Hey Ron. Beat me to the punch on this one. Still, solid answer.

Ron "teh Crazy^Millman" has the right of it here. By clicking on the left side of the segment in the datagrid, you can delete it with the delete key. That works better than zeroing out the segment.

Carl, When you update a post, the old version is left around, with an extension on it's name (like .pst_vX or .psb_vX2). Check your system. The files you need might be hiding there like that.

This is addressed in the next "Tech Talk" newsletter. The crux of the problem is that the error message is incorrect. The file does not exist in X3. It isn't supposed to.

Libraries are not identical between releases. We rebuild, and this means that any change in a header file is going to change call signatures, and functions are not guaranteed to even be in the same place. Also, as markov said, the definition of basic structures and classes (like ent and operation) change between releases, often growing in size as more data is added. You need to rebuild with the SDK for the version you are aiming your chook at.

That parameter appears to be unused. I know that in highfeed we don't use it, and instead calculate all cycle times as we go. In our own source code, I find no real references to it, so it will always be 0.0 (it's initialized). It looks like the sort of thing that was put in when somebody thought we'd do that, and then a better solution appeared and we did something else, but it was never taken out. Look elsewhere for your needs.

DMG Austin, Spindle speed doesn't vary in highfeed, but please send in the request to support. It's the best way to see about getting your feature into the product.

arenner, Roger knows that you know how to make a chook. What he's pointing out is that these dll's are also chooks, which mean the only function that they have exposed is m_main, just like the ones you make. When looking for function names to call into mastercam's code with, check the header files that ship with the SDK, but when looking to call into another chook, m_main is your boy.

Expanding on what Pete said, every piece of geometry has a unique id number associated with it too. Going through the database you could check for matches that not only had the same color, level etc., but also had identical id's and modification times. A high percentage of hits here, while not conclusive, would be indicitive.

Surface, I have an interest in your highfeed illegal arc warning. When does it happen? While highfeed is running, or when you post?

Michael, This is an often requested enhancement and is definately being looked at, but I am not allowed to give a time frame on when it might appear.

mpmcnc, Please send the part to QC. We're working on cleaning out some longstanding bugs in highfeed, and something could have easily been broken in the process. Thank you,

Roger is quite correct. A second issue is that you need to run a Release version of your chook with a Release version of mastercam. In VS2005, this can be set right next to the search field in the normal setup. Look for a little text field with the word Debug in it.

arrener, You've recompiled in 2005. It occurs to me that you may have missed something. If you: compile with the XMR2 sdk in VS2003 you should: run in XMR2 If you: compile with the X2 sdk in VS2005 you should: run in X2 you should not: compile with the XMR2 sdk in VS2005 nor should you: compile with the X2 sdk in VS2003 nor: compile with the XMR2 sdk but run in X2 etc. etc. etc.

Internal testing at CNC software seems to indicate that X2 will run on Vista, though its certainly possible that we've missed something. I'm not aware of any beta testers running Vista yet, so most if not all of the testing has been in house. That being said, Vista isn't generally available until Jan 30, so any computer you purchase before then will have XP on it.