Mark H
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work around; save as DXF, DWG or IGES
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Thanks for the info.
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Thanks, I'll take a look at it in the A.M.
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I figured it might be a add-on. Right now the only add-on I have is Moldplus (30-day trial), and it loads fine and shows up in the menu bar. BTW my re-seller says he gets it too.
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X6 was recently installed and seems to load fine, but looking at the "Mastercam Event Log" there are 19 errors, all of them say; "ERROR(L####,Mastercam.menu): Specific command not found." (#### = different numbers on each line) These errors do not show up when running X5. Any idea on how to fix this?
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I don't care about the toolpaths in those older files, I just want the geometry.
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Ok thanks for the clarification. And yes .008" is the default, the smallest allowable value is .001".
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Rich, are you saying that even if I'm running everything in Inch that Verify is using .008 metric?
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To cut down on all the small line moves, try using the arc filter\tolerance settings. Specifically set the filter ratio to 2:1 or 3:1 to help cut down on the the posted nc file size. Also turn on arcs (Create arcs in XY...)
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One strategy would be to rough with the 2D HS and then have a separate finish toolpath... In some instances a 2D HS has excellent finishes, especially if the stepovers are small.
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I usually just offset the wireframe (lines, arcs and\or spines) to manually compensate for the tool. However I did hear that cutter comp will be added to X6 - which is coming out very soon.
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I can read those in screen capture, but the in the actual dialog box there are two more options not shown. \Edit\, you must have been editing the same time I was replying Ok thanks!
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gcode what were the last two settings in the windows advanced settings, visual effects tab from your screen shot in this link? scroll to post #5
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In Gcode's screen shot the last couple of options are not visible. On the visual effects tab, scroll down - there are a few more settings listed. What are the settings for; Use drop shadows for icon labels and the desktop Use visual styles on windows and buttons \Edit answer found here link Use Drop shadows ... unchecked Use visual styles on windows and buttons ... checked
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First I would try the filtering settings on the toolpath (as mentioned above). Change Arc Filter / Tolerance, filter ratio, total tolerance, etc...) Try a couple of different settings and view in verify or backplot. If that doesn't work modify the geometry; Its hard to tell from that picture, but between each spline you could create a fillet. The fillet would then be tangent to both splines that it touches and should eliminate any segments (facets). The size of the fillet would depend on the the size of the geometry you have and of course the tolerance you must keep.
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Sorry cant seem to find it, but from what I remember running V9 in windows 7 was problematic. And as others stated...
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old topic... yeah that link was from the old forum and unfortunately the old links didn't convert over when the forum was updated. I'll see if I can find it...
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Tried all the suggestions and the mouse still disappears in X5 MU1 - this is when hovering over the bottom status bar, specifically over the color, level, attributes, point style, line style and line width. However when hovering over 2D\3D, Gview, Planes, Z depth, WCS, Groups and "!?" the mouse is visible. A Mastercam restart seems to be the only fix for now.
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Erine, I dont know if its a coincidence, but now everytime I open a file that has been saved after having installed the Verisurf add-on I get the following warning when opening a new session of Mastercam;
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What, are you reading my mind? I was just going to ask if this could be added... yes it works - thanks!
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I noticed that at the end of each line of iCut.nc has; G01 Z0.000 F300 Maybe this is what keeps the tool down. A simple post modification might be needed to add this after each line or arc move.
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Mine disappears after a while. A mastercam restart fixes it (temporarily.)
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I was thinking the same thing until yesterday I saw another programmer here using solid faces for his 2D high speed operations. On his brand new computer it took about 5 mins to calculate. Had he chained a wireframe (lines, arc...) it would have regenerated in seconds.
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I haven't seen this error in quite a while. Definitely not since X5. I think it was fixed in one of the maintenance updates for X4.
