2 minutes ago, gcode said:

I bought Mastercam in 1998 and they issued me a white parallel port hasp

At some point I had to exchange it for a purple USB hasp

I never had any trouble with either of them.

I have heard that a hasp will self terminate if you change the date/time on a PC with a hasp installed

Obviously, I've never tried that

It won't self terminate but it will throw an interesting error that will require a call to dept that works behind a heavy armored door, weird thing is we know folks work in that room but we never see em go in and never see em leave 

3 minutes ago, gcode said:

I believe this will be improved functionality for companies that have network licenses and VPN's

and a huge loss of functionality for independents  and small firms running USB hasps.

The loss of stick a hasp in your pocket and go portability is going to be very inconvenient for a lot of people 

I guess it all depends what side of the coin you call,..

Been running software codes for over a year now, still have a hardware key for running legacy Mcam
No lost or broken keys, it's installed on my Mcam computer 

I have had the same key for +12yr and never broken it, we a had an AE @ another reseller that broke multiple keys in 6 months

3 hours ago, gcode said:

This could work great for my employer, but for myself, I need something I can stick in my pocket and take with me

Perhaps checking the license out to a USB stick, driving to a customer, then loaning their PC my license so I could

work???

No it doesn't work like that G. The borrowing utility uses the CMeter Network license and checks it out from the server or licensing computer and writes it to the local CMeter utility on the Mcam client computer. The Mcam client computer then uses the license as if it were a single use local software key. Currently a user can check the license out for a maximum of 10 days.

1 minute ago, nperry said:

Trying the full install in a bit here.

Not running anti-virus. How would I flag the install as safe?

No Anti Virus?

that's like running through a field of poison ivy in nothing but yer underpants

15 minutes ago, nperry said:

Windows 10 Pro, build 19041.388

Notify me only when apps try to make changes to my computer

Looks like .net framework is 4.8, which I think is the most recent.

go to the Windows OS build info, you can get to it from the update history page, V1909 is the preferred build, V2004 did some goofy nonsense MSoft may have straightened it out by now, haven't decided to take a run at that windmill yet

set your user account settings to never notify

yes Net Frame 4.8 is the latest

6 minutes ago, gcode said:

that's what I was thinking... but he couldn't do that earlier because his new XP machine did not see the hasp.

yeah, ifen Mcam don't see the hasp you may as well be drillin holes in the bottom of the boat to let the water out

should be able to run through the linking process with the standalone hasp key

What version of Windows? build version?

What is the user account control settings set to? never notify?

latest net 32bit & 64bit framework?

F'in Eh

jusayin

13 hours ago, Rstewart said:

We have a net license (until next week, going to a dongle) and it retrieves it off the server when I VPN into the work network.

 

To my next question, Whats the process I use to switch from NetHasp to plug in dongle?  I received it today, just with instructions to send our NetHasp back to CNC software...

How do I activate this USB dongle?

Running a local Hasp key is as simple as plugging it in to the computer you're running Mcam on

Running Mcam through a VPN is not the most ideal setup,

local hasp key or NetHasp key?

what remote utility?

there have been various issues with folks running Mcam using Remote Desktop, usually it can't find the local hasp if you try to launch it from the remote computer

16 hours ago, 5th Axis CGI said:

When you're jumping around too as many different customers and places as I am a Laptop is really my only choice.

^^this^^

gotta be able to pack my chit in the messenger bag and hit the road,

someone asked me once what was the best part of being on-site, my answer was not having to punch in/out on their time clock

I'm just here fer the free coffee n bagels

On 1/24/2020 at 5:36 PM, Grimes said:

at my work, my one friend co-worker needed a new computer so they enlist the help of our purchaser to buy a computer, guy knows absolutely nothing about mastercam. so he buys this like word processing computer with 500 gigs of harddrive space, full on microsoft office, 4 gigs of ram, dont even know the processor. im sure an integrated graphics card. what a waste of 1000 bucks. was an hp.(  im surprised mastercam can even run on only 4 gig memory, but he does say it crashes a lot )

just saying this because some people even using mastercam have no idea what it really needs.

Thas a not gonna work so good,..

Been running the laptop in my sig for a couple years now

On 1/22/2020 at 10:25 AM, cncappsjames said:

Diggin the retro avi James

I've had very good success with the FS Wizard feed speed calculator

switching views, if your construction/tool plane is tied to the graphics view it updates just by changing the G-View

Somehow you ended up with a C-axis right hand tplane associated to the turning tpaths
I opened the planes utility in the tpath and re-selected the lathe upper left to reset

Regen the tpaths, run the backplot, no errors

Test_CJep_Mcam 2020.zip

Part file?
Canned turning tpaths?
Edge breaks in the tpath?  or geometry?

you need to check the planes in the lower left corner of your tpaths

Try offsetting the geom you're using for the air regions and trim the angled geom of the pocket to the curves, I've seen issues like that with sharp corners greater then 90deg

Double check the planes you have associated to the previous tpaths. If you're programming for a single spindle upper turret you should be using lathe upper left.

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Then why, pray tell, does the top title bar of the Toolpath dialog say that it is the 2D High Speed Toolpath - Blend Mill?

That is a 2D tpath, it does not use surface geometry to drive it

3 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

The HS option is located on the left, the legacy on the right.

That is the 2D tpath on the left of your screen shot, Terry is looking specifically for a 3D surface tpath

Are you working in Mcam 2020?