I unfortunately don't have the video but cimquest had a video on youtube that shows this process below So as long as you make new solids in solidworks, then you can launch the Stock Model toolpath, select all of the stock solids and then use that stock model for verification. It works pretty much the same in Mastercam for solidworks as it does in the full version for this application.

does the hasp light up red when plugged into the pc? if it does not you need to download the latest driver from mastercams website

as long as he is a valid mastercam customer he can, my guess is he is not valid otherwise I would think he would have already looked there or would have already contacted the local reseller, but hopefully he is and if so its a simple download for him to get.

you can export and import the toolpath Edit: whups you already knew that, I looked right past where you said you already knew you can export/import

my point was just that running a dynamic path in a tight area is not going to ruin your machine if you do that occasionally, running a narrow peel mill type toolpath is not ideal in many circumstances but its not going to blow the machine up if you do it occasionally is all I was getting at with the way an earlier post kind of came off.

nah she will be fine, i'd let 'er rip, they make new ones every day but im the type of person that doesn't wear face masks driving down the highway so maybe im a rebel

well that makes sense then, I didn't think about that or never seen it happen either to me, my guess though is in order for that to happen it would have to be running the same cut day in and day out for years before it would actually happen in my opinion. probably wouldn't be much of a concern for me but I can see how some may worry about stuff like this.

Here is my opinion on the two products, both Cimco probing and Productivity+ are excellent and powerful products. Cimco i thought was Super easy to learn, if you want to be able to pick it up and learn it very quickly and easily Cimco may be a better choice since prod+ is a bit more of a learning curve, but on the other hand we can do more with prod+ at this time, quite a bit more in fact. CIMCO probing wins when it comes to ease of use and ease of learning, productivity+ wins IMO for people that want max power and capabilities when it comes to Code output your gonna see some drastic differences as well, mastercam productivity+ code is typically more difficult to read, this is because cimco probing is using the onboard macros where prod+ will make its own. so the code output from Prod+ could be 10-100x larger in size than the code output from cimco probing, so cimco probing wins if your looking for simplicity of code, its going to be easier code for someone to look at and read coming out of cimco probing verses prod+. When it comes to customization, productivity plus wins in this area, with prod+ you get a productivity+ post processor configuration tool, which means you can fine tune your probing cycles, things like adjusting the protected move feedrate, 1 touch or 2 touch measurements, probe backoff distance, etc. can all be edited on the users end right through the productivity+ post processor utility. This is another reason why productivity+ is so powerful and the reason why the code is more extensive because we can control almost every aspect of how your probe moves on the machine and cimco is going to rely mostly on the onboard cycles loaded with the inspection+ macros. Those are my opinions for what they are worth. again they are both great products, its just a matter of what your needs may be and what you may like better.

Crazy^millman shouldn't the machines controller Decelerate/accelerate where needed to prevent the machine from beating itself up, i am not sure if i am understanding what your saying correctly but I was under the impression the machine controller would slow it down to whatever feed the machine can actually handle. Like for example if I peel mill a little tiny slot, lets say .55" wide with a .5" tool so its swinging little arcs at 1000000ipm, my machine here will slow it down to whatever feedrate the machine can handle. I can throw a crazy feed at our haas super mini with next gen control and it will probably cut that peel mill a .55" wide slot with a .5" tool at like 50ipm even if i program it for 5000000ipm because the controller does its thing and decelerates to what its actually able to handle, it doesn't beat the crap out of the machine from my experience. and on other machines i have ran its been the same situation for me in the past so maybe you have seen that on a specific machine but i have not so i am not sure what you mean exactly. on top of that machines even have settings like haas's G187 settings that effect things like this. I am not saying that I typically like to peel mill/dynamic mill with that small of loops but nor do I ever throw a crazy feed like that into the program but just saying i have never seen the machine beat itself silly due to something like this so im having trouble imagining what your describing.

