Actually I believe they just recently released a Scholars International book for version 8. Ask your dealer to get it or you may be able to get it at barnes and noble online or something

CadCame translator is a good option if you don't do a lot of translation. I'm not sure but I thought I read it was expensive per translation. The pro-e translator is expensive at $1995 but we use it almost everyday and it works pretty well. The fact that you can import a true solid has made a big difference.I'm not sure if STEP handles solids but even step is a $1500 option... you need to weigh how much your going to use it. If your gonna be translating every day then you should invest in the translator...

should haved mentioned. Running WinNT4 also.

I have the exact same problem.. I'm running a P-2 450 mhz with 256 meg ram and a revolution 9 video card.

Are you using it in a pocket or on the putside of a frame. I know in Ver 8 it appears that if it can't fit a lead it will not use it under certain circumstances.

Are you using it in a pocket or on the putside of a frame. I know in Ver 8 it appears that if it can't fit a lead it will not use it under certain circumstances.

The way I do keyway cutters is like this ..I do not use depth but I do use multi pass then I copy that operation and change the depth on the copy. If you try to use depth it will just divide up your passes equally and the 1st pass will be the first equal depth cut.hope this makes sense.

Kev

LOL ..I told them Cad/Cam Guru ..but they said that they would have to pay me too much at that title ....

Kev

I work in a model shop and the company I work for is trying to come up with a title to add the Cad/Cam part of my job in with the machining. What titles do you guy's have that will encompas model shop machining with cad design and cam ...

There is a freeware program called Wintopo that can convert to vector. You can find it at www.download.com the only thing is it will only convert from bmp ..if you want to do gif's jpg you need to buy the full ver. you can alway's get freeware to convert from gif to bmp. I was asked by the company recently to engrave a gif and it worked great.

I've been using ver 8 since it's release and I like it much better than Ver 7 ...I haven't encountered very many bugs and the associativity is worth it's weight in gold to me ..just my .02 cents

Thanks ...sorry to sound dumb but never ran into that issue before ..it worked great ..

Thanks

Kev

Yes ..that is what appears to be happening ..how do I change that..

Thanks

Kev

It appears it is breaking the program up per tool change ...the post is the normal fadal post.

I am trying to post some very large programs with 6 operations at once ...but as it converts to the post it is breaking them up into smaller programs about 65,000 lines long instead of 1 long program...when I used Ver 7 this was never an issue ..Help .....

Kev

There is a update at the mastercam support page for that problem. Some of the early cd's had that problem.

Does anyone know if mastercam has done or has a post for a centurion 5(Milltronics) lathe? I know they have a post in mill but there isn't one in lathe....

Thanks

Kevin

Kevin Maynard

MKS Instruments in Methuen Ma ...

Mastercam Ver 7 and now 8 user..