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A short update - MachStdMill continues to improve  ;D  The user base continues to grow and during the 3 months since the release of v1.0, the software has been refined based on user feedback.

MachStdMill version 1.1 has been released and is now available from www.CalypsoVentures.com
If you are unfamiliar with MachStdMill, there are some short videos on the web site which introduce the package.

MachStdMill v1.1 key enhancements:

1) Enhanced probing facilities:
Probing operation support has been significantly enhanced and now offers the most complete work setup probing features available for Mach.

Operation groups include:
•   Edge, Surface and Corner finding (w edge angle measurement)
•   Ridge & Valley center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Pocket center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Post center finding
•   A and B axis rotational center finding and axis alignment

2) Auto-TLO and On-Machine Tool Measuring:
Advanced tool measuring support is included to do “on machine” measurement of tools, removing the need for expensive offline tool pre-setters.

Tools can be measured on the machine and TLOs are calculated and entered automatically into the tool table. TLO support includes all three documented TLO techniques (TLO=PTL, TLO=WCZ0 and Master Tool mode).

3) Tool Table Handling:
MSM Tool Table handling has been significantly enhanced.

A tool table saved by any MSM machine can be loaded on any MSM machine.
The distinction between tool table files created by an imperial (inch) setup units machine and a metric (mm) setup units machine has been removed.

Support was added for mixed units tool tables at the user interface.
Example: Tool diameters may be entered in the natural units of the tool, independent of the setup units of the machine.

4) All bug reports closed:
Release v1.0.2 proved to be very stable with very few bugs. All MSM bugs have been fixed for v1.1 and there are no open errata items as of v1.1’s release.

Dave




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Finished Screens / MachStdMill V1.1 Released
« on: April 14, 2011, 01:39:46 PM »
MachStdMill continues to improve  ;D
During the 3 months since the release of v1.0, the software has been refined based on user feedback.

MachStdMill version 1.1 has been released and is now available from www.CalypsoVentures.com

MachStdMill v1.1 key enhancements:

1) Enhanced probing facilities:
Probing operation support has been significantly enhanced and now offers the most complete work setup probing features available for Mach.

Operation groups include:
•   Edge, Surface and Corner finding (w edge angle measurement)
•   Ridge & Valley center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Pocket center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Post center finding
•   A and B axis rotational center finding and axis alignment

2) Auto-TLO and On-Machine Tool Measuring:
Advanced tool measuring support is included to do “on machine” measurement of tools, removing the need for expensive offline tool pre-setters.

Tools can be measured on the machine and TLOs are calculated and entered automatically into the tool table. TLO support includes all three documented TLO techniques (TLO=PTL, TLO=WCZ0 and Master Tool mode).

3) Tool Table Handling:
MSM Tool Table handling has been significantly enhanced.

A tool table saved by any MSM machine can be loaded on any MSM machine.
The distinction between tool table files created by an imperial (inch) setup units machine and a metric (mm) setup units machine has been removed.

Support was added for mixed units tool tables at the user interface.
Example: Tool diameters may be entered in the natural units of the tool, independent of the setup units of the machine.

4) All bug reports closed:
Release v1.0.2 proved to be very stable with very few bugs. All MSM bugs have been fixed for v1.1 and there are no open errata items as of v1.1’s release.

Dave




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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Announcement: MachStdMill (MSM) v1.1 Released
« on: April 14, 2011, 01:38:02 PM »
MachStdMill continues to improve  ;D
During the 3 months since the release of v1.0, the software has been refined based on user feedback.

MachStdMill version 1.1 has been released and is now available from www.CalypsoVentures.com

MachStdMill v1.1 key enhancements:

1) Enhanced probing facilities:
Probing operation support has been significantly enhanced and now offers the most complete work setup probing features available for Mach.

Operation groups include:
•   Edge, Surface and Corner finding (w edge angle measurement)
•   Ridge & Valley center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Pocket center finding
•   Circular and rectangular Post center finding
•   A and B axis rotational center finding and axis alignment

2) Auto-TLO and On-Machine Tool Measuring:
Advanced tool measuring support is included to do “on machine” measurement of tools, removing the need for expensive offline tool pre-setters.

Tools can be measured on the machine and TLOs are calculated and entered automatically into the tool table. TLO support includes all three documented TLO techniques (TLO=PTL, TLO=WCZ0 and Master Tool mode).

3) Tool Table Handling:
MSM Tool Table handling has been significantly enhanced.

A tool table saved by any MSM machine can be loaded on any MSM machine.
The distinction between tool table files created by an imperial (inch) setup units machine and a metric (mm) setup units machine has been removed.

