Mastercam 2017 ReadMe PDF

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.
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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
Updating the work offset in an operation and then

Interface canceling out of the operation parameters some- R-07901
times caused a crash
When updating the work offset in just one oper-
Interface ation, work offsets in other operations sometimes R-07905
changed as well
The Annotation button was missing from the
General R-07927
Report Viewer
Arcs/solid holes in older part files were sometimes
Geometry R-07995
in wrong location
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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:
Added support to toggle visibility state of multiple

Interface B-40376
levels (same as X9)
In some instances, Stock Model objects would
Interface D-21912
incorrectly appear as auto-highlighted
General First point selected did not match AutoCursor lock R-07841
Right-click drag and drop would sometimes copy/-
Toolpaths R-07409
move unselected operations
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BETA 4 ISSUES
Improved performance in some instances when

General D-21539
loading files containing a lot of entities
Improved view manipulation (e.g., dynamic rota-
General tion) performance with files containing many entit- D-21564
ies
Addressed a speed issue when loading some parts
General D-21775
containing dirty solids
General Fixed Active Reports assert found in Beta 3 R-07411
Fixed a File, Merge issue with special ASCII char-
General R-07493
acters
When selecting a Material Library from within
General Machine Definition, mcam-material files were not R-07603
listed
With some part files, turning on Shaded view mode
Geometry R-07484
locked up Mastercam
Addressed issues with Point Segment updating
Geometry R-07541
when interface panel was undocked
Dynamic OptiRough tool break/crash caused by
Toolpaths R-06590
inconsistent stepdowns
Dynamic OptiRough gouged with arc filter enabled
Toolpaths R-07506
and certain total tolerance values
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BETA 3 ISSUES
Mouse dynamics option removed from Shading

Configuration B-39955
settings
D-21441: SOLIDWORKS assembly file was not com-
General ing into Mastercam, subsequent attempts failed dif- B-39870
ferently
D-21400: Opening some SOLIDWORKS files caused
General B-40008
Mastercam to crash
Turning off all levels also turned off the toolpaths
General D-21304
display
Unseen geometry could still be selected when in
General D-21391
No Hidden Wireframe view mode
The "Set as Tplane" and "Set as Cplane" settings
General D-21525
were reversed when set from New Plane dialog box
Split Solid Faces - Face stopped splitting at the
Geometry B-39865
start/end of the arc
D-21499 - Added Attributes to Home tab and mini-
Interface B-40041
toolbar
Contour ramp toolpath display was not always cor-
Interface R-07232
rect
B-39866: Tab Key did not validate and move to the
Interface R-07328
next field when MRU was open
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Single-key hot keys were triggered when renaming

Interface R-07335
items in the Toolpaths and Solids Managers
Selecting Face Cutting set compensation to wrong
Lathe D-21553
side
Mill D-19814: Custom entry gouged in Dynamic Mill B-39917
Post Updated Post changes B-38229
D-17848: Lathe tool offset issue with X6 or older
Tooling files - Change in one operation forced changes in R-04088
all operations using the same tool
D-21418: "Tessellating" displayed on Status Bar
Tooling R-07251
after exiting the tool definition dialog box
Toolpaths D-21350: Slow Waterline processing time B-39967
Stock model dependent operations were some-
Toolpaths times marked dirty when canceling out of the oper- D-21394
ation parameters dialog box
Toolpath groups were sometimes out of order
Toolpaths D-21449
when importing operations
Toolpaths D-21349: 3D HST field calculation issue R-06546
Renumber Work Offsets - Operations across mul-
Toolpaths R-07074
tiple planes were not updated if increment was 0
Toolpaths Toolpath Nesting - Crash when nesting clusters R-07440
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BETA 2 ISSUES
Contour ramp toolpath display was sometimes

Interface R-06669
incorrect
Interface Third-party ribbon tabs had display issues R-07192
AutoCursor settings were not enabled unless in an
Interface R-07060
AutoCursor function
Panels could not be resized smaller than a min-
Interface R-07110
imum size
Spacebar was the only way to access FastPoint
Interface R-07063
mode
FastPoint Enter key validation had field update
Interface R-39609
issues
Wire Autosync Rails could only be run once in a session R-07147
Autosync Rails error message was placed behind
Wire R-07132
the Mastercam window causing issues
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BETA 1 ISSUES
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:
Planes Manager - Changing the work offset of a

Interface R-06357
copied plane applies offset to original plane
Lathe Stock Flip had issues when choosing the
Lathe R-06634
final position of the chuck
Mill Circle mill retract issue D-20600
RCTF - feedrate did not update when changing Ste-
Mill D-20707
pover value
Mill Batch lost PostGhost icon when item was collapsed D-20721
Finish/contour gouged part when Enhanced Slot
Mill D-20760
Mill tool was used
Mill Reloading default parameters deleted operation R-04770
Stock Model took very long time to process with
Mill R-05471
reasonably-sized source operations
Mill Micro lift gouge in 2D Dynamic Rest Mill R-05827
Gouge surface with high speed Hybrid toolpath
Mill R-06483
with shank
Shank clearance value was greater than specified
Mill R-06484
by user
Mill-Turn Axis substitution start point unrolled incorrectly R-06496
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Toolpaths Keep tool down value resulted in gouge D-20709

