Good enough. Thanks

I haven't been able to find the Mcam 2017 equivalent of this. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks

Is this possible in X9? I've looked at the xml file and haven't found a setting in it for this. Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks

As Mick pointed out, the file size is increased when working with stock models. It's not particularly difficult to do this with either stl files or stock models. The file size does get quite large though when working with stock models.

Wire edm that bad boy.

Something I've been wanting to do for some time but never figured out how is to blank or hide an entity when creating a viewsheet and have the viewsheet recalled later with those same entities blanked or hidden. Is there a way to do this? It would be helpful when creating setup sheets.

+1 It's very helpful to have a standardized folder structure, especially as your programming department grows.

I've been getting a consistent crash in X9. If I go to the right view, create a dimension, then go to the iso view, then click on "Analyze", "Entity Properties", select that dimension and click on "Quick Edit", I get a dialog box that says "Warning - cannot calculate dimension". If I click on "OK", the dialog box reappears and I'm forced to close Mastercam through the task manager. Warning, if you try this, save your work first. It will quite likely crash on you. I'm currently working the night shift so I may not be able to reply to any questions regarding this until I return to work tomorrow (Tuesday). Thanks.

I'm not struggling with this. I use the xform function to translate the stl files and it works fine. MAS58 is struggling with the stock models.

Try using the xform function with stl files as suggested by jparis. Works great and is similar to using xform stl. Now about those mysterious collisions I'm still seeing in "Verify" ...

Ok, that works for me. The only issue I have with this now is that when I run "Verify", it shows collisions where there aren's any. The "Move List" shows the drill feeding into the part at 15 i.p.m., but it considers it a collision.

I've not seen this function in X9. It's not shown in the drop down and if I go into "Settings", "Customize", "Category", "Xform", it doesn't appear there either. It's been a function in Mastercam for as long as I can remember and I use it regularly. Thanks

Thanks for the response Jay, but I'd really like to see the "classic" backplot show the "Retract" moves like it used to. If you step thru backplot, you'll see the vcr scroll bar moving while doing the retract moves, but it doesn't display it in the graphics window. Seems like a bug that needs to be fixed.

Recently upgraded from X6 to X8. I'm not seeing the tool rapid from the clearance plane to the retract plane in backplot but when I post the program, it posts with the correct "R" value in the G81 drill cycle. Anyone else having this happen? Thanks

Sometimes, the good old coons tool path is your best option. Someone did a great job on the algorithm years ago and it's really a shame this tool path option hasn't been further developed. On-the-fly filtering and approach and retract options would be an excellent addition. Here's a screen shot of coons using 8 along patches and 1 across patch. It looks great in Verify.