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  • MASTERCAM 2019 README

    May 2018

  • MASTERCAM 2019 README

    May 2018© 2018 CNC Software, Inc. – All rights reserved.Software: Mastercam 2019

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  • INTRODUCTION

    Please review this ReadMe for last-minute product information about Mastercam 2019. Report any problems [email protected].

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    MASTERCAM 2019

    Category Name Number

    GeneralUpdated to Spatial R2018 SP2 in support of the .SAT and other ACIS-based import-ers/exportors; most notably increased Catia V5 import support to V5R28.

    R-16266

    GeneralJapanese characters did not output to text files in the IGES importer's Scan FIlefunction.

    R-16047

    Geometry Creation of a relief groove resulted in a crash. R-16249

    InterfaceAnalyze Entity dialog box was missing the Propagate button, and the ability toright-click for Selcue values did not work.

    R-16359

    Interface Analyze Distance on a DZ plane resulted in reversed values. R-16142

    Toolpaths ThreadMill's Entry/exit arc angle value on the LeadIn/Out page defaulted to 0. R-16314

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    Category Name Number

    General Unicode issues were preventing text files from being output correctly. R-16047

    Geometry Spline Blended did not give the expected result. D-34226

    Geometry Surfaces created from a solid after a Dynamic Transformation were in the wronglocation.

    R-16120

    Geometry Spline Blend required additional work to create expected result. R-16095

    Geometry Curves sometimes appeared to be incorrectly on or in front of surfaces. R-16059

    Geometry Solids with new Plane associativity crashed. R-16001

    Interface Updated to Granite 11 SDK in support of the import of ProE/Creo ® parts. Thisprovides support for the new release of Creo 5.0.

    R-16028

    Lathe STL stock did not display properly. R-15962

    Tooling Manufacturer code did not output in the posted code. R-16115

    Tooling When renumbering a tool, the tool number did not update in the operation, or rever-ted. This caused a crash.

    R-11422

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    BETA 4 03/22/2018

    Category Name Number

    General Opening STEP file caused crash in Mastercam 2018 andMastercam 2019. R-15848

    General Importing a file fromMastercam for SOLIDWORKS into Mastercam 2019, geometryimported but the toolpath did not.

    R-15887

    Interface Scroll wheel inside of Translate panel in fields was not working. R-15775

    Mill When deselecting geometry in Surface finish toolpath, Mastercam locked up. R-15831

    Mill-Turn The Model Chamfer toolpath was returning grayed out lead in/out fields when usingPlane Rotation.

    R-15596

    General Licensed products were not properly shown as installed inMastercam Launcher. R-15906

    Mill OptiRough and Area Roughing regression failed to regenerate. S-55130

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  • BETA 3 03/01/2018

    Category Name Number

    Configuration Selected edge line style was not being used in solids. R-15570

    General Error reading files which contained solids with Japanese names. R-15619

    General Attribute definition and block reference were missing, and improper type font wasimported on a drawing file.

    R-15542

    Geometry Solid edges were difficult to select in some situations. R-15645

    Geometry Wireframe geometry residing along a surface edge was sometimes difficult to see. R-15451

    Interface Replacing default value in the panel returned bad results when using right-click copyand paste.

    R-15678

    Interface Planes, Rotate Incremental reset the planes' Section state and color. R-15599

    Interface Toggeling Levels All on/All off did not work properly. R-15571

    Interface Viewsheets were removed after renaming local machine definition. R-15505

    Interface Toolpaths could not be seen though glass entities. R-15452

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    BETA 2 02/08/2018

    Category Name Number

    General Importing some STEP files failed if the step file was saved indifferent units than the current Mastercam session.

    R-15244

    Interface Levels were not maintained when exported as STEP. R-15347

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  • BETA 1 01/25/2018

    Category Name Number

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Mastercam Simulator with Rewind feature active caused crash when closingMastercam.

    D-33179

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Verify - Arc start radius did not equal arc end radius. D-33174

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Verifyingmultiple transform operations inMastercam Simulator caused crash. D-33149

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Verify Compare results were different first time than subsequent times. D-31676

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Tool movement and display with Verify running was slow and choppy if the mousewas moving in the simulation area. If mouse was still, Verify ran normally.