Taper selection did not work in AGIE AWF Contour R-06465/
Toolpaths
toolpath 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:
API Removed Agie.dll from the Mastercam R-05668

Backplot/
Added Print option to Mastercam Simulator Back-
Verify/ B-37970
plot and Verify
Simulation
Backplot/
Rapid moves were jagged and tool crashed
Verify/ R-03330
through part
Simulation
Backplot/
Mastercam Simulator C-axis face drill display of
Verify/ R-04138
toolpath was incorrect
Simulation
R-05705/
General Planes associativity was sometimes lost
R-05843
Import Operations - Added option to save/restore
General R-06269
last used source library file
Code Expert was not printing with dis-
General R-06373
played/chosen fonts
Improved visibility of solids and wireframe during
Geometry R-05831
Dynamic Transform
Display list did not refresh after adding points in
Geometry R-05990
the Entity mask on arc function
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Curve All Edges - Old preview not removed when

Geometry R-06190
enabling Only Open Edges
Solids Hole Axis - Some blind holes go in the
Geometry R-06234
wrong direction
Planes Manager - Added "Display origin values in
Interface B-37997
World coordinates" option
Planes Manager gnomon display not updated
Interface R-05793
when scrolling through planes list
Plunge Turn toolpath posts G1 instead of G0 on B-
Lathe D-20043
axis positioning move
Lathe stock display shows leftover stock from
Lathe R-04834
canned finish operation
Lathe User prompted of tool clearance violation in error R-05505
Lathe Pickoff did not transfer geometry to proper
Lathe R-05925
levels
3D HST Dynamic OptiRough stepover percentage
Mill D-19163
field reset
Mill Waterline generated gouging pass D-19745
2D Contour gouged part when Compensation was
Mill D-07979
set to Control and Gouge Check was enabled
Dynamic OptiRough Conventional Feed Rate was
Mill R-04269
used when option was greyed out
Stock Model gouged between operations during
Mill R-04311
C-axis reposition
Formula values were not used in Waterline
Mill R-04727
toolpath
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Hybrid with trim to avoid holder severely gouged

Mill R-05311
part
RCTF in 2D HST Area Mill did not apply the feed
Mill R-05886
rate when posted
Stock Model did not consider chamfer corner treat-
Mill R-05992
ment on tools
Stock setup crashed X9 Update 2 and Update 3
Mill R-06041
when regenerating the toolpath
Wrong output when drilling multiple holes in radial
Mill-Turn R-05020
directions with Y-cross setup
Setup Sheet Tool List did not report all the tools
Tooling R-03325
from selected operations
Changing the feedrate of the default tool in Edit
Tooling Tool propagated the changes to Mastercam even R-04706
though Lock Feedrates was selected
Tool feedrate and spindle speed changes were not
Tooling R-06071
posted on specific file
Tooling Invalid tool profile in Verify R-06110
Toolpaths Multiaxis Link NCI outputs the wrong OP code D-20241
Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities
Toolpaths R-04853
relative to chosen origin
Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when mul- R-05387/
Toolpaths
tiple toolpath transforms existed R-05919
Toolpaths Machine Definition Manager title bar stays linked R-05485
Crash when using toolpath nesting with FBM Drill
Toolpaths R-06161
operations
Drill Point Manager dialog box lost focus after
Toolpaths R-06240
deleting a chain
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TP3 ISSUES
Backplot/
Enabled TCP Options for classic Machine Sim-
Verify/ B-37096
ulation
Simulation
Backplot/
Verify/ Added Auto Start option to Mastercam Simulator B-37099
Simulation
Backplot/
Synchronized view between Mastercam and Sim-
Verify/ B-37213
ulator
Simulation
Backplot/
C-axis Drill tool location and re-position moves
Verify/ R-03593
were incorrect in Mastercam Simulator
Simulation
Backplot/
Machine Simulation showed incorrect result with a
Verify/ R-04484
transform toolpath of a Contour Ramp
Simulation
Backplot/
Lathe C-Axis Drill operations did not Verify cor-
Verify/ R-04577
rectly
Simulation
Backplot/
Classic Backplot - Lathe and Mill-Turn feed rate dis-
Verify/ R-05073
played with incorrect units
Simulation
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Backplot/
Verify/ Opacity option was not saved in Classic Backplot R-06015
Simulation
Configuration Unsupported Shading settings removed B-36988
Reinstated File, Edit/Open External (as Open in
General B-37117
Editor)
Improved feedback when changing work offsets
General B-37282
for planes
Allowed work offset matching when changing
General B-37283
from Planes Manager
General Reference points from machine did not stick R-05255
R-05705/
General Planes associativity was lost
R-05843
C-axis Cross Drill - Selecting points for each oper-
Lathe R-03998
ation posted out multiple work offsets
Lathe Contour Rough using One-Way Cutting
Lathe R-05011
method caused multiple errors when regenerating
When stock diameter of material was same size as
Lathe R-05566
the part, Dynamic Rough (X9) did not regenerate
Lathe Dynamic Rough failed in X9 and caused
Lathe R-06066
asserts in 2017
Mill-Turn Redundant sync point output issue R-05675
Fixed problem importing a specific DXF file in stan-
Tooling D-07039
dalone Tool Manager
Fixed problem with line segment facets not align-
Tooling R-04915
ing when importing a DXF holder
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Lathe tool insert projection incorrect in Back-

