Loaded Mcam 9 onto my new Laptop. The mouse cursor can be seen in the main menu but not in the graphics area. I tried lowering the resolution and turning off Open GL but still no mouse cursor. This is with Windows XP.

Thanks everyone. I did create a line down the center and use contour. But we wanted to do it the hard way just to do it.

I would like to use a 1.0" diameter cutter to mill a slot that is 1.0" wide. As long as the cutter is smaller than 1.0" it will verify. I do understand the machining reasons not to use this size cutter but would like to do it anyway. Any help? Also I cannot locate the the files used in the Instructors Tutorials. The address emastercam.com/files/ does not work for me.

Thought everyone should know or maybe you already know, when i installed mcam x i found our hasps would not run with version x.Info on hasps was sent out in the electronic newsletter some time ago.When i called to clarify this at the beginning of summer our local reseller did not return my call.3 emails were sent also to the reseller for clarification and none were returned.Now i am pissed because i just found out from Mastercam that there is a website to register the old hasp and then they will send out a knew one.we have 30 seats and they all have to be updated one at a time through the website wwwsimswap.com.Took me all summer to clarify this and find out we have the none compatiable hasps.Just thought i would save someone the hassle i have gone thru.Looks like we will be using Mcam x in the spring not the fall.

okay.saving the file as a .stl worked fine but only when it contained surfaces and was 3d.as a wireframe it would not work when you verified it,that is to see the shape other than the standard box or cylinder.

Reduce the number of surfaces created by Solidworks to work better in Mastercam.I have seen it done before but have forgotten how to do it. thanks, steve heck

Is there a way to filter surfaces after importing from Solidworks?Also in Verify would like to see an object shape other than the standard rectangle or cylinder when you verify a toolpath.

i have explored the manual for you and have found nothing. could be a switch on the front of the control. did this come about all of a sudden?or right after you loaded the software???

jay, try the emco users group under yahoo groups. maybe small mills user group. this is second hand info so you might have to do some exploring. we have used our f1 for alot of years here. we have since retired it.the programs look okay. check things on the control maybe a switch or something.

thank. that works. what would we do without you!!!

would like to know how to set the spindle direction in mcam v9 lathe. want to cut left hand threads. we have a grasp on all the parameters except spindle direction. i know i could post out and edit the program.but how can you change it in mcam

would like to set up mcam to machine parts on two different vises on one mill. vise 1 would be to contour parts and vise 2 would be on a different table location. the part would be flipped over and milled on the top as a second operation. how could mcam be set up for vise1 to use a g54 and vise2 for a g55.

thanks for the info. do not know why they would change it after all these years. we used ver9.0 than switched to ver9.1 sp1 and then sp2.

the 2 computers that we have problems with have gone down. they keep rebooting windows constantly. i am going to reload mcam with no sp2 and that should fix them.

okay. i will try that.

does anyone know how to change the verify screen so the part defaults to the isometric view? defaults to the top view now. it would before we updated to sp2. the part is a light blue color and as soon as you hit the iso view it changes to the standard green. also we have to hit the fit screen button to center it. otherwise it is off the screen. everything was good until we loaded sp2. i have doubts about sp2 and it is causing problems. see my post elsewhere as other issues have not been resolved. i think i will delete and reload mcam without sp2.

when i log on as admin it makes no difference.

we are using deepfreeze. but all 18 computers have deepfreeze and 2 get the error messages. one has win2000 and the other xp. i will try to log on as admin.

we are experiencing problems again with sp2. os is win2000. when you open mill9.1 error message pops up "error opening c:mcam9millopsopmgr.prm". if we click through it we evenually get into mill9.1. also on the computer with winxp mcam9.1 lathe comes up with the message "error in update operation library slot and station #'s temporary file created: c:mcam9commontempt.mc9. seems like mastercam has created more problems with sp2 than i had before the update. Rick D. any answers?

just announced. steve heck (ropteach) cad/cam instructor at western high in anaheim was a ocde 2004 teacher of the year nominee. kind of unheard for a cnc instructor and cad/cam instructor. we need the good news. last night at the awards i was presented the award at the cermony last night at the disneyland grand ballroom. ocde,disneyland, and octfcu were the sponsors. great news for our subject matter.

for all wondering who i am. my name is steve heck. i teach cnc machining on the campus of western high school. we have 18 sets of mcam v9.1. i try to keep things updated but have problems working through the system problems. we have a tech that helps us alot but they are not experienced with mcam.

has anyone else loaded service pack 2 for ver9? we tried on 2 computers and had problems. one computer had to remove mcam and reload. stopped and discontinued update on all 18 computers to eliminate problems.

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steve heck in anaheim,ca . mastercam and solidworks at western high. we use an emco pc50 cnc mill, prolight 3000 and haas toolroom mill.

we are having problems with letters. in ver9 the fonts have lots of lines that are not connected. when you do toolpaths they do not chain completely. you have to go back and clean them up. ver8 fonts work just fine. anyone else having this problem?