I am having an issue with mastercam 2020 and wondering if anyone has some input for me. Just downloaded Mastercam2020 and Solidworks 2019. If I launch mastercam2020 I can open a .sldprt file that was saved in solidworks 2017 version; but if I try to open a .sldprt file that was saved in solidworks 2019 version nothing happens. Thanks

yes it is the code expert. x8 was code expert version 17.0.0.0; 2017 code expert is version 19.07874.0. Im sure for what I use it for the differences are minimal; I just thought I am running mastercam 2017 I would like to be able to run the editor that came with it. the code expert directory is as follows C:\Program Files\mcam2017\Extensions\CodeExpert.exe. The cimco directory is as follows C:\Program Files\mcam2017\common\Editors\CIMCOEdit7\CIMCOEdit.exe. Both have the same .exe extension but are in different folders; and the cimco works like it should. After trying a few things that were suggested on this forum yesterday and still could not get the latest version of code expert working; I switched everything to the cimco program. Its silly to me that the code expert does not work as it should and I am sure cimco will work just fine; its just not what I am used to viewing on my monitor. Thanks for everyones input

Müřlıń - I have done just what you explained; does not to up in the menu or in the drop down menu. However the code expert from x8 does show up; just not latest version for the 2017. I use the code expert because that's what my computer was defaulted to when I was hired on. I don't do anything with it really; verify code is not going to crash me and that's about it. What are the benefits of cimco vs editor?

Yea I checked; not in there. I can go through the browse button to and locate it; but when I click on it nothing happens. Not sure?

I ran the program; registered CodeExpert.exe twice without successes. Still does not show up in the open with - choose default program Any other ideas?

I have just recently downloaded mastercam 2017. When I post the code is generated in the mastercam code expert program. The issue I have is that I can save the file and close it; but when I try to reopen the .nc file it defaults to Microsoft wordpad. How do I fix this so it defaults to mastercam code expert? I have tried to right click; open with; choose default program but the code expert does not show up. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks BSBlakeslee