Mastercam 2017 Readme

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 qc@mastercam.com.
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
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
BETA 4 ISSUES
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
BETA 3 ISSUES
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
B-40008
General
Turning off all levels also turned off the toolpaths

display
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
B-39955
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 oper- D-21394
ation parameters dialog box
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
BETA 2 ISSUES
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
BETA 1 ISSUES
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
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 Stepover value
D-20707
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
10
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
11
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
12
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
13
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 treatment on tools
R-05992
Mill
Stock setup crashed X9 Update 2 and Update 3

when regenerating the toolpath
R-06041
Mill-Turn
Wrong output when drilling multiple holes in radial

directions with Y-cross setup
R-05020
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
14
TP3 ISSUES
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
15
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 standalone Tool Manager
D-07039
Tooling
Fixed problem with line segment facets not aligning when importing a DXF holder
R-04915
16
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
17
TP2 ISSUES
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
Bull tool was displayed as Chamfer Mill in Simulator
R-05535/
R-05790
Drafting
Placing a point dimension changed the Cplane setting
R-05334
18
Category
General
Description
Number
When reading in the Annotation (GD&T) data in a

Unigraphics/NX file, named planes are made at the
same time
B-36765
The Import GDT checkbox has been removed from

the UG/NX Options page as it is always imported
General
Converters STEP file was scaled up 10 times larger

than it should be
D-19816
General
Reports captions did not display in Captures list
R-05060
General
Reports now have longer field lengths
R-05266
General
Posting to a drive that did not have enough space

caused crash
R-05500
General
Saving a part file to a disk that did not have

enough space created a 0 size file
R-05501
General
Existing operation was marked dirty during ATP

processing
R-05557
Geometry
Simplified Point and Line Dynamic functionality to

Point Dynamic
B-36382
Geometry
Moved the line function from Point and Line

Dynamic to the new Line Normal function
B-36806
Geometry
Analyze Distance between arc entities only

provided a 2D solution
R-05379
Interface
Show Grid and Snap to Grid toggles now persist

and have been removed from Grid Settings configuration screen
B-36346
Interface
Using the Select button in Levels Manager sometimes caused a crash
R-05390
19
Category
Description
Number
Interface
Hidden lines are now preserved during rotation

when in Dimmed or No Hidden wireframe view
mode
D-08100
Interface
Improved performance when turning levels with

complex solids on/off
D-14372
Interface
In some instances, switching to Translucent view

mode was slow
D-16774
Interface
Mastercam locked up when saving some parasolid

files if Save bitmap was turned on
R-04322
Interface
Changing the work offset of a copied plane also

changed the work offset of the original plane
R-05510/
R-05529
Interface
Users can now expand the Control Definition window
R-05599
Lathe
Lathe tools from deleted machine group persisted

in new machine group
R-04964
Lathe
Lathe custom groove tool was not displaying the

width correctly in the tool page
R-05490
Lathe
Lathe left and right chuck max spindle speed did

not reset to machine definition when axis combination was changed from left to right and back
again
R-04901
Lathe
Blanked solid unblanked when creating toolpaths

after stock flip
R-05249
Mill-Turn
Hole Drilling dialog drop-down menu was empty

for new toolpath group
R-04829
Mill-Turn
Mill-Turn Lathe drill spindle direction was wrong

for right spindle operations
R-04999
20
Category
Description
Number
Tooling
IOFSIM: Tool holder was incorrectly located inside

the B-axis head
R-02864
/ R05795
Tooling
Fixed problem with arc when defining holder using

a specific DXF
R-04915
Tooling
A mismatched tool number could be created
R-04990
Tooling
Sequential tool numbering was incorrect
R-05081
Tooling
Incorrect values were written to ASCII NCI for Wire

tool change
R-05145
Tooling
Operations are now updated with correct tool data
R-05151
Tooling
Edited projection of a composite holder was not

maintained
R-05366
Tooling
Changing the projection of a lollipop tool on the

holder page created an invalid tool
R-05692
Toolpaths
Up/down arrow keys did not move the red insert

arrow
D-19501
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - NCI Mirror produced wrong

tool compensation
R-04701
Toolpaths
Renumbering tools in Toolpaths Manager was not

changing tool number consistently and posted the
wrong tool number
R-05430
Toolpaths
Edit Common Parameters, Planes, now opens

