MASTERCAM CHANGES WINDOWS SCHEME

[BenzB]

When I launch Mastercam 2017 or 2018 my windows scheme changes. The task bar changes colors, etc.

When I close it it reverts back. Very annoying. Is this fixable?

[gcode]

Right Click your Mastercam Icon

Select Properties, then  Compatibility and see if anything is set there

[?Mark]

Updated quadro drivers lately?

[BenzB]

49 minutes ago, Mark @ PPG said:

Updated quadro drivers lately?

Yes, just now. It did not help.

[BenzB]

1 hour ago, gcode said:

Right Click your Mastercam Icon

Select Properties, then  Compatibility and see if anything is set there

Nothing set there.

[?Mark]

Did this start after the drivers update? I actually had to revert to old drivers because of similar issues.

[Roger]

I had the same issue after updating my drivers.  I fixed it by rolling back to the OLD DRIVERS!

[Roger]

^^^I was to slow^^^

[Chris Butt from CNC Software]

BenzB,

 

If you are using Win7 try changing the "Buffer - flipping mode" to "Use Block Transfer" in the NVIDIA 3d settings. 

https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50453.aspx 

 

It should be noted that this setting should only be modified if you are experiencing the theme being changed (this feature isn't supported and is a defect with the NVIDIA drivers for Win7)

[gcode]

10 minutes ago, Mark @ PPG said:

Did this start after the drivers update? I actually had to revert to old drivers because of similar issues.

Yes.. I'm running NVIDIA drivers that are 18 months old these days.

The current crop of NVIDIA driver have major issues with Mastercam and SolidWorks

What's really aggravating is that Win will update them for you without asking.. so you could get this fixed

at it could go bad again tomorrow.

 

[BenzB]

7 minutes ago, Chris Butt from CNC Software said:

BenzB,

 

If you are using Win7 try changing the "Buffer - flipping mode" to "Use Block Transfer" in the NVIDIA 3d settings. 

https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50453.aspx 

 

It should be noted that this setting should only be modified if you are experiencing the theme being changed (this feature isn't supported and is a defect with the NVIDIA drivers for Win7)

Thanks Chris! That fixed it.

Benz

[gavetta]

On ‎7‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 9:45 AM, Chris Butt from CNC Software said:

BenzB,

 

If you are using Win7 try changing the "Buffer - flipping mode" to "Use Block Transfer" in the NVIDIA 3d settings. 

https://kb.mastercam.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50453.aspx 

 

It should be noted that this setting should only be modified if you are experiencing the theme being changed (this feature isn't supported and is a defect with the NVIDIA drivers for Win7)

This worked for me also. Thanks for the info.

[kugel619kc130]

Old thread, but I cannot find the option to changing the buffer flipping mode to block transfer. Newest drivers downloaded from NVIDIA.

Mastercam 2018

GeForce GTX 970

Windows 7

driver ver 388.00

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