    D-26098

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    IOF error appeared first time launching IOF Simulation. D-24950

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    IOF Simulation was showing an extra move before cutting the contour. D-16919

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Tool holder caused error in Verify. R-14795

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Machine Simulation did not display fixture from a level. R-11311

    Configuration Custom tabs did not display after importing the workspace file fromMastercam2018.

    D-33358D-33220

    Configuration AutoCursor Settings - Set the Quadrant setting to be off by default. R-15169

    Configuration AddingMachine Type group to additional ribbon tabs disabledmachine selection. R-14742

    Configuration Import function inOptions, Context menu was resulting in blank context menuwhenMastercam was localized.

    R-08808

    General When importing AutoCAD files, drawings were missing text upon conversion. R-15255

    General Zero length line in imported DWG file caused axes lines not to display. R-15017

    General Attached parasolid opened in Mastercam 2017 in a few seconds, in 2018 it took 20minutes.

    R-14925

    General Mastercam was unable to remember paper size selection for print in Japanese. R-14823

    General Opening a DWF file in Mastercam 2017 and 2018 created random geometry,instead of what was actually in the file.

    R-11909

    Geometry Surface - Three Fillet Blend crashed when using the attached file. R-15153

    Geometry Hitting [Enter] in Create Letters added extra lines to the text rather than closingthe function.

    R-15108

    Geometry Transform Stretch – Could no longer unselect an entity. R-14917

    Geometry Curve Slice - Curve was not being created on all surfaces as expected. R-11788

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    Geometry Parting Line did not create curves on all edges. R-07765

    Interface Editing operation defaults sometimes changed active color. D-33262

    Interface Selecting a quick mask item was not always changing focus to the graphics area. R-15023

    Interface Right-click copy no longer functioned in Mastercam 2018 and 2019. R-14972

    Interface Level Manager – Purge Empty Levels did not always work correctly. R-14956

    Interface Dynamic Plane - AutoCursormenuwas not enabled during initial gnomon place-ment.

    R-14529

    Interface Right-click paste overwrote entire field instead of inserting clipboard value. R-13996

    Lathe Aggregate Head was not visible in Machine DefinitionManager. R-15259

    Lathe C-axis Contour chain geometry was showing geometry as still chained after beingunselected.

    R-15223

    Lathe Lathe Miscellaneous Operations, Do not process this operation, was not func-tioning.

    R-15096

    Lathe Lathe Chuck Jaws OD #2 Reference point was not being used in the Pick Off/CutOff pickoff Z coordinate.

    R-14955

    Lathe Lathe C-axis toolpath - changing work offset did not mark the operation dirty. R-14845

    Lathe Stock Models using C-Axis source operations were not positioned correctly. R-13974

    Lathe Variables were not being passed to the post processor correctly. R-13626

    Lathe Contour Rough ignored stock. R-13528

    Lathe Stock was gone after Lathe Canned Finish operation. R-11578

    Lathe Lathe Contour Rough gave No cuts were made error with 0.0 stock to leave. R-10764

    Lathe Lathe Rough cuts were twice as deep as set in toolpathparameters.

    R-08905

    Lathe Toolplanes were not being calculated properly. R-07842

    Lathe Lathe Roughmissed passes if cut angle was set to less than 1.3 degrees. R-07413

    Mill 2D Dynamic Contour - No depth cuts with open chain. D-15965

    Mill 2D Contour - Depth cuts were applied only to some chains. D-15935

    Mill Dynamic OptiRest gouged part in rapid move. D-15450

    Mill Dynamic OptiRest gouging on one of the feedmoves going through one of the fil-lets.

    D-13422

    Mill 2D Dynamic Area Mill did not clear top of island. D-09699

    Mill 2D Dynamic Peel Mill finish passes had bad retracts. R-15219

    Mill 2D Pocket toolpath used pocket type Open and open pocket cuttingmethod; nocorner radius was produced.

    R-15207

    Mill Finish pass depths were not working in C-Axis Face Contour. R-14073

    Mill Surfacing Rough and Finish Toolpaths selection of solids was not working prop-erly.

    R-13920

    Mill Surface High Speed Toolpaths Project stock to leave not applied. R-13610

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    Mill When RCTF was enabled inDynamic Mill, Feed Rate changed if Preview toolpathwas accessed from the Cut Parameters page.

