V7 ENGRAVE W/CONTOUR

[Machineguy]

I spent a hour trying to get a engrave toolpath to work using the contour toolpath. Same error no matter what I do. "INVALID TOOL MOTION DETECTED WITHIN DEPTH CUTS. OPERATIONS REQUIRE REGENERATION. CANCEL POST PROCESSING?"

I pulled the geo out as a step file, brought it into V6. did same path and tool, no issues.

 

anybody?

 

machineguy

[Thee Starry™]

Have you done the SP1 update? I ask because I had a similar issue that hasn't reappeared since SP1

 

Never did figure out what was going on that caused it, but it hasn't happened since

[Machineguy]

Did the update.

[happycat64]

i had the same problem, then did the update and it seemed to fix it

[Machineguy]

Can I redo the update, or uninstall it first ?

[Thee Starry™]

Uninstall completely and then

Delete the following folders:

C:\Program Files\Mcamx7

C:\Users\Documents\my mcamx7

C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx7

Deleted the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNC Software, Inc.\Mastercam X7

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CNC Software, Inc.\Mastercam X7

 

Reboot and then do a clean install

 

This should do the trick

 

 

I know it seems excessive, but my experience tells me this is about the one fail safe way to ensure a clean install without issue.

[Rstewart]

Got the same warning on Friday. Contour with comp off to engrave. posted and tool path was good....

[Machineguy]

I couldn't post the file. That op just went dirty every time. I broke it down to 1 letter and had the same problem.

I'll reload MC7, later. I'm to busy to fix it now. I'll go back to MC6 for the next 3 weeks.

 

Machineguy

[Jeremy Grigsby]

I got the same error on Thursday. I essentially have a clean mcx7+ sp1 install. Said there was an error in depth cuts. I had no depth cuts. .005 deep, .03 inc feed plane, .05 abs retract plane, 2 inch clearance plane only at beginning and end. I had to just post it and use it. There seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

[Guess_who]

I get a similar error when engraving with contours. It only happens once in a while. I choose "NO" and it posts out just fine. These are operations pulled straight from X6 that worked just fine

[Machineguy]

Lucky me. it wouldn't post.

i'll fix it later. Right now, big job then vacation.

 

machineguy