Tooling R-05778
plot/UBVS caused undetected crash
Cutting speed reset when leaving the Tools tab
Tooling R-05784
before clicking OK (green check)
Tool Manager - Could not copy tool into a tool lib-
Tooling R-05923
rary
Block drill operation did not regenerate when
Tooling R-06032
block drill tool was replaced
2D Dynamic showed multiple instances of stepover
Toolpaths D-19114
warning
Toolpaths Formula values were not used in toolpath R-04727
Surface High Speed Dynamic OptiRough Trans-
Toolpaths R-05375
itions Entry feeds/speeds did not work properly
Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when mul- R-05387/
Toolpaths
tiple toolpath transforms existed R-05919
Toolpath Transform - NCI Rotate toolpath was
Toolpaths R-06007
reversing arcs
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TP2 ISSUES
Backplot/
Verify/ Enabled drop-down persistence of UBVS menus B-36370
Simulation
Backplot/
B-36371/
Verify/ Added additional Fixtures definitions in Simulator
B-36810
Simulation
Backplot/
Simulator did not recognize Lathe Stock Transfer
Verify/ R-03147
from right to left spindle
Simulation
Backplot/
Removed Simulator Adaptive Quality progress bars
Verify/ R-03777
for 3-axis as they were not used
Simulation
Backplot/ Rotary transform operations rapid moves were dif-
Verify/ ferent than Backplot and Verify for Mill-Turn sim- R-04962
Simulation ulation
Backplot/
Bull tool was displayed as Chamfer Mill in Sim- R-05535/
Verify/
ulator R-05790
Simulation
Placing a point dimension changed the Cplane set-
Drafting R-05334
ting
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When reading in the Annotation (GD&T) data in a

Unigraphics/NX file, named planes are made at the
General same time B-36765
The Import GDT checkbox has been removed from
the UG/NX Options page as it is always imported
Converters STEP file was scaled up 10 times larger
General D-19816
than it should be
General Reports captions did not display in Captures list R-05060
General Reports now have longer field lengths R-05266
Posting to a drive that did not have enough space
General R-05500
caused crash
Saving a part file to a disk that did not have
General R-05501
enough space created a 0 size file
Existing operation was marked dirty during ATP
General R-05557
processing
Simplified Point and Line Dynamic functionality to
Geometry B-36382
Point Dynamic
Moved the line function from Point and Line
Geometry B-36806
Dynamic to the new Line Normal function
Analyze Distance between arc entities only
Geometry R-05379
provided a 2D solution
Show Grid and Snap to Grid toggles now persist
Interface and have been removed from Grid Settings con- B-36346
figuration screen
Using the Select button in Levels Manager some-
Interface R-05390
times caused a crash
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Hidden lines are now preserved during rotation

Interface when in Dimmed or No Hidden wireframe view D-08100
mode
Improved performance when turning levels with
Interface D-14372
complex solids on/off
In some instances, switching to Translucent view
Interface D-16774
mode was slow
Mastercam locked up when saving some parasolid
Interface R-04322
files if Save bitmap was turned on
Changing the work offset of a copied plane also R-05510/
Interface
changed the work offset of the original plane R-05529
Users can now expand the Control Definition win-
Interface R-05599
dow
Lathe tools from deleted machine group persisted
Lathe R-04964
in new machine group
Lathe custom groove tool was not displaying the
Lathe R-05490
width correctly in the tool page
Lathe left and right chuck max spindle speed did
not reset to machine definition when axis com-
Lathe R-04901
bination was changed from left to right and back
again
Blanked solid unblanked when creating toolpaths
Lathe R-05249
after stock flip
Hole Drilling dialog drop-down menu was empty
Mill-Turn R-04829
for new toolpath group
Mill-Turn Lathe drill spindle direction was wrong
Mill-Turn R-04999
for right spindle operations
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R-02864
IOFSIM: Tool holder was incorrectly located inside
Tooling / R-
the B-axis head
05795
Fixed problem with arc when defining holder using
Tooling R-04915
a specific DXF
Tooling A mismatched tool number could be created R-04990
Tooling Sequential tool numbering was incorrect R-05081
Incorrect values were written to ASCII NCI for Wire
Tooling R-05145
tool change
Tooling Operations are now updated with correct tool data R-05151
Edited projection of a composite holder was not
Tooling R-05366
maintained
Changing the projection of a lollipop tool on the
Tooling R-05692
holder page created an invalid tool
Up/down arrow keys did not move the red insert
Toolpaths D-19501
arrow
Toolpath Transform - NCI Mirror produced wrong
Toolpaths R-04701
tool compensation
Renumbering tools in Toolpaths Manager was not
Toolpaths changing tool number consistently and posted the R-05430
wrong tool number
Edit Common Parameters, Planes, now opens
Toolpaths Toolpath Coordinate System dialog with all planes R-05445
visible
Planes debug error message sometimes displayed
Toolpaths R-05575
when selecting multiple operations
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Multiple 4-axis parts in one operation generated

Toolpaths R-05103
wrong moves
Transform Rotate Surface 3D HST Dynamic
Toolpaths OptiRough using Geometry mode produced excess- R-05306
ive leads
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TP1 ISSUES
The "Associative entities will not be merged" mes-

