settings

[Paul Felger]

I am using X2 MR2 SP1, is there a way to share a seat of MC and have our own personal settings.

 

Thanks

[Guest]

create a new config files for the different users

 

then a couple of short cuts on your desktop.

 

In the properties of the short cut it should look like this

 

C:McamX2-MR2Mastercam.exe "jmp.config"

 

each different config on a different short will launch that config up start up

[Guest]

yes, you can customize your tool bar and save it under a different name and when you need it just select that toolbar state.

[Paul Felger]

what about just puting separate icons on the windows screen

[Guest]

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what about just puting separate icons on the windows screen

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If you mean the desktop, yes that's what I suggested.

[Robert Critelli]

Buy another seat, I hate sharing at work

[Paul Felger]

Thanks JParis, yes thats what I ment.

[Paul Felger]

Robert,

I have only worked at this company for about six months, we have 10 lathes in the turning dept. and three operators, the other two use MC9 and I am the only one tht uses X2 on the same computer.

Boss told me that he was going to get another seat of X2 and a new computer which is fine but I dont want my settings messed with. So puting two icons on the desktop should work fine.

I have been trying to train these guys on X2 but they like MC9, it would have made it easier for them to learn slow instead of being forced all of a suddon. Either way they should like it a lot better after a while.

[Paul Felger]

I dont know MC9 very well, I have only been programming for about a year on X and X2, has anyone gone from 9 to X2?

[Thad]

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has anyone gone from 9 to X2?

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I haven't, but going from V9 to X2 isn't much different that going from V9 to X. From V9 to X is where the big jump is.

 

Thad

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

I went from V9 to X2. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. This forum makes the switch over quick and painless.

[Paul Felger]

I have shown them several things on X2 and also the forum, but still they go back to v9. I am on the forum everyday and have learned a lot.

 

I am on lathe the most at work but practice mill at home, I think I would like mill a lot better, not much 3d on lathe.

[Dave Ball]

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In the properties of the short cut it should look like this

 

C:McamX2-MR2Mastercam.exe "jmp.config"

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wouldn't it be c:mcamxmastercam.exe "jmp.config" unless X was still on the PC when X2 was installed? Not trying to be picky John just trying to help

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

In my opinion anyone who uses X or X2 for any extended period of time has to see the advantages over V9. It is far superior and the longer I use it the more advantages I find. I went back to an old V9 file today that someone else had programmed. I started looking at the file to determine what tool did what and it was such a pain. I updated the file to MCX2MR2 and it was so much easier to figure out what was going on. I used the "show only associated geometry" feature to help me seperate geometry onto different levels, I could verify right off a solid instead of having to create an STL file, and I used some of the extra select options in the operations manager such as by tool number, and by tool type, so I didn't have to hunt through the entire operations list to find certain tools. It just makes everything so much faster and easier. In time the guys you work with will come around they just need to get out of their V9 comfort zone.

[Robert Critelli]

It is hard to teach the old dogs new tricks, not that they cant learn but some people just fear change,if it work dont fix kind of guys, not me I always want the newest thing out there. I learned on X and I love X2 and cant wait for X3 and so on. i guess some companies dont opt for the maint. contract but I do give me more. I must say I love Mastercam since I opened the box. It has been challenging and frustrating but people here in the forum have been great

[Herman Niekamp]

I didn't see a great deal of difference going from 9 to X...I saw the biggest growth from 7/8 to 9.

The major thing for me was needing to use the newer icons and using the mill got those in my head. I needed the big icons for a long time while learning the X style Bars. That graphical difference shouldn't hurt too bad if they can learn to find their old commands. Right clicking in the Manager area can give them the named commands if they don't like using the icons for Ops.

[Jamie Betz from InterTech Supplies]

We have a lot of guys here also that won't make the switch to X2 or X, they insist V9 was the best version. I have tried many times to show them the advantages of the "X" versions but they just argue with me how bad of a switch it was, so I just tell them if they want to do things faster and easier to call me.

[Herman Niekamp]

To be fair there is some real regime change in the the approach. Going to iconic menus after so many years of talking MasterCam Left Menu terms is quite a shift in a machinists mind. The settings for each tool are usually in need of some tweeking and the lag in learning can be daunting. I find I am not that much more efficient in the X. Maybe its just me though. I'm not going back, but sometimes the good old days of simple look pretty good.

[Dan@clover]

If those old dogs don't want to learn new tricks, It's time for some puppies...

I had two guys that wouldn't change, so I removed V9 and guess what. They found X2 so much easier, and won't go back to V9. Change is good.