MasterCam X3 running slowly

[Mr. Kerbo]

MasterCam X3 is running slowly. Never did before.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Thread fail.

 

How about some giving us some real information if you want some help.

[The_Evil_Machinist]

computer specs would help answer that question.

[FP1]

First step is to clean out all of your temporary files. I use cc cleaner (a free download). If that doesn't help there are some Mastercam things we can look at also.

[Mr. Kerbo]

Dell Worksatation

XP 64bit

Dual Xeon 3Ghz

2Gigs of Ram

Nvidia Quadro FX 3450 256mb

 

Solidworks runs great, while Mastercam is slow or locks up.

[FP1]

Shut down Mastercam. go into windows explorer and navigate to the mcamx/common/temp folder. If there are any files in there you should delete them. This is where mastercam stores some files during a crash. If Mastercam is not running, this folder should be empty.

[Mr. Kerbo]

mcamx/common/temp - There were five files inside and this doesn't seem like it worked?

[FP1]

Sometimes the mcamx/common/temp folder can get quite large. We might need more detail. Is it slow on all files? Even a simple one? Is it slow right away when you start a new file, or is it only after you have been working with the file for a while?

 

Try the cc cleaner program. I have 9 class room computers and after a few months, they are so loaded up with student practice files and other temp files, that Mastercam sometimes slows to a crawl.

[Goldorak]

im surprised that no one write this before

 

"install X4"

 

seriously X4 is at least 3x faster than X3MU1 to regen the same file

[Tony35]

+1 goldorak

[Glenn Bouman]

Depending on your setting, Mastercam will save temp files to this directory.

 

C:Documents and Settingsuser.nameLocal SettingsTempmastercam

 

Defrag the hardrive may help.

[The_Evil_Machinist]

Uninstall X3

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Install X4

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Disk Cleanup

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Disk Defrag

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Profit.

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If that doesnt work,

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