My issue is similar...applying a filter to the Library then adding a tool to the Part causes the filter to be applied to the Part making all other tools disappear.

Hope I'm understanding you correctly... In "Selected fields" window, arrange the fields in the order you want them displayed, then SELECT (highlight) the field you want the list sorted by. It should remember your settings. John

Yes!

I submitted the scrolling Level Manager to QC at CNC Software...Logged as R-08485

RMB & QAB are loaded!

A new interface is good when it improves on usability, efficiency and productivity. Learning and becoming more comfortable with a new interface doesn't equal an IMPROVED interface. If it takes more clicks, mouse travel, additional hot keys or additional hands on keyboards to accomplish the same task as in previous versions...I consider it a step backward. ...just my opinion

Personally, I don't believe any software company is capable of conducting their own user study. Although they may enter into it with the best of intentions, they'll still find a way to see in the data exactly what they want to in order to justify their decisions. This is not a criticism nor am I placing blame, it's just what I believe. In my opinion, only a disinterested 3rd party could conduct such a study and the participants should be actual full time users, not schools or casual users. That said, I would love to participate in a real users study however the time required to fully test and document the issues/experience would require far more time than I think any of our employers would allow. But hey, that's just my opinion... John

Great tip gcode!

I can see where new users may find the new unified layout simpler to learn but in my opinion it slows work flow. There are things I really like in 2017 however you'll have a very hard time convincing me that in the "Standard" interface does anything to improve work flow or efficiency. Simple Trim 2 Entities: 2017 Interface: Click WIREFRAME tab on left of screen Move to right end of ribbon bar, click Trim Break Extend Move all the way back to the left side of the screen and select Mode: Trim then Type: Trim 2 Entities Move back to the graphics window to complete trim Move back to the Trim Break Extend panel on the left again, click the green check X9 Design Interface: Click Trim Icon Move down slightly to ribbon bar, select Trim 2 Entity icon Move to graphics window to complete trim Move back to the ribbon bar and click green check 2017 has WAY MORE mouse travel and 2 more clicks to get same results as in X9! The QAB gets me closer to X9 efficiency but true user configured tool bars would be a huge improvement. But hey, that's just my opinion. John

Hey Everybody, I've been using 2017 for some time now and in my personal opinion I find the new interface requires a lot more work in the way of mouse clicks and mouse travel to accomplish the same tasks as X9. In order to stream line my work flow I've had to create a fairly big Quick Access bar and right-click context menu. Again, this is just my personal opinion...just want to see how it's effecting other usesr. Thanks, John

I had a similar issue...problem was I installed X9 but didn't start and exit it before trying to install X+ so some of the folders X+ needed weren't created yet. John

Hey Gang, Recently updated to X9 from X7 and can't get any window or dialog positions to save positions. They stay where positioned until restarting Mastercam, then they revert back to the original locations. I also can't seem to get the columns in the Tool selection portion of the Common Parameters window to remember its settings. When I installed X9, I installed for Everyone and I'm a member of the Administrators group. Also tried running As Administrator with sames results. Anyone have a solution? Thanks, John Dell Precision T3600 Six Core XEON E5-1660, 3.3GHz, 15M, Turbo+ 64GB 1600MHz DDR3 ECC RDIMM 2GB NVIDIA Quadro K2000 3 SAS 15K RPM Hard Drives PERC H310 SATA/SAS Controller 8X DVD+/-RW Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit

I would love it if CNC would devote at least one major version to just fixing all the known bugs and skip adding anything new. Fix all the little things we've been complaining about for years...bottom line it would be a better product and more appealing to new customers. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

How about *RETAINING* all of the values when changing the Toolpath Type, like when changing a Contour op to a Pocket op, instead of resetting it so that it has to be re-entered?

Thanks for the info Roger! I didn't read the PDF...I should know better by now. I'd still like to see this as a standard configuration setting. John