yOU HAVE HIGHER CHANCES to get it IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 200-300 TOOLPATHES and more than 50 groupes

I am still on ver9 . It can happen in 9 too in some rare occasions . I am always multisession ,but this happens to me only 1-3 times a year . IF IT HAPPENS ONCE ,HIGH PROBABILITY IT CAN HAPPEN ON SAME FILE NEXT TIME . sO i SIMPLY LOCK MY TOOLPATHES AND THAT`S IT . I have no time to play digging what caused it . If you lock your toolpath ,at least it will be preserved and you willno waste your time on regeneration each time you open it

mASTERCAM IS VERY MIGHTY PROGRAM ,BUT IT IS NOT mASTERaLL. But it has some features ,that can help in case when you need to do something like this . I can do literally anything with 3d toolpath ,selecting chain mode partial and compensation -off ,like entering the material ,doing 3 circular pathes ccw ,2 cw ,ramp to the bottom ,making 2 ccw and 3 ccw ,ramping up .literally anything my fantasy wants

JMHO .i CAN DO IT ANYTIME ON ANY VERSION . jUST THINK a bit dirty like me (mean ,create your geo and use contour 3d ) Gcode ,sorry ,I has not read your answer . You were first . [ 09-13-2006, 02:13 AM: Message edited by: Iskander teh Owl ]

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You are welcome ,Rick ! BTW ,ask your friend ,do you know old Cimatron trick how to make something similar to contour ramp by angle . I was really shocked first time when I realized you need a trick to make such a simple thing

My question is why? And in your opinion, what is the best OS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Win95

Cimatron always stressed that it`s made in mind for moldmaking . In molds you do not use a lot 4 and 5 axes . Why ,they have so many problems even in transform toolpathes that many of them heavily use in moldmaking too and in many other things . What I do like is stock recognition on all operations . Some little nice things in desidn and drafting . And assembly . I never really liked Nc . While being able to do most of things ,it is too buggy to be called stable and lacks tons of simple things that makes MC so strong. You really need to check all your operations twice to be sure you have no gouge or undercut . When I you worked with guys that were old time Cimatron users I never was able to proove them Mastercam is at least capable to do the same .... One day they needto build gear - Cimatron has no Gear building capability ... May be you need to buy it ,if it exists ,but MC has it by default . And many other things . Still it is a great production package

yES .THIS IS A PROBLEM . It remains in Elite too . Cimatron positionning in 4-5 axes sucks . Guys here use editors to turn to x- ,or x to y ,i to j and etc . Same problem in horizontals . No tru verification too ,BTW . And many more things . No wonder that I love Mastercam

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Yes ,sure !

jUST NAME ME PROGRAMS OPTIMIZED FOR IT . This is similar to the Pentium 4 code optimization story . BTW ,you can turn it off through Bios You need new compilers and recompile all your code plus OS good implementation to gAIn full effectiveness of it See example http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3023&page=2

If you use old Fanuc controller like 6 or 0 do not use the 1st move above the cut and the last move above the cut in the entry/exit or you`ll scrap the part (checked ) http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=020984#000000

I told Elad what I think about it - I will migrate only when I will be not able to continue in ver9 . I still don`t need it (may be in 5 axes or high speed machining ) but in most of our cases which are general machining I am super fast and extra comfortable with ver9 . I bet noone will show me the speed of work close to ver9 in parts of middle complexity up too 200 toolopathes . Still X lacks lot of functionality and have lots of bugs

You can always easy write it by hand using local call code . In Okuma it was MCALL . Exists for fanuc and any other

History driven cad-cam has a lot of issues too . I used Cimatron -it has history for everything ,not only solid and you can unwind literally anything (in theory ) In real life you get monstrous file and lot of issues especially if you have assemblies ,references and not standart situations . I prefer simple ,but mighty cad program for MC and design part of mastercam suites me well . I made molds with it ,even without Moldplus . It can do lot more thing s that you imagine . Look on my dirty tricks thread for some examples of it`s might

this runs the cpu usage at 100% in the task manage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is not true . Mastercam v9 is not true Windows API(cONSOLE ) ,so this is why you get it . i AM VERY HAPPY WITH AMD under xp and V9 .

David . I prefer not to use holder ,but to define tool as tool and holder together ,IOW i would say arbor diameter 40 In most cases it is enough and way too fast too

McamNut in your case what OS`es do you run on them ?

Seeking teh bannation ? Or trolling and ranting ? If you have specific problems talk about them . Or use ver9 like me . But your attitude

Go with Amd and PCI express Works great (checked )

sTEPHEN tHAT`S WHAT i SAID wET COTTON cloth with epoxy and put it to the surfaces . Give it time to solidize Or use other glue simmilar to epoxy in this way .

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