Toolpath Coordinate System dialog with all planes
visible
R-05445
Toolpaths
Planes debug error message sometimes displayed

when selecting multiple operations
R-05575
21
Category
Description
Number
Toolpaths
Multiple 4-axis parts in one operation generated

wrong moves
Toolpaths
Transform Rotate Surface 3D HST Dynamic

OptiRough using Geometry mode produced excess- R-05306
ive leads
22
R-05103
TP1 ISSUES
Category
Description
Number
API
The "Associative entities will not be merged" message now suppressed when merging via the API
B-30888
API
NET-Hook - Control for additional color settings
B-34221
API
NET-Hook ability to get and set Mastercam colors
B-36243
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added option to Reverse Direction of a clipping

plane
B-29666
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulator - Save Movie from Verify session (MP4,

AVI)
B-32645/
B-35136/
B-36015
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulator - Add Print option
B-32647
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added additional fixture definitions in Simulator
B-32648
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Machine Simulation - Added proper support of mill

rotary movement
B-34761
23
Category
Description
Number
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Lathe Custom Drill was incorrect in Simulator, correct in Backplot
D-17719
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Invalid tool warning in Simulation
D-17939
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulation warning, Invalid tool error in profile,

"Cannot self-intersect"
R-02780
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Mastercam Simulator not displaying Grooving tool

with round shank properly
R-03059
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulation error with imported boring tool
R-03233
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Backplotting the Engrave toolpath displayed Z

depths to center of ball mill instead of tip
R-03376
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Backplotting the engrave toolpath in UVB was

reporting the incorrect Z depth
R-03377
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added loop capability for Mill-Turn simulation
R-04715
Configuration
The Toolpaths Manager display options settings

are now stored per user
B-30472
Configuration
Improved readability of the .config file contents
R-03644
Configuration
Loss of Machine Definition
R-04704
24
Category
Description
Number
Drafting
Format Setter - Modify Trigger Mechanism
B-33070
Drafting
Ordinate dimensions with custom WCS caused

crash
R-04887
General
Printing - Improved performance for wireframe

printouts
B-32670
General
Selected wireframe entities now maintain their line

width and style
B-34069
General
Added switch to allow reinitialized messages to be

suppressed in the .ERR file
B-34734
General
Downloadable Arc MultiEdit add-on is now

installed with the product
B-35516
General
Downloadable Pts2Arcs add-on is now installed

with the product
B-35517
General
Downloadable vHelix add-on is now installed with

the product
B-35519
General
Zip2Go now always prompts for file name to be creB-35305

ated
General
Downloadable zSpiral add-on is now installed with

the product
B-35520
General
Turn Profile with latest Parasolid release
B-35774
General
Simplify Point and Line Dynamic functionality to

Point Dynamic
B-35812
General
Canceling out of the browser for tool dialog in

(nesting onion skin) crashed Mastercam
D-15389
General
.ERR file contained spurious control definition error

messages
D-15875
25
Category
Description
Number
General
In some instances, nothing was displayed when

viewing contents of a group
General
Operations not always updated properly after chanD-18013

ging associated work offset in the Planes Manager
General
Toolpath Transform - Changing or deleting the

source operation was not marking operation dirty
D-18539
General
Migration Wizard returned units to English when it

should be Metric
D-18596
General
C-Hook - CreateBoundary - negative offset did not

work
D-19121
General
Geometry sometimes disappeared during

Trim/Break/Extend commands
R-03629
General
Printing - Fixed issue with printing to plotter

through HPGL printer driver
R-03683
General
Improved selection behavior when in 'No hidden

wireframe' graphics mode
R-03696
General
Clicking on an assembly in the datagrid changed

the assembly's name
R-03711
General
Migrating some files crashed Mastercam
R-03740
General
Printing - Fixed issue with watermarks not visible in