The very first toolpath in the sample file included with the probing tutorials shows how to measure Z and update G54 and then measure a Web for xy and update g54, if you download the Mastercam 2019 Productivity plus tutorials from here and look at the sample part/tutorials included and refer to toolpath #1 it will show proper setup of this application https://my.mastercam.com/Learning/Tutorials/Mastercam

I would try installing these again https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads, maybe the arm64 this time as well and if that doesn't fix it I would try windows updates.

I am not sure then, can you post an image of the crosshairs that you are seeing on arc center points? That may help me get a better idea of what it might be.

I have never worked with the stuff so I don't have any advice but also have heard of people burning down their machines cutting that stuff so its good that your already aware of the fire hazard so you can get the proper safety measures in place prior to making any chips. Looking forward to hearing what people that have machined the stuff have to say about it.

on the holders page of the toolpath you can right click on the holder name and choose save holder to library, that will just save the holder and not an assembly.

yea i have also heard that macbook pros work really well with mastercam from the people that i know using macs with the software, i even seen it firsthand being beat in a benchmark test against a mackbook. For the issue with very small icons, try this. Right-click on the Mastercam shortcut on your Desktop, or Mastercam.exe in the program folder. Select Properties from the list that appears. Choose the Compatibility tab along the top. Under Settings, check the box for Override high DPI scaling behavior. Choose System from the options in the drop-down box. Do not choose Application or System Enhanced. the source of this info is from this knowledge base article, https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50479.aspx but even though that KB article is referring to 4k screens i think the override high dpi scaling behavior setting likely will fix the very small icons problem that you are seeing.

well you could start by purchasing a legal copy of all the software that you are using. that would be a good place to start

dang you have a nice machine for being a software pirate... you may get away with piracy now but eventually i hope you get busted and have to pay for all the software you have been using. Stealing software is as bad as stealing anything else even though you may think its just software...

this ones really good in my opinion, thanks for sharing it with the community!

Also check out this free online training that Mastercam is currently offering, its a great course and very informative, Free until December 31st! https://signup.mastercam.com/free-mastercam-training

not sure if your question is answered in this video below but I think this video haas made is pretty informative.

a common cause of this crash is if the pc does not have a powerful graphics card or doesn't have a dedicated graphics card, are you running a dedicated graphics card and have enabled dedicated graphics through the graphics card application. If you have a dedicated gfx card i would enable dedicated graphics like the first link below shows. If you do not have a dedicated graphics card, either get one or disable hardware acceleration like the second link below shows. Link on how to enable dedicated graphics https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50338.aspx Link on how to disable hardware acceleration https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50277.aspx (note: in mastercam 2021 this is settings found in the advanced configuration, the same place it was in x9-2019)

ok great, glad its working.

should be the link on this page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034170/which-devices-are-supported-by-microsoft-mouse-and-keyboard-center) called "microsoft mouse and keyboard center"

i have seen that many times with Microsoft mice, very common problem with Microsoft brand mice but luckily its typically an easy fix. just download the latest driver or mouse microsoft mouse software and i believe that will fix it. also if your mouse is one of the mice listed on this page https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034170 then i belive the microsoft keyboard and mouse center application has a setting specifically for mouse wheel issues, i remember helping someone else with this problem and there was like a setting in there for problems with mouse wheels and like a check box or something so if you have one of the microsoft mice that are listed on that page i linked above under the mice drop down then i believe the Microsoft mice and keyboard software has a setting in it that fixes the issue.

with mastercam 2021's new Bounding Box Auto Feature you can build a plane quickly and easily on a part that is orientated incorrectly using this new feature. 1. first use bounding box, select the part, set bounding box to AUTO (this will orientate the bounding box to the shape of the part even if the part is rotated into a funky angle) 2. Go to the advanced tab of the bounding box and choose create plane check out and you have a quick and easy plane, orientated to the part properly unlike the results we sometimes can see with planes from solid face. I do find afterwards i need to rotated the plane 90 Degrees but its still quick and easy