X3 copy between levels

[KalCam]

Wow! it works or was this fixed already? no matter. Now you dont have to use to x-form work around.

[Colin Gilchrist]

KalCam,

 

Copy between levels has worked just fine since X2 came out. It even worked in plain old X...

 

What issue have you been having?

 

I just select whatever geometry I want, Right-Click on the word "Leve" in the status bar, make my changes in the "Change levels" dialog box and Mastercam moves or copies my geometry to a new level.

[KalCam]

Hi Colin,

Seems like it would work off and on in the past and I just quit using it my workflow. Did a search and other users claimed it was buggy. Could be all good now.

[KalCam]

Ok, simple test.

 

X-form translate a solid a distance, then try to copy it to another level, not working. Close and reopen MC copy level works fine.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Kalcam,

 

I just tried what you described,

 

Created a rectangle, solid extrude --> great we've got a solid.

 

Xform - Translate - set to Move, move block 5" in X.

 

Select solid, Right-click on levels, set to "copy" to level 10 (just picked level 10 at random).

 

Check the levels manager and I've got 5 entities on level 1 and 5 on level 10.

 

Tried the same proceedure, but copied the block on Xform and then took the solid and did a "copy" to level 30. This left me with 10 entities on level 1, and 5 on level 30.

 

This means that Mastercam is moving or copying the wireframe and solid to a new level.

 

It behaves the same for me in X2 MR1 SP1 and X3...

 

What difference are you seeing? I'm guessing you are just missing something in the steps you are doing...

[KalCam]

Copy works fine until a x-form is done, then only move works using the exact same steps, anyway thanks for checking out.

 

What really bugs me is the use of ref. points with 5 axis curve and drill, pretty much useless but that should be another topic.