Installation and Update

Instructions for
Mastercam X7

Getting your X7 installation up and running!

 Installation
Insert the Mastercam X7 DVD into your computers drive,
the Installation dialog will launch.

Click the “Mastercam X7 Installs” button to continue.

Installation choices are presented on this page, the
“Setup” radio button should already be selected and the
“Mastercam X7” check box will also be pre-selected.
Check only the installations you are authorized for and
which Sample Files you would like to install if any. Then
click the “Next” button to continue.
Your selected installation settings are shown on this page
along with the “Current Settings”. Review the items in the
“Current Settings” area, if you need to change any of the
items displayed, click the “Configure” button.
The “Current Settings” are displayed so you can make
changes to the settings. Click “Done” and the “Current
Settings” will update on the review screen. Click “Next” on
the “Review-Configure” page to continue the installation.
You can accept the license agreement by selecting “Yes, I
accept the terms of the license agreement” and clicking
the “Install” button.
After clicking “Install” on License Agreement page the
installation begins.
 Installation – Complete
You can check the Launch Mastercam on Exit check box if
you would like to go ahead and open Mastercam X7.

The following pages have step by step instructions to

update your files from a previous version of Mastercam X.

Select Exit to complete the installation.

 Updating
How to update your Machine Definition, Control Definition, Post Processor, Tool
Libraries, Operations Defaults, Operation Libraries to Mastercam X7.

NOTE:

If you are updating from X5 to X7 use the instructions below by replacing X6 with X5.

If you are updating from X, X2, X3 or X4 you may follow the steps below up to the point
of where your original files are copied from. The X to X4 file locations are described on
the File Locations page. Then follow the rest of the update proceedures.

Create a new Folder on your Desktop;

Right click on your Desktop name the folder X6 to X7.

The new folder is shown below:

Double click to open your new X6 to X7 folder and Right click inside of the X6 to X7
folder. You’ll need to create the directory structure exactly as it is in the Shared
McamX6 directory.

The first folder inside the X6 to X7 folder will be a cnc_machines folder.

Then create a mill folder inside the X6 to X7 folder.
Only create the ones needed. If you do not own Lathe or Wire, it is not needed.

Double click to open the product folder, i.e. Mill, Lathe, Router or Wire.

Right click inside of that folder and select “New Folder”. You’ll need to create the
directory structure exactly as it is in the Shared Mastercam directories.

In this Mill example, the ops, posts and tools folders will be created. This will allow the
update of the Operation Defaults, Post Processor and Tool Libraries. As these are the
only files being updated, these are the only folders necessary in the Mill folder.

Copy only the desired or needed files out of the Shared McamX6 structure and place
them in the Desktop folder in their corresponding locations.

Files from mill/posts should be copied to mill/posts.

Files from cnc_machines, should be copied to cnc_machines. Etc….

By taking the extra few minutes to create our folders properly and copying only the
files the user wants to move from X6 to X7, a clean update can now happen. This
process only updates the files the user wishes to carry over from the previous version.
 FILE LOCATIONS
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Typical file locations for X5 & X6 in Windows 7 & 8:

Machine Definitions:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx6\CNC_MACHINES
Files types to be copied:
*.MMD-6, *.LMD-6, *.WMD-6, *.RMD-6 and *.CONTROL-6
Post Processors:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx6\Product\posts
Files types to be copied: *.PST & *.PSB
Tool Libraries:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx6\Product\tools
Files types to be copied: *.TOOLS-6 or *.TOOLDB
Operation Defaults & Libraries:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx6\Product\ops
Files types to be copied: * .DEFAULTS-6 and * .OPERATIONS-6

Product = Mill, Lathe, Router or Wire

Typical file locations for X, X2, X3 & X4:

Machine Definitions:
C:\McamX*\CNC_MACHINES
Files types to be copied:
*.MMD, *.LMD, *.WMD, *.RMD and *.CONTROL
Post Processors:
C:\McamX*\Product\posts
Files types to be copied: *.PST & *.PSB
Tool Libraries:
C:\McamX*\Product\tools
Files types to be copied: *.TOOLS
Operation Defaults & Libraries:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared mcamx6\Product\ops
Files types to be copied: * .DEFAULTS and * .OPERATIONS

Product = Mill, Lathe, Router or Wire

To begin the update process in Mastercam X7, click on the “File” menu and select
“Update folder”.

The Update Folder Process:

The user can choose ONLY the file types that they want to update.

You will want to set the Source Folder location. Update this field to your X6 to X7 folder
you created on the desktop.

Select the Search sub-folders check box to allow all of the sub-folders to be processed
as well.

After setting the Source Folder, the destination folder will know the default X7 location, if
not set to the shared Mcamx7 folder, this should be checked and set. Clicking the
Green Check will begin the process of updating the files in the folders and updating the
post processors at the same time.
The Update Folder process will begin. You may see some items pop up and close in
the graphics area, this is normal. As the process ends the Mastercam Code Editor will
open displaying some text information about the post update process. You may just
close that window.
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Migration
Can I use the X7 Migration Utility?

If you are migrating your personal settings (\My McamX6) from X6 to X7,
yes you can use the Migration Utility. If you are updating from a version
before X6, the migration utility cannot be used.

However, we do not advise using the Migration Utility for your (\Shared
McamX6) shared files. Some problems may arise if you choose to do this,
please follow the instructions in the “Updating” section of this document to
update your shared files.