Command Line Options For Mastercam

[bhyde]

I am curious to find out if there are any command line options for MasterCam. If so, what are they?

 

Thank you!

[Bullines]

For dealer SIMs, yes.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

You mean like AutoCAD's Command Line? Doesn't exist if that's what you mean.

 

Now, for Net Hasp you can edit the command line to make certain features active like the level of software available or to enable certain features. Say Your comapny buys a level 1 seat and a level 3 seat but only 1 seat of solids. You can meke 1 seat run the solids module and the other not. That's about the only "Command Line" options you have.

 

[ 11-12-2002, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: James Meyette ]

[Bullines]

Also...

 

If you have V9, you can launch Mastercam with a CFG file that you specify as a commmand line argument, regardless of your SIM type.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Ahhhh, yes, the CFG file. I have V9 Setup to launch my cfg file too. Very nice feature especially if you have multiple users sharing a single computer.

 

JM2C

[bhyde]

So, you can launch a cfg file with the shortcut? What I am after is to have the operational defaults for turning coolant on and off on the shortcut for MasterCam. I have thought about doing this for some other items as well, but I need to know if this is going to be feasable to do. If you do this another way let me know. I just wish MasterCam had a global switch on the ops

manager for coolant on and maybe for retaining some other global selections as well! Like maybe remembering feeds and speeds from a previous operation reguardless of the type of operation!

[Roger Peterson]

If you set your feeds and speeds in the tool it will remember each time you call the tool, even if it is based on a material. How about editing common parameters??? That should work for turning your coolant on and off.

[gstephens]

Bill, I think you're looking for the Screen-configure-operation defaults from there you can select all of the toolpaths and pick edit common parameters from the right click-options menu. Coolant should be there.

[bhyde]

Ok, so I have been working with the operational defaults and turning the coolant off. The problem comes in when we have appox. 25 seats of Mcam and a bunch of people that are used to all the cam software they have being totally customizeable. They will snivel about anything if you dont make it almost id10t proof! None of them know anything about the software except how to make a simple toolpath. But they either want the coolant and other parameters on when they start it or just off. They tend to get a little pi$$ed when they have a part taped down and the coolant come and and xxxxs their part. Most of the customizations are pretty petty and sometimes just not worth the time to do it, but as long as

my boss hears the sniveling, I hear from the boss!

[Roger Peterson]

Well, a little training with the mass' sounds like a good idea. having a seperate icon calling up seperate config files which call up seperate operation default libraries... Not so straight forward either. If you instruct them once they have created all their toolpaths to right click and edit common parameters and set them to what they desire I think that is probably as straight forward as you will get.

 

good luck