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I believe GeForce OpenGL support is via software emulation
Quadro OpenGL supports OpenGL via hardware
Way back in the day you could hack Geforce cards to emulate Quadro cards
but it was a waste of time. The Geforce card just identified as a Quadro with no actual performance gains
The GeForce/Quadro debate has been going on for about 20 years.
The difference in speed and stability is real.
You are not saving $$$ buying the GeForce. You may save some $$$ with your initial purchase,
but you will give it back daily via degraded performance, graphics glitches and crashes.
go the the online Carmex threading wizard Carmex Tool Wizard - Welcome
work your way through it selecting the correct material and a thread mill from the "HARDCUT" line
keep working through the wizard and use it to post gcode... that will show you what your code should look like
you should be getting a G04 , a G42 CDC callout and a top down toolpath
when using these cutters I lie to Mastercam and define the cutter as a single point tool so that I get a single toolpath from top to bottom
These cutters have 3 teeth and doing that gives you one finish pass and 2 spring passes all in one pass.
If you can, run the tool 3 teeth deeper than your depth callout.. as the leading teeth break down, the next two are still
making good spring passes and your thread will gage properly to the required depth
You get a safe repeatable toolpath that makes good threads for a long time.
I don't have access to Cimco probing but wouldn't this workaround make this less irritating??
1. make some junk level the active level
2. turn that level's visibility off
The lines would still be created, but you couldn't see them and you could blow out the whole level when you were done
Yup.. around here it's usually harder to get a part through inspection than it is to build it.
I thought inspection's job was to sell parts, not spend days rooting around in the weeds looking for something to write up
I'm doing a lot of work in 2023 now
I've never used stock in the Group Manager and still don't
I have found that you need to get the Stock Plane in the Group Manager correct or models won't come in correctly
I used to shut down every day when I went home
I can't do that anymore because I frequently need to remote in from home now.
Since I can't shut it down every night, I've made a habit of rebooting first thing every morning.
Is it creating surfaces instead of solids??
There is a setting for that.
Check the settings at
File/ Configuration/Converters
I moved this thread to the Industrial Forum where it will get more traffic
If you don't have an account at Mastercam.com you will need to put your hasp on your old Win 10 machine
log into Mastercam.com and create an account.
Then you will be able to download the new drivers you need to get the HASP working in Windows 11
It looks like the scale for used to set colors when you compare verify results to design models
I have no idea how it could end up on the main graphics screen.
Being a new instal on a new machine, I have to ask.
Did you allow One Drive to kidnap your computer
It broke because the RPM of the spindle is near zero at Ø.020
The insert cannot cut at those speeds
I'd stop a little before that and break it by hand.
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