Toolpath display on regen op

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

The other programmer in our shop is finally starting to make use of our other mastercam seat, but when he initially set it up, he must have changed some settings. When I run a toolpath with my configuration it just quickly draws the toolpath in. On his configuration file, it slowly goes around the whole profile showing the diameter of the tool. This has to be a setting somewhere that we are just overlooking, but I can't seem to find out how to change it. Any help would be appreciated

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

Oh I guess I should have metioned that the setting he wants is the one that doesn't show the tool diameter going around the profile.

[Keith Graydon]

Jeremy,

look in the backplot menu tree. change the setting in the [display ] option, That choice brings up the Backplot Display Parameter dialog.

 

HTH

-KLG

[TREV]

hello jeremyg,

it sounds like you are refering to backplot settings. when you choose backplot toggle off the show tool option. also you will find the settings in the config set up under tool display.

hth

trevor

[P_Scott]

JeremyG,

 

I believe what you are referring to is the Tool Display settings found on the Tool Parameters page of the operation. If you open this button up it will have a couple of switches in it. What is probably happening is his switches are set to Step instead of Run and he may also have Interpolate instead of Endpoints selected. What this does is Step through the toolpath at the interpolation distance value, showing the diameter of the tool for each step. This can be stopped by changing the settings back to "Run" and "Endpoints". Or read the prompt and it will tell you to hit the ESC key to just make the toolpath.

This can also be changed in the Configuration by selecting Screen-Configure-NC Settings. The Tool Display button is at the bottom of this tab. HTH

 

[ 04-01-2003, 10:11 AM: Message edited by: Peter Scott ]

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

All of our settings between the two computers are exaclty the same on the Backplot, Display page. Any other ideas? Its not when its backploting, its after the initial creation of the toolpath, when it first lays it in, and believe me, the current state of his takes so long its unbearable.

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

Thanks, I think thats going to fix it. And it was right there the whole time

[Jeremy Grigsby Excelsior Marking]

Well we figured out that there was a run delay value of .1 intead of 0.0 That's what made it run reallllllllyyyyy slow. Its all fixed now. Thanks for everyone's help

[P_Scott]

JeremyG,

 

Glad we could help out. That's what this forum is all about.