Config Files

[Lloyd]

Our company uses Mastercam on a network with multiple users. Is there a way to have Mastercam startup with a .cfg file specific to my network profile?

[cadcam]

That is good?

I would be interested in knowing this.

I could see this be useful.

[Allan Brown]

Mastercam currently loads mill8.cfg or mill8m.cfg (depending on product and default unit selection).

You can certainly edit the default config to use your network paths. First map the network path to a drive letter. You'll have to copy the custom config to each local seat.

[Keith Graydon]

HI Lloyd,

Do you share a seat of MasterCam with a co-worker and wish to configure that to mulitple cfg's? One for you, one for your so-worker and so forth? is that your question.

Also, What OS are you using? NT,2000,'98? it can make a difference.

-Keith

[Lloyd]

We are running Windows 2000 Pro.

There is more than one user at each seat (2 shifts). What I want is for Mastercam to start up using my config file instead of the default (lathe8.cfg) when I am logged on as the user. That way when I log on the network and start Mastercam all my settings are in place automatically (ex system colors, dimensioning defaults, file data paths)

[Karl Oram]

Here is a way to use different config files.

Backup up your mill8.cfg although if you delete it mastercam will create a new one for you.

Use an editor to create a text file with the following in it:

copy yourname.cfg mill8.cfg

mill8

save the file as yourname.bat in your mcam8 directory. Then create a shortcut of yourname.BAT file and place it on your desktop.

Use this file to launch Mastercam

Hope this Helps

Regards Caledonian_Karl

[Consultant]

V9 allows you to define a CFG file to load with the executable.

Mcam9.exe myconfig.cfg

That will eliminate the need to copy, delete, paste, etc.

Regards

[gstephens]

Following in Karl's thought process, you can have your network admin add the copy command to each users login script. That way each person's .cfg file will be loaded whenever they log onto a computer. The only drawback this could have is if you log onto a computer that doesn't have Mastercam installed, you'll get an error (non-fatal, just an annoyance).

[Lloyd]

Thank you all for your help.

[Christian Raebild]

Another solution (under WinNT and Win2000) would be to install several instances of Mastercam on the PC, with each user having shortcuts on the desktop and in the Windows Start menu for their installed instance. With different shortcuts for different users, there is no need to copy any files at logon.

You can install Mastercam as many times you want, even on different computers, it just won't run without the HASP.