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MASTERCAM 2017 README May 2016

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Introduction

INTRODUCTION Please review this ReadMe for last-minute product information about Mastercam 2017. Report any problems to [email protected].

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Mastercam 2017 Issues

MASTERCAM 2017 ISSUES This release of Mastercam 2017 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Interface

Updating the work offset in an operation and then canceling out of the operation parameters sometimes caused a crash

R-07901

Interface

When updating the work offset in just one operation, work offsets in other operations sometimes changed as well

R-07905

General

The Annotation button was missing from the Report Viewer

R-07927

Geometry

Arcs/solid holes in older part files were sometimes in wrong location

R-07995

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 5 Issues

BETA 5 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 Beta 5 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Interface

Added support to toggle visibility state of multiple levels (same as X9)

B-40376

Interface

In some instances, Stock Model objects would incorrectly appear as auto-highlighted

D-21912

General

First point selected did not match AutoCursor lock

R-07841

Toolpaths

Right-click drag and drop would sometimes copy/move unselected operations

R-07409

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 4 Issues

BETA 4 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 Beta 4 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

General

Improved performance in some instances when loading files containing a lot of entities

D-21539

General

Improved view manipulation (e.g., dynamic rotation) performance with files containing many entities

D-21564

General

Addressed a speed issue when loading some parts containing dirty solids

D-21775

General

Fixed Active Reports assert found in Beta 3

R-07411

General

Fixed a File, Merge issue with special ASCII characters

R-07493

General

When selecting a Material Library from within Machine Definition, mcam-material files were not listed

R-07603

Geometry

With some part files, turning on Shaded view mode locked up Mastercam

R-07484

Geometry

Addressed issues with Point Segment updating when interface panel was undocked

R-07541

Toolpaths

Dynamic OptiRough tool break/crash caused by inconsistent stepdowns

R-06590

Toolpaths

Dynamic OptiRough gouged with arc filter enabled and certain total tolerance values

R-07506

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 3 Issues

BETA 3 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 Beta 3 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Configuration

Mouse dynamics option removed from Shading settings

General

D-21441: SOLIDWORKS assembly file was not coming into Mastercam, subsequent attempts failed dif- B-39870 ferently

General

D-21400: Opening some SOLIDWORKS files caused Mastercam to crash

General

Turning off all levels also turned off the toolpaths display

B-39955

B-40008 D-21304

General

Unseen geometry could still be selected when in No Hidden Wireframe view mode

D-21391

General

The "Set as Tplane" and "Set as Cplane" settings were reversed when set from New Plane dialog box

D-21525

Geometry

Split Solid Faces - Face stopped splitting at the start/end of the arc

B-39865

Interface

D-21499 - Added Attributes to Home tab and minitoolbar

B-40041

Interface

Contour ramp toolpath display was not always correct

R-07232

Interface

B-39866: Tab Key did not validate and move to the next field when MRU was open

R-07328

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 3 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Interface

Single-key hot keys were triggered when renaming items in the Toolpaths and Solids Managers

R-07335

Lathe

Selecting Face Cutting set compensation to wrong side

D-21553

Mill

D-19814: Custom entry gouged in Dynamic Mill

B-39917

Post

Updated Post changes

B-38229

Tooling

D-17848: Lathe tool offset issue with X6 or older files - Change in one operation forced changes in all operations using the same tool

R-04088

Tooling

D-21418: "Tessellating" displayed on Status Bar after exiting the tool definition dialog box

R-07251

Toolpaths

D-21350: Slow Waterline processing time

B-39967

Toolpaths

Stock model dependent operations were sometimes marked dirty when canceling out of the operation parameters dialog box

D-21394

Toolpaths

Toolpath groups were sometimes out of order when importing operations

D-21449

Toolpaths

D-21349: 3D HST field calculation issue

R-06546

Toolpaths

Renumber Work Offsets - Operations across multiple planes were not updated if increment was 0

R-07074

Toolpaths

Toolpath Nesting - Crash when nesting clusters

R-07440

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 2 Issues

BETA 2 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 Beta 2 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Interface

