Thanks Tom! Most tool paths were there just missing a bunch of drill points. Very much appreciated!

Just sent them Thanks for helping!!

Just getting them to V8 or V9 is a problem. Been way to long since I have used or had either. BTW. just tried MCX5 which is as far back as I have here and it will only go back to V8.

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Hi Guys, I have some old jobs that have come back and everything we have is in MC7! How can I open these in MCX8? I actully have MCX6 installed too. Please let me know what I can do as reprogramming all this old stuff would be a killer since it was a production part that was all dialed in. Thanks, Ken

Sorry guys but I had to do some actual programming. The self proclaimed expert is NOT!! He passed it on to his higher up and they said NO! They are not helpful and wont even answer basic questions for me. I have pretty much just resigned to saving in PDF using Adobe. The format is perfect. I am able now to edit and save. Its not like editing in word but it is much easy than screwing with our other set up sheets. I am hoping at some point Mastercam will understand the serious need for a workable set up sheet for people who do not understand the way all the office files work and do not have time to learn it. I guess maybe im just missing something. Why are we the only guys posting this thread? Does everyone else have it all perfect where they dont have to mess with it? Do they just settle for 90% and thats ok? Very frustrating. Has anyone seen the AR in X7? Is it improved?

yeah! me too! You mean the self proclaimed expert? I think the real expert will be the one that actually designed the AR as it currenty is for M-cam. I am very happy with the PDF editing we are doing. Using the AR and Adobe is working well. It's leaps better than our old way of fumbling around thats for sure. It an still be better and ever bit of time we can save is just money in the Bank! So we are still looking to Fix the AR. I will let you know

yeah it works very well. takes a little time to convert but it does format it so you can edit. I still have not heard back about the AR? I guess those guys ever there make enough money already!

File size seems ok to me. PDF = 349 KB (358,052 bytes) CONVERT TO WORD = 231 KB (237,012 bytes)

I did download the trial. it does convert it very closely. I still needed to tweak a couple things but works very well. It did take a long time to covert tho and it was just 3 pages. the excel convert wasnt even close. Still thinking for now my new PDF skills are far quicker for me.

Cool, Im looking at it right now. So it recreates it in word EXACTLY?

you know I was having a bad time with Adobe but a quick overview from a co-worker that works in quality gave me a huge boost! Its as easy as inserting in word. I only have adobe 8 on my CPU and have seen the things done in the new version. I think this is very usable. The page format is really stable. The page stays exactly the same as the AR makes it which is perfect for us. I am actually ery happy with the way PDF is working now. I havent checked Nitro yet mainly because im swamped and was waiting to hear back about the AR. I will let you know when I hear back. They dont seem to be very helpful.

The HTML into MSword is very time consuming for me. I dont have the document skills to make it do what Rocheey does thats for sure. I did just discover a whole new world or edit options in Adobe PDF. I think this is a good option for us at this point. Im still going to get the update to AR from Component One if they will do it. But for now, PDF master, become I must!

IMHO Component One is missing out on a lot of revenue here. they have the closest thing to user friendly set up sheet software that I have come across. Its about 95% there. I was using Word to open the HTML that was created by the X+setup sheet. I was able to get it to work pretty well but still a lot more time than the AR. Interested in how you are doing it Rocheey1