MCX 3 back to MCX 2

[pip]

How do you save back to mcx 2 from version 3.

Our post procesor doesn't work in MCX3, it has to be updated by camiaix first, but now we can't open any files that have been edited or written in MCX 3.

[pip]

Sorry folks, found it under save options, but all my toolpathing is gone. Oh well, here we go again..

[ToolMan184]

Yup, saving back a version will only save geometry.

[rdshear]

That's one thing I have never understood. Why don't they save toolpaths as well if none of the "new version" features were used. I can't imagine it would be that difficult to do and if a new toolpath that wasn't backward compatable had been programmed a msgbox would popup saying so. Oh well, I'm sure they have much more important things to worry about.

[Chris Bell CNC Software]

rdshear - It has to do with database maintenance within Mastercam. The geometry can simply be converted, the toolpaths cannot. We make database changes every major release (V9 ---> X ---> X2 ---> X3) to increase product stability and calculation speed, amongst other things. This is the rough side effect of it. The data just is not the same.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[rdshear]

Don't take me wrong. There's only been a couple of time's it would have REALLY come in handy so it's not a major inconvenience. I just always wondered why. I never really gave it a lot of thought. Thanks for giving us the insight though as to the reasoning behind it.