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pete_hull
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Unfortunately for me, Mcam2018 has been a series of frustrations eg. slow toolpath processing ,multiple buggy issues, crashing, tool library issues, glacially slow verify etc, to such an extent that I am giving up before I waste any more time with it . I don't need any of the 'lipstick on a pig veneer' that the latest release usually has, so I don't routinely install every new version, and I regret installing mcam2018 as my efficiency has dropped significantly . I am not trying to claim that it's  bad software, but for whatever reason that I have been unable to pinpoint, it has been a very bad experience for me. I am running on the same hardware and O/S as the previous (mcamx8) version, so I know that's not the issue. I am not a computer guru, and also have the problem, as many do,  of working with an indifferent IT dept. I have little sovereignty over my computer settings, and after months of trying, we have failed to find the cause of many of the problems that persist. At least as a short term fix, I  am cutting my losses and intend  to reinstall Mcamx8, which ran like a Rolls-Royce. I have a very large visibility project imminent and  can't afford any time to be continually battling software issues . Again this is not to bash the product which I have used and advocated for many years , but for whatever reason(s), mcam2018  has been a lemon.

  I still have my mcamx8 installation disk,  tool libraries, posts/machine defs etc. I know that there is  the issue of backwards compatibility for mcam2018 created files, but I can live with that for now. My question is, will I need to uninstall mcam2018 before I try to re-install mcamx8?  Are there any other issues that I may not  be aware of?

 

 

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Just now, pete_hull said:

My question is, will I need to uninstall mcam2018 before I try to re-install mcamx8? 

I would just so that any file references don't possibly get mixed up....

I typically install old >> New and uninstall new >> old

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8 minutes ago, JParis said:

I would just so that any file references don't possibly get mixed up....

I typically install old >> New and uninstall new >> old

Thanks for your valued advise. I am really disappointed to be going this route, as I clearly macam2018 works just fine for others, but at this point I think its my best option.

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