Support was added for mixed units tool tables at the user interface.
Example: Tool diameters may be entered in the natural units of the tool, independent of the setup units of the machine.

4) All bug reports closed:
Release v1.0.2 proved to be very stable with very few bugs. All MSM bugs have been fixed for v1.1 and there are no open errata items as of v1.1’s release.

Dave




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VB and the development of wizards / G68 Rotation point?
« on: April 06, 2011, 12:24:06 PM »
When a G68 rotation is active, there are interfaces to
1) know that this is is the situation (a LED)
2) get the Rotation angle (a DRO)

What I'm not finding is an interface to get the XY point that is the rotation axis...

Does anyone know how to get the rotation point?

Dave

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Finished Screens / Announcement: MachStdMill (MSM) Released
« on: January 13, 2011, 06:31:44 PM »
Hi,
MachStdMill is a professionally designed and extensively tested enhancement package (often referred to by it’s initials “MSM”) for Mach3. MSM is now available to Mach3 users from Calypso Ventures, Inc (CVI). 

For more information, please visit our web site at: www.CalypsoVentures.com where you can learn about the features included in MSM.

Free, fully functional trial versions of MSM are available for download.

The CVI web site has MSM feature descriptions, pricing, edition comparisons, and the full user manual and release notes are available for download. The MSM user community forum is also online and may be accessed via the CVI site support page.

After a 6 month beta test program involving many users and thousands of downloaded beta copies, MachStdMill successfully met all the beta test exit criteria and was approved for product release.  MSM is probably the most extensively tested add-on package available for Mach3 and we’re pleased to note that there are no unresolved bugs known in the MSM product release.

In recognition of the world wide nature of the Mach3 user base, software licenses may be purchased online 24/7 using a major credit card.

Finally, as part of the MSM product introduction, special product introductory pricing is available (just use the priority code provided on the CVI  software store page during checkout).

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Announcement: MachStdMill (MSM) Released
« on: January 13, 2011, 06:28:15 PM »
Hi,
MachStdMill is a professionally designed and extensively tested enhancement package (often referred to by it’s initials “MSM”) for Mach3. MSM is now available to Mach3 users from Calypso Ventures, Inc (CVI). 

For more information, please visit our web site at: www.CalypsoVentures.com

Free, fully functional trial versions of MSM are available for download.

The CVI web site has MSM feature descriptions, pricing, edition comparisons, and the full user manual and release notes are available for download. The MSM user community forum is also online and may be accessed via the CVI site support page.

After a 6 month beta test program involving many users and thousands of downloaded beta copies, MachStdMill successfully met all the beta test exit criteria and was approved for product release.  MSM is probably the most extensively tested add-on package available for Mach3 and we’re pleased to note that there are no unresolved bugs known in the MSM product release.

In recognition of the world wide nature of the Mach3 user base, software licenses may be purchased online 24/7 using a major credit card.

Finally, as part of the MSM product introduction, special product introductory pricing is available (just use the priority code provided on the CVI  software store page during checkout).

Dave


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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Announcement: MachStdMill (MSM) Released
« on: January 13, 2011, 06:22:39 PM »
Hi,
Those that follow this forum, know that MachStdMill is a professionally designed and extensively tested enhancement package (often referred to by it’s initials “MSM”) for Mach3. MSM is now available to Mach3 users from Calypso Ventures, Inc (CVI). 

Free, fully functional trial versions of MSM are available for download.

For more information, please visit our web site at: www.CalypsoVentures.com

The CVI web site has MSM feature descriptions, pricing, edition comparisons, and the full user manual and release notes are available for download. The MSM user community forum is also online and may be accessed via the CVI site support page.

After a 6 month beta test program involving many users and thousands of downloaded beta copies, MachStdMill successfully met all the beta test exit criteria and was approved for product release.  MSM is probably the most extensively tested add-on package available for Mach3 and we’re pleased to note that there are no unresolved bugs known in the MSM product release.

In recognition of the world wide nature of the Mach3 user base, software licenses may be purchased online 24/7 using a major credit card.

Finally, as part of the MSM product introduction, special product introductory pricing is available (just use the priority code provided on the CVI  software store page during checkout).

Dave

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Announcement re the Future of MachStdMill
« on: November 22, 2010, 05:52:05 PM »


The Future of MachStdMill with Mach3 v3


Our story opens with a scene from a long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away...

