Master Cam freeze

[JCAMP00]

Hi,

 

I am running a 1.7ghz p4 Dell Precision 340 w/ Win XP Pro sp1, 768mb ram, nvidia quadro2 mxr/ex 32mb graphics card and MasterCAM v9. sp1. mill Lev.1

 

I am having a problem in which my mastercam will suddenly lock up without warning causing me to loose all current data. MasterCam is the only application on my computer that will lock up and it does not seem to matter if it is the only program opened at the time or not. It seems to lock up only after having files opened a long time.

 

This problem persists after upgrading RAM from 256 to 768mb, downloaded most recent NVIDIA graphics drivers, changed RAM allocations in Master Cam configuration settings, and moving my auto-save file from the network to my local hard drive.

 

I am thinking that my low-end graphics card might be the problem.

 

If you have any tips or suggestions on how to resolve this problem they would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[Guest]

What graphics card do you have?

[Bullines]

Do you recall if it happens to lock up while you have shaded entities on screen?

[Toolfab]

Welcome to the forum

 

To save yourself some work do a search for video cards, this topic has been discussed many times.

 

http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...t=004768#000000

 

This is just one of the 54 threads that I found on the search. Let us know if you need more info.

[JCAMP00]

No, shading is not usually turned on when the problem occurs.

[Greg McKay]

Any weird mouse behavior?

 

Tried the xp compatibility wizard?

[Bullines]

Have you tried using 16-bit colour depth instead of 32-bit, so that much of the load isn't passed to the software colour palette?

[gcode]

I have found that if I leave a Mastercam session

containing large solids open for a long time with no activity ( went to lunch etc) that Mastercam will be locked up when I get back. There will be a parasolid error code on the screen. A hard boot

will be required to get the machine running again

and the MC9 file will be empty when its all over.

The solution is - don't leave solids up on the screen unattended. Just minimizing Mastercam will prevent the problem.

[P_Scott]

JCAMPOO,

 

I have found that the Screen Saver and Power settings for the pc contribute to a majority of unexplained lockups. If you've exhausted all the possibilities of RAM allocation within Mastercam, check to make sure your Screen Saver is not turned on and the Power settings are set to "never". HTH

[SERF]

Hi Guys!

You know I have had this similar problem, but it occurs when I go into Xform, as soon as I try to input a value, "Wham lock-up!" this happens every now and then, so I set my autosave to every 15 mins.

What’s the solution?