Looks like I spoke too soon. Taking this down.

Just had my 3Dx configs get messed up, so I'm getting them back in order, but I love the radial menu on the mouse. I know it's peripheral specific though, and not everyone is going to have a cadmouse. RMB setup is key, probably 90% of my daily toolkit is on there. Also, no matter what software, keyboard shortcuts have ALWAYS been my go to. I'm still adding to my list of MC keyboard combos, i think I added Dynamic Transform the other day: Shift+T. Always use Shift+F4 for Analyze Distance. Don't forget navigation shortcuts make you fast, and then you won't need a spacemouse. Keyboard shortcuts are the Macro B of UI, fight me.

This is my workflow as well. Some projects feel like I'm stuck on the Wireframe tab, most projects I barely touch it. You may just not like the Tool Tabs, or, at least, the default config of them. You can try turning them off. Right click on the ribbon somewhere > Customize Ribbon, and turn these off (uncheck them): It might be more useful to you, though, to customize the order that they're in so that they all are the same (to use your example, Transform > Dynamic moving around), you can see that they're not all in the same order, but you can select that group (say, Position) and use the arrows on the right side to move them into order. Then, all the common ones (say, Position, Display, Analyze) are always going to be first, with the selection specific ones coming after? I'm going to try this setup now, I haven't done it before Thanks for asking the question to make me think of stuff like this!

https://cmailco.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/hey-who-stole-my-chip-load/ I wanted to share a quick read that really sparked my full understanding of RCTF, and the formula/theory involved. I never went to learnin' school for programming or machining, so maybe it's old news to those who have training, or have been in the game for a long time. But this really did the trick for me, and I have had the formula printed out and posted on my office wall for a few months. Helped me get out of the 0.0015" per tooth mindset that was hammered in around here. My hope is that someone else who might be fuzzy on the concept, or new to it, might benefit from another/different explanation as I did.

I've put a bunch of my most commonly used functions on the QA (Quick Access) bar. It's very easy to add or remove functions from the QA bar so I'll add or remove them as my current project requires.

Also take a look at the product offering from Benz. I bought one a few years ago and its a nice piece. Their slim wgx-s might fit the bill but I don't speak MM.. lol https://www.benztooling.com/en-us/metal/products/machining-center/angle-heads Also as a side note I hate right angle head work... lol talk about PITA....

it won't resolve the resolution completely until it's done...you "might" or might not see a little improvement as it works.

That's a fine way to do it (although I'd switch One Way to Spiral..). What's the production qty looking like? It might be worth doing it with two tools, a larger ball mill to do most of it, and only using the small tapered tool to do a few passes right at the end?

i would use somethingajmer_ihs_emastercam file.zip like this

That used to happen to me constantly. I used the ribbon for a couple years before changing to my current setup. I'm glad I used the ribbon for as long as I did to get a feel for the functions I use the most, and to discover the ones I didn't know about. Before my current setup I tried loading up my RMB. I couldn't get used to that flow. I tried for about a month before switching the QAT.

I actually skipped X. My last job had Mastercam 8 with the parallel port key, and when I started here in 2017 they got me that version right away. Fair point. I usually translate and trim geometry and earlier this week I saw "Stretch" over there and was like hmmm. Wouldn't have thought of it, if it wasn't right there. I had a nice rmb set up and one day it wiped my workspace back to the defaults. I got annoyed and stubbornly decided to get used to the defaults instead of customizing and learning how to back up my config, because I didn't think you should have to learn how to do that. The software shouldn't wipe your defaults out randomly. But, it does, and you do... So I'm on a learning and optimizing kick again. *edit* I'll probably just make a batch file to restore my custom stuff when it goes away. Also, I just noticed some of my config is in my One Drive folder, which could be a big part of the problem. I didn't realize it was there.

The only thing I ever have really customized was my right click menu,.. other than that I just roll with the defaults. ehh probably not the best choice but it's all good.

Since the release of X, I live on the RMB....I go to the ribbon bar for VERY little, as such I haven't done anything with it. Of course at this point I do very little programming with my hands in so many things and management

I was pretty bitter about the interface change in the beginning. After a while I just conformed.

Aint that the truth... He didn't so much call the shots, but scream the shots. *hucks rocks at him* LOL Good to hear from you Colin

The Good Old Old Days Of Dodging Hot Chips and Coolant ,Or at the least Using The Wood Or whatever As a shield While Using A Spray bottle for Coolant Sprays!