PDF printouts
R-03858
General
Getting an assert when attempting to update some

ToolDBs using the Migration Wizard
R-03949
General
Printing - Color/Width mapping was not working

for point entities
R-04029
General
Rotating a plane associated to a Solid Trim function was not marking the solid dirty
R-04168
26
D-17344
Category
Description
Number
General
Opening a MCX-6 file caused crash
General
Converters 2017 - Importing STEP file changed wireR-04290

frame color
General
Solid edge selection color was not used when selecR-04301

ted edges line style was set to solid
General
Deleting entities with Planes Manager open sometimes caused a delay
R-04325
General
Wrong home position sometimes output with userdefined WCS
R-04413
General
Create Door - Export to separate Mastercam files

was looking for MCX-8 and not MCX-9
R-04414
General
Home position in NCI file was not updated properly
R-04434
General
The Save Some function now supports pre-selection
R-04444
General
X9 - Xform - Translate, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Fit,

Rectangle, Array, Stretch, etc., fields reset when hitting Apply
R-04491/
R-04551
General
ATP now supports all chaining sort options
R-04538
General
Code Expert printing - Multiple copies did not

work
R-04605
General
ATP - Mastercam ATP selecting Machine Definition

was broken
R-04618
General
Save As is now invoked when saving first time after

merging a file
R-04661
General
Wrong Cplane error message was sometimes displayed
R-04666
27
R-04196
Category
Description
Number
General
ATP - Custom cutlist sometimes failed if front and

backside identifiers were not included
R-04747
General
Zip2Go - Replace MD/CD with defaults when customer MD/CD present
R-04903
General
Saving NC/NCI to unwriteable path made posting

fail
R-05128
Geometry
Change at Point does not keep the changes modal
D-15753
Geometry
Xform Scale - Surfaces and Solids scaled differently

from each other depending on origin
D-18146
Geometry
Xform - Offset contour did not allow you to offset

entities on more than one plane
D-18233
Geometry
3D Arcs not output (No Helix Arc Output)
R-02875
Geometry
X9-Surface Swept rotate did not generate geometry
R-03418
Geometry
Helix entry method did not create arcs in 3D HST

with small arcs (No Helix Arc Output)
R-04239
Geometry
Editing a solid draft feature when the original face

was removed crashed Mastercam
R-04516/
R-04517
Geometry
Solids - Trim to Surface failed in some cases
R-04523/
R-04524
Geometry
Geometry Nesting - Preselection caused crash
R-04571
Geometry
Dynamic Xform cleared result color from previous

Xforms
R-05019
Geometry
Selecting Push/Pull arrow crashed Mastercam
R-05109
Interface
Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'

options added to the Dynamic Planes dialog
B-35192
28
Category
Description
Number
Interface
Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'

options added to the New Planes dialog
B-35193
Interface
Planes Manager - The 'Info' function is now named

'Report'
B-35446
Interface
Levels Manager - Report information is now output

to Code Expert
B-35450
Interface
In the Planes Manager, the Reset button did not

reset all planes
D-17998
Interface
Solid color setting in Mastercam interface affected

component colors in simulation
D-18118
Interface
Planes Manager - Rotating plane incrementally did

not mark the operation dirty
D-18416
Interface
Planes Manager was not updated with Create Tool

Plane in Bounding Box
D-18555
Interface
Levels Manager - Level names containing '&' not

displayed correctly
D-18980
Interface
Scroll Bar in Holder Name window did not work
R-02702
Interface
External file names are now listed in the Levels

Manager report file
R-03029
Interface
The length of the name in the New Plane dialog

was limited
R-03352
Interface
Improved workflow for accepting values in the 3D

gnomon edit field
R-03465
Interface
Fixed incorrect prompt when re-selecting saw

chains
R-04164
Interface
Column sorting in the Planes Manager now persists

across sessions
R-04243
29
Category
Description
Number
Interface
In Planes Manager, math equations entered into

the origin fields were not calculated properly
R-04312
Interface
Toolpaths Manager - Plane information in operation tree now respects 'Display plane info relative
to WCS' setting
R-04373
Interface
X9 - Viewsheets - Lost access to Enter and Escape

keys
R-04402/
R-04424
Interface
Planes created from a solid face were sometimes

displayed at wrong orientation
R-04471
Interface
New Plane dialog was sometimes missing the 'Set

