- MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE INSTALL
- MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE DRIVERS
- MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE UPDATE
- MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE DRIVER
- MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE MANUAL
Mastercam displays on the primary monitor while applications such as Mastercam Simulator, Code Expert, or Tool Manager display on the secondary monitor. Most of our internal systems utilize dual monitors and we find this to be a more productive setup. More information on configuring the graphics card can be found at this Mastercam knowledge base article. We recommend using the automatic detect feature to detect which video card is installed.
MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE DRIVERS
The latest drivers for NVIDIA and AMD can be found at the online links.
MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE DRIVER
The driver version can have a great impact on how the card performs. We often see issues that are resolved with updated video drivers. Make sure you are using up-to-date drivers from your card manufacturer. These do not generally have the capability to drive graphics intensive applications such as Mastercam. We do not recommend or support the use of onboard graphics found with some PC configurations. OpenCL is required for Mastercam to be able to hand off certain computation tasks to the graphics card to increase system performance. Other graphics cards can be used, but they must offer full OpenGL 3.2 and OpenCL 1.2 support. We recommend an NVIDIA Quadro® or AMD FirePro™ / Radeon Pro card with 4 GB or more of memory. When purchasing a new computer for Mastercam, one of the most important component is the video card. For large toolpath generation and simulation, we recommend 32 GB of RAM. We recommend a minimum of 8 GB of memory. When Mastercam uses all available RAM, it switches to using virtual memory space, which is stored on the hard drive and will dramatically slow the system down. We typically see a 50% reduction in toolpath calculation time with the latest Intel i7 or Xeon processors. Toolpath calculation and Simulation will generally run faster with a multi-core processor. With each release, more and more aspects of Mastercam are becoming multi-core processor aware. The processor speed will impact how fast the software will calculate and complete tasks.
MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE INSTALL
Future versions of Mastercam will not install on Windows 7. Mastercam 2022 will install on Windows 7 systems but will not be supported. Mastercam 2021 was the last release to officially support Windows 7 as Microsoft ended extended support for the OS in January 2020. While Mastercam may run on other Windows editions (such as Home Edition) or virtual environments (such as Parallels for Mac), it has not been tested on these configurations and is therefore not supported. We recommend using Windows 10 version 1903 or later 64-bit Professional editions. View Detailed Requirements And Suggestions OPERATING SYSTEMSĬNC Software continues to review the operating system (OS) requirements for Mastercam with a goal of providing the best possible user experience for our customers.
MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE MANUAL
Output block drilling parameters for easy use on setup sheets and with certain point-to-point routers.rag and drop parts from one sheet to another during geometry or toolpath nesting.Faster Mill tree-style dialog performance.Improved Curve 5-axis and Swarf 5-axis cutting, allowing overlap.Enhanced collision checking and containment options for 3D HST toolpaths.The updates and new tools available in Mastercam X5 MU1 include:
MASTERCAM X5 SURFACE UPDATE
This maintenance update is available at no charge to all current Mastercam maintenance customers, and can be downloaded here.