Watch This Before Upgrading to Mastercam 2023!

We all love new versions of software when we get new toys to work with. It's like Christmas day when you open up the Whats New documents and get to see all the new goodies!

However, for Mastercam 2023, it seems we may have got a new toy, but someone forgot the batteries!

There are lots of things to cover for new features in Mastercam 2023. We can cover those in a later video. Most importantly though is this new Machine Group Setup for the Mill and Router products. Things are very different for 2023. Some things are not behaving as I think they should, and some things are not hooked up as I think they should be. It very well could be a case of me not fully understanding this new interface, so I will leave this video open to updates. As I learn more or as new things are added in future updates, I will link additional info.

If anything changes with this new Machine Group Setup, I will post new videos and add links to this page as well. If you see no links, the functionality is unchanged.

0:00 Intro
0:10 Interface Changes in Mastercam 2023
0:44 Machine Group Setup Overview for Mastercam 2023
4:37 Machine Group Setup Example 1 - Top WCS
11:51 Machine Group Setup Example 2 - Custom WCS
17:37 Closing Remarks

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[richardzicarelli]

If you ask me, they are releasing this too soon. I am a Mastercam user since the early 80’s and use Mastercam as part of our Engineering curriculum at our university . We use the stock setup all the time to preview the tool path prior to posting and machining. What used to literally be two clicks to define the stock (solid or wireframe) has now turned into a confusing mess of clicks and re-clicks. Instead of fixing the bugs of version 2022, we continue on with unfinished version 2023. I guess it’s all about the money and not the quality anymore.

[hallppc]

Not ready for release yet I’ll stay with 2022 for now. Thanks for the heads up !

[metzenw]

The new stock menu is a 100% deal breaker for me. 98% of my stock are based off wireframe, which I use select corners for. Unless they bring that back, 2022 will be the last version of Mastercam I use.

[jerryk]

Thanks for covering this, I always try to align a new job with top when I start a new job. I think I will stick with 2022 for awhile, I like the changes but my time is valuable and I don't like doing things twice. Hopefully they fix these issues in a update.

[edlove]

You need to launch verify with the with the new button add into the drop down next to verify to use the machine group settings in verify.
It’s call “verify selected machine group”

[peterwalser]

If you’re using a custom plane for the stock setup. Click the “box” option in the “simulator option” that will take care of it, without creating another plane

[Universe_lord_rahul]

Thanks for the video, can you please make a video on material library and explain how to use it and advantages of it. If it is already made please share the link.
Really appreciate your help, thanks in advance 🙂

[ipadize]

can you do a 2021 -> 2023 comparison for mold making (3 axis and 5 axis seperated) as well as calculation time?

[cheeriomartinez]

Why do they release it so early? It seems like sometimes when they release a new version it messes up the old one

[edlove]

If you lock the WCS plane before setting up stock on the angle Mastercam automatically duplicates the plane to create the shifted stock plane.

[MrCoffeypaul]

I can't help but think back when Windows made big changes and there was trouble!

[CanadianCncMasters]

Solidcam is the best software. Period.

[ipadize]

seems like a mess and released too early, im not happy about the stock and machine setup. The new toolpath improvements are good though.

[MasterCraftFishing]

I will say I agree with all Mastercam has gone down hill . I can’t seem to fix my half menus problem. The stock menus will not fully open so you can’t use half the menu. Then it’s also when you try to add a lathe chuck half the menu is present or it just crashes . I’m going back to my old reliable Edgecam . It’s way better in my opinion than Mastercam just way more expensive . Ohhh and better have an 8 gig Graphics card and ditch that old monitor. You going to need a much more robust resolution. I have spend 3 days already on the phone trying to get this shit to work . No luck No clue and I’m done I have a shop to run lol .

[phonemail]

All these extra steps are really annoying and disappointing. Adding so many extra steps is designed to slow us down? I am going to wait a very long time before downloading this version and will send this video to our reseller and have them let me know if/when it becomes usable. Am going to miss stock set up, I hate bounding box, so annoying!

[euclid]

Are you kidding?! In order to create a stock I have to create two planes now?

[vezyrvezyr]

Mastercam constantly making the software user unfriendly. Why?

[roby]

it is turning into a complications office, at first sight ub disaster this version

[MrAndyjobo]

This is awful. In 2022 I would create a bounding box around my part so that I could put my WCS on one of its corners, and then I would also use it for Stock Setup picking "select corners". Under this new version, none of that works. I will now have to basically create my bounding box twice. First to locate my WCS, and again within the Stock Setup menus, which, for *some* crazy reason won't let us select corners.

[gertkristensen]

98% use stock setup and nothing more.. people know there is a vise