On ‎7‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 9:45 AM, Chris Butt from CNC Software said:

BenzB,

 

If you are using Win7 try changing the "Buffer - flipping mode" to "Use Block Transfer" in the NVIDIA 3d settings. 

https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50453.aspx 

 

It should be noted that this setting should only be modified if you are experiencing the theme being changed (this feature isn't supported and is a defect with the NVIDIA drivers for Win7)

This worked for me also. Thanks for the info.

I'd upgrade if you can, definitely worth it imho

I found it. It's in the shared mcamx5 folder. Thanks for the files, cheers.

and in case any one else needs to know, this is where it is on my system

C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx5\common\reports\SST

Anybody using Win 7 use this yet? I can't seem to find the SST folder. On my system I have C:\Program Files (x86)\mcamx5\common\reports but no SST sub folder. Anyone got any idea where to put the rpx files in Win 7?

Thanks G, all I needed to know....guess I'll hit the button and dive uner the desk

Is it an "over the top" install or a "start the freak over" install

I'm waiting to see what others say first

Man, I just can't believe I'm that dumb today. I always leave it set for computer and for some reason that's what I thouht I was doing,...and believe me I know the difference...what the he77 was I thinking all day...I need a beer...is it time to go home yet?!!

Have a good weekend guys, I'm gonna hang my head and shame and exit stage left.

My bad, that's where I f'd up, I thouht it said computer,.....I'm an idot....well, good thing it's near the end of the day cause it's been a long week, I should have looked at it more closely, thanks G. any chance you can delete the thread, lol

P.S. There's probably someone at CNC's QC shakin thier head and saying "what a xxxx" or they're all sittin' around having a good group laugh,

Does your control normally run code like this properly??

Yup for the past 9-3/4 yrs it has, I'll have to go back and look at some actual code from previous versions but never ever had a problem before doing it like I have been. Thanks for the tip about the verify too. Can you explain the backlot issue? Is it the lead in set to tangent and no line deal?

It would need to be set to Computer to have no diameter comp in the posted code.

That's the thing, it was set to Computer, that's what I'm saying.

thanks folks, hope qc gets back to me.

oh, and by the way, It's a Fadal (don't say it I know) with 88HS set to Format 1

I already sent this ti QC and haven't heard back yet but here is the deal. I'm milling a prototyp out of modulon, do this all the time, I leave tabs on the part so when I flip it over its held secure. Everything went fine until the part of the program where i contour around the part and leave the tabs there. It cut into the part by have the cutter diameter with no offet (see Coilblock-error2-10-11-002). I had offest set for Control and verify was good (see attached pic of settings and verify). Now backplot was different (see Coilblock-error2-10-11). It shows a line in perpendicular to radius an a some radius. Look at my settings for leadin/out. Yeah, no line, and .1375 rad. This worries me. Back to X4 for now I guess. Anyone else scene anything like this. Oh yeah, heres a snipet of the code where it shut of the offset, which shouldn't have been on in the first place.????

N330G1Z-2.05F80.

N331G3X5.5164Y-2.8036I.0004J-.1375F200.

N332G1G41D12Y-2.8039

N333X5.5174Y-3.2053

N334X5.5185Y-4.3039

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N419G3G40X3.6251Y-7.7453J-.1375 this is where it turns it off before the next moves

N420G1Z.1F400.

N421G0X5.6525Y-7.7436

N422G1Z-2.15F80.

N423G3X5.515Y-7.6065I-.1375J-.0004F200.

oh well, better luck next time I guess.

Thanks Rick, He went back to X4 for now until we get time to play around with it more.

Hey Rick,

What OS are you running? My wire guy is having a similar problem but what worked for you ain't working for him.

He's done a "save as" with the default config in X5, pointed to it and it still won't work right. Were you using an old config merged into X5, or did you rename it? We've unistalled at least twice and still same shazzille

He's got XP 32bit OS. My Win7 64 bit has no issue.

Are you leading in on a straight line move or arcing in?

It shouldn't make a mess of X4 if you did the install like the guide says. I had to uninstall and re-install cause I f'd up my config file (doh!...totally my fault cause I didn't pay attention to something in the transition guide). I used Win 7 add/remove, re-installed and worked great.

Thanks Gunther.

Thanks guys, downloading now!

I'm diggin' it. Miss a couple of emoticons, the background color makes some font colors hard to read but I like all the other new toys. It's even got spell check

Hey Larry,

I'm off Copans and Lyons os not far from there. Which place is it? I stop in. My local hang is Omalleys on 441 just north of Coconut Creek Pky, it use to be the London Pub II back in the day. Let me know when and where and we meet some time.

Hey Larry,

Things are good here. How's things in Sunrise? If ya see Wasko, tell him I said hi,...Dempsey too if he's still there.

Like I said, I'm running Win 7 on my workstation here and haven't seen many problems at all, so far.... [knocks on wood]. You may want to try running in XP compatable mode and see what that does.

Larry, Cjep may be right. I'm running Win 7 64 bit, don't have snap set and don't have that problem either. Is MC the only program you have that issue with?

It took us 6 months to find a moldmaker/toolmaker but we finally did. e interviewed guys from the midwest but fortunately found someone local. There is talent down here...just most of them are working in good companies already and you're not going to "unseat" them very easily, especially the more advanced help. We got lucky. Now on the lower side of the scale, I have to agree with what some of the others said. There's not alot of shops around like there use to be. Use alot more mold shops. Gone. Now alot of smaller shops are struggling. A lot of guys moved north to the Carolinas too. Good luck, and if I hear of anyone looking, I'll let you know.

Yeah, we had some training on it here. Can't remember some of the exact details but there are laws that say a product/part has to be labeled with country of origin and it it's an assembly, there is a percentage of it that has to be made here and assembled here before it can say "Made in USA". It's not just a vachina thing though, it's EU, Messico, Tiawan, etc., etc., Something to do with WTO and Global Trade Compliance. Gotta keep the regulators employed, don'tcha know.

You also need to know the horse power of your machine. If you don't have enough horsepower, you may stall the spindle. Check here

http://www.mapal.us/calculators/milling/Ca...atorMilling.htm

Scroll down to where it says "To Calculate Machine Requirements Enter the Following Known Data:"

Hope that helps.

P.S. You can also google "material removal rate", lots of good info out there,...google is our friend

Yes I do say so.

Yeah...cause only a useless hack would have to use FBM...I have no use for it and think it was a waste of CNC Softwares time and effort to develope it....but that's just my opinion.

I've wasted enough time getting sucked into your bs trolling here so I'm out. Bottom line...you're a hack, a troll and need to get a life...good day sir!