X4 MU1 Verify

[Jim at Gentex]

Just installed MU1 here.

So far, so good.

 

Verify looks normal.

 

However, verify still crashes for me on large multiaxis toolpaths. I have the quality setting turned down as low as it goes. The toolpath will run, but when it gets to the end and I try to save the stl file I get the 'fatal error' message and the stl won't save.

 

This also happened to me in X4 pre MU1, but I thought that was going to be fixed. Sorry I can't post an example because of proprietary issues.

 

Has anyone else experienced these verify crashes?

[Thee Rickster ™]

Yes Jim, so far only once,

it crashes on complex 3-d files over

300 meg, I just opened up and older X2 file saved it

as X4. I then closed it and re-opened it, that seems to help sometimes but not this time.

 

(No biggy I will just use X2 for the EC's.)

I know that issue was addressed for X2 and was missed in X3 also.

 

Luckily I have been getting smaller jobs lately.

 

I am starting a new job in a few days that should

the 400 meg mark. I will beta it in X$ for them.

[Code_Breaker]

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Has anyone else experienced these verify crashes?

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I do ... very annoying ... but I don't rely on it ... use Vericut instead ...

 

When I create the file in X4 MU1, I don't have the problem of "black" in verify (so far) ... but if created in X2 or X3, then every time, large or small, the front faces are black ...

 

[peon]

Like Rickster said. I get the crashes often on the larger files. I don't have Vericut and prolly won't anytime soon. This Verify utility need to be fixed!

[The_Evil_Machinist]

Ok, my verify just crashed

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CNC Software, hurry up and buy vericut already!!

[Thee Rickster ™]

So much for the mac ...eh Evil

 

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but I don't rely on it ... use Vericut instead

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Cannot afford to replace part of my MC software with

new 'different software because MC survives on an

old dos kernel. I have never used a software to

date, that the verify is so messed up.

 

I had a part verify with a feed gouge.

Can not see it in back plot???

I showed this to My reseller, but it WAS prior to MU1 release.

 

Too much 3rd party software, IMO.

[peon]

It would be nice if it would function as intended and with some speed. I love the interface, the way it automatically sets up the cutters and checks the holders, the color coding for comparing an .stl is wonderful, but I'm often plagued with crashing (when using an .stl that was created in MCX4 as stock) or the inability to save an .stl file on large files. Sometimes it can't even complete verifying on a large model. If I have multiple setups, I can't turbo verify in other planes but the top plane. That plain stinks!

[Thee Rickster ™]

I also like the way it is supposed to work.

[The_Evil_Machinist]

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So much for the mac ...eh Evil [Wink] [big Grin]

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Hey I never said it's impossible to crash a mac. Just hard to. I have and it was glorious.

[X-L Engineering Corp]

Still in the dark no fix yet?

[Corky Brown]

Installed the latest NVidia drivers - verify now works.

HP Laptop - 8170w XP SP3 4GB RAM. Dual Display.

Here is the NVidia number -186.81_notebook_winxp_32bit_international_whql.exe

Turned Hardware Acceleration back on and it still works.

[Bruce Caulley]

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I also like the way it is supposed to work.

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Bruce

[beej]

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Still in the dark no fix yet?

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I think they're getting close to having it figured out.

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

I have had this problem since MU1 PC2 came out. I had no issues with PC1 (beta) then I all my verify stuff went black.

 

IT's upgraded my video drivers this morning to no avail. That was an ATI FireGL v5100 (128mb ram!). So, they swapped it out for an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800 (768mb ram =] ) and my verify is perfect again.

 

I know this was an expensive way to fix somethign that IMHO shouldnt have glitched to start with, but! it did fix it. And that makes me happy.

 

Version is 6.14.0011.8208 for my video drivers, btw.

 

Just thot I would let you all know.

[Chris Bell CNC Software]

Hi guys,

 

We have a fix! Go to Mastercam.com to download it. Below are the installation instructions:

 

1) Download the file mcverify-fix.zip from the above link.

2) Open your Mastercam X4 MU1 installation directory.

3) Close X4 MU1 if it is open.

4) Rename “MCVerify.dll”. This will prevent the file from being overwritten by the new *.dll.

5) Extract mcverify-fix.zip into the root of your X4 MU1 installation.

 

I'd like to sincerely thank all of you for your help with this issue. The graphics card and driver information helped us track down the problem. I would also like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If there are any problems, please respond here or send an email to [email protected].

 

Thanks again.

[[email protected]]

wooohooo

Thanx

[Dave.L]

If one has not yet made the upgrade to MU1, is there a new MU1 download on the masterCAM site so we can avoid this step?

[Code_Breaker]

yeah God ... and Chris Bell ...

[peon]

Did the trick here Chris. Thank YOU!!!

[Scott Lundin Shopware Inc.]

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If one has not yet made the upgrade to MU1, is there a new MU1 download on the masterCAM site so we can avoid this step?

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No. Read this link

 

edit: oops, sorry not that link. I read in one of my emails from Chris that it was just going to be replacing the file as he mentioned. No new MU (for now).

[Scott Lundin Shopware Inc.]

BTW, this new dll has fixed the blackout problem with my ATI cards in our classroom that I mentioned in an earlier post.

[Leigh @ Kodiak]

Is there any reason we should do this if we are not having the verify problem?

[gcode]

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Is there any reason we should do this if we are not having the verify problem?

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I email QC and asked this question.

I also posted it on the beta forum.

when I get an answer, I'll post it here.

For now, my machines are running fine.. so I'm

not going to install the patch.

[Chris Bell CNC Software]

If you're not experiencing the problem, then you don't have to change the *.dll. Just know that it will likely be the official Verify *.dll in the next release (unless we make other Verify changes).

 

I'm glad to hear that it is working.

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

Well it fixed the darkness problem I was having but no dice for the Lathe to milling Problem I was having. Hope we see a fix for that soon, but thanks for this fix it did solve the darkness problem I was having.