X5 MU1 ????

[MrFish]

Does anyone know when X5 MU1 is due for release ?

[gcode]

No idea.. it's a function of how the beta testing goes..

A very rough guess based soley on my personal opinion ....3 to 5 months

[Guest]

Does anyone know when X5 MU1 is due for release ?

 

Yup but I can't tell you or I'd have to hunt you down and kill you

 

[Rob @ Target Machine]

 

 

I can tell you that the day will end in "y".

[MrFish]

thanks guys

 

itching to try some of the new toolpathes but we have issues with it running on our system

 

tried reinstalling a couple of times but still won't work properly. hoping MU1 will fix these issues.

[Dave.L]

Yup but I can't tell you or I'd have to hunt you down and kill you

 

 

Hey Chief Cook and Bottlewasher, that post was almost as helpful as one of mine

[John White WLM&T]

Hey Chief Cook and Bottlewasher, that post was almost as helpful as one of mine

 

It's kinda like making fun of the poor customer.

 

Rubbing our noses in it.

 

Why wait for MU1 just buy something else.

 

John

[Bob W.]

What I don't understand is that with every new release, features are broken that worked perfectly before. Surely the beta testers ran across the dynamic milling issues... Really makes me wonder.

[jeff]

What I don't understand is that with every new release, features are broken that worked perfectly before. Surely the beta testers ran across the dynamic milling issues... Really makes me wonder.

 

True, but why hold back on a new product, when you can release it and make more money?

Even if it's full of bugs.

[Guest]

LOL, what an amazing collection

[Dave.L]

LOL, what an amazing collection

 

 

JP, you can do better than that

[mig]

What I don't understand is that with every new release, features are broken that worked perfectly before. Surely the beta testers ran across the dynamic milling issues... Really makes me wonder.

Blame crisis for everything . No enough work to test everything .

[Bob W.]

LOL, what an amazing collection

 

Not sure what you mean John.

[John White WLM&T]

Not sure what you mean John.

 

It's name calling. Very professional. How many seats do I have to buy to call people names on this forum? Do educational seats count?

 

John

 

John

[Hardmill]

It's name calling. Very professional. How many seats do I have to buy to call people names on this forum? Do educational seats count?

 

John

 

John

 

1 will do :blink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

[Bob W.]

Maybe Mr. Paris could explain what makes him so much better than the rest of us that he can look down his nose and call names or insinuate that we are idiots. I'm all ears.

[Zoober]

Maybe Mr. Paris could explain what makes him so much better than the rest of us....

 

He could, but then he'd have to kill you again.

[Hardmill]

Maybe Mr. Paris could explain what makes him so much better than the rest of us that he can look down his nose and call names or insinuate that we are idiots. I'm all ears.

 

No need to get your panties all wadded up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

[Bob W.]

No need to get your panties all wadded up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

 

Just one of those days...

[Hardmill]

Just one of those days...

 

 

No big, we all have days like that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

[Dave.L]

In all fairness, as customers with issues, it's reasonable to ask when a fix might be released. All the "top secret" BS about releases is just not right. This is one of the reasons we have looked elsewhere but it's really and industry issue, all software companies do this. They don't think they owe any explaination to the customers.

 

I did not take JP's comment wrong, I think he was just kidding around but if I was having an issue with X5, I guess I would be more sensitive to it.

[Hardmill]

 

 

I did not take JP's comment wrong, I think he was just kidding around but if I was having an issue with X5, I guess I would be more sensitive to it.

 

yeah you did Dave, you just dont wanna admit it

 

Go ahead its OK to get mad :angry: :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

[Dave.L]

yeah you did Dave, you just dont wanna admit it

 

Go ahead its OK to get mad :angry: :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

 

 

Hi Steve! No, actualy I did not. I don't always agree w/ JP and he certainly does not agree with me, but I know he's a good dude.

[Hardmill]

Hi Steve! No, actualy I did not. I don't always agree w/ JP and he certainly does not agree with me, but I know he's a good dude.

 

 

"FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT "

[Bob W.]

Mastercam and quality really touches a nerve with me, as many know. The bugs in Mastercam make my job harder and that is NOT why I pay maintenance. I pay maintenance because the new releases of Mastercam should allow me to get MORE work done in the same amount of time, plain and simple. The thought of needing to stay on maintenance to get the broken features fixed just sucks. If it ships broken it should be fixed for free. CNC software would show a lot of goodwill towards their customers if they provided bug fixes and updates for free and new releases to maintenance customers only. I know I would definitely appreciate it and I would still stay on maintenance to get the advances and new technology going forward. I really doubt that many folks would drop maintenance if CNC took this approach but they would look a lot better in their customers' eyes.

 

Why are so many people quick to defend CNC and the buggy software. If you took your car to the mechanic to get a new muffler and they broke your windshield in the process you would probably be pretty pissed and you would expect them to fix it for free. Well, that is how I feel about Mastercam after being on maintenance for a few years. They effed up the dynamic milling and a few other things with X5 but folks expect us to bow to this divine new release. They look down their nose when we ask "when are all of the effed up features that worked before going to be fixed?"

 

I use Volumill as well and it has its fair share of bugs. The thing that sets them apart is when they are made aware of these bugs there is a patch or new release out within a week. I have received new releases within a few days before and you will never hear me complain about their maintenance or customer service. If I had to wait several months to get fixes I would have dumped it long ago.

 

A major win with X5 is the optirough. The $65,000 question is will it still work when X6 rolls around...

 

Rant over.