Surfaces not copying to different level?

[MetalSlinger5]

When trying to copy surfaces to different level, only the wireframe seems to be copying over, but not the surfaces? what am I missing?

[Guest]

are they surfaces or solid faces?

 

Analyze >> Statistics will tell you what's on the screen

and if they are surfaces, you may have the EA Manager active with a level set for surfaces..

[MetalSlinger5]

14 minutes ago, JParis said:

are they surfaces or solid faces?

 

Analyze >> Statistics will tell you what's on the screen

and if they are surfaces, you may have the EA Manager active with a level set for surfaces..

trying to copy surfaces, solids work, surfaces seem to be there but not visible, idk if that makes sense, but after the copy, only the wire frame is visible. If I use the ALT-S you can see the wire frame of the surfaces but its not shaded...

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

It sounds like the surfaces are being blanked when you copy them to the new level.  Turn off all levels except the level you copied the surfaces to and hit the statistics button on the home tab.  If  the statistics tell you there are surfaces then they are there but you cant see them.  If this is the case hit the unblank button on the home tab and select all entities and they should appear. Another possible reason this could happen is if your surface color matches your graphics background color.  If this is the case window select over the area you think the surfaces are and change the color.  If neither of these options fix the problem restart mastercam and they may magically appear or  you will now be able to copy them  to the new level.  Levels can be buggy sometimes and a restart normally fixes the problem.