Mastercam "Notepad" project

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

Notepad only works in X2mr2 and X3

[Guest SAIPEM]

Ernie,

 

FWIW, I was able to use Notepad on X2 by renaming 2VScene.ft and HoleAxis.ft

to 2VScene.ft.bak and HoleAxis.ft.bak to supress the errors at startup.

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

Cool

[Thee Rickster ™]

Ernie,

 

It installed no problem and I luv it.

 

JParis' idea on file specific is interesting.

 

BTW

How is the hole axis used?

 

Many thanks,

Rick

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hole axis works on surfaces and generates a "centerline" down the center of a cylindrical surface. It is great for creating vector lines for 5 axis drilling. I'm not sure if it works on solids or not.

[Thee Rickster ™]

I have been using the note pad and closed my file.

i opened it later and all the note were still there.

 

This is excelent for remembering multiple tranforms

when positioning a model.

 

I used to use a layer and type notes in there.

 

Ernie, u da man.

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

Ernie, I got the Verisurf menu fine.

 

Colin, holeaxis works for solids but sometimes it can be a little hard to select the cylinder.

 

Rickster, the notes in the notepad are not file specific. The note is saved and displayed even if you don't have a mcx open. So your layers idea may still be the best for specific file notes. See JP's request above.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Thanks Steve, I have only used in 1 file so far.

I will keep that in mind.

 

Rick

[Glenn Bouman]

Would it be easier just to use File, Properties/Descriptor or create a separate Toolpath Group and use the Manual entry Toolpath to attach notes to a MCX file?

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

If you guys would like we can make another one called "Part Notes" with a blue icon that saves the text in the MCX file.

 

We already made it do smaller minimum size.

 

Ernie

[Guest]

Ernie,

 

I personally think "Part notes" would be a great addition Ernie.

 

Glenn, I don't like cluttering up my tool paths with more stuff than is needed. On a small job 30 or 40 ops, eh, OK but on jobs with several machine groups and a couple of hundred Operations, it would be nice to be able to keep clean concise notes without messing up your Op Mangler anymore than it already is.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Hey Ernie,

It sounds like an idea that people really like. I can't wait to steal it for the general Mastercam public!

 

(...Just kidding...I hope Westec's going well...)

[Colin Gilchrist]

I absolutely love how many different features are being created by 3rd party developers and then they are incorporated into Mastercam in the future. Keep up the good work Ernie. Hopefully my classes in Visual Studio will pay off soon and I'll be able to help contribute fun and useful tools to the Mastercam community.

[Brian Bowles]

Colin,

What do you need/want to know, its been a while so I am a little rusty with the language but its like riding a bike. And I have about 5 books at the house as well, two of which are from my classes in college..

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

Ernie, do you have a 'part notes' version yet? is the data in the 'part notes' available in any way to the posting system?

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hey Brian,

 

I just want to be able to create utilities like this "mastercam notes" project. Being able to interface an application with Mastercam just opens up new dimensions of what you can do with the software. For example, I've been thinking of creating my own utility to help manage job storage, ownership, and retrieval.

 

Take Royell for example. Each department has it's own data storage location and format, so you end up storing the same data, in different states of revision, in many different locations.

 

I think there has got to be a better way to store and provide controlled access to the data.

 

I've also got a project I'd like to do to be able to import operations into a part file with more control than is currently available.

 

The list goes on and on. I would also like to learn how to write a toolpath algorithm eventully, but that will be a while.

 

Thanks,

[Thad]

Does this chook function like the clipboard option in MS Word, where all recently copied text (multiple copied items) is available to paste at any time?

 

Thad

[Chris Rizzo]

I've been begging for years for some kind of note entry functionality into mcam. I pretty much gave up a while back...

 

But you have just made my weekend Ernie!

 

Thanks

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

 

Here is the new Part Note option.

 

 

You will need to reinstall the new Hole Axis.

http://www.3dgage.com/X2mr2/Verisurf_X2mr2_Hole_Axis.exe

 

 

Ernie

 

 

Let me know what think?

[Thee Rickster ™]

Earnie,

 

Awesome!!

 

This is a great utility, and is very appreciated.

 

Thanks very much.

 

Rick

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

thanks Ernie, looks good

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hi Ernie,

 

Is there a way for the post processor to access the "Part Notes"?

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

Colin,

 

Anything is possible given the time.

 

I'm not sure what post event we would use? But given some kind of event we could save the text into a temp file.

 

If we could get an event before and after posting then we could save a temp file and delete it after it was used.

 

Is there some kind of post event before posting?

 

Ernie

[TomHemphill]

Mine says: minimum system requirements not met

Color Depth 32bpp

What should I do?

[Verisurf - Ernie Husted]

quote:

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minimum system requirements not met

Color Depth 32bpp

What should I do?

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In case you’re still waiting?

 

You should be able to hit OK to continue.

 

I have now changed the install to not look at minimum system requirements.

 

Thanks

Ernie