project to a surface

[Tim Pruett]

I did a search on this and couldn't find anything. Has anyone found a work around for this? I can't get it to work. Thanks

[Mr. M]

What are you trying to do?

[Guest]

Tim,

 

What won't work?

 

I do this somewhat regularly and have not had a issue.

[Tim Pruett]

I can't get lines to project to a surface. If I shut down and restart it works fine. I triple check the construction plane and it's correct. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas?

[Guest]

care to send your file along?

[Tim Pruett]

It's working fine now. But after a while it quits working. Then I shut down and restart and it'll work fine again.

 

[ 04-24-2008, 03:18 PM: Message edited by: Tim Pruett ]

[Thee Rickster ™]

Do you have the X2 Sp1 update

 

If your on MR1 or Mr2 there are SP's for those also

 

I recall some things in X2 that did that but went away after the SP updates

 

HTH

[Tim Pruett]

I'm running X2 MR1 SP1. I have X2 MR2 but I don't use it because the tool bars mess up every time I minimize. I was just hoping that someone had already found a fix for the project problem or maybe tell me what I was doing wrong.

[Thee Rickster ™]

install The MR2 Sp1 to see if that clears up your tool bar issue and maybe the surface project problem isnt an issue in MR2. So far Mr2 is super stable for me.

 

i have not had that surf project problem in MR2

 

(I skipped Mr1)

 

 

Rick

[Tim Pruett]

I didn't know there was another update already. Man them guys are fast. Thanks for the info Rickster. Maybe that'll clear up a few things.

[Tim Pruett]

Well, that took care of the toolbar problems. Hopefully that'll fix the project to surface problem as well. I really appreciate the help guys.

[Tim Pruett]

Man, I just noticed I broke 300 posts.

[Midwest]

Tim, I have had trouble with this B4.

 

 

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Has anyone found a work around for this?

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I have drawn a box all the way around the part and try projecting from all the different angles. After a while and a few choice words I get something to work.

 

 

 

Don't remember having troule with this in 9 or 8.........

 

 

Hey you have 306 posts now...............

 

 

[Thee Rickster ™]

I thought that toolbar fix was in SP1

 

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Man, I just noticed I broke 300 posts.

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Thats a lot of broken posts!

 

Lemme know if ya need a hand repairing them

 

rick

[Thad]

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Man, I just noticed I broke 300 posts.

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Then quit spending so much time on the forum and get back to work!

 

 

BTW, there has been a fix for the toolbars for quite some time now.

 

Thad

[Dan Schnars]

Tim,

 

I have had a lot of issues with this... What I have found works most of the time is to get the geometry you are trying to project fairly close to the top of the surface you are trying to project it on to... and make sure the "normal" box is checked vs "view" in the surface projection options... Hope this helps...

[Hardmill]

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Man, I just noticed I broke 300 posts.

 

Then quit spending so much time on the forum and get back to work!

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Some ppl, sheesh how do you get anything done

 

 

PEACE

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I have had this problem too. Only certain files though. My work around was to get someone on this forum to do it for me

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Tim,

 

I have that issue in X2MR2 SP1 once in a while also. I either run Ram Saver or exit and re-open like you.

 

Mike

[RandyN]

I have had this same problem since X came out. Project to surface may or may not work at any given time, with a "projection not found". Then I exit MC and restart it, reload trhe file and it works for awhile again.

 

I have posted about it a few times, and usually most people haven't had issues with it, so I don't expect it to be fixed any time soon...

[Tim Pruett]

O.K. , I updated mastercam to mr2 sp1 and I'm still having problems projecting entities to a surface.

Here's a controversial issue: I don't use the wcs. I just change my construction plane. Like if I want to project a line onto the front of my part, I change to the front construction plane, pick the entity and project it to the surface. But this doesn't always work. My questions are, isn't this the way it's supposed to work, and are the rest of you who are having this problem using the wcs,

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

"...Like if I want to project a line onto the front of my part, I change to the front construction plane..."

 

Make sure the projection method is set to 'View' if you want to project in a certain direction.

 

'Normal' is really only for the case where your curve(s) is/are close to your surface(s) and you want to snap them onto it - and there's a 'maximum distance' control in that method only.

[Tim Pruett]

I've tried "view", "normal", moving the geometry close to the surface, and ram saver, but the only thing that'll make it work is to shut down mastercam and turn it back on.

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Tim,

 

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but the only thing that'll make it work is to shut down mastercam and turn it back on

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Yea, ramsaver does not always work. I also shut down and restart most of the time.(I have a bad memory somtimes.)

 

Mike

[kkominiarek]

can someone plz explain to me why project onto a surface will not work properly.

 

i have the same issues everyone else has.....why would something as basic as "project" not be fixed?

 

i've found mcam x2 mr2 sp1 to be very unstable.

 

all i want to do is "project"......a 2 minute operation turns into a 1 hr PIA...

 

i don't understand????....2 steps fwd 1 back