Contour ramp toolpath display was sometimes incorrect

R-06669

Interface

Third-party ribbon tabs had display issues

R-07192

Interface

AutoCursor settings were not enabled unless in an AutoCursor function

R-07060

Interface

Panels could not be resized smaller than a minimum size

R-07110

Interface

Spacebar was the only way to access FastPoint mode

R-07063

Interface

FastPoint Enter key validation had field update issues

R-39609

Wire

Autosync Rails could only be run once in a session

R-07147

Wire

Autosync Rails error message was placed behind the Mastercam window causing issues

R-07132

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Beta 1 Issues

BETA 1 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 Beta 1 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Lathe

Lathe POCO was incorrect with custom WCS

R-06790

Mill

Contour using Depth Cut caused posting error

R-06741

Mill

Chamfer Mill compensation was incorrect

R-06743

Mill

Radial entry was vertical when defined as an arc

R-06744

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP6 Issues

TP6 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 TP6 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Interface

Planes Manager - Changing the work offset of a copied plane applies offset to original plane

R-06357

Lathe

Lathe Stock Flip had issues when choosing the final position of the chuck

R-06634

Mill

Circle mill retract issue

D-20600

Mill

RCTF - feedrate did not update when changing SteD-20707 pover value

Mill

Batch lost PostGhost icon when item was collapsed

D-20721

Mill

Finish/contour gouged part when Enhanced Slot Mill tool was used

D-20760

Mill

Reloading default parameters deleted operation

R-04770

Mill

Stock Model took very long time to process with reasonably-sized source operations

R-05471

Mill

Micro lift gouge in 2D Dynamic Rest Mill

R-05827

Mill

Gouge surface with high speed Hybrid toolpath with shank

R-06483

Mill

Shank clearance value was greater than specified by user

R-06484

Mill-Turn

Axis substitution start point unrolled incorrectly

R-06496

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP6 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Toolpaths

Keep tool down value resulted in gouge

D-20709

Toolpaths

Taper selection did not work in AGIE AWF Contour toolpath

R-06465/ R-06512

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP4/TP5 Issues

TP4/TP5 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 TP4/TP5 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

API

Removed Agie.dll from the Mastercam

R-05668

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Added Print option to Mastercam Simulator Backplot and Verify

B-37970

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Rapid moves were jagged and tool crashed through part

R-03330

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Mastercam Simulator C-axis face drill display of toolpath was incorrect

R-04138

General

Planes associativity was sometimes lost

R-05705/ R-05843

General

Import Operations - Added option to save/restore last used source library file

R-06269

General

Code Expert was not printing with displayed/chosen fonts

R-06373

Geometry

Improved visibility of solids and wireframe during Dynamic Transform

R-05831

Geometry

Display list did not refresh after adding points in the Entity mask on arc function

R-05990

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP4/TP5 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Geometry

Curve All Edges - Old preview not removed when enabling Only Open Edges

R-06190

Geometry

Solids Hole Axis - Some blind holes go in the wrong direction

R-06234

Interface

Planes Manager - Added "Display origin values in World coordinates" option

B-37997

Interface

Planes Manager gnomon display not updated when scrolling through planes list

R-05793

Lathe

Plunge Turn toolpath posts G1 instead of G0 on Baxis positioning move

D-20043

Lathe

Lathe stock display shows leftover stock from canned finish operation

R-04834

Lathe

User prompted of tool clearance violation in error

R-05505

Lathe

Lathe Pickoff did not transfer geometry to proper levels

R-05925

Mill

3D HST Dynamic OptiRough stepover percentage field reset

D-19163

Mill

Waterline generated gouging pass

D-19745

Mill

2D Contour gouged part when Compensation was set to Control and Gouge Check was enabled

D-07979

Mill

Dynamic OptiRough Conventional Feed Rate was used when option was greyed out

R-04269

Mill

Stock Model gouged between operations during C-axis reposition

R-04311

Mill

Formula values were not used in Waterline toolpath

R-04727

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP4/TP5 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Mill

Hybrid with trim to avoid holder severely gouged part

R-05311

Mill

RCTF in 2D HST Area Mill did not apply the feed rate when posted

R-05886

Mill

Stock Model did not consider chamfer corner treatR-05992 ment on tools

Mill

Stock setup crashed X9 Update 2 and Update 3 when regenerating the toolpath

Mill-Turn

Wrong output when drilling multiple holes in radial R-05020 directions with Y-cross setup

