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I'm trying to do a open pocket tool path in mastercam 2020 and instead of the tool starting at the open end of the pocket, the tool starts at the middle of the pocket, I have all the parameters selected just like previous versions put the end mill insist on starting in the middle of the pocket, any help would be appreciated.
Lack of training is the single biggest issue....I'm sorry but videos, book and online tutorials don't cut it my my book. There is NO substitution for a student sitting in class with an instructor going through use, while the trainee gets hands on experience digging through the menu and finding things that right then and there, they can query the instructor on and actually learn how to use.
Instead, people riddle the internet with blogs and other crap going on about how this doesn't do what I want or this doesn't work or the such.....when spending time with a live person would answer any question, generally in a few minutes.
Having been on the front lines of people buying the software, not taking a moment of REAL training and a week later not having a clue of how to do the simplest task and relying on Tech Support to now training them....it's not a prescription for success.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking what IHS, Colin and other online sites provide be it video or book form, they can most certainly be helpful. I'm just saying that a person right in front of you is FAR better for learning on the go.
Chain your 3 sides leaving the open end, pick your tool, set it to Open Pocket, I use the Open Pocket method, if you do, your roughing options are unavailable, if you don't use the open pocket method, your roughing patterns are available BUT depending on geometry shape, they are cases where it will start inside....think an hourglass shape, where is narrows the pocket down, that can cause issues, when it does, 2D dynamic is a better option
Before submitting my earlier post, I made a toolpath, basically identical to what you said, and it worked, but didn't cut the whole pocket. I didn't spend a lot of time, so maybe the shape of that pocket just didn't lend itself to that method. (you're the "old_bear", so I always try so soak up the techniques you post on here) I have had decent success using the dynamic method I posted though.
I find for open pockets that area, dynamic and peel are my go-to paths. The pocket path feeds back and on small pockets is no biggie. However, larger pockets I want to rapid back. Dynamic is hands down my favorite but I also find that the dynamic motion at times increases cycle time so I use area. It all depends. I also use Peel set to traditional to rough open pockets with out plowing in the middle.
Whenever I launch mastercam it then asks me to activate the license but whenever I go to do that it eventually gives me a "codemeter license server not found error 101" preventing me from activating my software so I can finally use it. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times and hard rebooted my PC. I went on the mastercam knowledge base and found an article discussing this (Knowledge Base Article 17324), I followed all the instructions and it didn't work. I don't have any of the files on my PC it told me to delete that could be causing the issue, and my codemeter runtime server will still not start, giving me the error 1053.
I sent an email to mastercams tech support but I heard it takes awhile for a reply back, so I'm hoping there's someone smart with IT here I have windows 11, and I'm just trying to learn mastercam as a student. Please help
So this was really annoying me because nobody on this entire forum had a solution that worked. What worked for me was going to -support/drivers-and-utilities/ and downloading the CodeMeter 7.60d Runtime Installation file and running that and making sure that when installing it you choose all of the features in the icon tree in my attached file. Doing so and letting the codemeter program finish installing and then running MasterCam, should get rid of the error 101 when trying to activate your license. I don't know why this works, but it does. When you download MasterCam, it already installs a version of codemeter for you but for some reason that version does not work. This version 7.60d does work.
Has anyone had issues with installing the 5 patches on the install page for the 2024 version? They are sequential and need to be installed on top of each other. After doing jgarciagtech's fix, I went to install the patches as directed by my vendor's instructions. On the server computer they installed, but for three others that connect for a license, they will not install and i get the prompt:
"The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct patch."
One thing that is a good practice is after installing the program, run it once, that's what it takes to set the registry settings...lack of that "could" be preventing the upgrade as the installation is technically incomplete
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