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I've used the dynamite button a few times. It's nice when training people to use the software. After they're done with the part I went through them with, I blow it up, tell them to do it again and walk out the door for a 1/2 hour. When I come back in they start writing better notes.
I don't believe it's ever OK to just copy your old .config file. New features are added to the config file and copying an older version that doesn't have those features built into it is very likely a disaster waiting to happen.
It had something to do with camplete updates not having a safe positioning move in them... the newest update seemed to fix everything and I'm back to where I was last week... It was just so odd. And tracking it down was even harder because I couldn't figure out why these extra crash moves were being put into my code or why... I had a friend at another shop post it in mastercam with his mastercam post and those moves just weren't there..... Kinda wishing we just got the mastercam upgrade for this machine... Or went to the dark side of hypermill.... However now it works again and life isn't so bad
ordered a laptop. my wife was supportive of the idea... which made life much easier.
should arrive next week.
refurbished:
Processor: Intel Xeon E-2176M Processor (6 Core, 2.70 GHz, 12MB Cache, 45W)
OS: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (4 Cores Plus)
Memory: 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM Non-ECC Memory
Hard Drive: 2TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive
Video: NVIDIA Quadro P3200 6GB GDDR5
Battery: 97Whr, 6-Cell Lithium Ion Battery with ExpressCharge
i spent a little more than i expected: $2600 but if this works as i hope it will, i should not have to worry about another laptop purchase for a long time.
I have been using it since the late 80's. I have seen it grow and get better and I have seen it go backwards sometimes. I hate updating! it is a big PIA. I hate when they change things that are working like hole selection and than go backwards in 2019 & 2020. The trim function is annoying as well as the note in drafting. I think for most of us the newer toolpaths are fluff. Not all of them, but most. Just my 2 cents.
WHY was this changed? It wasn't broken.
Just change stuff for the sake of it? Why not put a vote here and Mastercam's official forum and let the users decide?
I had been strongly considering updating to 2020 for the new functionality, but everything I'm hearing about what's been broken is making me stay with X9. And the saddest part is that much of what's been broken has been broken on purpose.
They basically split up Trim/Break/Extend into separate functions. Where you used to be able to trim entities together, trim to a point, extend entities (positively or negatively) all from one dialogue box, you now need to accept and open up a new dialogue box for each function.
I also dislike how they change "Extend" to "Modify Length". You used to be able to enter a negative value to shorten the wireframe, now you must select either Lengthen or Shorten and are only allowed positive values in the box.
A very good workflow that used to contain a lot of functionality has, in my opinion, been completely neutered.
I like Contour Ramp for things like this, depending on the size of the slot verses the tool. I would probably shoot for a tool that is between 50-75% of that slot width, ramp down the middle then contour the sides to finish or ramp down both walls. Im a big fan of ramping features like that.
Years ago I took a Solidworks class at a local community college
We sat 3 computers to a table powered by a single power strip.
The instructor would walk by, jerk the power strip out of the wall and sing "Save Save Save"
some people got very angry with him for that
Why did they change the trim Functions ?.
And the easy post sequence with the space bar? Push your space bar 3 times and it posts for you
Is that a feature or a *** up.
New version...new bugs. Took me all of 2 minutes in programming my first part in 2020 till I found a bug with creating planes via the gnomon.....The bug is not a deal breaker but it is frustrating when something worked perfect in the previous version now does not.
To be fair, there are a few features I like in 2020....have yet to make a complete transition tho. Waiting to complete a few big projects before dealing with more surprises.
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