win xp and mastercam 8

[Candyman]

ive upgraded to xp pro with mastercam 8 but things seem a little sluggish...

especially when i dynamically rotate a part.. its much slower than win me.. also when i post a file theres like a 10 sec delay before it starts posting.. never used to be see ya!!!

[Greg McKay]

Go into the compatibility wizard in XP.

 

Set Mastercam to run like a win2k app

 

And while your at it go into explorer...folder options and turn off hide extension of known file types.

 

Having this enabled may make it difficult to locate mc8 and mc7 files

[Candyman]

thanks greg i'll give it a go tomorrow..

one other thing this is probably a setting of some sort in win xp but when i start mastercam for the firts time when i get to work the graphic background section of the screen stays white instead of my usual black..

as soon as i call up a file and it loads the file it stays black...

also if i do say a collision check on my toolpaths when it does it and gives you a report of whether or not it gouged and how many gouges and the volume ect the report is highlighted in black ... its like when you swipe the text to select it for printing or something... any hep appreciated..

[Reece L Gibson]

When I went to XP Pro, I had get the latest driver for my Video Card and everything cleared up (had the same issues you described).