API B-30888
sage now suppressed when merging via the API
API NET-Hook - Control for additional color settings B-34221
API NET-Hook ability to get and set Mastercam colors B-36243
Backplot/
Added option to Reverse Direction of a clipping
Verify/ B-29666
plane
Simulation
Backplot/ B-32645/
Simulator - Save Movie from Verify session (MP4,
Verify/ B-35136/
AVI)
Simulation B-36015
Backplot/
Verify/ Simulator - Add Print option B-32647
Simulation
Backplot/
Verify/ Added additional fixture definitions in Simulator B-32648
Simulation
Backplot/
Machine Simulation - Added proper support of mill
Verify/ B-34761
rotary movement
Simulation
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Backplot/
Lathe Custom Drill was incorrect in Simulator, cor-
Verify/ D-17719
rect in Backplot
Simulation
Backplot/
Verify/ Invalid tool warning in Simulation D-17939
Simulation
Backplot/
Simulation warning, Invalid tool error in profile,
Verify/ R-02780
"Cannot self-intersect"
Simulation
Backplot/
Mastercam Simulator not displaying Grooving tool
Verify/ R-03059
with round shank properly
Simulation
Backplot/
Verify/ Simulation error with imported boring tool R-03233
Simulation
Backplot/
Backplotting the Engrave toolpath displayed Z
Verify/ R-03376
depths to center of ball mill instead of tip
Simulation
Backplot/
Backplotting the engrave toolpath in UVB was
Verify/ R-03377
reporting the incorrect Z depth
Simulation
Backplot/
Verify/ Added loop capability for Mill-Turn simulation R-04715
Simulation
The Toolpaths Manager display options settings
Configuration B-30472
are now stored per user
Configuration Improved readability of the .config file contents R-03644
Configuration Loss of Machine Definition R-04704
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Drafting Format Setter - Modify Trigger Mechanism B-33070

Ordinate dimensions with custom WCS caused
Drafting R-04887
crash
Printing - Improved performance for wireframe
General B-32670
printouts
Selected wireframe entities now maintain their line
General B-34069
width and style
Added switch to allow reinitialized messages to be
General B-34734
suppressed in the .ERR file
Downloadable Arc MultiEdit add-on is now
General B-35516
installed with the product
Downloadable Pts2Arcs add-on is now installed
General B-35517
with the product
Downloadable vHelix add-on is now installed with
General B-35519
the product
Zip2Go now always prompts for file name to be cre-
General B-35305
ated
Downloadable zSpiral add-on is now installed with
General B-35520
the product
General Turn Profile with latest Parasolid release B-35774
Simplify Point and Line Dynamic functionality to
General B-35812
Point Dynamic
Canceling out of the browser for tool dialog in
General D-15389
(nesting onion skin) crashed Mastercam
.ERR file contained spurious control definition error
General D-15875
messages
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In some instances, nothing was displayed when

General D-17344
viewing contents of a group
Operations not always updated properly after chan-
General D-18013
ging associated work offset in the Planes Manager
Toolpath Transform - Changing or deleting the
General D-18539
source operation was not marking operation dirty
Migration Wizard returned units to English when it
General D-18596
should be Metric
C-Hook - CreateBoundary - negative offset did not
General D-19121
work
Geometry sometimes disappeared during
General R-03629
Trim/Break/Extend commands
Printing - Fixed issue with printing to plotter
General R-03683
through HPGL printer driver
Improved selection behavior when in 'No hidden
General R-03696
wireframe' graphics mode
Clicking on an assembly in the datagrid changed
General R-03711
the assembly's name
General Migrating some files crashed Mastercam R-03740
Printing - Fixed issue with watermarks not visible in
General R-03858
PDF printouts
Getting an assert when attempting to update some
General R-03949
ToolDBs using the Migration Wizard
Printing - Color/Width mapping was not working
General R-04029
for point entities
Rotating a plane associated to a Solid Trim func-
General R-04168
tion was not marking the solid dirty
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General Opening a MCX-6 file caused crash R-04196

Converters 2017 - Importing STEP file changed wire-
General R-04290
frame color
Solid edge selection color was not used when selec-
General R-04301
ted edges line style was set to solid
Deleting entities with Planes Manager open some-
General R-04325
times caused a delay
Wrong home position sometimes output with user-
General R-04413
defined WCS
Create Door - Export to separate Mastercam files
General R-04414
was looking for MCX-8 and not MCX-9
Home position in NCI file was not updated prop-
General R-04434
erly
The Save Some function now supports pre-selec-
General R-04444
tion
X9 - Xform - Translate, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Fit,
R-04491/
General Rectangle, Array, Stretch, etc., fields reset when hit-
R-04551
ting Apply
General ATP now supports all chaining sort options R-04538
Code Expert printing - Multiple copies did not
General R-04605
work
ATP - Mastercam ATP selecting Machine Definition
General R-04618
was broken
Save As is now invoked when saving first time after
General R-04661
merging a file
Wrong Cplane error message was sometimes dis-
General R-04666
played
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ATP - Custom cutlist sometimes failed if front and