Tooling

Setup Sheet Tool List did not report all the tools from selected operations

R-03325

Tooling

Changing the feedrate of the default tool in Edit Tool propagated the changes to Mastercam even though Lock Feedrates was selected

R-04706

Tooling

Tool feedrate and spindle speed changes were not posted on specific file

R-06071

Tooling

Invalid tool profile in Verify

R-06110

Toolpaths

Multiaxis Link NCI outputs the wrong OP code

D-20241

Toolpaths

Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities relative to chosen origin

R-04853

Toolpaths

Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when multiple toolpath transforms existed

R-05387/ R-05919

Toolpaths

Machine Definition Manager title bar stays linked

R-05485

Toolpaths

Crash when using toolpath nesting with FBM Drill operations

R-06161

Toolpaths

Drill Point Manager dialog box lost focus after deleting a chain

R-06240

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R-06041

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP3 Issues

TP3 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 TP3 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Enabled TCP Options for classic Machine Simulation

B-37096

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Added Auto Start option to Mastercam Simulator

B-37099

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Synchronized view between Mastercam and Simulator

B-37213

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

C-axis Drill tool location and re-position moves were incorrect in Mastercam Simulator

R-03593

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Machine Simulation showed incorrect result with a transform toolpath of a Contour Ramp

R-04484

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Lathe C-Axis Drill operations did not Verify correctly

R-04577

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Classic Backplot - Lathe and Mill-Turn feed rate disR-05073 played with incorrect units

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP3 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Opacity option was not saved in Classic Backplot

R-06015

Configuration

Unsupported Shading settings removed

B-36988

General

Reinstated File, Edit/Open External (as Open in Editor)

B-37117

General

Improved feedback when changing work offsets for planes

B-37282

General

Allowed work offset matching when changing from Planes Manager

B-37283

General

Reference points from machine did not stick

R-05255

General

Planes associativity was lost

R-05705/ R-05843

Lathe

C-axis Cross Drill - Selecting points for each operation posted out multiple work offsets

R-03998

Lathe

Lathe Contour Rough using One-Way Cutting method caused multiple errors when regenerating

R-05011

Lathe

When stock diameter of material was same size as the part, Dynamic Rough (X9) did not regenerate

R-05566

Lathe

Lathe Dynamic Rough failed in X9 and caused asserts in 2017

R-06066

Mill-Turn

Redundant sync point output issue

R-05675

Tooling

Fixed problem importing a specific DXF file in stanD-07039 dalone Tool Manager

Tooling

Fixed problem with line segment facets not aligning when importing a DXF holder

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R-04915

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP3 Issues

Category

Description

Number

Tooling

Lathe tool insert projection incorrect in Backplot/UBVS caused undetected crash

R-05778

Tooling

Cutting speed reset when leaving the Tools tab before clicking OK (green check)

R-05784

Tooling

Tool Manager - Could not copy tool into a tool library

R-05923

Tooling

Block drill operation did not regenerate when block drill tool was replaced

R-06032

Toolpaths

2D Dynamic showed multiple instances of stepover warning

D-19114

Toolpaths

Formula values were not used in toolpath

R-04727

Toolpaths

Surface High Speed Dynamic OptiRough Transitions Entry feeds/speeds did not work properly

R-05375

Toolpaths

Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when multiple toolpath transforms existed

R-05387/ R-05919

Toolpaths

Toolpath Transform - NCI Rotate toolpath was reversing arcs

R-06007

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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — TP2 Issues

TP2 ISSUES Mastercam 2017 TP2 features several bug fixes including the following list: Category

Description

Number

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Enabled drop-down persistence of UBVS menus

B-36370

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Added additional Fixtures definitions in Simulator

B-36371/ B-36810

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Simulator did not recognize Lathe Stock Transfer from right to left spindle

R-03147

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Removed Simulator Adaptive Quality progress bars for 3-axis as they were not used

R-03777

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation

Rotary transform operations rapid moves were different than Backplot and Verify for Mill-Turn simulation

R-04962

Backplot/ Verify/ Simulation