i can not pick on anything

[red sox fan]

mastercam 17

 

nothing locks up but I have to continuously exit mastercam because I can not pick on any lines or solids? 

 

exiting and re entering fixtes things but is quite annoying.

 

Thanks

[jeff]

Can you duplicate the issue?

Or tell us each step you're doing when this happens? It could be something simple as you being in a sub menu.

[red sox fan]

I can not just duplicate the issue, it happens randomly.

I am not in a sub menu when it happens, I just can not pick on anything.

exit and start up again and i can go a couple Hrs.

very annoying. 

[kostiuk]

Have you tried zooming in and out after selecting something? I have seen this occasionally and it turns out the item is selected it just didn't visually show until I move in or out.

 

Kevin K.

[Müřlıń®]

 

 

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

Things that are visible but non pickable...

Use repair file ( the renamed ram saver)

Now the stuff that's not supposed to be on the screen will not show up

 

Bug

[red sox fan]

thanks but nothing, i just exit and come back in and all is fine for a while

[Mick]

Interesting. I thought I was the only one encountering this. I can't replicate it, as it occurs at random, though not so often.

 

Same fix, I just shut down and restart MC.

[Machineguy]

Random thought.

what video card are you running?

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

Nvidia Quadro 2000

1024 MBA gddr5

Direct x 11

Latest driver

 

Win 7 64

[Machineguy]

Same card here. Have not had your issue.

Driver 10.18.13.5456

 

Got something running in the background ?

[JoshC]

Just last week I seen this for the first time on a customers computer that we were working on. We were in Mastercam almost all day and one time it would not select anything just like you were describing. Our remedy was to shut down and re-open just like you mentioned and it did fix it as well so I think I have seen this exact same thing that you are describing but also cant pinpoint what caused it.

 

On a side note though, I just looked to see what computer specs we were working with and that computer was using a Xeon Processor and a Nvidia Quadro K2000D gfx card (gfx driver version 9.18.13.4105)

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

21.21.13.6949

(Last Nov )

[Mick]

I'm running an Nvidia Quadro M2000M. Driver Version 356.49 / 10.18.13.5649

[red sox fan]

I am locked out of that info, our it dept. is really strict, I will check with them on video card.

 

thanks

[Tim Johnson]

I get the not able to pick issue only with canned text. The button will show pressed but nothing happens. It normally will work again if I save and reload the file, but sometimes I have to load a "new" file and pick the same file.

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

Sanity check

I can have the Identical model in X9 on the same box

With zero odd behavior

[Mick]

Sanity check

I can have the Identical model in X9 on the same box

With zero odd behaviour

 

I've never encountered it in X9, only 2017.

[ThomasJefferson]

I've had this problem on a persistent basis since using 2017.  Exit MC and restart is the only solution I've found.  Maybe MC is expecting us to use some mental powers?

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Sanity?  I've never encountered that in Mastercam.

 

I have had it happen where I'll stop being able to select geometry.  Short of restarting Mastercam I have found that often turning the geometry's level off and back on will clear it.

[Machineguy]

sounds like another one of the special bugs. Some have the same issue, most don't. Like the Tool Manager problem that was fixed.

[red sox fan]

im using NVIDIA Quadro K4000

 

driver 6.1.7600.16385

 

i will have IT guy update driver version

 

this is really getting annoying.

 

 

thanks for all the input.

[Müřlıń®]

im using NVIDIA Quadro K4000

 

driver 6.1.7600.16385

 

i will have IT guy update driver version

 

this is really getting annoying.

 

 

thanks for all the input.

 

 

Mike I have the same card and I have been fighting the Video issues since I bought this machine.

 

I did alot of research on that video card and found out that Nvidia, knows about the bugs in the video driver and there is no fix for them or is there any

plans to patch it. 

 

Their words were, " update your video Card".....

 

It is a flaw in the card and they tried a bunch of times to fix it.

 

on my machine I have to run my video in basic mode as Aero will not even work.

 

If your machine allows you to use Aero mode, I would suggest you set it to basic and at least get the best you can get.

 

But running twin monitors I get crazy glitches with popups like the tool manager and others if they are moved to #2 monitor.

 

Stuff disappears all the time, gets garbled.   sometimes the whole tool manager will blend into the screen wallpaper and the only thing that will be visible is the buttons.

 

Take my advice and get a different card....I am as soon as I get some spare cash...

[Müřlıń®]

Sanity?  I've never encountered that in Mastercam.

 

I have had it happen where I'll stop being able to select geometry.  Short of restarting Mastercam I have found that often turning the geometry's level off and back on will clear it.

Ya that is how I refresh the video glitches too...I "X" out of the managers popup then hit view to bring them back.

 

I have the levels,planes,tool-paths,recent, on one screen and can cycle through them with the buttons at the bottom.

 

Right now I have this weird glitch where part of the entity selection popup appears at the bottom of the level manager window and covers up the entry fields.

 

Funny thing is that I have this popup coming up on the other screen and don't know how it even got over to that one to get blended into the 

level manager....I am writing it off as the video driver is nuking my workspace file...

 

I have been having to replace the saved copy more frequently these days due to the plane manager getting all screwed up.

[jlw™]

GTX baby.