam.

Before changing anything else should I update my driver, and if so what should I have the "active profile" set at under the application profile in the Quadro Tab

 

Thanks

Rich

[Guest]

I use the Solidworks configuration

 

It has been extremely stable for me

[chipman]

John,

 

Like i said I am using the 9.1.3.6 driver. Earlier I tried to turn the "Unified/Back Depth Buffer" to "Off' but it won't change. I changed my "active Profile" to Solidworks and stll can not turn the "Unified/Back Depth Buffer" off. Do you recommend that I upgrade my driver?

 

Rich

[Guest]

I don't believe it could hurt at this point

[gcode]

quote:

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I changed my "active Profile" to Solidworks and stll can not turn the "Unified/Back Depth Buffer" off.

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You have to set the Profile dropdown to "basic"

or "default" before you can change any of the settings

If you have it set to a factory configured profile

all the settings are greyed out and you can't change them.

Try setting you video performance setting to

"max performance". This can be a big help.

 

setting your mouse profile to "none" can help too

[Colin Gilchrist]

If you select the "solidworks" profile you shouldn't have to worry about turning off the back buffer in the graphics card menu. Just set it to Solidworks, then open Mastercam, Settings, Config, Screen, use the check box here to disable if necessary. FYI, we run with this button unchecked and the profile set to solidworks and Mastercam works flawlessly. That isn't to say it doesn't crash occasionally, but it isn't the graphics card that is causing the problems.

 

HTH,

[chipman]

Colin,

 

I am assuming that you have a Nvidia Quadro card, If so what version driver are you running?

 

 

Rich