Hi there I've found something after installing V9.1. If I go into my parameter page in drilling, and choose the drop down list for the drill cycles (drill/counterbore, chip break, peck drill, fine bore etc etc) and choose, for example chip break or peck, the peck increment options, such as 1st peck, subsequent peck and retract amount, are greyed out. Basically, I only have the same options (those of drill/counterbore) for all the drilling cycles. The O/S is WinXP. It does it after trying several different posts too. I have a vague suspicion I'm missing something obvious here Anyone else struck this at all? Cheers, Mick

Hehe...if its a loaded library, I'd be interested in that too...Any chance of sending it to me? Cheers, Mick

Brent, If I had a more complete library, I'd share it with you, but all I've added is a couple of profile boring bars using the VBMT insert :/ I keep meaning to update the library a bit more, but the old enemy time is always against me. And the US catalogue has a quite a few tools in it that the rest of the world doesn't have. (I used to be a Sanvik rep, and we sometimes used to order stuff from the US catalogue to satisfy a particular need for a customer) Regards, Mick

Rekd, you mean like, the operations manager is a seperate window, that allows access to Mastercam behind it? Yes, I'm all for that too...plenty of times I want to save, but have to quit the operations manager to do so... I figure its wishful thinking too

Woot...Animal House...What a classic film...I have to get that DVD... TOGA PARTY! hehehee

What a jerk. Just goes to prove what an a**hole he is, by ruining this for everyone. I hope you nail him for this Jay :/

I believe it is Windows NT, and yes, the Metacut Software was installed. There was a brief error flashed on the screen when Solid Edge started, and was something to do with failure to find a license. The customer has both a network license, and a fixed license (they have several seats) but neither license works. It is shaping up as a trip to their premises for me, by the looks of things

Thanks for all the replies everyone. As it's Saturday, I'll be talking to the customer on Monday, to check on more details, and once I know more, I'll be back on here

I just got some more information from the customer. Its seems the Solid Edge sim is a Sentinel, not a Hasp. So it maybe not a hasp driver issue. I did indeed get him to swap the locks, but its made no difference :/, but thanks for the suggestion. Hehe...These kind of things only ever happen on a Friday afternoon

Our local reseller has just contacted me in regards to a problem that a local Mastercam user has encountered, and has asked me to try and sort it. It appears that they have installed V9.1, and as a result, when they try to run Solid Edge, it now doesn't run. They previously had V9 running alongside Solid Edge with no problems at all. According to the customer, their Solid Edge is using a Hasp as well, which indicates to me that there is a potential issue with the driver. Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? The customer is unfortunately in another town, so I'm doing this via phone. Regards, Mick

I had to do something similar a while ago. As per a previous suggestion, I u-drilled, then whittled away with a profiling boring bar. I used a Sandvik SVQBR (VBMT insert on an angle). Worked a treat.

That one catches me out every now and then.. Maybe that would be a handy option.. something like "Match NCI file name to MC9 Filename"

"That" may be an "it"...then again..maybe a "thing" Still, its a good way to get your number of posts up...

I might be getting a "That"...Should I start a new thread?

V9.1? Haven't seen it yet.... Am I going? Of course.... Over Thursday, back on Sunday

Anyone going to the Machine Tool Show in Melbourne at the end of May?

James, I certainly agree with the last one....I could read several books whilst processing some of the cavities I've dealt with lately Oh, and Z travel isn't normally the problem with me...its x..:/ Hehe Mike

I'll have to try 1)..I've never used it. But I can vouch for 2). I use it all the time. I've saved several operation "libraries" for different types of toolpaths that I do regularly, and just as James stated, I import the required operation(s) and then add the geometry, and regen. Very productive

Scott. You race BMX? Cool! I used to race BMX in my late teens, and I really enjoyed that sport...maybe I could encourage my 8 year old son to get into it, to give me an excuse to buy a cruiser and go racing Kid can be handy sometimes to allow parents an excuse

Just out of interest, one product I found really useful for users of Unigraphics, was the UG CAST (Computer Assisted Self Teach) module. Its basically a bunch of training courses that you install along with UG. When you run the CAST program, it fires up UG, and UG runs with a panel down the side guiding you through the course. It was very good for getting new users trained on the software. It got me started on Unigraphics when I was a newbie. Its a pity I'm not a software developer, otherwise I'd do one for Mastercam

Well, there is the option of Vericut. I know that it supports Heidenhan conversational programming language, and its really powerful. Use the link at the bottom of the forum page to check it out

Sorry, I posted twice :/ [ 04-15-2003, 06:01 AM: Message edited by: Mick ]

Quote: ________________________________________________ How then are we help the guy out? Some detail is required. Not necessarily the minutae of each mouse click but SOMETIHNG would be nice. Even this would be better; ________________________________________________ Maybe by not jumping down his throat for a starter. You may have a billion posts to your credit, and be a senior member, but I dont think it gives you the right to talk down to someone, and address them like they're on two way radio. Calling him Pal and signing off "OUT" is as rude as typing in caps. I took offense at your reply, since I was looking at it from the original posters point of view. And obviously a few other people here feel the same way, judging by the advice of "sit back, be quiet, and observe, and an answer will come. Just dont ask questions." from some other newer users. I've ended up training a lot of new Mastercam users, both at the local college, and on their premises, and if I spoke to a new user like that, I wouldn't last 5 minutes. And Jack, hehe...the old 2 cents worth saying seems to me, to have been around since I started using the internet....And I cant even remember when that was :/ I know I was still using paper tape and trig at the time I get a feeling this topic is going to be closed shortly Just my 3 cents worth (I got a pay rise )

Quote: ________________________________________________ How then are we help the guy out? Some detail is required. Not necessarily the minutae of each mouse click but SOMETIHNG would be nice. Even this would be better; ________________________________________________ Maybe by not jumping down his throat for a starter. You may have a billion posts to your credit, and be a senior member, but I dont think it gives you the right to talk down to someone, and address them like they're on two way radio. Calling him Pal and signing off "OUT" is as rude as typing in caps. I took offense at your reply, since I was looking at it from the original posters point of view. And obviously a few other people here feel the same way, judging by the advice of "sit back, be quiet, and observe, and an answer will come. Just dont ask questions." from some other newer users. I've ended up training a lot of new Mastercam users, both at the local college, and on their premises, and if I spoke to a new user like that, I wouldn't last 5 minutes. And Jack, hehe...the old 2 cents worth saying seems to me, to have been around since I started using the internet....And I cant even remember when that was :/ I know I was still using paper tape and trig at the time I get a feeling this topic is going to be closed shortly Just my 3 cents worth (I got a pay rise )

I feel sorry for some of the people that come in here, and end up with a roasting from some members (most of them senior), for not posting the way a posting "should" be. I'm sure it frightens some of them off. I know I think twice about posting something nowadays. Certainly, some requests can be blunt, and to the point, but then, a lot of people are new to this kind of medium, plus maybe some impending deadlines might produce a bit of a short fuse, and as a result, a brief, rather than a detailed, description. I know I've been guilty of it in the past. Just my two cents worth.