So in order to run MCFSW on my computer, I'd have to move my nethasp to another computer?

Yes. That is correct

I failed to mention that there are grooves in the part already. It's a 16mm diameter 4mm thick with 2 - 1mm wide grooves in it. We are worried that if we use a saw that it will just grab the thin wall and chip it out but we have 4 test pieces so we are thinking of trying a saw. The other option we were thinking about was clamping the part in a vise so that the top of the part is flush with the top of the jaw. This way the part is supported by the aluminum jaws. We will get some deflection on the part because it's so thin but our slot width and depth has a fairly large tolerance. We just can't have chipping around the edges of the slot.

I have to machine a .040" wide slot in a disc of this stuff. I have about 20 pieces to do and I have to go 3mm deep. I'm not too worried about tool wear but not sure if speeds and feeds for cutting regular nylon would work. I can not use coolant. This stuff if fairly fibrous and coolant would just soak into the part. Does anyone have any recommendations?

If I try to run MCFSW then I will close my stand alone session of MC. If I try to select any toolpath it kicks out a warning that it needs a 3D license. Even if I select a 2D toolpath.

Yes. Mastercam fires up when I open up Solidworks now

Got the new codes and still won't work. I have a call in to the reseller to figure out what is going on. I can't do anything thru MCFSW at the moment.

I called my reseller at lunch. They are gonna send me updated license codes for X9 and MCFSW

It's a net hasp on our server but for some reason the nethasp exe for MCFSW won't read it of the network

I have a mill level 3 license

Do I need a special 3d License for using MCFSW? Everything I try to do is giving me a warning that I need a 3d license. I have a full seat of stand alone Mastercam.

Thank You.

These might seem like a few simple questions but I'm a simple person so take it for what it's worth. With X9 we now have the option to run Mastercam thru Solidworks without having a seperate license. How do I do that? Do I still have to download MCFSW X9?

Always wondered what that color chart was for in the plane manager. I was always too scared to find out

You can also try using a stock model for your verify. Sometimes on large files I'll make a stock model of setup one and use that as my stock for the verify. This way, once I verify setup one, I use the stock model and jump right into verifying setup 2 toolpaths.

Very nice wok Mick!!

I'm heading down to the bunker as I type. I'll check with I.T. and find out about the codes.

We just renewed our maintenance about 3 weeks ago but this morning I got this message when I went to open up X9 Beta. Has anyone else gotten this message before?

I have a part programmed and the file size is 185,500 kb. This file would take a little bit to load (10 seconds or so) and about the same to save. Verify was supper slow as well. Anyway I went back and opened up just the step file and saved that with no toolpaths and it was 915kb. Now, I do have some stock models in my programmed file so I deleted those and it reduced my file size to 175,000kb. Does this sound like a corrupt file? I do not have a lot of tool path on this part or extra surfaces either. There is a big difference in the way the 915kb file acts and the 185,000 kb file acts. I don't know what would be causing this file to be so big. Any thoughts?

I ended up taking out the G28 and just moving the tool up 7 inches.

So if I slap a g28 z0 into the middle of a program I have to enter in my height offset again?

I wanted to move the machine away from the part in order for our indexer to rotate. We now have 2 extra holes in the part because it seems that after the G28, it plunges thru the part a bit and then retracts back up to the correct height and continues machining. Does G28 cancel tool height offsets? I'm running a Hurco if that makes a difference.

Never had any problems. We do quite a bit of semi finish water jetting and haven't noticed anything significant when it comes to extra tool wear

Never mind. I used the advanced section of the Migration Wizard and it worked

I'd like to update a single machine post and the control to X9. Can I use the migration wizard for just these two things?