Tech Tips and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Welcome to our Help Center. Here you will quickly find answers to our most commonly asked questions. Select a question and the answer will open on a new page.

Q: Error opening c:\.....\hsttoolpathko.tmp

Q: How do I start the control definition?

Q: Can I override the Control Definition settings in a post processor?

Q: How do I change the default path for my NC files?

Q: How do I select a different  post processor?

Q: How do I chang a NC file name.

Q: How do I edit common parameters?

Q: Updating Material.

Q: My spindle speed is output as S0 in X2, output was fine in X.

Q:New program name on a program that already exists.

Q: How do I name a new program?

Q: After manually setting speeds and feeds and green checking out, they go back to their original settings.

Q: Why do I need Machine Definition in Mastercam? We have always been successful without it.

Q: What is a machine definition?

Q: How do I get started creating a machine definition?

Q: What’s the difference between a machine definition and control definition?     

Q: Inch and metric machine definitions.        

Q: I can't change my NC File Name or my program number from the right-click menu in the Operations Manager            

Q: In Mastercam X3, how do I use the new Arc Filter algorithm?

Q: My arc center values ('I', 'J' and 'K') are outputting as i$, j$ and k$ in X2-MR1. They were fine before, what happened?

Q: Full-screen window cannot be resized.

Q: After selecting the "Reset" button in Settings / Customize, my toolbars appear to be gone.

Q: Even when the ribbon bar is active, many of the individual buttons are inactive (grayed out).

Q: Adding a TrueType font to Mastercam.

Q: How are entities unselected?

Q: How do you modify and save an existing tool?

Q: Part disappears when dynamically rotating in verify.

Q: Chain Feature functionality

Q: How do I set levels?

Q: How are different views imported?

Q: How do I add, or replace, the machine type?

Q: Mastercam File Placement Procedure

Q: How do I use the Zip2Go utility?

Q: Mastercam Help Center

Q: The error message “Error opening c:\program files\mastercam x3 mu1 for solidworks\config\mcamx.config” appears when trying to load MCfSW.

Q: After installing X3, V9 will not start producing a "Cannot load C:\program files\common\mastercam\mcbitmap.ocx" error.

Q: How do you make a no entry pocket?

Q: Can I save a Toolpath as Geometry?

Q: How do I set tapping function in drilling cycle?

Q: How do I perform nesting with true shapes?

Q: Invalid Sim

Q: Monitor Sims