    R-11916

    Mill 2D Contour using Ramp, Multi pass and External corner break radius were fail-ing on last pass.

    R-10011

    Mill Stockmodel failed to build when usingmultiple drilling operations. R-07522

    Mill Surface Finish Contour locked up - smoothing/tolerance related regression issue. R-05478

    Mill 2D Dynamic Mill Rest Material crashedMastercam X8 when trying to generate atoolpath. If Containment Regions were added, it would then work.

    R-05095

    Mill Dynamic Mill spindle speed went back to the ramp in speed when using any of theMotion > Gap size, retract options.

    R-04866

    Mill 2D Dynamic Mill, Rest - ignored previous operation andmachining entire area. R-04631

    Mill Helix Bore ignored Clearance value. R-04383

    Mill If negative stock to leave equaled the tool radius, a Reporting Computation Errorwarning was displayed.

    R-04003

    Mill 3D Waterline with negative stock to leave needed warning. R-02848

    Mill Surface Finish Contour - long regeneration eventually failed. D-13666

    Mill Waterline plunge rate was not output in some cases. R-02595

    Mill-Turn Output of Semi-finish speed resulted with improper turning spindle direction. R-15065

    Mill-Turn Job setup pickoff position was not accepted when value was manually entered. R-14775

    Mill-Turn Pinch turn operation and its associated operation did not have consistent syncpoints.

    R-14410

    Mill-Turn Thread Mill operation went dirty after it was opened with no changes made. R-10844

    Mill Cutter compensation set to Control - compensation was only displaying in graph-ics window on last chain .

    R-06273

    Mill In 2D Dynamic Mill, Island Facing was not cutting the entire face. R-03844

    Tooling Coolant was not set to tool's setting. R-14791

    Tooling Renumbered tool was not listed in Tool Manager library. R-14570

    Tooling Holders with four significant digits caused issues. R-13622

    Toolpaths Hidden Stock Models were sometimes visible when file was opened. R-12965

    Toolpaths Drill 5 axis - Added parameter to end of toolpath lines to denote this was a sub-type of drill.

    S-52913

    Wire Contour -Make tab cutoff move with skim cut checkbox was enabled whenchanging Tech sequence.

    R-13500

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    TECHNICAL PREVIEW 12/28/2017

    Category Name Number

    Configuration Startupmachine was loading alongside machine contained in the part file. R-14708

    General Merging in STEP files incremented level numbers by 2 instead of 1. R-14899

    General Drawing level names with "" or / caused the file to fail to export geometry. R-14806

    Geometry [OK/New] did not clear prior selection in Surfaces from Solids. .R-14709

    Geometry Vertical geometry was no longer deleted when projected using Transform Project. R-14797

    Interface The graphics area controlled the [Delete] key, when the Levels properties area washidden, if trying to delete the level name.

    R-14574

    Interface [Alt] key remained active when [Alt+Tab] was used to switch to Mastercam. R-14329

    Lathe Extending a chain resulted in air cutting in Lathe Canned toolpaths. R-14732

    Lathe Lathe Canned Finish would not accept tool used in Lathe Canned Rough. R-14664

    Lathe Clearance values for Plunge Turn toolpath created a collision with stock. R-14644

    Lathe Legacy operation would not drag and drop in Toolpaths Manager. R-14596

    Lathe Lathe Rough did not update stock correctly whenMinimum Arc length was toosmall.

    R-11432

    Mill 2D Contour using Ramp and Plunge setting gave an assert. R-14610

    Mill High Speed ToolpathModel Geometry grid did not use the stock default when theSystem Configuration, Toolpath/Surface Selection, Drive Option was set to All.

    R-14378

    Mill 2D Contour, Depth cut orderwas disabled and effected the selection behavior. R-13943

    Mill Trim toolpath caused a crash. R-13736

    Mill Stock model appeared when unblanking entities. R-10185

    Mill Contour tool paths with Tab Cutoff in separate operations duplicated the TabCutoff Operations when regenerated.

    R-06309

    Mill-Turn Mill Turn posting reverted lathe stock boundary to initial position. R-14661

    Mill-Turn Code Expert crashed when posting. R-11294

    Tooling Copied and editedHigh Feed tool disappeared from the library. R-14857

    Tooling Migrating TOOLDBs changed the projection length for tools withmulti-segmentholders.

