Mastercam kicks me when I'm down (verify and planes)

[Sbarner]

Hi All,

 

After hours of programming, I find that Mastercam X3 has a mind of it's own. It becomes Skynet. Self-aware and destructive.

 

I saved an stl file to use for verify. I go to verify my second machine group, which uses this stl, and all is well...for a few times. Then, it all of the sudden reverts back to some cylinder that's 2" in diameter aligned in the X axis. That stock verification has never been used in this program. Also, all of the settings that I had checked in Settings --> Configuration for change tool/color and remove chips are gone. I had no crash, no hiccups in my computer.

 

Also, today, first thing, I wanted to change my planes to front view to create some geometry. When I use planes, and click "Front", I get the standard dialog box that I would get if I made a new plane...ya know, define a name, work offset, check boxes for associative, set new origin.

 

Sigh...I am the first to admit that I make mistakes and screw stuff up...but I have no idea where the mistake was made here. I think Mastercam just wanted to kick me when I'm down on Friday after a full day of programming, and give me the finger first thing today. I'd love to get anyone's thoughts on this. Thanks.

[Odell]

As far as the stl. files go...I use them all the time for verify and they never seem to to stay with the file. If I close a file and re-open it...stl. "GONE". It seems to randomly pull one from my system. No fix for it ...that's just the way it is.

[Mike-T]

+1 with stl files not sticking. As far as the Front plane thing, sounds like you have different wcs plane active, at times I'll have to create a plane relative to my current wcs.

[taperlength]

Try saving the stl in the same folder as the mcx file instead of the default stl folder.

[Sbarner]

the planes thing happened because I wasn't in one of the main 6 planes...I was in a plane I had made myself. I switched back to the standard Top view, and then when I clicked Front, all was OK. Thanks for the help.

[gms1]

Saving the stl in the same directory doesn't help either. Its been like this for quite some time.

[Mr. M]

I found that leaving them in the default folder usually works ok for me.