as WCS' option
R-04488
Interface
Planes - Opening an X8 file sometimes changed

the work offset number
R-04610
Interface
Enabling 'Only main level is visible' would sometimes slow down/lockup Mastercam
R-04636
Interface
Viewsheets - After deleting geometry display must

be regenerated
R-04680
Interface
Planes Manager - Importing planes would sometimes not import associated work offsets
R-04696
Interface
Fixed slow startup or crash on startup when previously closed on a secondary monitor
R-04710
Interface
Turn Profile crashed when tolerance was set to

small value
R-04766
Interface
Fixed intermittent crash occurring in graphics system
R-04841
Interface
Planes Manager - The 'in use' indicator was not

always updated properly
R-04876
30
Category
Description
Number
Lathe
Error in POCO group creation
D-18159
Lathe
Custom lathe tool center values changed when

tool name changed
D-18675
Lathe
Dynamic Rough did not cut entire chain
R-03531
Lathe
Copying operations between machine groups

changed axis combo
R-03870
Lathe
Cutoff with chamfer corner did not cut correct

angle
R-04086
Lathe
Contour Rough plunged through part, caused endless asserts
R-04154
Lathe
Contour Rough with .006 step-over produces extenR-04194

ded cuts
Lathe
Contour Rough and Dynamic Rough were not availR-04541

able with Lathe and Router on the SIM
Lathe
Rough - Tool Inspection rapids in X in error
R-04454
Lathe
Tool inspection retract moved differently with

stock defined
R-04572
Lathe
Rough tool path skipped secondary operation

when Stock Recognition was set to Remaining
Stock
R-04854
Lathe
Face Groove retract to home violated workpiece
R-04982
Mill
Raster transition motion was not smooth when set

to smooth
D-18919
Mill
Creating a face mill was not working correctly
R-03636
Mill
X8 Slot mill was not importing into X9 correctly
R-04492
31
Category
Description
Number
Mill
Slot Mill rapids to bottom of second slot, then cuts

from the top as expected
R-04635
Mill-Turn
IOF generation - C angle flipped during the contour
D-18428
Mill-Turn
B angle calculated incorrectly for last point in 5axis drill
D-18442
Mill-Turn
Finish/blend and Finish/parallel steep allowed negative and zero total tolerance values
D-18789
Mill-Turn
Incorrect result in Job Setup with custom WCS
R-04826
Mill-Turn
Rotary transform did not rotate C-axis
R-03529
Mill-Turn
POCO coolant output - IOF setting in cutoff operation did nothing
R-03583
Mill-Turn
Simulation - IOF error when launching
R-03776
Mill-Turn
Toolpath transform - settings did not persist when

going to previous page
R-04149
Mill-Turn
LCanStart Token did not honor selected format
R-04257
Mill-Turn
Lathe face toolpath - points changed to active

level during regeneration
R-04346
Mill-Turn
ID Grooving toolpath ignored reference points
R-04439
Mill-Turn
Changing jaw height disabled stock update
R-04477
Mill-Turn
Cutoff Secondary spindle speed could not be output
R-04490
Mill-Turn
C-Axis direction changed for full circle in axis substitution
R-04563
Mill-Turn
Axis Substitution had output wrong C position
R-04820
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Category
Description
Number
Tooling
Dragging a tool from search results to assembly

document created an empty assembly
D-03516
Tooling
Imported operations from an MCX file missing tool

numbers
D-07847
Tooling
Tool Length of 0 caused infinite loop in tool drawing code
D-09719
Tooling
Tool Offsets were incorrect when importing operations
D-14713
Tooling
Changing the tool offsets by clicking the tool

branch in Toolpaths Manager was marking the
operation dirty
D-14795
Tooling
Feed rate not updated when changing number of

flutes in Tool Manager
D-16382
Tooling
Error in UBVS if Tool Projection was set below end

of reduced neck
D-17291
Tooling
Issue when dragging tools between machine

groups
D-17348
Tooling
Shank type was not set to straight when updating

X7 tool database to X9
D-17597
Tooling
Lollipop tool - Setting projection shorter than

