Thank you, Bryan. I appreciate your help.

Thank you Thad, Jim and Bullines! (dusting off the "VBScripts for Dummies" and "C-Hook Developers Guide")

Bullines, Is is possible to initiate the "Get Library From Text" function from a VB Script? Can this function be initiated in a C-hook?

Thank you, Thad. I should have mentioned that we are trying to automate this process from an Excel VBA macro. (Shelling MCAM)

Would anyone happen to have a version 9 C-hook that converts a tool library from text? (Or VB Script) Thanks!

Thanks Mick Thanks Bullines! was using: SHELL("C:MCAM9FILENAME.MC9 SCRIPT.VBS") now using: SHELL("C:MCAM9MILL9.EXE FILENAME.MC9 SCRIPT.VBS") Works Great!! Thanks Again for the Tip!!! Divisionary

Hello, I have a Visual Basic question... Is it possible to run a MasterCAM VB Script from an EXCEL VBA module? (Assuming the SHELL Function was already executed in this VBA module to open MasterCAM) My initial goal was to automate the "Create library from text" translation from an Excel generated comma delimited (.csv) file. I can now do this manually. I’ve learned that "Create library from text" is not possible via VB Script per Version 9.1. [searched Topic: VBScript and access to Tool library] Looking forward to Version 10!! In the mean time, there are other VB Script functions that I would like to automate (i.e.. AutoDesk: Read File) from a VBA Module. Please Help. Also, I am very interested in learning more about writing VB Scripts in MasterCAM. Are there any great websites, forums, books or other help on writing MC-VBS?? More Sample Code?? Thank You

Hi, quote: A great new feature in 9.1 is when you verify, the part orientation is the same as displayed on the screen. No more jumping back to the default Verify ISO view I had upgraded from V9 to V9.1 today. I noticed that the ISO view is no longer defaulted in Verify. When nesting multiple parts on sheet stock (top view), it is much easier to verify in ISO view. Is there a setting or any way to set Verify to defaulting to ISO view? Please Help. Thanks

Hi The compression tool does work very well with updating my version 8 libraries. I have kept a MSExcel workbook/database of all of our CNC Router tooling parameters...ie. tool number, holder position, description, collet, diameter offsets, height offsets...etc. I use formulas in Excel to save mega time when I update the parameters for changes to these 100+ tools. I was able to take some of this data into a spreadsheet and save as a comma delimited text file. I wrote a macro in MSword to re-order the data and remove the commas so to look like the TXT file (of a TL9 file). This is where I tried to use Mcam 9's "create library from text... " and it didn't work. I used Mcam 8 to "create library from text" on this same TXT file and it worked. I had a TL8 file of my library. I then used Mcam 9's "Compress" option and changed that TL8 file to a TL9 file. No worries... It works!..I am happy. I just feel bad for the next guy doing this stuff when I finally hit the lottery. Thanks Guys!! I do appreciate the help!!

Thanks James, That did the trick! It seemed a bit strange to reload version 8 to update a version 9 tool library, but it worked. Is this a known problem in version 9?... or perhaps I missed a patch? Anyway... Thanks again James

Roger, I tried to create the library as you had suggested, but still no luck. I even tried to create a library from the 'default' "TOOLS.TXT" file in the Tools directory, but no tools show up in the 'created' library. I appreciate the help

Hi, I seem to be having trouble converting text files to (TL9) tool libraries in version 9. I am trying to update my libraries quickly using the text editor but I can't seem to get it to work. Right clicking in tool manager lets me "Convert a library to text...", but I cant "Create a library from text..." Does anyone else have any trouble with this? Please let me know if there is a solution. Thanks!

Hi I am a designer for a medical product manufacturing company just outside of Philadelphia. Mastercam has been is an invaluable tool used to contour production parts on our Heian and Thermwood routing machines. We mainly cut clear acrylic sheet stock and occasionally pionite sheet. I greatly appreciate all of the help from the very knowledgeable, friendly members and administrators of this forum. You are doing a Great service for people new to Mastercam as well as professionally based software forums like this one. Thank you! I still have much to learn and experience with mastercam and post processing, but willing to share what I know along the way. Wayne

I am having the same problem with MC freezing up when creating multiple lines. DELL Dual P3 450Mh We are on WindowsNT4- Service Pack 6 Perhaps this will help narrow it down.

PDG, QUOTE< Yes, the sub-sub-directories "Cedit", "Mced" and "Pfe" are there. I am able to launch CINCOEdit.exe from it's directory. PFE32.exe will launch also. MCedit gives me the message: "Mastercam Security device not found" when I try Mcedit.exe from that directory. QUOTE< No error messages. From the "Specify Filename To Read" dialog box, I choose the filename, click open... nothing... as if I didn't use the menu item at all.

Our posts were updated and working great with our ramp moves in contour- Thank you Matt from Prism Eng. and Roger from MC. Thanks for your help Glenn, JAMMAN and Wallace!! We upgraded to V9 this week and its looking great… but I seem to be having trouble calling up the editors from the menu. I’ve tried Cimcoedit, Mcedit & PFE32 to no avail, yet Notepad does open! Even when posting, (from both post’s with “Edit” checked) the editor does not open. Is there something I am overlooking? Has anyone else had this problem? BTW - We are running MSWindowsNT4, Service Pack 6. Once again, Thank you for all of your help!

Thanks Wallace We're upgrading to R9 this week. I have contacted our dealer to help with updating our post with the ramp at plunge rate moves... among other edits. Thanks all for your help!!

Hi I appreciate the suggestions! I will have to look into modifying our post....but... I agree JAMMAN, ramping at plunge rate should be an option in contour. Do you know if they may have updated this in version 9? We are upgrading to R9 soon, and I am wondering if this ramp option may have been added. Thanks again!

Hi I had recently started using Mill Level 1 (r8.1.1) with our CNC Routers for cutting acrylic sheet stock. For sake of tool life and finish quality, we would normally ramp into the workpiece at a slow feedrate and speed up when through the part. Is it possible for Mastercam to output code for ramping in at the "plunge rate" and contour at the feed rate?... or will the post have to be updated to accomplish this? Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks James & Dave, I have been wanting to learn more about using macro's in MSWord... Is it possible to trigger a macro call in Word via the .SET file? Outputting a tab delimited ASCII file to Excel is a great idea as well. I'll try it with Access too. I just downloaded the HTML setup sheet to check out later. Thank you Very Much for the suggestions!!

Hello, I am a new member to the forum and this is my first post. I have to say that this is an excellent website! Many of my Mastercam questions were answered just by viewing archived posts in this forum. Thanks to all of the very knowledgable members here who take the time to help new Mastercam users here like me. I wanted to know if there is a way to output a tabulated setup sheet in MSWord .doc format. "Tabulated": meaning, table columns to denote tool1, tool2, tool3...etc. and rows for spec's. To look something like the following (in word doc table form): Tool 1 Tool 2 Tool 3 Desc .375 E Mill .250 E Mill #26 Drill Collet ER 32 Ext ER 32 Std ER 16 Ext DIA Code 12 16 10 Offset 5.75 6.25 4.50