Should users of Mastercam have to pay for new features that when released are bug filled, badly incomplete, very poorly thought out, unstable and won't be fixed until the next point release at best and more likely many point releases in the future?
Update 4-23-2014: Is Mastercam A Well Developed Program That's Checked Properly Before Each New Release?Īre bugs promptly fixed on newly developed features with free service packs? No personal attacks of any kind will be permitted on CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn I find xyz direct modeling tools to be much better because our shop mostly works with non-native solids." abc CADCAM has no real direct modeling tools because abc CADCAM only has a Replace Face tool for direct modeling and that adds a feature to the history tree. Xyz CADCAM has direct modeling tools that allow me to work quickly and easily on non-native solids. Here is an example of what I consider to be an acceptable, hard hitting comparison: Hard hitting, fact based, comparisons between different CADCAM products are acceptable and encouraged. Comments like "xyz CADCAM is the best!!!" or "abc CADCAM sucks!!!" will be deleted. ever.Ĭomments should explain in sufficient detail why the technology you are discussing is a leading edge technology. That's not going to happen in this group to outspoken, knowledgeable, CADCAM users who posts facts. The censorship and banned occurred when I called CADCAM companies and their fanboi's out on specific issues.
For years I experienced censorship and banning on paid advertising CADCAM forums, official CADCAM company run forums and on CADCAM fanboi blogs. This group is offered as an alternative to paid advertising based CADCAM discussion forums where the advertiser is always favored over users when push comes to shove. Here are the group rules I've established for CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn: You won't find any CADCAM discussion group like it anywhere. As of today it has almost 2,000 members and is very active. It's membership reads like a who's who of the CADCAM business. All my focus has now shifted to my CADCAM Technology Leaders group on LinkedIn. This means that Mastercam “remembers” and maintains the options you set, even if you close and re-open Mastercam.This blog is no longer going to be updated. Note: Your options settings for the Operations Manager are modal between Mastercam sessions. Select Help in the Operations Manager drop-down menu to access Help specific to the active tab ( Toolpath Manager, Solids Manager, or-if Art is installed- Art Manager). Select Restore Default Attributes from the drop-down menu to restore the Operations Manager to its default display at any time.
You can do this by clicking the Options button () and using the Options drop-down menu as shown below:Ĭhoose Background color to open the Windows Color dialog box where you can select a color as your new Operations Manager background color (as shown below).Ĭhoose Line color to open the Windows Color dialog box where you can select a different color for the branch lines in the tree hierarchy (as shown below).Ĭhoose Font to open the Windows Font dialog box where you can change the font, its size, color, and style of the text in the Operations Manager (as shown below). Customizing the Operations Manager In the Operations Manager, you can customize the display of: