I own a copy of both and both have their plus and minus. Vericut V9 will hopefully bring the Graphics up the level NCSIMUL has been at. Both have their own process for using the interface to import tools into them. Vericut has been adding features to it that NCSIMUL already has, but the biggest feature I like in NCSIMUL you don't have in Vericut is the ability to change NC code in the middle of a Verification and get an instant result. IP files in Vericut can become huge and unstable on very large and complex files. NCSIMUL is now owned by Hexagon Manufacturing Group so they have a Multi-Billion dollar backing where as Vericut is still a privately held company like CNC software is. Both are very good, but neither of them offer posting from Mastercam that I am ware of. I also have a seat of CAMPlete and it doesn't offer the same type of checking that either of these offer, but it is also a good software that has it's place and does what most shops need from it and does psot code from Mastercam and other CAM software. Really going to come down to what you need from it and I have had world class service from 3 of the 4 mentioned above.

The workspace control this not the config. I have several backups of my workspaces. I am using 2020 with no ribbons and only QAT and to be honest I feel like I am not fighting as much to do my work. I am one who very much dislikes the Ribbons.

Hi! Attached are the pdf files with test for the cnc operator, if anyone is interested. I do not own the copyright, and can not remember where i found it on the net. Remember that the last pages contains the answers, so do not hand out the wrong pages ! Hth G tcpoproficiencytest.pdf mcpoproficiencytest.pdf tcpo proficiency test.pdf

try copying the workspace file in teh config directory C:\Users\user.name\Documents\My Mastercam 2020\Mastercam\CONFIG

We were talking about micron class machines, that means LESS than .001mm, not +/-.005mm(.0002"). Nobody does real micron work in inches.

Look on the FTP site in the "VB_Scripts" folder for a script called GE3_2_MC9.vbs. Run this in V9 to convert directories containing GE3 files to MC9s. Then in X, you could do a File | Import Directory to convert those MC9s to MCXs.