INC / ABS

[justinu]

Hey guys,

1st post here. Been using Mastercam for about 1 1/2 yrs. ( 6yrs gibbs cam).

My question is in relation to using the X FORM and VIEW MGR functions . Is there a way to change the distance you move something in a given plane to INC instead of EVERYTHING being in ABS. I find this VERY annoying when moving geom or WCS that i need to do math to know where to put things.

[drafting3]

there are a few ways to do it.

 

1) when you're in xform, just enter in the distance you want to move in the x/y/z box. those boxes are incremental coordinates. (you can also move in incremental polar coordinates while in xform)

or

2) select your first point, then shift+select your next point. this will bring up a box to let you enter incremental coordinates from the selected point. not sure if you can enter incremental polar with this feature. never tried.

 

does this help?

[drafting3]

shift+click will let you enter polar coordinates as well

[Aaron Eberhard]

Or just use Xform Dynamic, which operates in INC from where ever you choose your base point as.

[drafting3]

Relative Position ribbon bar

 

that's the name of the shift+click function in case you want to read up on it's functionality in the help file.

[drafting3]

Or just use Xform Dynamic, which operates in INC from where ever you choose your base point as.

 

i need to use this more. seems really cool. i'm so used to the older functionality i forget to try the new tools :/

[justinu]

Or just use Xform Dynamic, which operates in INC from where ever you choose your base point as.

 

geom dissapears

[Aaron Eberhard]

i need to use this more. seems really cool. i'm so used to the older functionality i forget to try the new tools :/

 

Yeah, that's a hard trap to avoid I can say, once you get used to Xform Dynamic, it's tough to go back.. Having basically 4 tools wrapped up in one is awesome.

[Aaron Eberhard]

geom dissapears

 

I don't understand??

[justinu]

I don't understand??

i can see in the preview of where the translated ( dynamic xform) geom will be. when i click the check mark it is still in the original location

[justinu]

i can see in the preview of where the translated ( dynamic xform) geom will be. when i click the check mark it is still in the original location

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got it....DUH

Thanks guys for the insanly quick reply!!

[Aaron Eberhard]

Ah, now I see.. When you click, you're "Grabbing" the geometry you want to move. If you hit the green check before you release it, you haven't completed the command, so it's the same as hitting esc or some other cancel.. What you want to do is click to "release" the geometry you've grabbed, and then you can hit the green checkbox (or just double click to accept it).

 

Edit: You're welcome, I was just in the right place at the right time

[justinu]

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Ah, now I see.. When you click, you're "Grabbing" the geometry you want to move. If you hit the green check before you release it, you haven't completed the command, so it's the same as hitting esc or some other cancel.. What you want to do is click to "release" the geometry you've grabbed, and then you can hit the green checkbox (or just double click to accept it).

 

Yupper! Does DYNAMIC WCS work the same way?

[justinu]

Thanks to all

[Aaron Eberhard]

Yupper! Does DYNAMIC WCS work the same way?

 

Sort of, you need to click to release the new point if you click to move it, and you want to have that locked down before hitting the green checkbox, or else it'll follow the mouse.

 

You're welcome!

[Jayson Kramer]

I live by the main three these days Dynamic WCS , Dynamic Planes , Dynamic Xform.

Dynamic Xform can be used in a few ways that makes this a great tool. I do not see any resin to use the old Xform 3d as that is a pain to use after using Dynamic Xform.