On 9/14/2023 at 3:26 PM, JParis said:

It wasn't actually removing the file, it was dropping it out of the Tracking option...

Correct.

For some reason it automatically adds the Mastercam file and pointlessly removes the (named).stp files that

i want it to track.....

So i can assume it is buggy or just doesn't do anything really useful for file(rev) management tracking.(red flagging rev changes)

or it is still in development.??

Wish list or enhancement

Regards

2 minutes ago, JParis said:

Yeah, the delete part I had no knowledge on, I've never had to use it that way.

I use it to track PDM vault parts...they're always the same name, they just get checked in and that updates them. 

@Thee Rickster ™ But a vault type software is more likely the level of functionality you're going to want.

Is this something that integrates with Mastercam?

So the multiple users in our production shop that only use MC and

import .stp or .x_t files, will be flagged opening Mastercam?

Higher ups are tasking me with this issue.

Cheers

Rick

10 minutes ago, Aaron Eberhard said:

I'm guessing this is not robust enough to solve the problem for you.  It can only tell you when there's a similarly named file in the watched folders as the one you manually added to the list.  

You'd still be better off with a version control system such as SVN, Vault, etc.

We Track Rev changes with a CN (Change Notice) currently..... But of course the human error factor has bitten us.

Someone setup a production job on the CNC and did not check the the flagged

CN for it with the new customer Mach.stp file and did not catch the program changes.

So we are hoping to automate it somehow to find a solution.

Generally customer sends a new file, it goes through our CN tracker and a CN flags the

production job, we Move the current rev data to an obsolete folder and place the new rev data

in the main folder.

i will look ing the the SVN, Vault as you stated,

Thanks a bunch

BTW,

i am using MC 2022 if that matters......

1 minute ago, Aaron Eberhard said:

I just tried it over here, and I had to run "Check All Tracked Files":

 

If I just "check current file" it only changed the Mastercam version of the file.   Which I guess is useful if someone changes the Mastercam file while you're working on it?

Tried that first, but didnt work.

I'll mess with it another time,

Thank you

This seems like what i am looking for f i can get it to work.

Unless it only tracks Mcam file??

I have exhausted all avenues ATM, to get this to work with imported .stp files, Suppose i contact InHouse.

(i tried deleting the .stp files in the folder and checking and still isn't detecting change)

Thanks for showing me this. I just gotta get it to work

i'll try rebooting my system and test it again before i call support

(But first must finish a few programs)

cheers

Ok, I tried that.

I get this

So i went to the folder and changed the rev from 2 to 3

Tried that again and it didnt catch the change??

56 minutes ago, JParis said:

For a solid, Under File >> Track Changes >> Choose the options

 

Click Tracking in the top right  

In the window, Right Click >> Add...select your file to track...

When you open the Mastercam file it should check for changes

Hey John, when i close and reopen the file, the tracker removes the .stp files

that i added to the tracker. It ads the .mcam file automatically, for some reason??

Is there something i need to do differently?

I tried adding the folder and the bottom of the page, but it still

does not save the .stp files i am testing this with.

added .stp and saved macm.

save/close MC, then open

Any Ideas?

Cheers

Rick

Thanks John, I will check it out and test it!

Cheers

Rick

Good Morning.

Is there a way to link a solid model imported from a file on our server

so that if it were moved to an obsolete folder (rev change etc) , Mastercam would flag the solid

or remove it from the MC file? .....(Even if the programmer wasn't using the solid to program with)

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Rick

Thanks Ron!

I got an email link instantly.

Greatly appreciated!

Thanks Tom, I tried it to the same one twice, 4 or 5 days apart.

MC2022, when i inquired, it came through almost instantly.

Thanks for giving it a go.

Hi Ernie, how longs does it take to get the email link to the download page for 2023?

Thanks in advance

Rick

Good morning.

We are upgrading our p.c's that run drip feed.

The software we use is the oldest software out there and our IT guy

wants us to upgrade with a multiple license package, say 4-6 seats

Could I get a recommendation on a simple to use drip feed that ppl

are using. Cimco comes to mind??..

Cheers

thanks in advance

Rick

Does anyone know how to lock the auto-curser so it stays on (say) center?

Or at least have it stay on the last thing select/with lock on.

I dont want to have to keep setting it for center every time i use it again in the same session

Thanks in advance

Rick

9 minutes ago, AHarrison1 said:

Try these, I cant guarantee they will work. 

haas VF3 - VF-3_AXES_X_LG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_AXES_Y_LG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_BASE_DG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_BASE_LG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_DOOR_RIGHT_DG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_TC_SMTC_RED-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_AXES_Z_AAG_DG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_AXES_Z_DG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_AXES_Z_PCOOL_LG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_DOOR_LEFT_DG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_ENCLOSURE_LG-1.STL

haas VF3 - VF-3_TC_SMTC_DG-1.STL

Thank you fine Sir, that was quick and very kind of you!

Cheers

Rick

Good Day Ppl,

Been a while since i posted, I hope you are all doing well.

I have a VM-3 which i believe is the same as the VF-3.

I can only seem to find .X-t and .stp on the Hass sight and only for a

VF-3, assuming its the same

If anyone could sent me a link to where i can find the actual models

in .stl format, i will greatly appreciate it.

Cheers

Rick

Thanks John!

Good Day, long time no talk

Does anyone remember how to leave the WCS on but turn off this shaded

square?

It shows up when printing. I remember we were able to turn it off in previous versions.

Cant seem to find it in MC2020 config and it not the show grid button.

thanks in advance

Rick

Nailed it John. Thanks!

Anything after the stock model works

Was using 2018

Now using 2020 now and found something that is 100% repeatable.

If I am generating a stock model of my all finished toolpaths, I cannot use verify or backplot until

it is finished or force close, restart, start verify and or backplot then start regenerating the stock model.

Is anyone else noticing this new behavior? (I cannot go into multi-threading, it will not stop the stockmodel)

Thanks in advance

Rick

Hi there, if you had installed the latest MC, but hadn’t used it for 3 months, and were using the previous version and made a lot of new ops, tool groups etc. can you just up date the folders again with the new install?

will it just over write all the files and add the new ones?

thanks in advance

Rick

Good Day

I dont do alot of tapping unless it is a 1/4-20 or 3/8-16 or 1/2-13, tapped holes in my molds.

i need to tap a 1/8-27 npt but i can not find npt taps in the(mil_inch) or ( bigmill_inch) libraries.

So i called up the closest pitch in the library, 1/4-28 hoping there is some way to edit it to the tap i need.

but there is no way to edit the 28 pitch to 27, so i assume it will strip the threads.

Can someone explain how i can do this or send me a saved (.mcam-operations) file that i can import into my tool group?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Rick

43 minutes ago, jaydenn said:

Now I've REALLY upset them!

So you don't want help then.....

2 hours ago, Jay Kramer @ Precision Programming said:

And if you go to the "advance" tab you will fined the Make "Viewsheet" to automatically.

 

Jay, I wish I know what view sheets are and how to use them.

At this pint i have never tried to figure it out. Can you link a video on it?

51 minutes ago, K2csq7 said:

 

DOH!....I need a coffee......

Thanks!