Thanks John I did't realise that. Roger

I think it's the control definition,I did soom work at home and every file had dirty ops when opened at work.I know the definitions were slightly different on each computer.I have also had it happen at random with no particular cause,but that is not very often. Roger

Thanks James I was just about to ask how to do that.The psychic powers are on form today. Roger

Hi Chris I had different files open,I can't reproduce it at will.The file It happened with was an MC9 file I had opened made some changes and was regening the surface project toolpath when it crashed. I have had problems with multiple windows open before but can't pin it down to any specific action. Roger

If it's any consolation mine crashed doing a surface project toolpath as i was reading your post!I had two windows open at once if that makes a difference. I closed the other one and regened the backup file and that worked.I've had a few strange things happen with multiple windows open Roger

We get problems on our Fadals and we pull the cards out and reseat them,they vibrate loose and cause random errors.Also we shut them down for 3 minutes and rehome them as a first step then try the cards next. Roger

I'm having a similar problem when changing a program from one maching group to a new one,I delete all the tools and change to a new machine group.When I go to select an operation to add a tool from the new machine Mastercam crashes.Happened a lot in the last few days.I started saving after each stage,then at least I don't lose to much.I sent the crash report each time. Roger

Hi In control definitions-File there is a seting to turn that off. Roger

The Kitimura takes a G84.2 to rigid tap,a G84 is regular tapping,I found that out the hard way. Roger

Our Kitimura has a 16i control and M29 turns the chip conveyor off. Roger

I am going to use X at home and need to copy my configuration files-toolbars etc to my home computer,I copied my config folder but my work Drive is C and my home drive is D,so when I tried using it at home it complains about the path being wrong.Any suggestions on how to do this? Also how do you transport your hardware key so it isn't lost or left at home-I'd forget my balls if they weren’t in a bag! Thanks for any help Roger

I had strange problems with X,simple contours took several minutes to process,surface toolpaths worked fine,I reinstalled-same problems.It turned out to be a corrupt config file,which is still left behind when you uninstall.I deleted it and everything worked as it should

Gibbs will output subs,when you post the part check the setting for work offsets and enter the number of parts you need,then post thats it. HTH

Is it a long program? I had problems when I posted over 9999 lines,it started from 1 again when it reached 9999.I changed the seqmax value in the post to fix it.

My problems have also been fixed,Inhouse solutions ran my computer remotely,and my problem turned out to be a bad config file, so everything is now running normaly. My thanks to tech support at inhouse Solutions. Roger

stickgc I have the same components as you and if I try to face or contour a simple circle or rectangle drawn in X the processor goes to 100% and stays there until the toolpath is computed three and a half minutes later.I have no problems on surface toolpaths or curves created from a solid.In ver 9 the same thing takes a couple of seconds.I've tried killing every process,and every video card setting, I've tried different tools all make no difference. I've sent files to my reseller and they can't replicate the problem,so it must be hardware. I'm running SP1,I tried reinstalling and still the same pre SP1 as with the service pack. My video card is a Nvidia geforce2 MX400 not a great card but would a video card make the processor go to 100%? Any suggestions I love X but can't use it Roger