Legacy, flowline path, add holder

[Thee Rickster ™]

Is there a way to add a holder to this path?

Or any Legacy path?

 

Thanks In advance

Rick

[Colin Gilchrist]

Yes, you need to build a Tool Assembly in the Tool Manager. Then you should be able to select that tool in X7, and it will use the holder in the assembly for Backplot/Verify...

[Thee Rickster ™]

My Apologies Colin, I am trying this in X6.

(as soon as MU1 is out I am allowed to start and finish in X7)

 

I have know Idea how to build a tool assembly in either X6 or X7.

Right click in tool manager in both versions does not give me that option.

 

regards

[Colin Gilchrist]

In X7, you need to launch the separate "Tool Manager" application. The help file has some good explanations of building a Tool Database, a Holder Database, and an Assembly database.

 

Once you've got Tool and Holders, you can drag-and-drop them on a new assembly. By the way, you can also open multiple copies of the Tool Manager, and drag-and-drop tools or holders between different databases.

 

I'd recommend trying to catch the Webinar that Aaron did a little while back on using the Tool Manager application. You'll find a lot of good information in that video.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Colin

[Thee Rickster ™]

Definitely helps for X7.

 

Thank you

Rick

[Thee Rickster ™]

In X7, you need to launch the separate "Tool Manager" application. The help file has some good explanations of building a Tool Database, a Holder Database, and an Assembly database.

 

Once you've got Tool and Holders, you can drag-and-drop them on a new assembly. By the way, you can also open multiple copies of the Tool Manager, and drag-and-drop tools or holders between different databases.

 

I'd recommend trying to catch the Webinar that Aaron did a little while back on using the Tool Manager application. You'll find a lot of good information in that video.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Colin

 

Is that webnar in the Beta or the main forum?

Has it been converted to a video?

[Aaron Eberhard]

Rickster - The webinar is talked about here: http://www.emastercam.com/board/index.php?showtopic=72905&hl=webinar. You can watch it at that link.. The web guy is restructuring the part of the site that it was hosted on, but it should be back up shortly at mastercam.com > support >tutorial videos soon.

 

There's no way that I know of to bring in an assembly into a legacy toolpath with X6, you'd have to draw the whole thing as a custom tool. In fact, in some of those legacy toolpaths that didn't have the new holder dialogs, it was a pain to get it into X7. That's been addressed for MU1, and you can now select assemblies, so you'll be able to get it as soon as MU1 is out.

[gms1]

Rickster - The webinar is talked about here: http://www.emasterca...2905&hl=webinar. You can watch it at that link.. The web guy is restructuring the part of the site that it was hosted on, but it should be back up shortly at mastercam.com > support >tutorial videos soon.

 

There's no way that I know of to bring in an assembly into a legacy toolpath with X6, you'd have to draw the whole thing as a custom tool. In fact, in some of those legacy toolpaths that didn't have the new holder dialogs, it was a pain to get it into X7. That's been addressed for MU1, and you can now select assemblies, so you'll be able to get it as soon as MU1 is out.

 

Are they going to show up in Active Reports tool lists as well? Kinda tired of making fake toolpaths and ghosting them just to get the output I need.

[Aaron Eberhard]

GMS1 - That's not in MU1, but I know it's on the radar for X8.

 

If you could do me a favor, please shoot an email over to [email protected] and explain in detail what you'd like to see from your report.. If you could screen-shot an existing report and paint/photoshop in graphics or whatnot, that would be even better. The more detail that can be handed to developers, the faster they can move..

 

Thanks.

[gms1]

GMS1 - That's not in MU1, but I know it's on the radar for X8.

 

If you could do me a favor, please shoot an email over to [email protected] and explain in detail what you'd like to see from your report.. If you could screen-shot an existing report and paint/photoshop in graphics or whatnot, that would be even better. The more detail that can be handed to developers, the faster they can move..

 

Thanks.

 

Done. Sent a poorly worded and organized list of thoughts hope it helps!

[Aaron Eberhard]

Thanks!