Shoulder length plus Taper length hangs Mastercam
D-18185
Tooling
Could not create custom tool with some DXF files
D-18190
Tooling
Sync points data not output properly after tool

table processing
D-18210
Tooling
Reading in a tool library from a TXT file would only

allow saving as a TOOLS-7 file
R-02566
33
Category
Description
Number
Tooling
Tool Manager - Input profile had 0 segments
R-02666
Tooling
Stand-Alone Tool Manager did not allow for last

tool in list to be added to assembly
R-02783/
R-03892
Tooling
Tool library export to text did not work with

TOOLDB files
R-02865
Tooling
Tool projection field did not change to match tool

shoulder length
R-02882
Tooling
Tool Manager and Parameters - Tool page access

was very slow
R-03259
Tooling
Tool renumbering - tool with same number was

not renumbered
R-03357
Tooling
Mastercam took the length and diameter offset

from the tool in the assembly instead of the
assembly itself
R-03394
Tooling
Import operations using same tool added the tool

for each operation
R-03497
Tooling
Changing coolant or feed rate in tool definition

caused stock model and 3D HST rest operations to
be dirty
R-03573
Tooling
Crash when displaying machine in tool setup manager
R-03579
Tooling
TOOLS-8 was showing in Mastercam create new libR-03734

rary file filter
Tooling
Deleting a tool used in an operation gave no deletion confirmation
R-03793
Tooling
Undefined was appearing in the Tool Type column

of the Material Definition dialog box
R-03873
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Category
Description
Number
Tooling
Tool profile generation functions were not accessible to third-party developers in X9
R-03991
Tooling
Numbers were cut off on the holder page
R-04140
Tooling
Holder showed inverted arcs on holder page,

looked correct in wizard
R-04142
Tooling
If the Toolpaths Manager contained transform

operations, there was a long delay the second time
a holder was changed
R-04147
Tooling
Editing an existing holder and saving it back to the

same library nullified the changes
R-04261
Tooling
Saving a selected holder was not saving to the active tool library
R-04272
Tooling
Copying a tool from one operation to another was

not marking the operation dirty
R-04315/
R-04668
Tooling
Importing metric DXF holder file into metric session

of the standalone Tool Manager displayed imperial
dimensions
R-04438/
R-05302
Tooling
Asked to create new assembly when no change

was made to holder page
R-04673
Tooling
Invalid tool warning on a good tool definition
R-04681/
R-05304
Tooling
Metric DXF holder imported as inches
R-04828/
R-05302
Tooling
Saving tools from .tooldb to .tools-9 inverted the

TPI value
R-04877
Tooling
X style coolant settings were not saved with custom tools
R-05048
35
Category
Description
Number
Tooling
Selecting a new the tool from the Standard sizes

drop-down did not update the tool name
R-05053
Tooling
Scroll wheel was not functioning in Create new

tool, Define Drill - Standard sizes drop-down
R-05055
Toolpaths
If some operations have the toolpath display

turned on and some turned off, Display selected
operations now turns the toolpath display off by
default
B-05178
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Improved workflow when no

operations were selected
B-34189
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Operation tree now defaults

to original/main Toolpath Group state
B-34578
Toolpaths
5-Axis Classic - Curve toolpath changed the tool in

a non-related toolpath
D-14861
Toolpaths
Stock model would not process; consumed

memory until it quit
D-14956
Toolpaths
Trimming hybrid operation caused crash
D-15574
Toolpaths
Sequence text using TECH library with +1 passes

incorrect
D-15937
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough gouging in specific file
D-17540
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough gouging severely in specific

file
D-17689
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough calculation error in X9 and

crash in 2017
D-17887
Toolpaths
Thread mill dialog allowed user to change value for

number of threads, but did not retain change
D-17916
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough gouging in some files
D-17956
36
Category
Description
Number
Toolpaths
Stock Model crashed
D-17990
Toolpaths
HST Raster path with Tapered Bull tool was not correct (offset too far from surface)
D-18075
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough regeneration time was very

slow
D-18091
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - The Cplane origins were not

transformed when using the Include origin option
D-18140
Toolpaths
Operations were sometimes marked dirty when

changing work offsets
D-18298
Toolpaths
HST Depth Cuts Zero Stepdown failure (HST-Project, HST-Horizontal Area)
D-18347
Toolpaths
X9 Finish/radial took a long time to machine polygonal meshes
D-18358
Toolpaths
HST Radial failed to yield path
D-18361
Toolpaths
Setup page was blank for 5-Axis operations when

