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MASTERCAM 2019 README
May 2018
MASTERCAM 2019 README
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INTRODUCTION
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Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—Introduction
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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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—Mastercam 2019
BETA 5 04/12/2018
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—BETA 4 03/22/2018
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—BETA 3 03/01/2018
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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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—BETA 2 02/08/2018
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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Category Name Number
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe— BETA 1 01/25/2018
Category Name Number
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe— Technical Preview 12/28/2017
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—Technical Preview 11/09/2017
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—Technical Preview 10/19/2017
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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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe—Technical Preview 09/28/2017
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
Mastercam 2019 ReadMe— Technical Preview 09/07/2017
Category Name Number
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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