2017 is it slower than X9

[Hcarte]

We have been using 2017 for a week now, it seem when you click on stuff  it is slow to respond. Has anyone else noticed this?

 

Thanks

Howard

[FROZEN]

Nope, been running for almost two months.

[jaydenn]

It's ultra slow. Slugish. Painful even...

I went back to X9(Against my desires...I actually really like the new interface, but it's not ready for prime time for power users, IMHO).

 

J

[Jayson Kramer]

Been good here for over 6 months on speed.

[Mick]

Been good here for over 6 months on speed.

 

So that is how you keep going on Mastercam late into the night... LOL

[gcode]

I've been running it since the early betas in 2015

I'm not seeing any problems with speed

[Hcarte]

This is the part I am working on today it has 477 surfaces.

 

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Matchbox track or Hotwheels?

[crazy^millman]

This is the part I am working on today it has 477 surfaces.

 

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Simple part. Some of my files will have over 20000 surfaces and I am not noticing a speed difference.

[gcode]

One thing I have noticed

If you have a very complex solid model on the screen and shaded

you will notice degraded regen times on even simple toolpaths that should be instantaneous.

QC is aware of it and working on it

[jaydenn]

It's not the "toolpath generation" speed per se.

It's the overall interface... When you accept a command, i.e. clicking "OK", there is a noticeable hesitation before you regain control of the system.

Sometimes it's a second, sometimes it 2 seconds.

If you're a fast brained cad operator, those seconds feel like an eternity.

You get these "dead" spots in your flow waiting for Mastercam to simply close a window. It's painful.

 

It might be a windoze 10 issue too; regardless, it's bad.

 

J

[gcode]

I'm running Win7 at work and Win10 at home

I haven't noticed this on either system.

In fact I think my Win10 home system is a little snappier than my system at work

I assume it is because my home rig isn't running all the overhead cr@p It puts

on or work system.

In your case, I would try turning off the Customer Feedback Program if it's on

and try shutting event logging off.

That 2 second delay is not normal, perhaps one of these ideas will help

[jeff]

It's not the "toolpath generation" speed per se.

It's the overall interface... When you accept a command, i.e. clicking "OK", there is a noticeable hesitation before you regain control of the system.

Sometimes it's a second, sometimes it 2 seconds.

If you're a fast brained cad operator, those seconds feel like an eternity.

You get these "dead" spots in your flow waiting for Mastercam to simply close a window. It's painful.

 

It might be a windoze 10 issue too; regardless, it's bad.

 

J

It has to be something on your end.  Because I have no delays at all.

Windows 10 here also.

 

 

EDIT:

I take that back, I do notice delays, but only when hitting the "play" button in Verify.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Just restart Mastercam every hour or so just like every other version, where

the cache memory gets bogged down and things slow, stop working and

many other weird behaviors.

 

After a restart it seems to run seemless for me.

 

By the time the last update they eventually release for 2017, like all the others,

it will clear up 80% of the issues.

[Sticky]

Just restart Mastercam every hour or so just like every other version, where

the cache memory gets bogged down and things slow, stop working and

many other weird behaviors.

 

After I started doing this MC became noticeably more reliable.

[Guest]

I am noticing that still when you have many transforms....it does get bogged down...that's been an issue for a long time

 

I also notice 2017 Verify is markedly slower than X9 verify

[crazy^millman]

I am noticing that still when you have many transforms....it does get bogged down...that's been an issue for a long time

 

I also notice 2017 Verify is markedly slower than X9 verify

 

Turn off the event log.

[Guest]

Turn off the event log.

 

I tried that for my tool crashing issue to no avail...I didn't notice any different then but what the hey, I'll give it another shot

[jeff]

Just restart Mastercam every hour or so 

I have to do this at least once a day. 

I notice (usually after a transform) that it does get wonky. Sometimes I can't select points, or other geometry won't show when bouncing to a different level or viewsheet.

[crazy^millman]

I tried that for my tool crashing issue to no avail...I didn't notice any different then but what the hey, I'll give it another shot

 

Every time you fire up Mastercam you have to turn it off it doesn't stay off when turned off once.

[crazy^millman]

I have to do this at least once a day. 

I notice (usually after a transform) that it does get wonky. Sometimes I can't select points, or other geometry won't show when bouncing to a different level or viewsheet.

 

Same advise as I gave John.

[Guest]

Every time you fire up Mastercam you have to turn it off it doesn't stay off when turned off once.

 

Yup

[Guest]

Log off yesterday and today....difference noticed, zip, zilch, nada...

[crazy^millman]

Log off yesterday and today....difference noticed, zip, zilch, nada...

 

Well I was having some nci issues and when I turned off error logging my issues went away.

 

I would talk to IT and see if they can give the MCAM2017 folder full control to your user account. I have run Mastercam this way since it moved from C to Program files(X86) and then Program Files.