5-Axis was not available
D-18594
Toolpaths
Waterline 3 to 5 had long plunge at feed
D-18641
Toolpaths
Retract move missing after circle mill depth cuts
D-18740
Toolpaths
HST - Pencil Holder collision
D-18801
Toolpaths
Material Model incorrect for Area Clearance

toolpath
D-19337
Toolpaths
Incorrect display of helical entry/exit toolpath
D-19405
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Translate using Geometry

mode sometimes dirtied unrelated operations
R-03276
Toolpaths
SFM and FPT in the toolpath were not calculated

correctly
R-03336
37
Category
Description
Number
Toolpaths
Surface HS toolpaths violated drive geometry
R-03363
Toolpaths
Regeneration errors on operations not selected to

regenerate
R-03442
Toolpaths
Duplicate parameter for Toolpath Group error
R-03530
Toolpaths
Improved performance during large transform operR-03598

ations
Toolpaths
HST Hybrid with Taper tool, check geometry and

negative stock to leave crashed X9 and Mastercam
2017
R-03694
Toolpaths
Red insert arrow was not respected after a Start

Hole operation
R-03700
Toolpaths
HST- Crashed Mastercam in three clicks
R-04079
Toolpaths
Adjust start/end of contour only worked once with

toolpath preview
R-04108
Toolpaths
Holder collisions in Dynamic OptiRough toolpath

with collision checking enabled
R-04127
Toolpaths
Lathe Stock Update failed with added geometry
R-04151
Toolpaths
Feed Per Tooth not updated in tool settings for

thread mill operation
R-04192
Toolpaths
Setup Sheet - Tool image display missing data
R-04229
Toolpaths
2D HST Dynamic did not regenerate after changing

tool and gave no error
R-04262
Toolpaths
2D HST regeneration produced probing error
R-04268
Toolpaths
Code Expert with IOF file loaded crashed when

loading a new workspace
R-04300
38
Category
Description
Number
Toolpaths
Toolpaths for tapered axis suboperations were not

displayed correctly
R-04323/
R-04351
Toolpaths
Classic Multiaxis - Curve 5-Axis operation crashed

Mastercam when regenerated
R-04371
Toolpaths
Chaining - Saw toolpath - Selecting geometry in

Chain Manager did not highlight geometry in
graphics
R-04397
Toolpaths
Router - Saw toolpath - the Saw tool was an End

mill instead of a Slot mill
R-04398
Toolpaths
Code Expert opened the same file multiple times
R-04403
Toolpaths
Setup Sheet - Detailed tool list displayed tools and

holder differently - wrong Holder info was written
to XML
R-04473
Toolpaths
Chaining - Wire - Reverse Chain added additional

chains
R-04480
Toolpaths
Editing a Material Library corrupted the library
R-04515
Toolpaths
RCTF changed the FPT, feed, and speed after regenR-04567

eration of all operations
Toolpaths
Update All operations did not update all operations
R-04568
Toolpaths
HST Scallop violated drive geometry
R-04606
Toolpaths
Plunge Turn - setting stock to leave to a small

value generated incorrect path
R-04629
Toolpaths
Copying toolpaths between Machines Groups created multiple tools with the same tool number
R-04676
Toolpaths
Surface Rough Pocket did not use tool's defined

stepover
R-04692
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Category
Description
Number
Toolpaths
Reporting computation error upon regeneration

(related to new highfeed tool processing)
R-04700
Toolpaths
Use clearance only at start and end did not work

for Helix bore
R-04777
Toolpaths
Pinch Turn Stock Boundary issue
R-04719
Toolpaths
Chaining - 'E' key did not end a chain when at a

branch point
R-04744
Toolpaths
Plunge Turn - Tool violated chain if stock to leave

was greater than depth of cut
R-04783
Toolpaths
Setup Sheet reports contained wrong shape for

groove tool
R-04784
Toolpaths
Check surfaces changed color when you regenerated an operation or display via the Show button
R-04802
Toolpaths
Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities

relative to chosen origin
R-04853
Toolpaths
Mastercam displayed blank toolpath tabs when no

