Logitech G700 RMB, LMB, Center scroll plus 9 more assignable. Copy, Paste, File open, File save, Enter, Escape, Delete, all on my mouse!

Yup! You are not alone...

So here's the story, 2 days ago, I do a disk cleanup on C: drive, maybe irrelevant, but I don't know. Yesterday, mastercam takes a long time to open, like 45 seconds, and another 30 to open a part file. I figure it just needs a reboot. No biggie, I say. I'll shut 'er down at the end of the day. As per usual. that will be my restart. Today I fire her up and it takes FOREVER! I'm talking, 1-1/2 minutes just to launch mastercam. And another minute to open a file. I figure something got dumped during the disk cleanup. (?) So I do a complete uninstall/re-install of mastercam. Restart PC, restart mastercam, SAME THING!? I try all the usual stuff, to no avail. I'm stumped. So then I start really thinking... What's different today vs. yesterday? Someone downloading a HUGE file. No, can't be. But what have I got to loose? So I unplug the ethernet cable. Yahtzee! That did it. Confirmed multiple times. Further narrowed it down to the "customer feedback program." Turned that off, stayed plugged in, and started as usual. So, all that to ask, Why is the customer feedback program causing me to open slowly? Sorry for rambling. I'm very excited that I got this far! Dell M6600 - i7 - 16gb ram - 128 ssd Mastercam x6 MU3 Moldplus catia translator & Prodrill 20 MB cable internet

I've got an M6600 from the dell outlet 128GB SSD with 750GB HDD i7 @ 2.30GHz 16.0GB 1600mhz Nvidia Quadro 4000m BD/RW Windows experience index 7.2 Runs mastercam, CATIA and all the others (outlook, excel) simultaneously without issue. Got it for just over half of what it would have been otherwise. I'm happy with it.

Just curious if anyone out there is using this system. Specifically the manual breyl clamps. http://www.fcssystem.com/manual_breyl_system.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zDz5k13WZMU Thoughts?

....Nice I'd be very interested to find out why.

In windows XP I had a keystroke macro to "edit common parameters" in the operations manager. It would set all my WCS's and NC file name the same for all op's in the selected group. The macro would right click, arrow, tab, and enter into the wcs field, input a value, and exit back to the "edit common parameters" window. Then do the same for "NC name." Then exit the "edit common parameters" window, back to the operations manager. All with one button. Now, in W7, I can right click, tab, and arrow to the check box, but when I hit enter, it jumps to the green check, and exits the "edit common parameters" window. Does anyone know what keystroke will open the dialog boxes in the "edit common parameters" window?

+1 on bounding box. We do a lot of die details. Bounding box drives 2/3 of my chains. Top and bottom.

Always choose no also. IIRC the first release of x4 disabled this. Then it came back. I would love to see it GO AWAY!!

I just spec'd out a laptop with comperable (as close as possible) components to the M6600 I ordered from the outlet. Price was $593 more than what I paid. I'm not saying it's better or worse, I'm saying it's better for me.

How about a forum for computer hardware, so people can post their experiences with different brands and components. Or would that just turn into "your _____ sux, and my ____ is the best."

Thanks for the replies. I ended up with a Dell M6600 from the outlet. I forgot to mention that I also run catia. Our full time cad guy said I needed a quadro card for catia. So taht was a deal breaker. Shrug. I think I did OK with the 6600 though.

Do you use viewsheets? Sound like it could fit you need. I have a template file with 7 viewsheets. Each setup with different active levels, visable levels, color, WCS's, line type.... Works great for multiple wcs programming.

$2,030 to your door.

Thinking about an ASUS G74SX-A2. Does anyone have any exterience with the asus brand? I think the specs would be more that adequate. Looking for a thumbs up or down from the guru's. Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM (4 cores / 8 threads) 2.0GHz, 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost Graphics card: NVidia GTX 560M with 3GB of Dedicated GDDR5 VRAM Memory: 16GB DDR3 (16GB Max) Display: 17.3″ Full HD (1920×1080) LED backlit Storage: 750GB 7200rpm HDD + 160GB SSD Optical drive: BluRay Disk Combo Connectivity: 1 USB 3.0 port/3 USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth, 802.11BGN Other: Illuminated Keyboard, Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)/, 2.0M Pixel webcam, 8 Cell battery, 8-in-1 card reader, Gaming Backpack and Gaming Mouse, 2YR Global warranty, 1YR Accidental Damage Warranty, 30-Day Zero Bright Dot

Awsome!

I've often wished to be able to "H" and "D" values in the tool manager. Enhancement request?

That was kinda my plan. No complex 3d stuff here, Only simple 2d die details. Just waiting for x6 version of prodrill. Then I'm on board. Probably gonna keep x5 loaded for a while though.

Moldplus Catia Translator It imports the tree too! Now I can see the designers work.

We're using prodrill, and the catia translator. I like it. Havn't made the jump to v4 yet. I was going to wait 'till they released it for x6.

Internal corner rounding on a contour toolpath. That's about the ONLY thing I missed from catia's prismatic workbench.

Yes, but only in drill cycles. Sorry, I forgot to mention that. It also does it with the "G08 P1" on and off. ( 17/32" DRILL | TOOL - 13 | DIA. OFF. - 105 | LEN. - 105 | TOOL DIA. - .53125 ) ( K_US_STANDARD_TAP 5/8X11 - 5/8"-11_TAP - D DRILL ) N760 T13 M06 N770 G0 G90 X7.25 Y16.75 S348 M03 N780 G43 H105 Z1. M08 T32 N790 G08 P1 N800 G98 G83 Z-2.3471 R.125 Q.1594 F3. N810 X0. Y16. N820 X-7.25 Y16.75 N830 Y-16.75 N840 X0. Y-16. N850 X7.25 Y-16.75 N860 G80 N870 M05 N880 M84 N890 G08 P0 N900 G91 G28 Z0. M09 N910 M01

Thank-you. Looks like I need to do some checking.

We have a late '90s Awea SP3016 bridge mill with a fanuc controller. For some reason the X and Y axis will start to move before the Z axis reaches its destination. The motion looks like an arc. If you turn the rapid rate down it is less pronounced, but at 100% it will actually catch a drill tip on the edge of a hole, for example, if you dont lift high enough. I understand some machines rapid differently, (dogleg vs. straight) but i thought, as a rule, Z had to reach its destination BEFORE X and Y moved? Is there a parameter for this? It sure would be nice if I didn't have to lift over an inch on my rapid moves. Thanks.

When dragging/dropping drill points, I get the "Retain depth values of merged drill points?" prompt. I hated this in x4. Then it was fixed in x5. In x5 MU1 its back. Beta testers, please tell me it's fixed in the next MU or release. Or can I make it go away? I've never said yes, it's always been no.