On Wed, 7 May 2008 17:39:07 -0700 (PDT), jon_banquer
<jon_banquer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On May 7, 11:18 am, zym...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> Anyone who claims that Mastercam is completely stable is full of shit.
>> I have found that it is very picky about the hardware your are running
>> it on. For whatever reason...some files will crash alot & others are
>> stable. I have had days where I crash 10 times...then I have had weeks
>> where I did not crash at all. Kinda hard to track the cause when it is
>> that random.
>>
>> I doupt X3 is going to be tons better that way....
>
>We just started running dual monitors at work. Only reason we got them
>was for Mastercam X2. I was disappointed to find that I can't leave
>the WCS Manager open on the second monitor. Also, when backplotting if
>I move the backplot dialog box to the second monitor it disappears.
>Same thing happens with the chaining dialog box.
And you have no clues ....
>I've played around with Viewsheets.
No doubt. Are they OK?
>As they exist now I don't find
>them of much use.
Perhaps if you know what they were for & how to use them ....
>What what make them really useful is if they could
>be tied to a WCS. That would beat having to open the WCS Manager to
>change WCS's.
Perhaps there's an option but that would perhaps defeat the
purpose of other things.
>I'd also like to see the Level Manager reworked with the
>Viewsheet tab type of approach.
<Snicker>
>I also doubt that X3 is going to be better reliability wise
No instructions or training?
>but it's
>obvious CNC Software isn't going to fix what's wrong with X2 so I see
>no choice but to upgrade our 5 seats.
Not your call in any case, is it? You clearly cannot use
what you have to begin wit.
Enjoy the broom before they find a better use for it.
>
>Jon Banquer
>San Diego, CA
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Cliff