post was active
R-04892
Toolpaths
HST Horizontal did not cut the entire flat area
R-04930
Toolpaths
Helix Bore finish option resulted in bad path
R-04970
Toolpaths
Chain Manager -Selected chain was not highlighted correctly when using Display Options
R-05089
Toolpaths
Facing toolpath in X8 lifted up over stock on first

pass but did not in X9 and X9 Update 1
R-05261
Toolpaths
Incorrect display of axis substitution toolpath
R-05380
Wire
Crashed when canceling a Trim toolpath operation

in Wire
D-08063
40
Category
Description
Number
Wire
Wire chained order of cut reversed when operation

was copied for tab cutoff
D-10170
Wire
X8 Wire displayed icon for former Safety Zone in

Toolpaths Manager
D-15559
Wire
Wire TECH power library gave "The parameter is

incorrect" warning
D-17294
Wire
Values on Wire/Power page not reflected in the

TECH file
D-17301/
D-19018
Wire
Changing Wire Technology library caused Taper

wire size and material to not match primary
D-17681
Wire
Incomplete tech power page incorrectly updated

power data
D-18808
Wire
Wirepath Editor did not keep changes and

removed those from Change at point
R-02699/
R-03944
Wire
Crashed when trimming a wirepath
R-03341
Wire
Second Wire machine group did not use the

entered name
R-04375
Wire
Gouging on Wire No Core toolpath with Compensation set to Control
R-04647
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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Deprecated Functions
DEPRECATED FUNCTIONS
Following is a list of deprecated functionality for Mastercam 2017.
Category
Name
Notes
Chaining
Interrupt Mode
Removed from interface
Construction
Attributes
Attributes
Available to customize via

Options dialog box
Construction Plane
Select an entity
In Planes Manager and available to customize via Options

dialog as Plane From Geometry
Cplane by solid face

dialog as Plane From Solid
Face
Construction Plane
Cplane by normal

dialog as Plane From Line
Normal
Construction Plane
Cplane = Gview

dialog as Plane From Gview
Construction Plane
Dynamic Cplane
In Planes Manager and Gview

gnomon
Construction Plane
Rotate Cplane
In Planes Manager via Rotate

incremental
Construction Plane
42
Category
Name
Notes
Construction Plane
Set plane associated

with geometry
In Planes Manager via Find a

plane, From Geometry
Construction Plane
Previous Construction
Plane
Construction Plane
Plane List
Construction Plane
Construction plane
origin
In Planes Manager
Construction Plane
Name and save the

current Cplane
Edit
Apply/Enter
Edit
Select All

Options dialog box
Edit
Undelete by Mask
Edit
Undelete Multiple
Entities
File
Show Open Files
File
Exit

Options dialog box
File
Open Shared Folder
File
Open User Folder
File
Renumber
General Selection
Quick Mask Color
Available in the Select Only

and Select All dialog box
General Selection
Quick Mask Last

Options dialog box
43
Category
Name
Notes
General Selection
Quick Mask Level
Available in the Select Only

and Select All dialog box
General Selection
Quick Mask Named

Group
Graphics View
Center Screen
Graphics View
Zoom In/Out
Graphics View
Zoom Target

Options dialog box
Graphics View
Named Planes
In Planes Manager via the G

column
Graphics View

with geometry

Options dialog box as Set View
Associated with Geometry
Graphics View
View by Entity

Options dialog box as View
From Entity
Graphics View
View by solid face

From Solid Face
Graphics View
Dynamic Rotation
In screen right-click menu and

available to customize via
Options dialog box
Graphics View
Previous Plane
Graphics View as Previous

View
Graphics View
Normal Plane

From Line Normal
44
Category
Name
Notes
Planes by geometry

Planes by solid face

Face
Planes
Planes by normal

Normal
Planes
Planes = Gview

Planes
Planes Always = WCS
In Planes Manager via Follow

Rules, Cplane/Tplane follows
WCS
Planes
Dynamic Planes

gnomon
Planes
Rotate Planes

incremental
Planes

with geometry

Planes
Last Planes
Planes
Plane List
Planes
Cplane and Tplane

origin
In Planes Manager
Planes
Planes
45
Category
Name
Notes
Planes
Name and save the

current planes
Screen
Change Entity
Attributes
Screen
Show Cplane Axes
In Display group of the View

tab.
Screen
Show Tplane Axes

tab.
Screen
Show WCS Axes

tab.
Screen
Show World Axes

tab.
Screen
Show Cplane Gnomon

tab.
Screen
Show Tplane Gnomon

tab.
Screen
Show WCS Gnomon

tab.
Screen
Toggle Auto
Highlighting
Screen
Toggle display on
selected operations

