Machine Def Change/Lost Toolpaths

[Sonny]

Hi all. I am hoping to find some help. I just lost all of my tool paths after changing the Machine Definition. When the dialogue box came up to "Save Only Geometry" I selected ok. I changed the Definition and came back to no tool paths. The odd thing is that if I try to delete an entity I get the warning that it is associated to a tool path. Is there a way to restore the tool paths?

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Running X6

[Guest]

If you lost your toolpaths and have saved your file

 

They're gone unless you have a backup file

[TK-32™]

Sorry to hear you lost your toolpaths Sonny.

 

I try to avoid that by constantly saving my files with different names. ie

 

PART1-AUG-10-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11_10AM-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11_12PM-2013.MCX

 

 

At the end I go and delete all the extra programs. It has saved me many times.

[gcode]

Sorry to hear you lost your toolpaths Sonny.

 

I try to avoid that by constantly saving my files with different names. ie

 

PART1-AUG-10-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11_10AM-2013.MCX

PART1-AUG-11_12PM-2013.MCX

 

 

At the end I go and delete all the extra programs. It has saved me many times.

 

I used to do this back in V9 days

With really big files I'd even burn the file to a CD every morning before I started working.

Now I just use the Mastercam backup utility. Set it up and forget about it

[Mick]

I used to do this back in V9 days

With really big files I'd even burn the file to a CD every morning before I started working.

Now I just use the Mastercam backup utility. Set it up and forget about it

 

+1000

 

I always have the backup utility switched. When I'm done with the file, and the job is completed, I clean out the backup folder. It has saved my bacon (mmmm, bacon) plenty of times.

[TK-32™]

How do I do this?

[gcode]

How do I do this?

 

http://www.emastercam.com/board/index.php?showtopic=71821#entry836359

[TK-32™]

Thanks gcode

[Richard Thomas - Mastercam UK]

If there are warnings about geometry still being associated to *something*, then it may be worth asking support at CNC Software if they can take a look at a file. Sometimes the programmers can retrieve/rebuild a file that has gone bad.