During Q4 2009, I set out to prototype a revised Mach3 User Interface (UI). I (actually Calypso Ventures Inc.) started working with Brian (ArtSoft USA); the initial project idea was that we’d target this revised UI at the next major release of Mach3 (v4).  Thus started MachStdMill (MSM) development…

After analysis, an optimized work flow was designed that targeted personal CNC machinists; that in turn framed the functional grouping of the basic MSM screen pages. This accomplished the initial goal to create a simple screen set prototype for Mach3 v4 and that “proof of concept” screen set was the basis for the MSM alpha test program.

If you have the engineering gene, you’ll understand what happened next… ;-)
Given that I’d created a new screen set frame work, additional functionality was included into the project (“as long as I’m here…”).

A significant CVI decision was to add support for probing as a integrated feature. The  probing engine in turn enabled additional features (e.g. TLO measurements during Tool changes and Master Tool Mode). Additional features that had been on the wish list also got added as time was available (eventually this included an entirely new user manual to go with the software).  I also gave the user interface a visual update (to address the visual aspects of the 1024 screen set). The visual scheme went thru at least two major iterations, resulting in today’s MachStdMill look & feel.

MachStdMill was first shown publicly at the CNC workshop in June, 2010. The software received a warm reception and the most common question was “when will it be available?”.  The announcement was made that MachStdMill would be starting a general Beta test following the workshop. 

Beta testing has gone quite well.  Initially there was the usual increase in bug reports that happen when software is made available to a large user base. As bugs were fixed, the bug  reports on the MSM beta forum slowed to a trickle; there came a time when there were no open MSM bug reports. 

By late Q3 2010, the MachStdMill implementation for Mach3 V3 had developed into a popular, stable, user interface which also provided significant enhanced functionality.  It was now time to make another decision: Release a production version of MachStdMill on V3, or withdraw the package until Mach3 V4 (the original Mach target) is available?

The release of MachStdMill as a Mach3 v3 offering carries some support implications.  Another consideration was that CVI also has additional functionality enhancements underway for MSM. 

During discussions, we reached the conclusion that MachStdMill’s enhanced functionality level exceeds what ArtSoft wants to commit to supporting with Mach3 v3; Brian also decided that if they were to bundle MSM with Mach3 V3, they would raise the price of Mach v3, yet he preferred not to change Mach3 v3’s pricing at this time.

Accordingly, we have mutually agreed that MSM will not be bundled from Mach3 v3, and CVI has made a decision wrt to the future of MachStdMill on Mach3 V3.

Calypso Ventures, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will be offering MachStdMill as an enhancement product for Mach3 v3.

Implementing this decision requires that CVI engage in a bit of work to set up the required software product mechanisms...
 
Transition plans:
The beta availability of MachStdMill will continue for a while longer while CVI gets things organized for MachStdMill to be a formal CVI product offering.

For example, we are working to have the released version of MachStdMill include online 24/7 license activation.  This requires some retooling of the Calypso Ventures web site as well as adding additional backend transaction support capabilities.


Beta 14 announcement:
A new Beta version of MachStdMill (beta 14) is now available. MachStdMill beta 14 is now available directly from the Calypso Ventures website:

User forums:
To support the release of MSM for Mach3 v3, CVI has also set up a new MSM user community forum. 

The new user community forum for MachStdMill can be found at:


Please drop over to the new MSM user community forum and say hello. The first round of virtual  beers is on the house!  ;-)

While I will continue to be on the usual forums (the Yahoo list, machsupport forums, and CNCZone) where I will try to answer any MSM questions that may be posted, the best place to ask an MSM related question will be the CVI MSM web forum.   

The MSM forum on MachSupport.com will remain for an undetermined time to facilitate a smooth transition (at minimum until the MSM beta period ends).   You can think of CVI as level one support for MSM users, if something turns out to really be a Mach internal issue, I’ll work with Brian in the background; We’re trying not to have end user support questions re MSM go to ArtSoft USA.

My thanks to the many MSM alpha and beta test users who have helped get us to this point. I look forward to your continued inputs which help shape CVI’s plans for continued development of MSM.

Dave
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David Bagby
President
Calypso Ventures, Inc.


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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / MSM Beta quality Satisfaction?
« on: September 14, 2010, 01:20:21 PM »
I realize this is subjective.

 I’m interested in what your overall opinion is of the current MSM/Mach beta combination (MSM beta 10 and Mach 3.43.22) wrt to quality/stability.

Dave


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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / MSM feature set satisfaction?
« on: September 14, 2010, 01:14:35 PM »
This poll is to gather some feedback re how satisfied are you with the MachStdMill feature set?

I realize this is subjective; I’m interested in what your overall opinion is of the current feature set included in MSM

Dave

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