2019 file won't open

[Tim Pruett]

I have several mastercam 2019 files that will no longer open in mastercam 2019. They just sit there for ever trying to open. I was going to attach one of them on here to see if anyone else could open it but it's to big to attach. Any suggestions? I've lost about a day and a half of work. The backup files and the files that are backed up every night onto our network wont open either. This is very frustrating.

 

Tim

[pullo]

try  Verisurf's "Merge CAD files" .  Has worked for me .  Mcam would even crash upon opening one important file, Verisurf managed to steer it in succesfully.

 

Gracjan

[pullo]

Send thru'  some file sharing portal and just post the link. I can look at it. I have some long runs on the machine.

Gracjan

[Tim Pruett]

pullo,

I don't have the verisurf software. Not sure where to begin on that. Also, can I email you the file, or could you point me in the right direction for a file sharing site. Does the ftp site still exist on here? Would that work?

[pullo]

Verisurf  is the third  entry here at the moment  .  The free version should really rock your rocks ,  then there is X+ ..... fourth entry from the top

I sent you my e-mail address via message

 

[pullo]

kill your Mcam , download the Verisurf software and install it  and then :

 

 

Gracjan

[pullo]

file sharing : dropbox.com

 

Gee

[Tim Pruett]

pullo,

Verisurf saved my bacon, worked like a charm. I'm going to email you the file to see if your install of mastercam 2019 will open it. I really want to find out why this keeps happening. My boss is really upset.

 

Thanks, Tim

[pullo]

Yup , I'm da man   ( dance of joy being  performed here as I write ) . Glad to have helped .

Gracjan

[Tim Pruett]

You da man alright. You saved me an extreme amount of work. I just hope someone jumps in and tells me what's going on with my mastercam 2019 not wanting to open these files. So frustrating.

Thanks so much for the help.

[pullo]

Ok , so in a matter of  4 minutes  , you installed for the first time Verisurf  and successfully  used it to your advantage and then  you  researched  file sharing and sent me the file!

I  WANT THE SALAD YOU'RE EATING !

Gracjan

[Tim Pruett]

It was all you man.

[pullo]

I can confirm ,  the file is intact , 

 

 

[gcode]

I've had this happen occasionally over the years, usually with files containing lots of big surfacing toolpaths

I'm curious as to what the Mastercam log  said when it hung opening the files.

I was going to suggest unchecking

"Restore entire toolpath data in File, Open"

on the File page of System Config.

This usually works.

The file opens dirty and requires regen, but it opens and regens OK.

If you get an OP that won't regen, that is probably the cause of the failure to open.

I've never heard of using Verisurf/File Merge. That is a slick solution

 

[pullo]

..... although it took a long  time to open ,  I actually had my line read : I can confirm , the file is dead .... and then  the screen became live again.

Gracjan

 

[gcode]

Last week one of our programmers had a lathe file go corrupt and fail to open.

No idea why. I believe it had something to do with a bad file path on our network.

I sent it to QC, but never got a reply.

I did manage to get it open and salvage his work, but the original corrupt file is a good candidate to try

your Verisurf/File Merge trick

[Tim Pruett]

pullo, thanks for confirmation. Maybe there's something wrong with my mastercam 2019 install.

gcode, I don't have any toolpaths in the file. I'm using mastercam for designing injection molds. 

[pullo]

Yeah , I also learned it the hard way .  The file  that I had that got corrupted had the  burn coordinates  and I had the electrode already  machined . So up the creek and no coordinates. Then I remembered  , that my electrode machine post posts out  my  WCS / Toolplane  origin post , so  I  EDMed the cavity  using the info from the NC - file  documentation and then manually reconstructed the machining files ( about 1.5 hrs lost )....  For some reason  I wandered into Verisurf and there it was : The "merge CAD files" function, tried it and it worked !  Too late too little for the previous mishap,  but  the knowledge ready for the next time ....

Gracjan

[gcode]

15 minutes ago, Tim Pruett said:

pullo, thanks for confirmation. Maybe there's something wrong with my mastercam 2019 install.

gcode, I don't have any toolpaths in the file. I'm using mastercam for designing injection molds. 

Did any of the solids come in dirty

If so, that is the most likely cause of the issue

[Tim Pruett]

gcode,

 

Nope, no dirty solids.

[pullo]

This is the most stupid saying in the English language , but  clean as a whistle

Gracjan

[pullo]

Since anything can be anything ,  I started out in a metric version and as the file is from Gringolandia , mcam changed to Inches and then opened it faultlessly....

Tim , just to rule it out , switch to a metric version and open the file from there ?

 

Gracjan

[pullo]

One more thing Tim , since I also do mold design, in order to prevent a possible mishap with the file failing, I save the main ASSY  in files that as I progress  get their name ending in a number that gets bumped. So if a file fails , I have a trail of files. ...... But since you said You'd have lost a day  and a half ,  that would not make up for redoing the whole  file, so 

you also leave a trail of files (6-27 , 6-25 .... etc) , I'm  guessing

Gracjan

[Tim Pruett]

pullo, stupid question, but how do I change to metric?

 

Yes I also save my files in this way. That way I always have extra backups. But they wouldn't open either.

[pullo]

File /Configuration and  the bottom line says "current" , choose the metric version 

Gee