Mike, You are right, the 0M control is not capable. I had to have mine re-programmed now it drip feeds no problem.

Roger, It's working fine for me now in all instances. However before re-booting the computer it didn't matter what I did, I had to CTL-ALT-DEL and stop mastercam.

Project on to surface. yes.

BK, It wouldn't be a fix. It's a different software. There are numerous drip feed capable programs out there. I use PCDNC from Suburban Machinery.

Alt-C works fine also. Just tried it here.

I tried it both ways Tommy, however after I re-booted I only tried the toolbar icon. I will try alt-c and then let you know how I make out.

Thought I'd poke my nose in if thats ok. It was my Topic. I do not start topics very often and I'm quite annoyed it has gone this way. I was just trying to get a little knowledge as to when we might expect the next release. I am grateful that there are enough knowledgable people here to help me out from time to time. I have been using Mastercam for about 9 years now, started with V7. It has come leaps and bounds in 9 years. I can't afford Solid works so i do everything with Mastercam, and I mean everything. 2D 3D Blueprints with Winline from Mastercam Toolpaths Solids Surfaces etc etc. It gets it done for me To all that are griping about mastercam, try and have input instead of bitching. Most of us old timers have had changes made and improvements have come as a result of our efforts. You don't have to be a Beta tester to have input, the guys at CNC are always in here helping out and they take things back to there guys and so on. Ok, I feel better now. Cheers.

I re-booted the computer and since then it has worked fine. Thanks all for your replies.

Colin, Did that, same thing happened again. any ideas?

Micheal, I just get an error beep and it will not go away.

Todd, I didn't take a look at your model However when filleting there are some golden rules. Always put your big fillets in first. If you put small fillets first the big ones can interupt or remove an edge and that will not work. The other thing is that if you examone your solid un-shaded, you will see how big of a fillet is possible, again if there are visible edges or curves then you will not be able to encroach on these. I hope this helps you understand filleting better.

ok, so I downloaded the c-hook. Used it. worked great. However now the little box will not close. I'm stuck, Help!!!

Hello All, I searched high and low for this. Can someone tell me how to change many arcs all with the same color to a certain diameter. I'm sure it's doable but just can't seem to find the answer. Cheers.

Randy, can I help you guys?

It is Thad. 3016L I could really use some work for it though?????

I heard on the grapevine that there is a huge WOW factor with X3 any comments?

Hello All, I have a VMC up and running and was wondering if there was a call for any custom work in this area. Even some overflow work would be good.

check your cut depths. incremental or absolute.

you don't say what version you are running.

can you show us a screen shot or e-mail me a file.

This just came via e-mail. I thought we were really close to a release, but this doesn't sound promising, can someone shed some light on it Mastercam X3 has just entered enthusiastic beta testing, and we’re getting a lot of positive feedback on the many new benefits that the software delivers. Stay tuned – we’ll have continuing updates in future issues of the Mastercam News Flash.

If you do a search on Video Cards, you will find that the preferred chipset is NVIDIA. I know this doesn't really help you, however, you might want to cut your frustration level and get a new card.

The Note stays forever. ok, this is good. Took me some time to figure it out is all. Thanks Guys, and especially Ernie.

ok, so I'm a little confused. The Part Note stays with the job. The Note stays for all of the session?

Ok, I have it installed. I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. I made a note in one file, however the same note was there when I opened up a different file. Any Ideas?