Must be nice to have a IT guy that will help. I'm told to have Mastercam fix it. How do I get to the damn bit defender screen that will let me make those changes? -Chad

I had this same thing happen last Wednesday and it cleared it self up. Today i am having the same problem on another computer. I would love the answer!! It seems to effect all versions. I have 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 and they all did it at first. now 2018 is working but the others are not. Chad

Hope this work but here is a video of what happens. https://youtu.be/F8aNCnW4gXg Edit - Forgot to mention it opens in design mode instead of the Mill mode I have set as the default start option. PS - I've never linked anything before or video'd anything for that matter. So.......here it goes. Still working on the signature insert also! Chad Perkins

Mastercam 2017 Does anybody have a problem with losing the default machine when converting an .igs or .X_T or .STP? I open mastercam and the default machine load's into the tool path manager fine (Start option set to Mill not design BTW). But then I open a .X_T file and the machine disappears. I can select my machine and keep programming but why did I lose it in the first place? Chad Perkins [email protected]

Yes, the drivers are all up to date. And the file is 92Mb. I used to this same file sizes on my old pc with just a 512Mb graphics card. There was slow movement in Dynamic but not total lag like this has.

Hey, I just got a new computer at work, Supposedly our new High end of what we are going to buy. It doesn't seem too bad but I have noticed some serious lag when I select for a dynamic rotation graphics view. The selection point seems to lag as far as trying to find a point to select, the little icons that say I have an endpoint or midpoint, etc. I'm not sure what I can do to help that. The only thing that seems to work is less entities showing on the screen. And it seems to be worse in X9 than it is in 2017. Below are my computer specs: HP Z240 workstation Core I7 3.4 Ghz 16 GB Ram Nvidia K2200 4GB video 450GB Solid state Hard Drive There used to be a was to turn off Graphics acceleration years ago, is that still a thing? Any other suggestions? Thanks Chad Perkins [email protected]

This seems like a good one to revive since I am looking for the same thing in V9 now. Does sort work at all in active reports? I don't even seem to have the option in my tree like this pic does! Chad Perkins

I think I got it. Yeah!!!! I suck at programming, tried to understand it but I guess English is all I know! I copied (I think) a purge VB script, Thanks to whom ever wrote that! I know it is simple but it took me a while to get what it was doing. Anybody interested this is what I used. Const DEF_GIVE_ME_EVERYTHING = -1 ' -- Start Script Call Main() ' //////////////////// ' Sub Declaration ' //////////////////// Sub Main() Dim bRet ' This selects all "visible" entities ****(Find all Named Levels) SelectAll ' Run through the database looking for selected entities bRet = StartDBSearch(mc_selected, DEF_GIVE_ME_EVERYTHING) If bRet Then Do ' Change the level on each "selected" entity that we find. Call SetLevelName(GetEntityLevel(), "") bRet = NextDBSearch Loop While bRet End If UnselectAll End Sub

Sorry Roger, I didn't realize anyone had responded. Yes. I used to be able to import a file and open level manager and select a level by an object. Then I could rename only the objects I care about then show only levels that are named. Now be default all levels that import containing an object are named all ready. And the level set name doesn't matter to me. ( they are blank) I can open an assembly sometimes containing over 500 parts each on its own level with out a level name pre assigned I can select the detail I want to see, find out what level they are on and name that level. then show only named levels in the level manager and it will narrow down the list to only the select few I am interested in. I hope I am describing this so it can be understood. Thanks! Chad

Maybe this has been covered but could not find anything. Just starting to use X9 more constantly and I am finding this a problem for me. When importing a file here (name.X_T) the level names populate with (filename (1), Filename (2), Filename (3)) and so on. I used to get no level names and would prefer it that way. This way I can weed out the useful parts I want by going into the level manager use the select tool to grab a solid then it goes back to the level manager with the level that solid is on and I can name it appropriately. After a few are done I can turn to change the list to by named only and I can see which levels are important to me. I was thinking I could write a VB Script to delete them all upon opening the file then I can go about my business as usual. unfortunately I suck at programming, computer programming that is. Any help? Please, Chad

I get the SHELL error all the time also. I can't even get anywhere without it coming up, happens as soon as i try to open a tool. Is there anything we can give you guys at CNC that might help get rid of this? Chad

Would you know what codec's are needed to view this? When i click the link and play it , it opens Media player and starts with an error. I am assuming i am missing a codec.

Hey, I haven't been here in a long time. Alot has changed. For know i could use some techno help please. We have several EDM machines that use the OLD 3.5" 720 kb formating. Yes i said 720 kb not 1.44mb most people are familiar to. Well the drives are starting to die and tehy seem to be hard to find replacements for. Does anyone know why it has to be a 720kb drive? Will a 1.44Mb drive work in it's place? or does the machine need to be configured specially for the 1.44Mb. Anyone with computer hardware knowledle please chim in and offer your two cents. Thanks!! Chad

Yes another stupid communications question. We replaced a pc(XP) that we used to download from mastercam legacy commnicator. Worked fine. Well they put a new pc in its place and i can't get the thing to send a file. Same cables same parameters in mastercam. Same version even. Has anyone seen or have any ideas what i could look for? I can recieve files from the machine, Ohh, it's a prototrac btw, but i can't send a file to the machine. Thanks, Chad

It is done in one operation and is only one chain - i think i can rule out differant pplanes right? Yes it seemd to be trying to cut with the bottom of the insert. And yes roughing and finishing with the same toolpath. The groove is a o-ring groove around the diameter. Radii at the top and bottom of the groove with straight walls. Thanks, Chad