NCI EXTENSION

[Gene Newman]

I don't know what I did, but now when I go to change the nci from operations manager I get a .ops extension instead of a .nci.

My only options are .ops or all files.

 

Can anyone help me get this corrected?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

What version of MC are you running (Mill v9.0SP1, or ?)

What version of MS Windows are you running ?

 

I'm I correct in that you are referring to ->

Right-click on operation(s) in Op. Manager, Options, Change NCI destination....

and the "Save as type:" selections on the "Select output NCI file" dialog

are only "???? what is the text here ??? (*.OPS)" and "All files (*.*)

 

When you actually post process your toolpaths (from the Op. Manager),

check the "Save NC file" and the "Ask" options. What is the extension on the

file that MC is going to create after you click OK to initiate the post processing?

[Gene Newman]

Thanks for responding.

I'm using v9.osp1 and xp for windows.

You are correct, it is when I want to change nci path, but also this is what first comes out with when I define a cut.

What I get when changing is:

Unknown File (*.ops) or

All Files (*.*)

When it posts I do get a .nc file, but with extension .ops for nci I cannot post. I must change to .nci.

This just happened last night when I was messing around with different setup sheets. My previous program are correct.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

The only way I could make this "*.OPS" happen, was to edit the MILL9.CFG file. This is not something that would get changed thru the Screen, Configuration dialog.

 

Load your active .CFG (probably MIll9.CFG) into a text editor and check this line ->

 

503. Toolpath (NCI) extension? .nci

[Gene Newman]

I checked the cfg file and it has .nci correctly.

 

Could this be a windows problem?

Should I try to re-install my mastercam program?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Hmmm....

Maybe this will give us some info. to work from.

Shutdowm MC, move ALL of the *.CFG files from your MCAM9 folder into some other folder for safe keeping. Make sure that there are no .CFG files left in the MCAM9 folder and startup MC.

Does the problem still exist?

Shutdown MC and copy your .CFG files back into the MCAM9 folder, Start MC, what happens now?

[Gene Newman]

When I removed cfg files and re-loaded, it worked just fine. Then I went back to old cfg file and line 503 was .ops. I must of looked at mill9m.cfg which has .nci.

This seems to have done the trick.

 

Thank you so much for helping me find the problem. Somehow I must of changed the cfg file. I have now re-screen configed to where I was and am running smooth again.

 

Thanks again,

Gene