AUTO-REPAINT?

[BenzB]

Is there an auto-repaint setting in Mastercam? Reason being is I change things and it appears nothing happens. New to Mastercam, I'm a former SmartCAM user not used to hitting so many buttons!

[Thad]

Sounds like a video card issue. ATI card by chance?

 

No auto-repaint that I know of. A quick flick of the mouse scroll wheel will do it.

[The Cathedral]

 

Notes:

• The quality and stability of images in the graphics window is influenced by the graphic capabilities of your PC, and the amount of available memory.

• If Repaint does not completely restore the graphics window, use the Screen, Regenerate function to rebuild the display list.

 

 

I know there is a "repaint" button, but I can honestly say I've never used it.

[htm01]

F3

[Rstewart]

He may be talking about Clear Colors?

 

I assigned F3 to Clear colors like after I Transform Geo and it changes colors.

[CJep]

scroll in - out will repaint the screen

ATI card,.. you might need to disable the hardware acceleration 

 

open a "new" file in Mcam

open the system config in the settings drop down

go to the screen page in the config topics

upper center check the box for disable hardware acceleration

save the config then restart Mcam

[BenzB]

It's a repaint issue. Problem is with changing tool paths. Sometimes the rapids don't update unless I force a repaint. What I was hoping to do is set a config so that it automatically repaints after a change so I don't have to manually force it. But alas that may be too logical? FYI it's got a Nvidia Quadro K2000.

[The Cathedral]

Go into your Settings > Configuration and make sure the "repaint toolpath" box is checked.

 

[CJep]

It's a repaint issue. Problem is with changing tool paths. Sometimes the rapids don't update unless I force a repaint. What I was hoping to do is set a config so that it automatically repaints after a change so I don't have to manually force it. But alas that may be too logical? FYI it's got a Nvidia Quadro K2000.

 

Being more specific in your OP goes a long way to getting the answer you're looking for,...

[BenzB]

Thanks for the help. Been 17 years since I used Mastercam. Add job change after 17 years. I'm a little flustered by the adjustments. Poor excuse but it's all I got.

Thanks again.