General R-04747
backside identifiers were not included
Zip2Go - Replace MD/CD with defaults when cus-
General R-04903
tomer MD/CD present
Saving NC/NCI to unwriteable path made posting
General R-05128
fail
Geometry Change at Point does not keep the changes modal D-15753
Xform Scale - Surfaces and Solids scaled differently
Geometry D-18146
from each other depending on origin
Xform - Offset contour did not allow you to offset
Geometry D-18233
entities on more than one plane
Geometry 3D Arcs not output (No Helix Arc Output) R-02875
Geometry X9-Surface Swept rotate did not generate geometry R-03418
Helix entry method did not create arcs in 3D HST
Geometry R-04239
with small arcs (No Helix Arc Output)
Editing a solid draft feature when the original face R-04516/
Geometry
was removed crashed Mastercam R-04517
R-04523/
Geometry Solids - Trim to Surface failed in some cases
R-04524
Geometry Geometry Nesting - Preselection caused crash R-04571
Dynamic Xform cleared result color from previous
Geometry R-05019
Xforms
Geometry Selecting Push/Pull arrow crashed Mastercam R-05109
Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'
Interface B-35192
options added to the Dynamic Planes dialog
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Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'

Interface B-35193
options added to the New Planes dialog
Planes Manager - The 'Info' function is now named
Interface B-35446
'Report'
Levels Manager - Report information is now output
Interface B-35450
to Code Expert
In the Planes Manager, the Reset button did not
Interface D-17998
reset all planes
Solid color setting in Mastercam interface affected
Interface D-18118
component colors in simulation
Planes Manager - Rotating plane incrementally did
Interface D-18416
not mark the operation dirty
Planes Manager was not updated with Create Tool
Interface D-18555
Plane in Bounding Box
Levels Manager - Level names containing '&' not
Interface D-18980
displayed correctly
Interface Scroll Bar in Holder Name window did not work R-02702
External file names are now listed in the Levels
Interface R-03029
Manager report file
The length of the name in the New Plane dialog
Interface R-03352
was limited
Improved workflow for accepting values in the 3D
Interface R-03465
gnomon edit field
Fixed incorrect prompt when re-selecting saw
Interface R-04164
chains
Column sorting in the Planes Manager now persists
Interface R-04243
across sessions
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In Planes Manager, math equations entered into

Interface R-04312
the origin fields were not calculated properly
Toolpaths Manager - Plane information in oper-
Interface ation tree now respects 'Display plane info relative R-04373
to WCS' setting
X9 - Viewsheets - Lost access to Enter and Escape R-04402/
Interface
keys R-04424
Planes created from a solid face were sometimes
Interface R-04471
displayed at wrong orientation
New Plane dialog was sometimes missing the 'Set
Interface R-04488
as WCS' option
Planes - Opening an X8 file sometimes changed
Interface R-04610
the work offset number
Enabling 'Only main level is visible' would some-
Interface R-04636
times slow down/lockup Mastercam
Viewsheets - After deleting geometry display must
Interface R-04680
be regenerated
Planes Manager - Importing planes would some-
Interface R-04696
times not import associated work offsets
Fixed slow startup or crash on startup when pre-
Interface R-04710
viously closed on a secondary monitor
Turn Profile crashed when tolerance was set to
Interface R-04766
small value
Fixed intermittent crash occurring in graphics sys-
Interface R-04841
tem
Planes Manager - The 'in use' indicator was not
Interface R-04876
always updated properly
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Lathe Error in POCO group creation D-18159

Custom lathe tool center values changed when
Lathe D-18675
tool name changed
Lathe Dynamic Rough did not cut entire chain R-03531
Copying operations between machine groups
Lathe R-03870
changed axis combo
Cutoff with chamfer corner did not cut correct
Lathe R-04086
angle
Contour Rough plunged through part, caused end-
Lathe R-04154
less asserts
Contour Rough with .006 step-over produces exten-
Lathe R-04194
ded cuts
Contour Rough and Dynamic Rough were not avail-
Lathe R-04541
able with Lathe and Router on the SIM
Lathe Rough - Tool Inspection rapids in X in error R-04454
Tool inspection retract moved differently with
Lathe R-04572
stock defined
Rough tool path skipped secondary operation
Lathe when Stock Recognition was set to Remaining R-04854
Stock
Lathe Face Groove retract to home violated workpiece R-04982
Raster transition motion was not smooth when set
Mill D-18919
to smooth
Mill Creating a face mill was not working correctly R-03636
Mill X8 Slot mill was not importing into X9 correctly R-04492
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Slot Mill rapids to bottom of second slot, then cuts

Mill R-04635
from the top as expected
IOF generation - C angle flipped during the con-
Mill-Turn D-18428
tour
B angle calculated incorrectly for last point in 5-
Mill-Turn D-18442
axis drill
Finish/blend and Finish/parallel steep allowed neg-
Mill-Turn D-18789
ative and zero total tolerance values
Mill-Turn Incorrect result in Job Setup with custom WCS R-04826
Mill-Turn Rotary transform did not rotate C-axis R-03529
POCO coolant output - IOF setting in cutoff oper-
Mill-Turn R-03583
ation did nothing
Mill-Turn Simulation - IOF error when launching R-03776
Toolpath transform - settings did not persist when
Mill-Turn R-04149
going to previous page
Mill-Turn LCanStart Token did not honor selected format R-04257
Lathe face toolpath - points changed to active
Mill-Turn R-04346
level during regeneration
Mill-Turn ID Grooving toolpath ignored reference points R-04439
Mill-Turn Changing jaw height disabled stock update R-04477
Cutoff Secondary spindle speed could not be out-
Mill-Turn R-04490
put
C-Axis direction changed for full circle in axis sub-
Mill-Turn R-04563
stitution
Mill-Turn Axis Substitution had output wrong C position R-04820
32
Dragging a tool from search results to assembly

