graphics view/wcs changing

[Tim Pruett]

Im sick and tired of the graphics view changing whenever I change my machine group. Is there a way to keep this from happening? I would rather have it to where I change the view myself.

 

On another note; my graphics view snaps to a differen't view about half of the time when I use dynamic rotate. Do you think this is a graphics card issue?

[Stan_z]

let me know...I'm in the same boat...PITA.

[crazy^millman]

Happens to me as well on many different computers.

[RaiderX]

wow thought it was something i was doing. this is happening with me as well on several machines.

[Sbarner]

Happens to me as well.

[Thad]

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On another note; my graphics view snaps to a differen't view about half of the time when I use dynamic rotate. Do you think this is a graphics card issue?

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From gcode in 2006...

 

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Open the View Manager and make sure

that

"Update graphics view when WCS changes"

is not checked. (upper right hand corner of

View Manager)

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I don't know why that fixes it, but it did for me.

 

Thad

[Jayson Kramer]

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On another note; my graphics view snaps to a differen't view about half of the time when I use dynamic rotate. Do you think this is a graphics card issue?

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Go to System config, then "Sreen"

Chexk the box for Use'Free' mode in Dynamic Spin

 

And this won't happen anymore.

[Jayson Kramer]

In system Config do you have checked under CAD Settings "Update Cplane and Tplane when Changing Gview"

 

And

"reset Cplane to Top in Iso gview"

I have these by default unchecked for me and don't have this issue. give this a set try for you.

[Tim Pruett]

Jay Kramer,

 

I have my mastercam setup the way you suggested. I tried it a while ago and I didn't have the issue with it snapping to a differen't view after rotating but I still have the issue with it changing the graphics view when changing machine groups. I think its reverting back to last view it was at when that machine group was open. Does that make any sense?

[Tim Pruett]

It's changing the wcs as well as reverting back to the view that was on the screen the last time that machine group was "active". I've tried all of the above recomendations and it still does it. This is driving me nuts.

[Richard Thomas - Mastercam UK]

You can assign a default view/plane to a Machine Definition - maybe that is what's set on one of your machine defs.

 

Settings, Machine Definition Manager - Edit General Machine Parameters; it's an icon at the top next to the Control Def icon. Then look at the tab that says "Cplane" on it (among other things).

 

Check this page for all of your machine defs.

[Tim Pruett]

Rich,

 

I checked each machine group and the default construction plane is set to none.

[chipman]

Tim,

You are If you have mutiple machine groups in your file, your WCS will always match the last WCS assigned to that machine group of where your "red arrow of doom" is.

[chipman]

OOOPS!! had a little typo

 

Tim,

You are correct, If you have mutiple machine groups in your file, your WCS will always match the last WCS assigned to that machine group of where your "red arrow of doom" is.

[Richard Thomas - Mastercam UK]

Yeah that sounds more like the problem here doesn't it. Therefore the answer is "no", there isn't a way of stopping that AFAIK. Best email [email protected] and ask for an option to disable the view/WCS switching.

[Tim Pruett]

The bad part is that I have multiple wcs's setup under each machine group. And sometimes it doesn't switch back to the one I want to use. What a pain the buttocks this is. Why would "they" set mastercam up this way. In my opinion it sucks!!!

[chipman]

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Why would "they" set mastercam up this way. In my opinion it sucks!!!

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That's the only reason why I have the "view manager" in my right mouse button menu.

 

This really annoyed me a few years back, but I got used to always double checking the WCS before moving on.

[Dan@home]

Why would you use more than one WCS for each Machine Group? Unless you are talking about T/C Planes or Views instead.

 

If you post the intire Machine group with multiple WCS's, it will not post correctly.

[Tim Pruett]

As one example, I have multiple electrodes under my "okada" machine group and they have a wcs on each one. I also have in this particular case, a Roeders machine group and it has multiple cavity blocks with a wcs on each one of them. I don't post the whole machine group as one toolpath. Most of the time I post the entire toolpath group.