2017 Expand/Collapse operations

[MIL-TFP-41]

I posted this on the offical Mastercam forum, and got crickets. Figured I would try here.

 

In previous versions, with the right click menu in the operations manager, when you chose to expand or collapse operations it collapsed (or expanded) every thing in that group (Toolpath group, machine group, operations ext). In 2017, all it does is mimic the behavior when you click the plus or minus sign next to the group.

 

Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[sir Camalot]

I find that it is group specific...Machine group or toolpath group. If I want the whole machine group to expand, I left click to select the group and everything in it and then right click expand or collapse. Where as if I left click and select toolpath group then right click expand or collapse, only the operations in the toolpath group are expanded or collapsed. I think the key is to select(left click) at the group level you want and then right click. If I just right click and select expand or collapse, I see the behavior that you describe.

[Goldorak]

Place the mouse in the OP manager and hit the "e" on the keyboard

 

It cannot be simplier

[David Colin]

Place the mouse in the OP manager and hit the "e" on the keyboard

It cannot be simplier

Yep, there aren't many but this feature definately works better in 2017 than in X9

[SlaveCam]

I have observed that if right-clicked on a toolpath group name, collapse equals to clicking the [-] or [+], but right-clicking on an operation name and choosing collapse actually collapses every subitem in the tree.

[MIL-TFP-41]

I have observed that if right-clicked on a toolpath group name, collapse equals to clicking the [-] or [+], but right-clicking on an operation name and choosing collapse actually collapses every subitem in the tree.

 

Wow thanks! That finally got it.