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Mick

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  1. Aint that the truth... He didn't so much call the shots, but scream the shots. *hucks rocks at him* LOL Good to hear from you Colin
  2. Totally agree. Their turning cycles had quite a lot more capability over Fanuc canned cycles in the early mid nineties, and I believe continue to do so. Their IGF onboard programming produces code bloat, and has some limitations that only CAM (or CAD for coordinates) can solve, but like you, I know several shops that use it over CAM.
  3. NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNonahnahnahnahNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo Damn stutter
  4. That is a how a good or great reseller should respond. Kudos! I've heard nothing but good things about CCC. I did something similar for one of my customers. They were going to have an outage for anywhere from two days to five days. I generated them one month loaded licenses (five in total) so they could work from home, or anywhere. I've been at the business end of crap service, so I know what is expected
  5. It is unfamiliar territory for me to be opening the Buffalo Trace at that time. Normal for you of course
  6. I've just read through this whole thread. Now I need a drink, and it is 8:40am LOL
  7. I had a customer mention this to me some time last year. He had drunk the Kool Aid, and he kept telling me that a) It was a cost effective option, as he could use Fusion 360 combined with it, rather than spending money on TopSolid. b) He could hire new graduates out of University and pay them cheap rates, or even have his son come in after school and do programming for the company. I did insinuate that using those strategies wouldn't work so well, in my opinion. Now, almost twelve months later, he is advertising for skilled programmers, and he's ditched Fusion. The kool aid jar was empty
  8. Cimco also provide NC Code simulation, although it is considerably limited compared to Vericut. Another product I recently witnessed is Eureka, an Italian CNC Simulation/Verification product. I dont know a whole lot about it.
  9. This kind of thing happens in pretty much all CAM software. It isn't isolated to Mastercam, and Crazy^Millman explained it on the nail.
  10. Okuma... Yes, I was quite surprised when the technician said it couldn't be done. Dont get me wrong, I am a big fan of Okuma (especially the controls), but that really was a surprise.
  11. Indeed. We have been caught out on that with our B400W and the U3000 And to add insult, you can't control the the chip conveyor with an M code. At all. We had our technician look at it, and nope... The P200 and P300 controls are nice, but seriously there are a few options that should be standard....
  12. It must be horrible having cumbersome handling of fixtures and workholding in verify/simulation. Or toolpathing for that matter. *cough* Sorry, couldn't resist
  13. Purely from a user perspective, I have used MC, Unigraphics/NX, Solidworks, Inventor and then finally, TopSolid, in that order. When I was a Mastercam user, I did some pretty hefty modelling in it, such as injection moulds, impellers, Impeller Blade dies, and all manner of 3D prototypes. I always stated that it was a good capable modeller, even in the pre Solids days. However, once I started using Unigraphics etc, I realised how much more productive full blown CAD modellers are, especially when making changes. Not to mention freeform modelling (notably variable fillets, and surfacing functions). However, while I was comfortable with Unigraphics/NX, I never got to grips with Inventor or Solidworks. Both those applications I really disliked using. When I started using TopSolid, I found the modelling and assembly management really good. Very easy to use, and very capable. What I find interesting nowadays, is when shops get TopSolid for programming (and have designers using Solidworks), once the design staff check out TopSolid, they always have positive comments about it, and to the point that the designers start to look at TopSolid closer.
  14. It is a shame that you got dealt that way up there. Kind of the reverse down here. MC representation down here is well..... meh. As you know, down here I handle it differently Since moving to TS, on the very rare occasions I have to use MC, I find it slow. Not because I haven't used it in a while, but because the workflow is cumbersome compared to TS. Plus, as you pointed out, being spoilt with the full blown CAD makes life so much easier, especially when working on anything from tool assemblies, fixtures, or even kinematic machine models. Everything uses the same engine. If you had been handled differently, and better, you would have gone from strength to strength with TS and the purple Hasp would have been a distant memory LOL
  15. Shop I am in now? Are you no longer with CNC Software?
  16. Pfft, schoolkid... I'm 57 next January. Hah, yeah, I look at these weenies getting all excited in Fusion and think "meh"...
  17. Thanks. I'll give that a go. If I can't get it to work, I guess I can just leave it installed on my tablet. I really only need it installed for legacy files anyway.
  18. And, did a complete registry cleanout on the new Notebook, switched off all AV etc, and ran install in compatibility mode. Still no joy. Get the same exact error.
  19. Ok, an update. I jjust used the image to install Mastercam 2019 on my Windows 11 Surface Pro Tablet. Install went perfectly, and Mastercam 20119 runs fine on it.
  20. It is a fresh install on a new notebook. There isn't anything wrong with the install image, as I used the same install image that I used on my Win 10 notebook.
  21. Does anyone here have Version 2019 running in Windows 11? I've tried installing it, but I get the following error: Error 1935. An error has occurred during the installation of assembly component (C47FA2DB-7CCB-4AF7-8ECA-380C3D137511). HRESULT: 0x80070005 It then rolls back the install, and doesn't complete. I tried removing it, and then installing the latest Hasp update drivers, but still get the same issue. I switched off Antivirus, and tried running the install in various compatibility modes. I just want to install V2019 to provide some access to legacy data we have, as 2019 is the last version we qualified for.
  22. I still remember standing inside that machine tool (leaning on the fixture at the time), while I had you on the phone, talking me through the data acquisition from the probe. Good times
  23. Drilling post block? As in the drilling cycle? By 2 axis, you mean the lathe doesn't have Y and/or C axis functionality?
  24. Agree 1000%... That goes for anything, Machine tools, software, cutting tools, workholding blah blah blah. Having experienced absolute !@#$% support, I make the effort to go the distance because I know what it is like as an end user needing to get something sorted quickly. And machine tool support is paramount. I even provided support to a company the other day, new to the CNC game. They were using Fusion, and couldn't get the right code. Turned up on site, put together a couple of test programmes, found the root cause of the issue (actually two, one was the Fusion post, and the other was the machine tool/setup), gave him the information to give to both of his suppliers, so they could fix the issue. Now he is happy. Yep, do your research on support. Some of us are lucky that we can call on esteemed colleagues in the USA of course *cough* James *cough* LOL

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