Originally Posted by
Brakeman Bob
I haven't had Auto-Update on for years and invariablyI have the "update stock model" set to manual and save the STF (or is it FCT?) file after every toolchange. Even then, after some particularly curvy geometry is cut either by 3D or 5X SolidVerify can't save the file or if it does save, can't load it back in.
The wall I hit in XP is still there in Windows 7, though it has moved a little. The part I could not even complete in SolidVerify now gets to the end but if after the SolidCAM process (viewed in TaskManager) gets to about 1 Gb any attempt to rotate the part or zoom in / out results in SolidCAM crashing. Mind you, it does it very elegently in Windows 7 so perhaps I should be grateful for that. I spent last Thursday working through settings on the advice of SolidCAM Europe Support trying to determine if it was a graphics driver problem or not and the outcome was that the problem definately lies in SolidCAM or in the modules bought off MachineWorks. The problem has been referred back to the developers in Israel and now we wait to find out if a patch form SolidCAM can fix it or does it need MachineWorks to change the behaviour of their code. If it's latter then we might be waiting some time.....