Configuration système requise

Our general recommendation is to get as much hardware power as possible for the available budget.

We expect the minimum recommendation to handle typical production type work including 2.5D and basic 3D milling, Turning, Wire EDM with Mastercam verification.  Our higher specification recommended system is designed for more complex applications including advanced 3D and Multiaxis milling, Mill-Turn and Machine simulation.

Large files, either or both physical size and complexity, will put significant demands on the hardware. For this type of work, we recommend the more capable hardware specification.

Mastercam continues to review the operating system (OS) requirements to provide the best possible user experience for our customers.

We recommend Windows Professional editions with  the latest updates installed. While Mastercam may run on other Windows editions (such as Home Edition) or virtual environments (such as Parallels for Mac), it has not been tested on these configurations and is therefore not supported.

For Windows 11, we recommend version 23H2 or later 64-bit Professional editions.

Mastercam 2022 was the last release available for Windows 7 and 8.1.

Mastercam 2023 and later fully support Windows 11.

Mastercam 2028 will be the last version to support installing Mastercam on Windows 10.

The processor speed will impact how fast the software will calculate and complete tasks. With each release, more and more aspects of Mastercam are becoming multi-core processor aware. Toolpath calculation and Simulation will generally run faster with a multi-core processor. We typically see a 50% reduction in toolpath calculation time with the latest Intel processors.

When Mastercam uses all available RAM, it switches to using virtual memory space, which is stored on the hard drive, and will dramatically slow the system down. We recommend a minimum of 8 GB memory. For large toolpath generation and simulation, we recommend 32 GB of memory.

When purchasing a new computer for Mastercam, one of the most important components is the video card.

We recommend an NVIDIA RTX or AMD FirePro™ / Radeon Pro card with 4 GB or more of memory. Other graphics cards can be used, but they must offer full OpenGL 3.2 and OpenCL 1.2 support. OpenCL is required for Mastercam to be able to redirect certain computation tasks to the graphics card to increase system performance.

We do not recommend or support the use of onboard graphics found with some PC configurations. These do not generally have the capability to drive graphics intensive applications such as Mastercam.

Make sure you are using up-to-date drivers from your card manufacturer. We often see issues that are resolved with updated video drivers. The driver version can have a great impact on how the card performs.

The latest drivers for NVIDIA and AMD can be found on their websites. We recommend using the automatic detect feature to detect which video card is installed. More information on configuring the graphics card can be found at this Mastercam knowledge base article.

Most of our internal systems utilize dual monitors and we find this to be a more productive setup. Mastercam displays on the primary monitor while applications such as Mastercam Simulator and Code Expert use the secondary monitor.

The minimum recommended resolution for the primary display is 1920 * 1080 resolution, typical of widescreen monitors available today. Mastercam will run on lower resolution screens but beware of potential sizing issues with larger dialog boxes and panels which may be awkward to work with. Lower resolution monitors may work fine as a second monitor in a dual screen setup.

Mastercam will run on large format displays, including 4K monitors and high-DPI devices, however, we do experience some display issues with these configurations.

We have found that one of the best computer upgrades is to invest in a Solid-State Drive (SSD). These drives are now priced at a point which makes them a good investment. Many of our test systems employ a smaller primary SSD for the OS and installed applications, with a second large capacity conventional drive for data.

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Most computers today have some type of anti-virus software to protect from unwanted malware. In some cases, the anti-virus software has been found to interfere with applications running on the computer, such as Mastercam. Mastercam does not recommend specific anti-virus products, but if you see unexpected issues, it may be a conflict with anti-virus software. Try temporarily disabling the anti-virus software or setting an exception for Mastercam.