Bulk conversion, GE3 to MC9 ?

[JohnF]

I found most of my GE3 files from my old version of Mastercam (V3.?). Is there some way to bulk convert them to MC9? I thought these were lost when our comps were stolen but found them on an old parts comp I had laying around.

TIA

JohnF

[Matt Berube]

John,

A search led me to this result. I hope it works out for you. I haven't run V9 for quite a while and have never dealt with .GE3 files.

Hit Alt-c, CVTOLD.DLL converts all old Ge3 and even old Ge0!!

Actually this is probably a better solution...

Run this in V9 to convert directories containing GE3 files to MC9s.

See attached "VB Script". I don't know how to run this in V9 but at least you're off to a good start now...

A little more reading reveals that you need to upgrade to V9.1 before running a VB Script.

There must be more info in the help files...

[JohnF]

Thanks Matt but I can't get the zip file to do anything. It won't open or save. Can you email it to me?

Thanks

JohnF
mpi-brw at phxinternet dot net

[JohnF]

Hey, Matt.
I switched browsers to IE and got the file. For some reason Firefox wouldn't do anything with it.

Thanks

JohnF

[JohnF]

Tried it, didn't work. I don't know if the problem is due to the different versions of the GE3 files or not. V9.1 lists GE3v3.1 and v3.21 as well as GE0 files on the conversion list. My Mill files are v3.21 while the lathe is v3.1, I tried both directories. I can do them one at a time but have a couple hundred files.

Not giving up yet.

JohnF

[cadcam]

I will check i had a tool that would do a hole dir at one sitting.
Should be on the eMastercam FTP to.