Mill9.exe crashing....

[Stigurson Martensen]

Goodmorning,

 

Sorry for posting questions about such an old version of mastercam.

 

Mastercam V9.1MR0105, fresh install.

Windows XP SP3, fresh install, latest updates

 

Whenever I attempt to load a .MC9 file from our server, Mill9.exe (actually Lathe9.exe will aswell) will crash. If I copy the .MC9 file locally, it loads without a problem ... most of the time. Occasionally it will crash when loading from a locally sourced file.

 

Occasionally, when creating a new file and saving the new file, it will crash when I attempt to do something as benign as selecting a tool.

 

IF I open the file in X2, resave it as a .MC9 file, I can then open the file in MC9, and do whatever I want with it, without Mill9.exe going south on me.

 

I can open ANY of my files using X2 without issue.

 

Do you suppose there has been a mass corruption of all the MC9 files? Ever heard of that happening before? Any thoughts?

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Stig.

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

Sounds like a latency issue with the server. It's usually best to have them local to work on them anyway, in my opinion.

It sounds like you are trying to runn off the server. Sounds scary to me.

JM2C

[Mike Gates from Barefoot CNC]

You might try this. Start/programs/Mastercam 9/CNCreg. Select either Mastercam or standard windows style file get dialog (the one not picked currently).

 

If that doesn't do it. Might also try right clicking the icon, properties, compatibility, set it to 95, 98, or 2000 and try that.

[Stigurson Martensen]

Thanks Todd and Mike,

 

We aren't running mastercam from an application server, only MC files them selves are stored on a samba share (Samba running as a primary domain controller ...) We are implementing Subversion later this month which will use the server as a repository only, while keep version controlled copies on the client side.

 

Thanks Mike. I gave those two options a try, but still the same issue. Its very perplexing, but with subversion installed, Todds suggestion of running the files locally may solve most of the issues.

 

Thanks for the input.

 

Stig.

[bigjohn]

Did you install V9 after X2 was installed? I've heard you must install the older versions first and latest after for them work properly.

 

John

 

 

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[bigjohn]

Sorry. Duplicated post.

 

John

 

 

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[Brad St.]

Stig, we are currently trying to implement pdm works from Solidworks and are running into almost the same situation. I haven't personally seen the setup yet but my co-worker is running into the issue of the cached file being brought out of pdmworks when trying to open crashes. X2 and X3 are giving the same results. Now if you copy the cached file to your local system everything works fine I'm told. Currently Cnc software is supposed to be working on this with our reseller. I'll post more if we find out something that may be similar to your situation also.

[Stigurson Martensen]

Goodmoring,

 

Hi Bigjohn, we did an incremental upgrade v9 + all SPs, and X, then X2. It was a long morning.

 

Bradst, thanks for the heads up. We do have a seat of PDMworks for our CAD jockey ... maybe I should do a little experimenting with it and see if I can cause the same problem.

 

Thanks for all your help.

 

Stig.

[bigjohn]

I think I read in this forum that WXP SP3 conflicts with M'cam.

 

I know how frustrating it is. I'm sorry I cannot help.

 

 

John

 

 

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[ 09-11-2008, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: bigjohn ]

[Stigurson Martensen]

No problem John, I really appreciate everyones help. Everytime micro$oft releases something new, you are almost guaranteed something else will cease to work.