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  1. Verisurf within Mastercam is your best bet if you are needing a solid from a Mesh. Toolpaths on a Mesh works great in Mastercam 2023, if you need surface smoother just refine the mesh with smaller triangles. Ernie
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  2. Being with Service 4 Automation before they were bought by Cimquest and that inforamtion was transferred over.....we used to build systems and test them in the office regularly... We simply found that the Quadro cards just performed better with fewer graphical issues.....as the load on the cards increased, the gamers would always come up short in a variety of ways... I can tell you for certain, that specific information is dated but I will never deviate from my usual advice of "If you need to being running a CAD/CAM/CAE station, use a CAD/CAM/CAE designed card" JM2C YMMV
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  5. Dynamic toolpaths maintain engagement angle. Engagement angle does not equal stepover. Here's an older video talking briefly about this. Gets into it about the 1:50 mark. The rest of the videos in this can be found on our website...one day I'll update them and get them on youtube and the blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0PG2XIph2E&t=5s FWIW, ModuleWorks has addressed the sliver issue in their most recent toolpath release. Guess we'll wait and see if Mastercam brings that tech over into their paths.
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  6. I have a list of settings that I set on new CAMplete installs. These seem to provide the best results for the most part. How work offsets are handled is always a per-user discussion. I'm in the middle of updating the Mastercam MM stuff for CAMplete integration. I made one MD/CD/Post for LX/LF, VX, V.Plus, H.Plus, MX, and MAM72 series for inch mode last week. I may have to make one for the R-Type High Speed Modes but I'm putting that off as those machines are fewer and fewer. I always do a new one as opposed to migrating the old one. I've used the migration wizard before with no issues, I just prefer to make a new one with all the defaults I like and use. It only takes about a day, then I just distribute to my customers as needed. hen the new machines have program select for High Speed Modes meaning you can directly call the slider settings. ex. G131P1.3 for the slider at precision preference in the P1 setting, or G131P1.1 for the speed preference in the P1 setting. CAMplete 202x Setting Procedure - New Style (Mastercam Specific).pdf
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  7. They had me check the track cutter comp setting and it seems to have fixed the issue
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  8. Please feel free to send a file (or two) and a description of why you feel the models are not coming in properly to [email protected] and I can take a look.
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  9. I don't know about MasterCam, but SolidWorks performance is better on i7's vs i9's
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  10. Don't sacrifice CPU speed for anything. I'm still interested how much difference a Quadro and Geforce makes. Quadros have more VRAM (I never use much VRAM in Mastercam) and more CUDA performance, both things 3D and video rendering really benefits from but I don't see how that's helping Mastercam. And unless I open massive assemblies my graphics card never sees a lot of usage in the task manager while my CPU is maxed out calculating toolpaths. I'm not saying it's wrong to buy Quadro's but would like to know more details why they're better. Does anyone have a good benchmark file or anything? I have a Quadro at work and a Geforce rtx 2060S at home.
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  11. Verisurf Tools for Mastercam 2023 is now available
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  12. Why? With all the work that goes into making that happen I certainly get it
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  13. No, it seems like all the Dynamic Codes > DWO, WSEC, TCPC, & TWP, are not present in any of the "free Post Processors". Those functions are essentially "locked behind the Reseller Paywall", so you've got to purchase a Post, or be really good at computer coding and mathematics, to "figure out how to add that code yourself". To top it all off > the TWP function is setup and controlled by Machine Parameters, and those are likely based on the knowledge and personal preferences of whomever is setting up the function on your machine. We're talking 150-200ish Parameters, which are all intertwined, and can affect how the NC Code is interpreted. Are you using High-Speed (AICC or AICC II) codes? 1000 Block Look-Ahead (G05 P10000)? Cutter Compensation? Tool Length Compensation? All of those codes have a specific "nesting relationship" with TWP, where you have to either turn them "on/off" outside of the TWP Commands (G68.2/G69) or inside those commands, in a specific nesting order.
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  14. Polyworks with the Geomagic is your best bet here if you are needing a solid.
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