Tooling D-03516
document created an empty assembly
Imported operations from an MCX file missing tool
Tooling D-07847
numbers
Tool Length of 0 caused infinite loop in tool draw-
Tooling D-09719
ing code
Tool Offsets were incorrect when importing oper-
Tooling D-14713
ations
Changing the tool offsets by clicking the tool
Tooling branch in Toolpaths Manager was marking the D-14795
operation dirty
Feed rate not updated when changing number of
Tooling D-16382
flutes in Tool Manager
Error in UBVS if Tool Projection was set below end
Tooling D-17291
of reduced neck
Issue when dragging tools between machine
Tooling D-17348
groups
Shank type was not set to straight when updating
Tooling D-17597
X7 tool database to X9
Lollipop tool - Setting projection shorter than
Tooling Shoulder length plus Taper length hangs Master- D-18185
cam
Tooling Could not create custom tool with some DXF files D-18190
Sync points data not output properly after tool
Tooling D-18210
table processing
Reading in a tool library from a TXT file would only
Tooling R-02566
allow saving as a TOOLS-7 file
33
Tooling Tool Manager - Input profile had 0 segments R-02666

Stand-Alone Tool Manager did not allow for last R-02783/
Tooling
tool in list to be added to assembly R-03892
Tool library export to text did not work with
Tooling R-02865
TOOLDB files
Tool projection field did not change to match tool
Tooling R-02882
shoulder length
Tool Manager and Parameters - Tool page access
Tooling R-03259
was very slow
Tool renumbering - tool with same number was
Tooling R-03357
not renumbered
Mastercam took the length and diameter offset
Tooling from the tool in the assembly instead of the R-03394
assembly itself
Import operations using same tool added the tool
Tooling R-03497
for each operation
Changing coolant or feed rate in tool definition
Tooling caused stock model and 3D HST rest operations to R-03573
be dirty
Crash when displaying machine in tool setup man-
Tooling R-03579
ager
TOOLS-8 was showing in Mastercam create new lib-
Tooling R-03734
rary file filter
Deleting a tool used in an operation gave no dele-
Tooling R-03793
tion confirmation
Undefined was appearing in the Tool Type column
Tooling R-03873
of the Material Definition dialog box
34
Tool profile generation functions were not access-

Tooling R-03991
ible to third-party developers in X9
Tooling Numbers were cut off on the holder page R-04140
Holder showed inverted arcs on holder page,
Tooling R-04142
looked correct in wizard
If the Toolpaths Manager contained transform
Tooling operations, there was a long delay the second time R-04147
a holder was changed
Editing an existing holder and saving it back to the
Tooling R-04261
same library nullified the changes
Saving a selected holder was not saving to the act-
Tooling R-04272
ive tool library
Copying a tool from one operation to another was R-04315/
Tooling
not marking the operation dirty R-04668
Importing metric DXF holder file into metric session
R-04438/
Tooling of the standalone Tool Manager displayed imperial
R-05302
dimensions
Asked to create new assembly when no change
Tooling R-04673
was made to holder page
R-04681/
Tooling Invalid tool warning on a good tool definition
R-05304
R-04828/
Tooling Metric DXF holder imported as inches
R-05302
Saving tools from .tooldb to .tools-9 inverted the
Tooling R-04877
TPI value
X style coolant settings were not saved with cus-
Tooling R-05048
tom tools
35
Selecting a new the tool from the Standard sizes

Tooling R-05053
drop-down did not update the tool name
Scroll wheel was not functioning in Create new
Tooling R-05055
tool, Define Drill - Standard sizes drop-down
If some operations have the toolpath display
turned on and some turned off, Display selected
Toolpaths B-05178
operations now turns the toolpath display off by
default
Toolpath Transform - Improved workflow when no
Toolpaths B-34189
operations were selected
Toolpath Transform - Operation tree now defaults
Toolpaths B-34578
to original/main Toolpath Group state
5-Axis Classic - Curve toolpath changed the tool in
Toolpaths D-14861
a non-related toolpath
Stock model would not process; consumed
Toolpaths D-14956
memory until it quit
Toolpaths Trimming hybrid operation caused crash D-15574
Sequence text using TECH library with +1 passes
Toolpaths D-15937
incorrect
Toolpaths Dynamic OptiRough gouging in specific file D-17540
Dynamic OptiRough gouging severely in specific
Toolpaths D-17689
file
Dynamic OptiRough calculation error in X9 and
Toolpaths D-17887
crash in 2017
Thread mill dialog allowed user to change value for
Toolpaths D-17916
number of threads, but did not retain change
Toolpaths Dynamic OptiRough gouging in some files D-17956
36
Toolpaths Stock Model crashed D-17990

