You do understand that anything that gets "changed" and needs to be updated in the nci file NEEDS to be re-genned, right? If you made those changes and it didn't go dirty, when you posted it the changed info would not be in the nci file.

Make sure you have the rights to edit the files in that directory... Also, if Microsoft One Drive is backing up that directory, turn it off. It will rewrite your file after you change it.

This^^^^^ I have seen ZERO reasons to think anything but....user chose not to establish himself as a legal user and came in and has subsequently posted on how "Mastercam needs to change their algorithm" It smacks of another titles troll account. Of course, I don't expect the "hosts" to do anything...sorry

and that was my understanding, linked, yes...does not actually run the gcode...

Vericut has several available modules as add-ons to just the simulation module, with the simulation you use your actual gcode file. It understands macros and has all kinds of reports you can output. You can add probing, Force optimization, Multi-axis, and several other task specific modules. They have recently begun offering a posting companion with it as well. It can be used across a most, if not all CNC machines. It comes with a high price tag but most consider the "Gold Standard" of machine simulation. Camplete is another title with a great deal of ability and it has offering the posting side of it's product from the very beginning I believe. I don't know about their availability across machines though. It may have changed recently, if so someone may speak to that but when I checked several years back, there was a pretty wide swath of machines they could not even offer for purchase. It's abilities place it at the top of the simulation market. Some machines, Matsuura in particular come with a seat of it. To buy it, it is also somewhat pricey. MachSim....my experience with MachSim is admittedly older but as I was told at the time, it, even when purchasing licensing, doesn't use the actual gcode file...not certain this is still accurate but it was at the time in which I was aware of it...it is somewhat limited in abilities, not sure if it is because of Mastercam itself or limitations from Moduleworks...it is the cheaper of these above noted options, substantially cheaper. Probing, Macros, not sure that can be done beyond it just ignoring the code. There is also NCSimul, ICAM and a newer offering by a company, I believe out of Turkey. I won't speak to any of these as my knowledge is admittedly, little to none. I, for one, do not want my simulation coming from the same program I programmed it with... Pricing I won't get specific, if you really want to know, ask the appropriate vendors...there are many variables that factor into pricing.

The difference between Vericut, Camplete & Machsim is like comparing a Rolls Royce = Vericut - Price $$$$ Camplete=Bentley - Price $$$ Machsim= Chevrolet (not a Corvette or even a Camaro) - Price = $

Without seeing the geometry it's impossible to say but I wonder if this is something rolled/unroiled geometry could help with...

Gee, still, no file

lol, yeah, that ain't happening

and Camworks has "Knowledge bases"...is "CAM Assist" better or worse than any other types that already do something very similar? Who knows...certainly not I

The "sales pitch" always sounds good....when the rubber hits the road though is where the truth of the sales pitch will be proven or destroyed... Hell, Mastercam has "Feature Based" machining already...with a bit of upfront work it can be pretty massaged....you'll make toolpath and then have to dig in to clean it up...so from that perspective, I would be leery it's not a whole lot different.

I use the Toolpath Manager settings....have since the inception of "X"....that said, when importing OP's I always end up having to rename them, the tool manager settings don't get applied...new ops created, yup they'll pick it up.;....imported ops, newp

Over the weekend I got a connection ask on LinkedIn from the guy thats seems to be hawking it... Had not even heard of it before...as usual, I am dubious of anything promising a "1 click" solution for manufacturing...but I'll watch, listen & learn and see what it is all about.

Don't hold you breath...but you already knew that

I pointed out where to go upper a couple posts

Upper right corner, the "X"

You just told one of the guys on this forum who is easily the most experienced and willing to teach guy that he doesn't know what he's doing... Perhaps you should contact the Mastercam reseller that your "boss" bought Mastercam from and have them show you how to use it. You chances of getting help here have just gotten on to VERY thin ice.

Go here and register. The official site is best for development questions https://users.mastercam.com/Identity/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2Fconnect%2Fauthorize%2Fcallback%3Fclient_id%3Dmastercam_my%26scope%3Dopenid%20profile%20mymastercam%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fmy.mastercam.com%26response_type%3Dcode

\Best guess on the VERY limited information....either you're changing it in the wrong post OR the switch remains but the logic has been skipped over or removed... Maybe go to the Tech Exchange and download a fresh post and see if it works in that

https://i.imgur.com/4doel5k.png

Heck, each HMC has 160 tools and I still find it limiting

A post can only be edited by the poster for a set period of time, after that it can only be edits by Mods, Admins & webby

That will be it's death knell if you ask me.... This company will NOT utilize software that is subscription based.....Autodesk was already dropped...Materialise is about to hit the curb...if a perpetual license isn't available it won't be here.

Oh and another highlight...if you crash or close Mastercam over the Remote Desktop connection, I don't "think" you can restart it... I haven't tried in a long time but that used to be the case

Yes but if the session is actually running on the remote machine, it's behavior will be odd or bad... Best is to run it on your local system in front of you and only pull the license off of the network. Remote desktop is a BRUTAL way to have to program