    R-14485

    Tooling Metric tools had non-displayable descriptions. R-11048

    Tooling Added cut and plunge direction arrows to the graphics view for 3D tools S-52216

    Toolpaths Manager Multi-threaded operations with dependents failed to regenerate D-33072

    Toolpaths Manager Display Options, Dependencies were not applied to upstream operations. D-32550

    Toolpaths Manager Exporting operations that use a solid displayed a warning, then caused crash. R-14663

    Toolpaths Manager Contour multipasses could not post or Backplot after regeneration R-14518

    ToolpathManager Toolpaths Manager lost focus after pasting operations using [CTRL+V]. R-13538

    Wire Regenerating Agie Collar toolpath changed coordinates. R-14743

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  • TECHNICAL PREVIEW 11/30/2017

    Category Name Number

    General File, Merge creates entities on active level - used to create on unique level. D-32698

    General Mastercam Home Learning Edition crashed when opening file. R-14591

    General File, Mergeoverwrote existing level names. R-14558

    General Nesting Toolpath filtered duplicate diameter tools. R-14503

    General Printing error: Attempted an unsupported operation. R-14429

    General FlattenSurf C-Hook was missing the text on the Flip U/V button. R-14385

    General Convert Apply to all existing printers to a button . R-14332

    Geometry Bounding Boxsize changed if circle was rotated. R-14592

    Geometry The speed of creating a Curve Slice on the solid body had slowed down. R-14550

    Geometry Trim Surface to Curves gave different results, based on chain start point. R-14501

    Geometry Curve All Edges failed on X_T file. R-14486

    Geometry Transform Project crashed when projecting arcs to solid face R-14412

    Geometry Surface Trim to Curve on a torus or line did not do a clean job. R-14373

    Geometry Solid Variable Radius Fillet, Cycle did not highlight the current point. R-14284

    Geometry Arrows did not adjust for Hole Axis when changing orientation. R-13737

    Geometry Parting Linemissed some edges. R-07765

    Interface When changing entity color, the entity stayed selected if the selected color was thesame as the entity.

    R-14441

    Interface Fit included dirty toolpaths. R-14405

    Interface Spin control settings did not work with the new panels. R-07900

    Lathe Lathe Stock Advance operation did not work correctly when using Lathe Refer-ence points.

    R-11299

    Lathe Deselecting Inspection Length in Lathe Rough Tool, still used the values fromLead In/Out and Start/End of pass allowance.

    R-07576

    Mill-Turn Mill-Turn job setup type effected ID clamping diameter. R-13604

    Mill 2D Area Mill missing depth cuts. D-29278

    Mill Stock Model would not regenerate. R-13317

    Mill Canned Text, Add functionality stoped functioning after a fixed number of inter-actions.

    R-11118

    Mill Stock Model used all available systemmemory, and did not process. R-07934

    Toolpaths Curve 5-axis was offset from chain. R-14092

    Toolpaths CustomWork Coordinate System in a Mastercam X9 file regenerated incorrectly. R-13487

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    TECHNICAL PREVIEW 11/09/2017

    Category Name Number

    ATP Invoice data did not output to ATP reports. R-14314

    General Opening a SOLIDWORKS file with the Import Solids History option selected, impor-ted a problematic solid that causedMastercam to crash.

    D-20075

    General Opening a SOLIDWORKS file with the Import Solids History option selected, impor-ted only one side of a flat instead of a flat on both sides.

    D-14078

    General Opening a SOLIDWORKS file with the Import Solids History option selected, impor-ted a part with a circular pattern that was incorrect.

    R-14270

    General Opening a file with corrupt machine file name causedMastercam to crash. R-14043

    General Opening a SOLIDWORKS file with the Import Solids History option selected,caused incorrect results.

    R-10819

    Geometry The wrong section was trimmed when using Blended Spline. R-14199

    Geometry When the Orientation was changed inHole Axis, the arrows did not adjust cor-rectly.

    R-13737

    Geometry Curve Slice did not create curves on all surfaces as expected. R-11788

    Lathe Lathe Rough did not cut the entire chain when the insert corner radius was set to1/64.

