Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Fabricator909
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Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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When I am nesting parts in sheetcam, the nesting tab grays out all buttons on the tool path bar except show machine and work. So I can't check for interference when nesting parts for corner loops or starts. How is this corrected? We removed and reinstalled sheetcam and didn't help.
We have two licenses for sheetcam. One works fine, the other is not.
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Les Newell
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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What version of SheetCam are you using? If you aren't sure you can find it in Help->about
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Les,
It is the latest version up to date.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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From your descriptiuon it sounds like you are using the old SheetCam Standard, not SheetCam TNG. That version does disable all except 'Show machine and work'. In TNG most of the buttons are still available.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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I verified that it is Sheetcam TNG. Verison is 6.0.26
It did this all of a sudden, like I said, we also deleted and reinstalled with the same results.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Huh. That's odd. OK, go to Help->open settings folder. Close SheetCam, leaving the settings folder open. Rename the settings file (it is called 'SheetCam TNG.ini' or just 'SheetCam TNG'). Now start SheetCam. That will reset all settings in SheetCam. Do you get the buttons back in nesting mode? If so, please send me that renamed file.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Les,
That didn't work. Only show machine and work are still available.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Are you sure you sure that one is SheetCam TNG? I can't see how this could happen on TNG.
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Re: Nesting tab wont' show tool paths?

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Yes, It says TNG in the upper left corner, as well as in the about section. I am stumped as well...
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