Copy and Paste CAM ops between projects

[Anonymous]

This  has been brought up before and even tagged as 'Solution Provided', but it wasn't solved.This is CAM operations over project boundaries. I just tried this ( C&P a cam operation ) between two projects; [amazingly] you can't do it! I think this would be productivity boost and gets used *alot*.

The template concept is great, but what if you have more than one part with similar feature details setup in the project tabs - and - you don't really want to create templates because:

1) you don't want to clutter up your template space with a lot very detailed operations that are specific to one parts group.

2) it's just simply faster to copy and paste .. ctrlC, ctrlV, boom, done!

On the implemtation side, it seems a good case for (fusions's code) re-use. The same code, object, whatever, that packs up the template info and ships it off to a file, just emplys a different transport, ie, routes it to the clipboard.

The 'phase 2' idea would be drag and drop CAM ops: drag it off the browser tree in the current CAM session, drop it on a project tab at the top.

[Anonymous]

ME WANT. I think I was in that conversation, or maybe even started it.  Thanks adamvs for putting this in the ideastation

[roambotics_scott]

Copy and paste should just work between everything and everything else, app-wide.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely agree, but these guys have to implement this, so gotta get the big ones first.

[al.whatmough]

You are correct, this is something that should work.

In the name of being 100% transparent, I have mark this as future consideration.

At the same time, I have asked the developers to investigate how quickly we could do this specifically for CAM.

If we can, we will and change the status to “accepted”. 

[Anonymous]

Thanks. Hopefully all the implementations pieces should already be there from creating templates.

[al.whatmough]

Devlopers have finished this one up.  Hoping to get it out in the Apirl 13th release!

[Anonymous]

That is *great* news. I, and it looks like a lot of people, are looking forward to this. As proof of backward thinking, I'll be using copy and paste as a template mechanism. Eg, 'Oh, yeah, those feeds and speeds with that inserts really worked on that job a while back .. oh, and there it is, I'll just copy and past into this new CAM setup. 

[Anonymous]

CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Good job guys!

[Anonymous]

Nice work! This works great now. Thanks!