2 hours ago, neurosis said:

Doesn't look like it

 

That was on the enhancement request radar back in the X7 days....It's crazy because the main AR package has the option - it's just CNC don't pay to license it.

RTF, TXT, HTML, yada yada don't import 100% - the best I had was save as pdf and load/edit/save in Nitro.

It was maddening to me because all the info is within the mcam file - it's all there - so "in this day and age"  "we should be able to get the one click output

But apparently I'm the only one that ever moaned LoLz....but then I valued my time and never liked wasting it.

+1 to AR being capable of producing what you see for sht 1 + 3.

I'm sure the image can be generated - the issue is your annotation. That (correct me if I'm wrong) will always need to go into an editing tool to "add your words".

Serious Q as I'm only familiar upto 2020....does the latest version save in native MSword format yet?

10 hours ago, MIL-TFP-41 said:

I do this kind of stuff on occasion. Like gcode said, a custom post is required. In my case I use Camplete to get the rotary substitution.

So....will it verify correctly before posting?

3 hours ago, Jobnt said:

:finger: 

 

WuT? Just the one - what's your other hand doing?

1 hour ago, Jobnt said:

Huge v9 fanboi here but liking 2020 much better after spending quite some time getting used to it. 

Definitely spend some time in classes or on the tube watching vids, and ask questions here. These guys are on top of their game and love to help.

Quoted for posterity....

For my place I had "easydnc" (7x vmc's connected and 2x terminals).

Which was....easy....and dead reliable.

One of my customers had cimco with all the bells and whistles - utilization graphs, component count etc - it is an awesome system. Providing you understand that side of things....

7 hours ago, gcode said:

I use a separate Machine Group for each operation.

Been doing it this way for years

Surely....if you're 'grammin a single part on the one machine - start to finish - there's absolutely no need for this?

Surely.... :shrug:

1 hour ago, MrFish said:

 Now with MC2024 I have to go back into the machine group setup and delete my Op1 fixtures and select Op2 fixtures. Then as i like to save my file with Op1 active I have to go back in again and delete Op2 fixtures and reselect Op1 fixtures !, this is time consuming and frustrating !!

HolyMoly. That's some grade 1 BS right there, that REALLY wants an urgent patch to fix it.

Yes - toggle on/off just the same as a level. Surely?

19 hours ago, MrFish said:

This software seems to be getting aligned to "new" users more with each version, often losing some of the functionality that the long term power users like/need.

If I was a new user, I'd be wanting to learn all that great "power user functionality"....

On 5/30/2023 at 5:21 PM, Jobnt said:

I'd seriously like to know what CNCSoftware's logic is when they do xxxx like this. You vill eat ze bugs and you vill like it.

It's the Emperors new clothes....

10 minutes ago, cruzila said:

There was a thread about how having people work from home during lockup caused a deterioration of work quality. Elon IMNSHO is right on when he says people need to be "in person". Failures on so many levels in those 2 years of our history will be written about for decades.

100%. Apathy has set in, in soooo many fields.

There's a great saying - Men are like wheelbarrows, they need to be pushed LoL

2 hours ago, Johnward Holmeson said:

You don't have to wait.  Just hover and scroll immediately.  Works just fine for me. 

Everyday's a school day to me, but hover, and scrolling.....there's still 2x actions going on....Position mouse, finger on wheel and scroll....

Where you could just position the mouse and click....on the actual, physical, setting you want. Not hidden, bold and in your face.

I understand it's all preferences, but....

3 minutes ago, Aaron Eberhard said:

That will never happen..   There's about 20 UX reasons that's a bad idea, but the biggest is different languages

If you can't speak the Kings language, who the heck are you?

(That's worked for many hunnerds of years )

4 hours ago, SuperHoneyBadger said:

2022's "old way" fits in the exact same vertical space as the dropdown method...

Also, if we're going to colour code the planes in this page, and in the viewport, let's go HARD BAHD

Ohhh, EVEN better!!!

I never suggested colour coding because I thought it would look all Fisher Price....

But yes, what you have there is 100% better IMHO.

On 5/23/2023 at 1:39 PM, Johnward Holmeson said:

Just hover over and use your mousewheel.  No extra click

So.... as others have said, you can accidentally change something with no knowledge of how it happened?

Annnndddd....the length of time you wait hovering for the options to appear, is it not faster to click it?

One step forwards, 2x steps backwards....:hrhr:

Ohhhhh, that's bad. Obviously "someone" thinks hidden is the way to go

Also....the ABS and A55 word would all blur with my eyes when buzzing through the settings, as only "A" is capital.

