#Mastercam x8 forum software

From there is was more a less and again this is just my observations hit or miss as to what was going on.

#Mastercam x8 forum software

The tools are there to do what anyone needs, but everyone kept going to the base of the software and knocking out the foundations. I sure that is why the decision was finally made to lock it down. Leave them alone and all the weird stuff goes away. Start messing with them you start seeing some weird stuff go on. The base views in Mastercam are the place holders. All thing off of earth still use earth as the base point. Without here we have noting to come back to. It to me is like looking at Earth for us that is where we all form or perspective about the world and the universe and beyond. They in my thought process act as the anchors. Those fixed points are the original views. The bases or the core structure for the WCS and everything else must have a constant fixed point to work from. There are tons of clues using the software the dictate I am correct in my thinking. I look at the MP language and other things and see the mathematical process and the structure and it has made me think for years the whole structure of Mastercam has a math based logic as much as a computer language logic. Like basic formula for a sine curve you change anything in the base formula not getting the correct sine curve output. 1st key to me okay base numbers of math calculations for the formula to work. That tells me from a programming stand point things in the software must look to those names, not the structure or places in 3D space they represent. That means they have some internal logic set in the software that looks to those names. It has a locked process for the base coordinates for naming them. Yes in my opinion that is the best course of action. The TOP still stays as top, but it can have a helpful addition to it? So in that case Ron, appending would be the best option? I understand that rename maybe a huge load of software re-write but just to be able to add a description would be sooooo good. I hear you Ron with the copy thing, but I really wish we could either rename them or just append the name eg Yes you are going to do a 3D toolpath on a solid and still have to tell Mastercam yes I am wanting to use a Solid even if a Solid is the only thing on the screen. Kind of like the Solids logic for tool paths. The relative does not recognize it is making a copy of a view that already exist. Another trick is to make a copy of the top and the use the relative button and you will get copies of the other views you can then use pretty quickly just unchecked top. That way you always have your base views to go back to. I always teach people make a copy of the default views to use for a WCS never the original view. The default views are not changeable anymore from my understanding and I for one am glad that changed.