Why choose Mastercam?
Mastercam is the Industry Standard
The most recent analysis of CAM software seats produced by CIMdata, Inc. shows that CNC Software’s Mastercam® is the world’s most widely-used CAM software. With almost 136,000 installed seats, Mastercam has more than twice the installed base of the closest competitor.
What does this mean for you? It means that when you choose Mastercam, you’re using innovative CAM software that has helped more shops achieve success than any other. It also means that skilled Mastercam users are much easier to find.
Mastercam’s Support is Second to None
Mastercam is supported by a worldwide network of dedicated, expert resellers who focus exclusively on ensuring that Mastercam fits your needs. They know the software, know your area, and are there when you need them.
Mastercam also enjoys a large online user community that offers advice, help, tips and tricks to fellow Mastercam programmers.
Mastercam is Dedicated to the Future
As one of the pioneers in PC-based CAD/CAM, Mastercam has a long history of company security and health. As a privately-owned company, we continue to focus exclusively on the needs of NC programmers. And as a CAD/CAM innovator, we’ll be here to work with you as you move into the future.
A Focus on Flexibility and Ease of Use
Mastercam X3 features let you do more faster, minimizing creation and editing time.
Swept Surface Enhancements
You can now easily create swept surfaces with sharp corners in the rails. This will help users who are producing surfaces for door or window frame shapes.
Select by Depth
Focus selection to a specific Z depth or to a zone defined by minimum and maximum Z values.
General Selection – Last
It is not uncommon to perform sequential functions on geometry selected with General Selection. Now you can choose last for any entity type and your previous selection will be used.
Xform Drag – Improved Usability
You can now hold down the [Ctrl] key when placing multiple copies of the geometry without having to press [Enter] after each location to fix the live entities.
Xform Move to Origin
Now you can move all visible geometry to the current WCS origin quickly and easily. Once the function is started, you are prompted for an AutoCursor position. Once the position is selected, all of the geometry moves to the origin relative to that position.
The Move to Origin function now also respects the 2D/3D switch. In 2D mode, the entities are shifted in XY to line up with the origin without changing the Z value. In 3D mode, the AutoCursor position selected as the new origin is moved to 0,0,0 and all other Z values of the selected entities update respectively.
Line Perpendicular
A Flip button was added to the Line Perpendicular ribbon bar makes construction easier.
Shortcut Key for Editing Text When Placing a Dimension
The new shortcut key (J as found in Adjust Text) makes editing text easier.
Solids Layout
Streamlined layout dialogs make the interface easier to use.
Mastercam System Requirements
- Processor: 1.5 GHz (minimum) 32-bit Intel-compatible processor; 64-bit Intel-compatible processors are supported.
- Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista (Business or Ultimate) including the latest service packs and recommended updates; .NET 2.0 framework.
- Memory: 1 GB (minimum), 1.7 GB available hard disk space.
- Graphics: 128 MB OpenGL-compatible graphics card (minimum).
- Monitor: 1024 x 768 at 96 DPI (minimum)
- Mouse: Windows-compatible 2-button or 3-button mouse (or with middle mouse wheel.
As an independent software vendor partner with Dell, Mastercam receives and tests their latest hardware offerings to make sure that they are compatible with Mastercam. Once a system is received, Mastercam is installed and we run tests to insure the hardware platform and its individual components work without error. By eliminating the issue of incompatibility, both software and hardware vendors help reduce troubleshooting and resolution. If the system meets our approval, it is deemed “certified” and then listed on Dell's web page as a supported and recommended system from running Mastercam.
Click here for a list of the current Dell Precision Workstations that Mastercam has certified.