Looks like driver problem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also I have a zip disk when I try to select files it shows a bunch of strange symbols - anyone have advice on recoverey of these files ````~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Try this : http://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/i...p?p_faqid=16442 Also in old zip drives I remember disks named smthn like " Disk Tools " you can try too

Thanks for all you guys ,giving me ennormous fun in Fools Day . All of you who wrote me angry letters and all who post in my threads Many thanks to Gcode for deleting the first thread ! All I can say you guys are great and I know some of you more personal now . Wish you good luck and Happy Pasover . Teh fooling around loyalist .

Thanks for all you guys ,giving me ennormous fun in Fools Day . All of you who wrote me angry letters and all who post in my threads Many thanks to Gcode for deleting the first thread ! All I can say you guys are great and I know some of you more personal now . Wish you good luck and Happy Pasover . Teh fooling around loyalist .

From sheer desperation ,Bernie,you know . Political situation and need for money ! And need for glory -you can not become famous with good deeds !

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Hurry up to grab it . This threat was deleted once today! Risking to be banned ! Start->run Type cmd In prompt window type Debug o a0100:0120 0100:0500 jmp 402 dw "This simple hack fools Hasp4 protection " add OMG .VX ,012,Vx=1 ,Loopz ->0044:0202 Pop raize Vx+1 Fwait for , end loop debug q And that`s it ! You can now run Mastercam without plug protection No multisessions and no chance to use it first and last day of month ,time settings change would not help ,sorry . HTH BR

Hurry up to grab it . This threat was deleted once today! Risking to be banned ! Start->run Type cmd In prompt window type Debug o a0100:0120 0100:0500 jmp 402 dw "This simple hack fools Hasp4 protection " add OMG .VX ,012,Vx=1 ,Loopz ->0044:0202 Pop raize Vx+1 Fwait for , end loop debug q And that`s it ! You can now run Mastercam without plug protection No multisessions and no chance to use it first and last day of month ,time settings change would not help ,sorry . HTH BR

If you plan to use 3d toolpath and can use ball mill you can use it in many cases instead of 5x toolpath ,cause for shallow angles you can always hase same width of letters using a ball

Welcome to the board ,frad1004 you better not project them on surface but in case of a cylinder roll them onto cylinder In case of a surface use map.dll to transfer them Check my dirty trick for lot of examples on this topic And use curve5x toolpath If you have Mastecam art it has some nice feature for 4x toolpath on a cylinder too In case of a cylinder you can use common contour toolpath with axis substitution BR

Downrate with the chord height will speed your zooming and panning while in shade .IOW ,make chord height greater you will loose some quality and gain speed When full-time shading is turned on, you can use the Shading Settings dialog box to define shading parameters such as color, ambient lighting, spot lighting, and other properties for the current drawing session. ~~~~~~~~~~ ¨ Chord height. Enter a tolerance value for calculating surface shading. A lower tolerance produces smoother, more precise shading results. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Also you can use partial shade . Do not use gradient background ,Translucent and custom light schemes HTH

You can use any kind of file :sat , Iges and MCX too to name the few Even in ver9 !

Funny that all these ppl can make it work but one that doesnt have enough smarts to get it going has to whine. ~~~~~~~~~~~ I simply don`t want migrate to X2 now . I don`t whine . Kota - you impudent ,ignorant and stupid SOB . First of all learn to be polite and respect others and then start to demand . And do not pretend it is because you are ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ not English born mother; ~~~~~~~~~~~`` I am "not english born mother " too

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I have a hole .066 diameter. Endmill is .060 diameter. I made a 2-d contour with the circle chained and lead in/out set to perpendicular .001 and 0 arc ~~~~~~~~~~ That`s a mistake ,if your setting is control compensation need to be 0.031

I had this problem once . Easily solved ,though on plane perpendicular to axes rotATION DRILLAND BORE TWO HOLES FOR PINS 10 MM ON DISTANCE 100 MM FOR EXAMPLE Now index it on zero angle and find one pin center set in on some angle ,find the increment distance in two axes set on the different angle and find it once more Now you can find your center like in radiolocation with triangulation You can do it with one pin too . Two pins better if your part is bigger than the table

Mastercam X2 Service Pack 1 CNC Software has released Mastercam X2 SP1. Please view the Whatsnew.htm file for detailed information on the bug fixes in the service pack. The "whatsnew.htm" file can be found in the documentation folder of after your X2 SP1 installation. To download X2 SP1, please click the following link: http://www.mastercam.com/Support/Downloads...X2/Default.aspx. Next, right-click "mastercamx2-servicepack001.exe," select "Save link as" and choose a download location. Once you have downloaded the *.exe file, double-click it and follow the installation instructions. Keep in mind that X2 must be installed on your system since SP1 runs on top of X2 (it is not a standalone installation.) Please note that an "Uninstall" folder will be created within your X2 directory. These are the backed up X2 files which are restored if X2 SP1 is uninstalled. To uninstall X2 SP1, go into Control Panel and double-click the “Add/Remove Programs” applet followed by clicking “Remove” next to “Mastercam X2 Service Pack 1.” It is important to uninstall X2 SP1 before uninstalling X2, otherwise the "mcamx/uninstall" directory will remain and could cause problems if a future release is installed to the same location. The required maintenance date does not change if X2 SP1 is installed. The patch is also available via the Update Service (in X2, Help, Update Mastercam). X2 will not recognize that there is an update available if "mastercamx2-patch001.exe" (also available on the Mastercam Support / Downloads section) was not previously installed.

You can roll/unroll wireframe geometry inside mastercam .

Cannon+100 Exactly what I mean M6 is macro sub Even m8 can be macro sub

on most of controllers M6 alone is a sub

mUST BE CORESPONDING the matter of handshaking depends on the actual cabling you have

Jay +1000 if your mage quality is low ,no tracer can make it good . like low-res, contrast or deflection . I have a lot of experience in this field I had run tests raster-to Vector 4Mastercam against CorelTrace against Wintopo . Sometimes CorelTtrace makes it a bit better than MC ,sometimes raster2vctor 4 Mastercam ,every time Wintopo is close to them ,but always loose a bit But if your image is 200*150 dpi don`t expect too much

I ve seen this in X2 too Create one Stl over more than one solid and you`ll see

You do not need to save it as stl You can use any format such as Mc* ,sat or Iges What have I found the best option is to have one solid file . I usually save my fixture in separate level and make boolian add everything Less chances to get not water-tight error

I used both . I prefer Mastercam