link may not work.....but file is there.

file on cadcams ftp site.....del-op3.mcx ftp site the cutter gouges into the material at 2 corners. i can't figure out why. if anyone has time to take a peek i would be grateful.

jp & colin thanks for the education

ram ram & more ram......get the best video card you can afford that is proven to work with mcam x2 sp1 as well as your os.

3rd.....i thought that earlier....but no, i have single lines (no stack)

auto highlite = on still can't select line (the autocursor stays active) unless i hold "ctrl" down

thanks del.....disable autocursor works. now i can create angle dims. is this how it should work? this is a pia....imo. if i hit/hold the "ctrl" key....this also disables auto cursor....still a pia, but tolerable i liked it better the way it was. to create an angle dimension the default was lines...as it should be.

for smart dimensioning line won't highlite i hit L.....line still doesn't highlite how do i disable auto cursor?

2 lines at Z0 top view top cplane top wcs

i can analyze angle.....lines are highlited

smart dimension with hot key "a" does not work either

create drafting dimension angular it only lets me choose points.....lines won't highlite....help was no help what am i missing? i closed then reopened mcam....nothing works.

yes keep 2d wireframe toolpaths till surface-contour (or other)can handle undercuts.

has lead-in/out been added to (x2 mr2 sp1) 2d swept surface? i'm doing an undercut op and 2d swept seems to work better than surface-contour. lead-in/out sure would be nice.

bruce, i e-mailed kmt, bill signorelli is the person i initially will be talking to. i'll mention all the info you provided.

you guys are the best i've searched & searched for an answer. that little thing of not backplotting more than once was bothering the sh$t out of me. again

can someone plz tell me how to backplot more than once without closing then re-opening backplot. in v9...in backplot you (s)stepped thru your cutting moves..."backplot complete-ok"...hit "s" again and backplotted thru same ops again. (you never left backplot till you escaped or chose a different option) in x2 mr2 sp1....you (s)step thru your backplot. when it's over i have to close backplot and reopen if i want to backplot again.

i went to kmt site...it doesn't look like they do what i require. i contacted them...i'll see what they have to say. thanks for the info bruce.

yes it is clear....thank you. i don't see the advantage of creating arcs this way though. it made much more sense the way arcs were handled in v9. i never had to think about it before, all arcs followed the 0(3:00)-90(12:00)-180(9:00)-270(6:00) format. whether arcs were rotated or created on different planes all followed same format. now w/x2 arcs have a mind of there own...i can measure an arc it will say start/180, end/409. (409????) or if i create arcs(curves)from a solid...one arc will be CW...the other CCW both with different start points. to me this is a pia....now that i understand that arcs are handled differently i'll adjust and make do. as i stated before though it doesn't make sense.

a few hundred lbs of various sizes, probably various grades as well. toss it all in the dumpster. my .02

i rec'd this warning the last 2 days (never had it before) file save....then shut down/restart mastercam seems to cure it....what a pain

crazy....how are arcs handled differently? i'd like to know...i may have to change how i create geometry.

anyone?

my style of creating geometry hasn't changed from v9 to x2 mr2 sp1. if i never used combine views in v9 would i have to start using it now?

i narrowed down the problem further. not for posting for geometry editing, arc properties create-arc-polar start angle = 0 (3:00) end angle = 180 (9:00) this works good 0=3:00, 90=12:00, 180=9:00, 270=6:00 if i create curve 1 edge (off a cylinder, the curve is an arc)when i go to edit the arc it's coordinates are different. see doc attachment 0=9:00, 90=3:00, 180=6:00, 270=9:00 this is backwards.....why is this?