HST Raster path with Tapered Bull tool was not cor-
Toolpaths D-18075
rect (offset too far from surface)
Dynamic OptiRough regeneration time was very
Toolpaths D-18091
slow
Toolpath Transform - The Cplane origins were not
Toolpaths D-18140
transformed when using the Include origin option
Operations were sometimes marked dirty when
Toolpaths D-18298
changing work offsets
HST Depth Cuts Zero Stepdown failure (HST-Pro-
Toolpaths D-18347
ject, HST-Horizontal Area)
X9 Finish/radial took a long time to machine poly-
Toolpaths D-18358
gonal meshes
Toolpaths HST Radial failed to yield path D-18361
Setup page was blank for 5-Axis operations when
Toolpaths D-18594
5-Axis was not available
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
Material Model incorrect for Area Clearance
Toolpaths D-19337
toolpath
Toolpaths Incorrect display of helical entry/exit toolpath D-19405
Toolpath Transform - Translate using Geometry
Toolpaths R-03276
mode sometimes dirtied unrelated operations
SFM and FPT in the toolpath were not calculated
Toolpaths R-03336
correctly
37
Toolpaths Surface HS toolpaths violated drive geometry R-03363

Regeneration errors on operations not selected to
Toolpaths R-03442
regenerate
Toolpaths Duplicate parameter for Toolpath Group error R-03530
Improved performance during large transform oper-
Toolpaths R-03598
ations
HST Hybrid with Taper tool, check geometry and
Toolpaths negative stock to leave crashed X9 and Mastercam R-03694
2017
Red insert arrow was not respected after a Start
Toolpaths R-03700
Hole operation
Toolpaths HST- Crashed Mastercam in three clicks R-04079
Adjust start/end of contour only worked once with
Toolpaths R-04108
toolpath preview
Holder collisions in Dynamic OptiRough toolpath
Toolpaths R-04127
with collision checking enabled
Toolpaths Lathe Stock Update failed with added geometry R-04151
Feed Per Tooth not updated in tool settings for
Toolpaths R-04192
thread mill operation
Toolpaths Setup Sheet - Tool image display missing data R-04229
2D HST Dynamic did not regenerate after changing
Toolpaths R-04262
tool and gave no error
Toolpaths 2D HST regeneration produced probing error R-04268
Code Expert with IOF file loaded crashed when
Toolpaths R-04300
loading a new workspace
38
Toolpaths for tapered axis suboperations were not R-04323/

Toolpaths
displayed correctly R-04351
Classic Multiaxis - Curve 5-Axis operation crashed
Toolpaths R-04371
Mastercam when regenerated
Chaining - Saw toolpath - Selecting geometry in
Toolpaths Chain Manager did not highlight geometry in R-04397
graphics
Router - Saw toolpath - the Saw tool was an End
Toolpaths R-04398
mill instead of a Slot mill
Toolpaths Code Expert opened the same file multiple times R-04403
Setup Sheet - Detailed tool list displayed tools and
Toolpaths holder differently - wrong Holder info was written R-04473
to XML
Chaining - Wire - Reverse Chain added additional
Toolpaths R-04480
chains
Toolpaths Editing a Material Library corrupted the library R-04515
RCTF changed the FPT, feed, and speed after regen-
Toolpaths R-04567
eration of all operations
Toolpaths Update All operations did not update all operations R-04568
Toolpaths HST Scallop violated drive geometry R-04606
Plunge Turn - setting stock to leave to a small
Toolpaths R-04629
value generated incorrect path
Copying toolpaths between Machines Groups cre-
Toolpaths R-04676
ated multiple tools with the same tool number
Surface Rough Pocket did not use tool's defined
Toolpaths R-04692
stepover
39
Reporting computation error upon regeneration

Toolpaths R-04700
(related to new highfeed tool processing)
Use clearance only at start and end did not work
Toolpaths R-04777
for Helix bore
Toolpaths Pinch Turn Stock Boundary issue R-04719
Chaining - 'E' key did not end a chain when at a
Toolpaths R-04744
branch point
Plunge Turn - Tool violated chain if stock to leave
Toolpaths R-04783
was greater than depth of cut
Setup Sheet reports contained wrong shape for
Toolpaths R-04784
groove tool
Check surfaces changed color when you regen-
Toolpaths R-04802
erated an operation or display via the Show button
Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities
Toolpaths R-04853
relative to chosen origin
Mastercam displayed blank toolpath tabs when no
Toolpaths R-04892
post was active
Toolpaths HST Horizontal did not cut the entire flat area R-04930
Toolpaths Helix Bore finish option resulted in bad path R-04970
Chain Manager -Selected chain was not high-
Toolpaths R-05089
lighted correctly when using Display Options
Facing toolpath in X8 lifted up over stock on first
Toolpaths R-05261
pass but did not in X9 and X9 Update 1
Toolpaths Incorrect display of axis substitution toolpath R-05380
Crashed when canceling a Trim toolpath operation
Wire D-08063
in Wire
40
Wire chained order of cut reversed when operation

Wire D-10170
was copied for tab cutoff
X8 Wire displayed icon for former Safety Zone in
Wire D-15559
Toolpaths Manager
Wire TECH power library gave "The parameter is
Wire D-17294
incorrect" warning
Values on Wire/Power page not reflected in the D-17301/
Wire
TECH file D-19018
Changing Wire Technology library caused Taper
Wire D-17681
wire size and material to not match primary
Incomplete tech power page incorrectly updated
Wire D-18808
power data
Wirepath Editor did not keep changes and R-02699/
Wire
removed those from Change at point R-03944
Wire Crashed when trimming a wirepath R-03341
Second Wire machine group did not use the
Wire R-04375
entered name
Gouging on Wire No Core toolpath with Com-
Wire R-04647
pensation set to Control
41
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 Available to customize via
Attributes
Attributes Options dialog box
In Planes Manager and avail-
Construction Plane Select an entity able to customize via Options
dialog as Plane From Geometry
able to customize via Options
Construction Plane 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 able to customize via Options
dialog as Plane From Gview
In Planes Manager and Gview
Construction Plane Dynamic Cplane
gnomon
In Planes Manager via Rotate
Construction Plane Rotate Cplane
incremental
42
Category Name Notes
Set plane associated In Planes Manager via Find a