    R-14312

    Lathe The spindle was reversed when using a C-axis Face Contour toolpath. R-13706

    Mill 3D Finish Contour had an error when usingUndercutwith a tapered shank tool. R-14313

    Mill Dynamic OptiRough's vertical retracts should have been rapid instead of feedrate.

    R-14220

    Mill-Turn The Select button was incorrectly labeled on the Part Geometry page for Mill-Turntoolpaths.

    R-14001

    Toolpaths Adjusting the end chain point during Guided Chaining did not move the directionarrows.

    R-14424

    Toolpaths Bad preparatory data was written to ASCII NCI when aMultiaxis Curve toolpathwas trimmed to stock.

    R-14066

    Toolpaths Multiaxis Curve, using 4 axis with tilt from Lines, did not respect the customWCS. R-13975

    Toolpaths Multiaxis Roughing, Stock to leave was not correctly calculated in Mastercam2018.

    R-13838

    Toolpaths Blade Area Roughing, which was removed from theMultiaxis Parallel toolpath,has been returned to theMisc page.

    R-13392

    Toolpaths Added an option in Advanced Configuration, to turn off multiaxis toolpath thread-ing.

    S-52058

    Toolpaths Added a parameter to the NCI forMultiaxis Drill toolpath with a Safety Zone, todenote this is a sub-type of drill.

    S-51556

    Toolpaths Manager Draggingmultiple operations did not show the multiple folder icon. R-13537

    Toolpaths Manager Added operationDependencies report output. S-51999

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  • TECHNICAL PREVIEW 10/19/2017

    Category Name Number

    General [Enter] no longer functioned as OK and Create New Operation in Transformfunctions.

    R-14184

    General When nesting, an imported .ini file that referenced two Mastercam files onlybrought the operations from the first file into the Parts List.

    R-14037

    General Solids Chamfer had a tessellation issue. R-13707

    General The Leader size prevented the dimension from being placed inside when using Cir-cular dimensions.

    R-13593

    General When using Transform,Offset Chains on a small part, the geometry disappearedor was not created.

    R-13474

    General Three Surface Blend used the untrimmed portion of the surface. R-13027

    Interface System planes were changed after editing a lathe machine definition. D-31017

    Interface Most Recently Used (MRU) list did not collapse when the [Enter] key was pressed. R-14069

    Interface PlanesWork offset changed fromManual to Automatic when changing planes inlegacy toolpaths.

    R-14034

    Mill Avoidance was not applied when entire solid was selected. R-13147

    Mill 3D Toolpaths Rough and Finish Stock did not use the defaults forWall Stock andFloor Stock, nor were the values output in NCI.

    R-11818

    Mill 3D High Speed Toolpaths, Model Geometry did not have the ability to save stockto leave values to defaults.

    R-11690

    Mill 3D Dynamic OptiRough gouged solid faces. R-10863

    Reports Added geometry was not output in operation view. R-14010

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    TECHNICAL PREVIEW 09/28/2017

    Category Name Number

    Drafting The arrow size of anOrdinate dimension changed when placingmultiple dimen-sions.

    R-13533

    General A DWG file came in with bad data. R-14018

    General Migration Wizard did not update binary post with the files. R-13802

    General Dynamic Transform in 2D mode did not project the anchor point correctly. R-13774

    General Classic Backplot had a graphics issue with tool showing through the part surface. R-13712

    Lathe Cross Drill, Change at point output the absolute value instead of the incrementalvalue.

    R-13738

    Lathe Bad NCI was written for Lathe Canned Grooving. R-13692

    Lathe Linearization tolerance was missing from the Lathe Finish dialog box. R-13588

    Lathe Lathe created planes for all chains in a toolpath when changed to a Y-axis rotation. R-09342

    Lathe Lathe Dynamic Rough started the toolpath with tool buried in the part and pro-duced an error.

    R-08633

    Lathe Lathe Pattern Repeat gouged a specific part. R-07588

    Mill 3D High Speed Toolpaths - Project did not keepMachining Geometry and Stockvalues.

    R-13848

    Mill 3D Dynamic OptiRough gouged solid faces. R-10863

    Mill 3D Dynamic OptiRough, Avoidance was not applied when the entire solid wasselected.

    R-13147

    Mill-Turn Exporting an operation to a Mill-Turn operations file failed. R-13812

    Mill-Turn Work Offset field was not available on theMill Setup page. R-13781

    Toolpaths Setup Sheet,Minimum andMaximum values were incorrect when the WCS wasdifferent from Tplane and Cplane.

