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

I am new to lathe, ben using mill longer than i can remember. Does anyone know why i would get a spindle reversal during a groove cycle? I don't think it is the post as it is in the posted NCI file as well. The cycle seems to be roughing the groove then goes down one side fine but when finishing the other side the spindle stops and reverses then travels down the other side wall. Any suggestions are worth it! please give me time to check back i don't have much internet access where i work. Thank You! Chad Ohh- X4 is the version.

Thanks guys, i thought i would hear comments like that. I think i will try to finish as much as i can soft and leave .004-.005 on anything that needs to be held tighter than .001. That only leaves a few items that need +.0002 -0.0. Thanks again.

I am interested in hearing your ideas about M-4. I have a new job cutting some, managment thinks i will be doing it hard Rc 60-64. I have had ho problem with up up Rc 56 materials but havn't had much jobs requiring anything harder. Unless i am mistaking, M-4 is difficult to even grind once hardened. I thought it was a stable material though which i might be able to cut the part finished soft and grind outsides to the cut interior dimensions. What are your thoughts or expiriences with this material please?

Funny, i was going to post this question and thought i better search the forum before to see if it has been covered already. I know V9 is old news but but i still have a use for it. Sooooo.... does anyone have any idea how to save to a MC9 from X2 through a VB Script?

I'm not much help in the programming aspect but i have a idea maybe worth thinking about. How about if you create a line looking from the front view at a height you want to cut at. Then project a curve on the solid from that line. Now you have 2D geometry that can be analyzed. Sorry if this doesn't help i didn't know if you thought of it or not.

Roger has my idea. i do want to output code base on the text held within scomm. I can output the comment but the comment was being output without paranthesis. I did find a work around using a pcomment2 postblock and resetting scomm: pcomment # Comments pcomment2 toolcommno = scan (str1, scomm_holder) pcomment2 # secondary created to read scomm scomm = str4 + scomm + str5 scomm_holder = scomm str4 & 5 are = open and close paranthesis From there i used scan to search for the string i want and capture the following number. Thanks for the help!!

That works except when it referances scomm it stores it in the some_string but at the same time it outputs the string in scomm to the .NC file without the parenthesis that it needs for the machine control to ignore the comment. Any ideas?

Help i couldn't find enough documentation to check these out. I am trying to read the operation comment and output some code depending on a certain condition. I was using scomm but it seems when i refer to it, it outputs to the post and wipes out scomm. currently i was using pcomment test = scan (str1, scomm) to capture a number after a cerain string. The problem it outputs the string when doing this and the string didn't get put inside of paranthesis for the control. How can i stop the processing of scomm or does anyone have a example i can look at for scomm0? Thanks

I have made toolpaths in the my library which have the geometry stored with them. Now when i need to put a number on something i bring in the toolpath from library and reposition the numbers in the order i need them where i need them. I typically only have a single or double digit cavity ID though so that makes it pretty simple for me to do this. For long part numbers i still make letters and give it a tool path.

Is anyone using a Integrex 200 (or any other integrex for that matter i guess)? Do you like it? and are you using the mazatrol language or mastercam to program it? I'm considering the machine and would like to hear some opinions.