Construction Plane
with geometry plane, From Geometry
Previous Construction
Construction Plane Removed from interface
Plane
Construction Plane Plane List Removed from interface
Construction plane
Construction Plane In Planes Manager
origin
Name and save the
Construction Plane Removed from interface
current Cplane
Edit Apply/Enter Removed from interface
Available to customize via
Edit Select All
Options dialog box
Edit Undelete by Mask Removed from interface
Undelete Multiple
Edit Removed from interface
Entities
File Show Open Files Removed from interface
File Exit
Options dialog box
File Open Shared Folder Removed from interface
File Open User Folder Removed from interface
File Renumber Removed from interface
Available in the Select Only
General Selection Quick Mask Color
and Select All dialog box
General Selection Quick Mask Last
Options dialog box
43
Category Name Notes
Available in the Select Only

General Selection Quick Mask Level
and Select All dialog box
Quick Mask Named
General Selection Removed from interface
Group
Graphics View Center Screen Removed from interface
Graphics View Zoom In/Out Removed from interface
Graphics View Zoom Target
Options dialog box
In Planes Manager via the G
Graphics View Named Planes
column
Set plane associated
Graphics View Options dialog box as Set View
with geometry
Associated with Geometry
Graphics View View by Entity Options dialog box as View
From Entity
Graphics View View by solid face Options dialog box as View
From Solid Face
In screen right-click menu and
Graphics View Dynamic Rotation available to customize via
Options dialog box
Graphics View as Previous
Graphics View Previous Plane
View
Graphics View Normal Plane Options dialog box as View
From Line Normal
44
Category Name Notes

Planes Planes by geometry able to customize via Options
Planes Planes by solid face
Face
Planes Planes by normal
Normal
Planes Planes = Gview able to customize via Options
In Planes Manager via Follow
Planes Planes Always = WCS Rules, Cplane/Tplane follows
WCS
Planes Dynamic Planes
gnomon
Planes Rotate Planes
incremental

Planes
Planes Last Planes Removed from interface

Planes Plane List Removed from interface
Cplane and Tplane
Planes In Planes Manager
origin
45
Category Name Notes
Name and save the

Planes Removed from interface
current planes
Change Entity
Screen Removed from interface
Attributes
In Display group of the View

Screen Show Cplane Axes
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.
Toggle Auto
Screen Removed from interface
Highlighting
Toggle display on Available to customize via
Screen
selected operations Options dialog box
Screen Regenerate Display List
Options dialog box
Screen Repaint Removed from interface
Screen Tooltip Delay Removed from interface
46
Category Name Notes

Settings VBScript Editor
Options dialog box
Tool Plane Select an entity able to customize via Options
Tool Plane Tplane by solid face
Face
Tool Plane Tplane by normal
Normal
Tool Plane Tplane = Gview able to customize via Options
Tool Plane Tplane = Cplane Removed from interface
Tool Plane Dynamic Tplane
gnomon
Tool Plane Rotate Tplane
incremental
Tool Plane
Tool Plane Last Tplane Removed from interface
Tool Plane Plane List Removed from interface
Tool Plane Tool plane origin In Planes Manager
47
Category Name Notes
Name and save the

Tool Plane Removed from interface
current Tplane
WCS WCS by geometry able to customize via Options
WCS 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
WCS Last WCS Removed from interface
WCS Plane List Removed from interface
WCS Set WCS origin In Planes Manager
Name and save the
WCS Removed from interface
current WCS
48
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MASTERCAM 2017

MASTERCAM 2017 ISSUES

Category Description Number

Updating the work offset in an operation and then

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Added support to toggle visibility state of multiple

Category Description Number

Improved performance in some instances when

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Mouse dynamics option removed from Shading

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Single-key hot keys were triggered when renaming

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Contour ramp toolpath display was sometimes

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Lathe Lathe POCO was incorrect with custom WCS R-06790

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Planes Manager - Changing the work offset of a

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Toolpaths Keep tool down value resulted in gouge D-20709

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API Removed Agie.dll from the Mastercam R-05668

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Curve All Edges - Old preview not removed when

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Hybrid with trim to avoid holder severely gouged

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Lathe tool insert projection incorrect in Back-

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When reading in the Annotation (GD&T) data in a

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Hidden lines are now preserved during rotation

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Multiple 4-axis parts in one operation generated

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The "Associative entities will not be merged" mes-

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Drafting Format Setter - Modify Trigger Mechanism B-33070

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In some instances, nothing was displayed when

Category Description Number

General Opening a MCX-6 file caused crash R-04196

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ATP - Custom cutlist sometimes failed if front and

Category Description Number

Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'

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In Planes Manager, math equations entered into

Category Description Number

Lathe Error in POCO group creation D-18159

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Slot Mill rapids to bottom of second slot, then cuts

Category Description Number

Dragging a tool from search results to assembly

Category Description Number

Tooling Tool Manager - Input profile had 0 segments R-02666

Category Description Number

Tool profile generation functions were not access-