    R-13139

    Toolpaths Manager Deleting nested empty toolpath groups failed. D-31528

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  • TECHNICAL PREVIEW 09/07/2017

    Category Name Number

    API NET-Hook Drill operation commit method did not respect the supplied flag. D-29223

    API Canceling out of theMetafile C-Hook, File Selection dialog put the graphics win-dow in an unusable state.

    D-26921

    API Solid entities were not properly deleted using the NET-Hook API. D-24180

    API IsEvaluationLicense functionality was missing from NET-Hook API. R-10458

    ATP Edits made to an operation via the Strategy Explorerwere not saved. R-13407

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    An error occurred when selectingQuick Verify. D-30353

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    A collision with a workpiece was not reported in Verify. D-30176

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Mastercam Simulator's Remove chips option did not work as in the previous ver-sion.

    D-28552

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Mill-Turn Mastercam Simulator showed a gouge, whereMastercam Simulatorand Backplot did not.

    D-26993

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    When using Sync Views inMastercam Simulator, a part would sometimes be outof view.

    D-26992

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Lathe Face Drilling was in the wrong position inMastercam Simulator. D-26982

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Rapid moves disappeared as the toolpath ran in Classic Backplot. D-25474

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Classic Backplot buttons needed a double-click to work. D-24763

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Multiaxis Link Tool Change, Before Linking did not show correctly in ClassicBackplot.

    D-24508

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    True Thread mode option was incorrectly selected by default inMastercam Sim-ulator.

    D-24474

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Tool Tip Compensation for a 5-axis Drill transform was shown incorrectly in Clas-sic Backplot.

    D-18205

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Tool from DXF file showed a gap between holder and tool in Classic Backplot. R-11618

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    Classic Backplotwas not fully cutting a Lathe Groove toolpath. R-11106

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    When in Classic Backplotwith Toolpaths Manager set to Auto-Hide, the playbackcontrols were hidden and unusable.

    R-10968

    Backplot/Verify/Simulation

    The Simulationmode ofMastercam Simulator now displays collision items in red. S-49615

    Configuration Invalid File Namemessage appeared when selecting the Default Machines. R-10153

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    Configuration Plane WCS gnomon has been changed to Plane on the System Configuration,Colors page.

    S-50490

    Drafting Note using a TrueType font displayed at a lower resolution. R-13203

    General Design-only error message appeared whenMachine Group was present uponFile,Open.

    R-13036

    General Import Operations did not support .emcam and .emcx file types. R-09298

    General Crash could occur when logging system errors. D-30351

    General Files no longer shipped were not migrated from previous versions. D-29720

    General Importing a certain KeyCreator file consumed RAM while being processed. D-26986

    General Raster To Vector took longer to convert a file than in Mastercam X9. D-24332

    General STEP files created in Creo were missing faces when read into Mastercam. D-22488

    General Renumber level did not work correctly on a STEP file. R-13761

    General CAD Import SOLIDWORKS did not create all the holes with Import SolidsHistory.

    R-13750

    General Verify Selection did not always show the preview. R-13186

    General With AutoSave selected, saving after every operation with a 2D Dynamic Milltoolpath locked upMastercam.

    R-13173

    General Improved performance with a part file containing large amounts of geometry data. R-13120

    General Imported DXF profile arcs were changed from bottom to top view when importingand extracting profiles.

    R-11258

    General Create Door, Export to separate file did not work. R-11257

    General Merge Pattern causedMastercam to become unresponsive with certain functionsand plane settings.

    R-11250

    General Files with special characters in name would not open. R-04921

    General Mastercam would not save to a folder named with foreign characters. R-04655

    Geometry Using the Trim option in Blended Spline created bad results. R-10890

    Geometry Extending a spline converted it into a parametric spline. R-07942

    Interface Levels Manager had incorrect context menu behavior. R-11877

    Interface Enable All has been changed to Restore Defaults in AutoCursor Settings. R-11471

    Interface Delete key was not focused in Planes Managerwhen used inOrigin fields. R-10235

    Interface Opening a part file changed theWCS/Tplane/CPlane settings. D-30203

    Interface File opened with plane coordinate set to Lathe instead ofMill. D-26682

    Interface Selecting a Quick Mask item did not change focus to the graphics area. R-13667

    Interface Incorrect tool tip shown in Planes Manager right-click context menu. R-13654

    Interface Lathe, Stock Plane did not change. R-13493

    Interface Clear unpinned documents from recent file list triggered improper argumenterror and failed.