Options dialog box
Screen
Regenerate Display List

Options dialog box
Screen
Repaint
Screen
Tooltip Delay
46
Category
Name
Notes
Settings
VBScript Editor

Options dialog box
Tool Plane
Select an entity

Tplane by solid face

Face
Tool Plane
Tplane by normal

Normal
Tool Plane
Tplane = Gview

Tool Plane
Tplane = Cplane
Tool Plane
Dynamic Tplane

gnomon
Tool Plane
Rotate Tplane

incremental
Tool Plane

with geometry

Tool Plane
Last Tplane
Tool Plane
Plane List
Tool Plane
Tool plane origin
In Planes Manager
Tool Plane
47
Category
Name
Notes
Tool Plane
Name and save the

current Tplane
WCS
WCS by geometry

WCS by solid face

Face
WCS
WCS by normal

Normal
WCS
WCS = Gview
In Planes Manager
WCS
Dynamic WCS

gnomon
WCS
Rotate WCS

incremental
WCS

with geometry

WCS
Last WCS
WCS
Plane List
WCS
Set WCS origin
In Planes Manager
WCS
Name and save the

current WCS
WCS
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Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Introduction

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Mastercam 2017 Issues

MASTERCAM 2017 ISSUES

Updating the work offset in an operation and then

The Annotation button was missing from the

Arcs/solid holes in older part files were sometimes

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 5 Issues

Added support to toggle visibility state of multiple

In some instances, Stock Model objects would

First point selected did not match AutoCursor lock

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

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 4 Issues

Improved performance in some instances when

Addressed a speed issue when loading some parts

Fixed Active Reports assert found in Beta 3

Fixed a File, Merge issue with special ASCII characters

When selecting a Material Library from within

With some part files, turning on Shaded view mode

Addressed issues with Point Segment updating

Dynamic OptiRough tool break/crash caused by

Dynamic OptiRough gouged with arc filter enabled

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 3 Issues

Mouse dynamics option removed from Shading

D-21400: Opening some SOLIDWORKS files caused

Turning off all levels also turned off the toolpaths

Unseen geometry could still be selected when in

The "Set as Tplane" and "Set as Cplane" settings

Split Solid Faces - Face stopped splitting at the

D-21499 - Added Attributes to Home tab and minitoolbar

Contour ramp toolpath display was not always correct

B-39866: Tab Key did not validate and move to the

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 3 Issues

Single-key hot keys were triggered when renaming

Selecting Face Cutting set compensation to wrong

D-19814: Custom entry gouged in Dynamic Mill

Updated Post changes

D-17848: Lathe tool offset issue with X6 or older

D-21418: "Tessellating" displayed on Status Bar

D-21350: Slow Waterline processing time

Toolpath groups were sometimes out of order

D-21349: 3D HST field calculation issue

Toolpath Nesting - Crash when nesting clusters

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 2 Issues

Contour ramp toolpath display was sometimes

Third-party ribbon tabs had display issues

AutoCursor settings were not enabled unless in an

Panels could not be resized smaller than a minimum size

Spacebar was the only way to access FastPoint

FastPoint Enter key validation had field update

Autosync Rails could only be run once in a session

Autosync Rails error message was placed behind

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe Beta 1 Issues

Lathe POCO was incorrect with custom WCS

Contour using Depth Cut caused posting error

Chamfer Mill compensation was incorrect

Radial entry was vertical when defined as an arc

Mastercam 2017 ReadMe TP6 Issues

Planes Manager - Changing the work offset of a

Lathe Stock Flip had issues when choosing the

Circle mill retract issue

RCTF - feedrate did not update when changing Stepover value

Batch lost PostGhost icon when item was collapsed