I'd be looking to bold the first couple of letters for clarity (I say couple as the political correct dept would explode if "A55" was highlighted.... )

ABsolute

ASsociative

INcremental

Edit:- Oh Wokey dopey SW - it "xxx" out my original post  

On 5/8/2023 at 3:47 PM, Colin Gilchrist said:

Make sure you get the Big-Plus option on the spindle, and buy "real" Big-Plus holders. The BT30 Taper, with Big-Plus, is comparable in rigidity to a non-big plus CAT40 holder.

IMHO....with 2x E model 10k RPM Robos sat side by side, one a BBT and the other a standard, and a Chevalier (non BBT) 10k RPM #40 VMC sat next to that....I'd say the face and taper increases rigidity by 30% over the non (Robo 2 Robo).

But a BBT #30 Robo is not as rigid as a BT40, like - for like. I'd say it's close (ish) but maximum -20%.

They have plenty of power. They have a lot of rigidity, but as Leon says trochoidal paths and smaller tools will be your friend.

My main issue with my Robos was swarf getting onto the tool taper, because the tools aren't "that protected" in the changer.

There is the Fanuc preferred option of a tool taper wash (coolant wash) but we went with a PLC hack where we had the machine head pause on toolchange, at a definable height, so the spindle airblast cleaned the taper for longer. This added 1x second to a toolchange and removed virtually all of our issues, so was well worth it.

Fanuc (UK) frowned at our solution because slowing the toolchange went against one of Fanucs main selling points (the fast toolchange). But good products were my priority and on a batch of 25>50 (sometimes 100) parts, I wasn't worried about the additional 1x seconds.

Edit:- for clarity, we were producing 98% aluminium parts on these machines. So using a 40mm facemill, and 14mm and 12mm roughing tools at 10k RPM and 5metre (200 inch) feed rates, so chips were bouncing everywhere inside.

4 hours ago, byte said:

So, it depends on the path, for example with a dynamic contour its very nice

where as the same chain with a regular contour is like this 

stuff with a pocket boundary will probably work well too

dynamic mill is nice too

Every day's a school day!

Chapeau, laddo!!!!

On 4/22/2023 at 3:04 PM, crazy^millman said:

CHAT GPT is in the house.

Hahahaha!

I just argued a reply about custom lathe post benefit, thinking 

And then looked at all its replies and Bwahahaha, I've reached peak interweb as I'm now arguing with a bot!

On 4/22/2023 at 8:23 AM, Skylar Roberts said:

VC is a type of private equity investment. Investors give money to companies that have been backed by venture capital in exchange for a piece of the company. VC usually means giving money to new businesses or companies in their early stages of growth. 

SFM is a more standard way of managing investments, with the main goal being to reach long-term financial goals. SFM is a way to manage a portfolio of investments by making a plan that takes into account the investor's risk tolerance, financial goals, and time horizon.

VC is the acronym for "vulture capitalist" .

Change my mind.

44 minutes ago, Skylar Roberts said:

 

It really depends on what your budget is and what you plan to use the lathe for. If you're looking for a lathe that can handle larger projects and is more precise than a standard lathe, then a custom 2X lathe could be worth the investment.

So...how does the accuracy of the lathe, dictate that a customised post is advantageous, over "just a standard accuracy lathe"?

And how does a larger project,  dictate the benefit of a post, over a smaller project - surely complexity of part to make, is more important?

1 hour ago, gcode said:

 

I do have to hit the Log In button twice though

 

New standardisation of web page to CAM product.

Clickety Click!

11 hours ago, Aaron Eberhard said:

I only check that forum once a week or so at this point.. I have about a 20% chance of getting into it, and when I do, I can only use it for ~3 minutes or so before it errors out.  It's not worth my time unfortunately

You could submit an enhancement request?

Hey you old buggers - you need an Off Topic!

All this excitement, but where's the OP?

Perhaps, he's still sailing the seas.... 

6 hours ago, gcode said:

V9 and older versions will not run on a usb or older hasp.

Modern OS's will not recognize the hasp.

There is a solution, but it will not be cheap

V9 and older will run on a nethasp ( network license)

To get it running you would have to convert your usb hasp to a nethasp 

Once you have the net hasp setup you will be able to run V8.1, but I don't know if they will even sell you a 1 seat nethasp.

Other than that, your only choice is to learn a more recent version of Mastercam

V7 was my introduction to Mastercam

I purchased a seat of 2d lathe and mill in 1997.

 

OP said his friend always gets the latest sent to him. So by that statement, I assume he is paying annual maintenance...which is a HUGE amount of wasted corn for V9, X, X2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.... If Bytey could have bought a car, OP's friend could have bought a garage to house it!

So that said, although obviously unsupported, I'd like to think the reseller goes the distance and helps out here....