    R-13432

    Interface Plane information was not saved to the bookmark of the Viewsheet. R-13393

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    Interface The up/down scroll bar of the Planes and Levels Managers disappeared whenHide Plane Properties was selected.

    R-13364

    Interface Blanked entities were included in Fit. R-13269

    Interface Blank/Unblank caused odd behavior with Select all entities by color. R-13269

    Interface Levels were not getting updated in the Entity Attributes Manager. R-13264

    Interface Right-click menu displayed incorrect string for Gview. R-13263

    Interface AddingMachine selection to the Quick Access Toolbar disabled that machine inthe ribbon.

    R-11775

    Interface Not all levels were visible after opening a file. R-11585

    Interface Pressing the [Delete] key when in the Comments field removed the Planes Man-ager.

    R-11542

    Interface Gview gnomon showed wrong plane name. R-11097

    Interface Entities did not display whenmoved to a hidden level via Analyze. R-10924

    Interface Moving entity used to define a plane broke the associativity. R-10109

    Interface The Set all option in Printing, Linewidth Attributes dialog did not apply the linewidth to all colors.

    R-09683

    Interface The current Viewsheet was not preserved after the file was saved and reopened. R-09190

    Interface Part did not always align or fit correctly after editing plane orientation. R-08570

    Interface Reset all in Customize Keyboard allowed shortcut keys to appear in the contextmenu.

    R-07996

    Interface Plane sometimes showed incorrectly as Used in a Viewsheet. R-04674

    Interface Updatedmachine images. S-50010

    Lathe Some Lathe toolpaths displayed as rapids. D-29276

    Lathe Classic BackplotwithQuick verify selected caused all tools to remove all stock. D-18777

    Lathe Pickoff/Pull/Cutoff did not respect the tool choice. R-13389

    Lathe Pickoff/Pull/Cutoff, ID jaws on right spindle caused geometry to be translated toincorrect Z location.

    R-13134

    Lathe A collision occurred when the Lathe Face options, Use stock and Finish stepoverwere enabled.

    R-11802

    Lathe Spindle direction was incorrect. R-11625

    Lathe Lathe tool offset change in the operation’s parameters did not post the correct off-set.

    R-11445

    Lathe Lathe jaws and stock were not retained when defined on right chuck. R-11431

    Lathe When exporting a Lathe operation as CSS, the operation stayed as RPM. R-11310

    Lathe Compensation direction was wrong when using Lathe Z = World Z. R-11303

    Lathe Lathe Dynamic Rough stock was not updated correctly. R-11255

    Lathe Lathe Rough, Zig zag straight cuttingmethod collided with certain part shapes. R-11167

    Lathe Lathe Cross Drill returned to the first position and re-drilled it. R-08889

    Lathe Stock Flip had incorrect original position for chuck. R-08809

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    Lathe Enabling Extend start of passes in the Lathe Finish, Down Cutting dialog boxreset the Standoff distance value.

    R-08295

    Mill Tabbing between fields of 2D Peel Mill jumped around. D-08345

    Mill Surface Finish Contour toolpath using an undercut tool did not undercut properly. R-13813

    Mill Global,Minimum arc feed setting was not used. R-13502

    Mill Surface Finish Contour using a lollipop tool withDetect Undercuts selectedcaused a warning.

    R-13380

    Mill Model Geometry page appeared empty for a 3D Project toolpath. R-13199

    Mill Editing theModel Geometry grid changed the stock to leave amount to zero. R-13179

    Mill A reporting computation error occurred when theMaximum stepover equaled theflat diameter of the tool.

    R-13114

    Mill 3D Hybrid toolpath did not create a toolpath when using 3D passes, Preserve Zpasses and Flat detection.

    R-12979

    Mill 3D Waterline with negative stock to leave had a long regeneration time. R-12954

    Mill 2D Contourwithmultiple chains and using Control did not show compensationmove on both geometry.

