While you folks were advancing through the progressive versions I have been using V16 for both my lathe and mill code. I don't know how long, but V16 was the current version back then. It came with a dongle in the box.
That dongle has finally died, and now my V16 will not work except in demo mode. We had V16 loaded in the PC in two locations, one we used strictly for lathe, and the other for mill, well, until recently.
The Lathe program suddenly started bringing up a box saying it couldn't find the dongle. Well, the mill program could still see the dongle, so we used it for lathe programming.
Yesterday I was told that the mill program can't find the dongle either. (CONSTERNATION!)
We have V20 that we hardly ever used, but I have no need for the 3D aspect and find it annoying, but worse is the fact that it does not "cut single" the same way the old V16 did. In V16 if you have the part profile drawn with TNR comp drawn in and all lines connected if you hit the cut single icon the tool path will jump one, and only one feature or line at a time . Doing that I could watch the program go through the whole path I wanted a particular tool to travel. I had great control of content that way. Then I would end that tool's block and begin the next tool's block.
Now, I know there are other ways to do it, probably better ways, but I'm 63 years old and don't want to learn new programs if I can help it. I got pretty fast at writing programs the way we used to do it.
So, my questions are; #1. Is there a way to force V25 (BobCad will not talk to me about V16 or V20) to follow ONLY one feature at a time? If so I may buy V25. If there is I'll buy a new computer and program and we should be good for another 15 years. (grin)
BUT! Question #2 Does anyone have an old dongle that is low time that I can buy? I am the original owner of the V16 version I'm talking about, and I'm sure Bobcad knows that. My legally owned V20 doesn't use a dongle. I'd buy a dongle from Bobcad if they would talk to me about it.
I hope I didn't break any rules asking about it.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer, our ability to write new programs is gone as of yesterday.
Glen
That dongle has finally died, and now my V16 will not work except in demo mode. We had V16 loaded in the PC in two locations, one we used strictly for lathe, and the other for mill, well, until recently.
The Lathe program suddenly started bringing up a box saying it couldn't find the dongle. Well, the mill program could still see the dongle, so we used it for lathe programming.
Yesterday I was told that the mill program can't find the dongle either. (CONSTERNATION!)
We have V20 that we hardly ever used, but I have no need for the 3D aspect and find it annoying, but worse is the fact that it does not "cut single" the same way the old V16 did. In V16 if you have the part profile drawn with TNR comp drawn in and all lines connected if you hit the cut single icon the tool path will jump one, and only one feature or line at a time . Doing that I could watch the program go through the whole path I wanted a particular tool to travel. I had great control of content that way. Then I would end that tool's block and begin the next tool's block.
Now, I know there are other ways to do it, probably better ways, but I'm 63 years old and don't want to learn new programs if I can help it. I got pretty fast at writing programs the way we used to do it.
So, my questions are; #1. Is there a way to force V25 (BobCad will not talk to me about V16 or V20) to follow ONLY one feature at a time? If so I may buy V25. If there is I'll buy a new computer and program and we should be good for another 15 years. (grin)
BUT! Question #2 Does anyone have an old dongle that is low time that I can buy? I am the original owner of the V16 version I'm talking about, and I'm sure Bobcad knows that. My legally owned V20 doesn't use a dongle. I'd buy a dongle from Bobcad if they would talk to me about it.
I hope I didn't break any rules asking about it.
Thanks for any help you guys can offer, our ability to write new programs is gone as of yesterday.
Glen