thanks Dave

Were to go to learn more on vb ?

opps name only not path ......opps dave

goto page setup then click "name" under options, then green check mark then I have to enter print preview then print from there and everything works ...try that. If I try printing from the page setup screen I get just the name no geo. Dave

I did notice this and I had a hotkey from 9 that I contiue to use in x (dynamic rotate with the endpoint used then you can rotate about a point) I still have this hotkey in x Dave

when trying to select that chain push the "all" button on the General Selection ribbon bar, then when that opens up look near the bottom and make sure that the plane mask is marked on. this worked here it grabbed the whole chanin except the very end chain that is off the block ,with 1 more click that was in there too Dave

..goto drill ,then click on "entities" then the general selection becomes active then you can select "all" then mark "arcs" then it will seclect all arcs. Dave

What are you trying to drill (all arcs same size ?) or just all arcs ? Dave I can mask on an arc and then select all arcs same size in a window ...is that what you want to do ? Dave

Check your boundry, theres something wrong with it , try to find the error (not trimmed eneties or something) if not recreate it and try again. Dave

I have been checking into it, got a demo key so I can use it for a while (30 days) to check it out. Haven't seen enough yet to make any decsions. Dave

http://www.vero-software.com/ Dave

Look at Visi (vero international) Dave

Just a suggestion ...do not autosave!!! I do this thing with file names instead "det25.mc9" orginal file "det25_001.mc9" edited file saved about every 10 mins (depends on how fast you work) then "det25_002.mc9" and so on ....doing file saves this way allows you to go back to the begining and middle and end of working through large files or files that require alot of surfacing this way you can get stuff back that you have changed I have made files up to _250 before (yea thats right 250 files for 1 det) then if they want to change to something you had done already you can go backwards and get it... Hope that makes sense Dave

create drafting ,goto smart dimesion ,click text box (abc)(text box on ribbon bar) and click text then you will get to edit what you wish. dave

Thanks Alot it worked here 2 .... Dave

Thanks I'll try it Dave

JBowman I have the EXACT problem you are , It was fine printing before SP1 and now after install Sp1 printing just like yo said ...NO lines, I have read a couple of other posts and they said to try changing the background to a different color ????/ Haven;t tried that but maybe it works (really I mean give me a break changing the freaking color ???? affects the printing ???) Dave Dave

Try changing the spline into lines and arcs for whatever you are doing and you will get good results then , I have found that using splines just sucks ,linea ands arcs give you nice curves and no facetting. Dave

just tried a little test ,put some dimesions lines and text into a file and print .....everything ok except the damn lines ?????? if I try to print from the print preview screeen I get the exact same thing happening. ????? dave

No you can download now, read this first http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=016943

SCREEN ,CONF,FILES LOOK IN LIST FOR TOOL LIBARY Sorry for yellin Dave

The really crappy thing is that before sp1 everything was working great now .....LOL Dave

HP LaserJet 4100 PCL 6 used over network (prints nothing at all with "use enity line width" marked when I change that setting to use "uniform line width" then I get some stuff printing , Design HP 1100 (color) same as above no color at all windows xp prof. sp2 Pent 4 3.00 ghz 1gb ram

When printing I get nothing shaed or otherwise, if I change the settings to uniform line width I get some enties (no surfaces ,not some colors) but others print ??? drafting seems to print ok Dave

I have been using mastercam for at least 10 years now . I have never seen another cad/cam package have sooooo many problems with printing. I love mastercam , they have tried a few times here to get rid of it to look at other packages but I always so NO , MASTERCAM is best. Now that I said that the one thing that really bothers me is that the FREAKING PRINTING still does not work correctly!!! I installed X and it was a little screwy , so I played with some of the settings and presto everything finaly worked ok. Now I download SP1 and install then ...BANG no more printing at all ...change something in the settings I get some stuff printed but others not????? Shading the part will not work at all??? I'm tired of everytime mastercam releases new software you have to change everthing and play with it for days to get it to work.... Example ver9 was not bad for printing then all of a sudden the damn thing was printing like chinese sysbols and stuff???, so I wrote a post here to try to figure it out ...nothing ...went to the dealer for help ...(always clamied it was a network problem or a printer issue or not upading windows...then I tried all that stuff , still nothing so I let it go for 2 years now with great problems at times. Then I'm reading here one day only to find out that It was a BUG and the file from version 7 will work fine , So i got that file now no more problems ??? Thing is Its funny the way you can install all kinds of other software and for printing it gives great results ...goto Mastercam X ...crappy printing then I fix it fianly works then SP1 no back to nothing at all or just crap being printed!!! Like I said I love Mastercam X and would not consider another package but I mean really ....Well I will say it THE PRINTING SUCKS BIGTIME!!!!! I though sp1 was to fix printing problems not cause them ???/ Dave