    R-11667

    Mill 3D Waterline toolpath using a flat endmill with a negative value in Leave stock oncreated a computation error.

    R-10716

    Mill Dynamic OptiRough toolpath gouged a part when using a large Stepdown value. R-10549

    Mill 3D Pencil toolpath cut deeper than theMaximum depth setting. R-09963

    Mill Stockmodel did not create the model properly when there were many 3D HighSpeed Toolpaths selected.

    R-06163

    Mill-Turn Mill-Turn Pull position was invalid. R-13611

    Mill-Turn Slot Mill added to theMilling ribbon gallery. R-13583

    Mill-Turn MP.net—Adding array to watch list did not work from resource tree. R-11297

    Mill-Turn MP.net—Else orphan was not detected. R-11296

    Mill-Turn MP.net—// in literal string resulted in comment output when posting. R-11295

    Mill-Turn Code Expert crashed when posting. R-11294

    Mill-Turn MP.net—.DidOutput property was set incorrectly. R-11293

    Mill-Turn Code Expert crashed whenOutput statements were made in anOutputCallBack. R-10986

    Mill-Turn 3D Contourwas not supported inMill-Turn. R-10897

    Mill-Turn Chuck jaw angle about C axis did not work on a sub spindle. R-09888

    Mill-Turn ImportingMill-Turn operations brought in unnecessary planes. R-09863

    Mill-Turn Lathe Groove, Finish spindle speed output incorrect NC code under a specificcondition.

    R-09156

    Mill-Turn Spindle sync did not work in both upper and lower streams. R-05209

    Mill/Router Corrupt or Invalid file warning appeared when Engrave was the first toolpath cre-ated.

    D-24635

    Tooling Overall tool length was incorrect. D-30967

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    Tooling Problem tool holder causedMastercam to crash. R-13495

    Tooling Tool Manager profile containedmissing 0.0001 line and failed inMastercam Sim-ulator.

    R-11707

    Tooling Error message was no longer issued withmultiple DbProviderFactories. R-11442

    Tooling When editing a holder, the standard size warning appearedmultiple times. R-09991

    Toolpaths Contour toolpath with tapered walls enabled did not import correctly. R-11767

    Toolpaths Setup Sheets'white geometry did not displayed in images. R-13531

    Toolpaths Feed rate and other properties in Analyze Toolpath did not update until afterregeneration.

    R-11747

    Toolpaths Code Expert's Region control context menu was missing when editing a PST post. R-10668

    Toolpaths Mask on Arc, Sorting, Depth filtering overrode masked arc diameter. R-10184

    Toolpaths The shortcut key for reverse chaining did not work until you clicked in the SolidChaining dialog box.

    R-09529

    Toolpaths Manual entry toolpaths caused errors in Simulation when they contained syncs. S-50473

    Toolpaths Manager RegeneratingHigh Speed Toolpaths after usingModel Prep created newtoolpath groups.

    R-11676

    Toolpaths Manager Display Options, Dependencies, Selection setting was being used in the oper-ation-specific operation trees.

    D-30753

    Toolpaths Manager Changed default choice for the Partial NCI output filemessage toNo. R-11083

    Toolpaths Manager Imported operations were marked dirty, making it difficult to see selections. R-10879

    Toolpaths Manager Moving a toolpath group from one machine group to another did not list the tools inthe tool list.

    R-09103

    Toolpaths Manager Manual Entry operations were not marked dirty whenmodified. R-08661

    Toolpaths Manager The Also renumber tools not used in any operation option was always selected. R-06330

    Toolpaths Manager When using Edit Common Parameters the unchangedManual Entry operationswere marked dirty.

    D-24364

    Toolpaths Manager Renumber Tools in Lathe caused crash. R-13766

    Toolpaths Manager The number of active teeth changed when a Thread Mill operation was imported. R-11876

    Toolpaths Manager Parameters opened slower when a solid model was visible. R-10956

    Toolpaths Manager Added support for multiple line comments in theMachine Group, Comments box. R-10176

    Toolpaths Manager Toolpaths Managerwent blank for a period of time during toolpath regenerationwhen a solid was visible.

    R-08478

    Toolpaths Manager Improved the state of operation display when operations are collapsed. R-08236

    Wire New planes were created upon wire toolpath regeneration. R-11932

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