change level, change colors ICONS question

[Code_Breaker]

In X2, I used the two ICONS for changing a selected item colors, or level. I would click the ICON, select (or pre-select) entitiers, enter, pick new color or level, ok ... those entities would change without changing the main level or primary color.

 

NOW, in X3, these ICONS no longer work in the samy way ... click the ICON and you change the main level or primary color, but cannot select the entities to change.

 

I know I can do this using functions in the status bar on the bottom, but I work back and forth between the X2 (one location) and X3 (another location) and have my toolbar setup identical.

 

Question: Is there a switch I need to turn on? Or is this a change in the function of these ICON?

[Code_Breaker]

two hours and no one been able to answer ... wow, this is a first for me ... usually, get answer right away ....

 

I did searches, but nothing came up on this question ...

 

[Tony35]

what icon are you talking about so i can try it for ya in X3 MU1

[Code_Breaker]

Created my own toolbar in X2 using the two icons change entity color and change entity level from Settings ==> Customize ==> category Screen.

 

edit

Nevermind:

 

Found it when I saw this in X3, the same icons are called Level Manager and Construction color ...

 

fixed it ... thanks for making me explain it, that how it works sometimes, I supposed

[Code_Breaker]

maybe you halp with another question:

 

In v9, you could select geometry to find which tool and/or operation was using it ... how do you do this now?

[Mike-T]

One of the buttons on top of Operations manager.

[rdavidson]

In the operation manager, the wavy line icon (toggle toolpath display on selected operations) located beside the pad lock will highlight the path of the tool. Is this what you are looking for?

[Code_Breaker]

no ... that toggle on and off toolpath just like ALT-T ...

 

 

In v9, you could right click on Toolpath ==> Options ==> Select by Geometry then picked an entity and all the operation using picked geometry will be checked ...

 

HTH

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Right click in Op Mgr

Select -> "Select..."

And on the dialog that appears, Geometry is the default mode. Click the Select (arrow) button, select the geometry and hit enter.

[Code_Breaker]

I've tried that three of four time ... but once again, Murphy Law comes into play, and this time it worked ...

 

Somehow, certain things work better when you look like an idiot and someone says, "Is it plugged in?"

 

Thanks

[Thad]

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In v9, you could right click on Toolpath ==> Options ==> Select by Geometry then picked an entity and all the operation using picked geometry will be checked ...

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Analyze Database will do this. Add it to your Analyze toolbar and you're in.

 

Thad

[Code_Breaker]

kool ... I like that ... thanks

[Colin Gilchrist]

Code Breaker,

 

Use the "Select" function like Roger mentioned.

 

Right-Click in the white space in your operations manager and choose the menu item that says "select".

 

This will bring up a dialog box with different selection options.

 

The option you want is at the top of the dialog box, it is the "geometry" selection arrow.

 

Press the arrow button and you will be returned to the graphics window. Now select the geometry you want to query and press "End selection".

 

Now say you selected one surface and pressed 'End Selection'.

 

Now in the bottom of the "Select" dialog box, it will say something like "2 operations found".

 

When you press the "Ok" button to close the dialog box, Mastercam will select the operations in the list that are associated to the geometry you picked with the 'Select' geometry button.

 

So say you had 30 operations in your list. You run the 'Select' function from the ops manager and it reports that there are "3 operations found". Now you press the "Ok" button, then look back at the levels manager. You notice that operation number 3, number 8, and number 15 have a green check mark on them. They are "selected" in the ops manager.

 

That is the way the "Select" function works now and it gives you the V9 functionality of "Select by geometry", plus a host of other "Select by" options...

 

HTH,