CAM Preferences

Default pathline width (1 to 9).

Default normal path color.

Rapid path color.

Path highlight color.

Probe path color.

Default path marker color.

Bounding box normal color.

Bounding box selection color.

Path selection style: Shape, Bounding box or None; default behaviour when selecting Toolpaths in the 3D view.

Task panel layout: Classic, Classic - reversed, Multi-panel or Multi-panel - reversed; layout of the operation task panels.

Hide first rapid move introduced in 26.3: hide the initial rapid move in the Toolpath display.

Show editor before writing G-code introduced in 26.3: open the G-code editor for review before the post-processor output file is written.

Maximum lines of G-code to use highlighter introduced in 26.3 (default 1000): larger files are shown without syntax highlighting; set to zero to disable the highlighter.

Default path: the CAM asset directory holding the Tools folder (Bit, Shape and Library subfolders), the Machines folder and the Templates folder for Job Templates. Use the folder button to pick a directory and Reset to return to the default (CamAssets in the user application data directory). The directory must be writable. Changing it resets the remembered last tool library. See CAM Tools.

List of Machine templates (.fcm files in the Machines folder plus templates provided by add-ons). Add creates a new machine in the Machine Editor, Edit (or double-click) opens the selected machine in the Machine Editor, Delete removes the file after confirmation. See CAM Machine.

Import…​ is between Add and Edit. Import…​ creates a Machine from the probe document of an MTConnect agent. The import dialog reads the probe document from the URL of the agent or from an XML file. The Machine Editor then opens with the imported Machine. The list shows the imported Machine after the Machine Editor is accepted.

The page shows the note Warning: Machine definition is an experimental feature.

Check for tool updates from the library when opening a document introduced in 26.3: when enabled (default), opening a document compares the Tool Bits embedded in its Jobs with the library and offers to update them (see CAM ToolBit).

Defaults → Template: Job Template preselected when creating a new Job; leave empty for none.

Geometry → Default geometry tolerance: default tolerance of new Jobs used when computing Toolpaths; smaller values increase accuracy and computation time.

Geometry → Default curve accuracy introduced in 26.3: accuracy used when arcs are approximated; smaller values increase accuracy and computation time.

Output File → Default path: default directory and optional file name for the G-code output. Substitutions: %D directory of the active document, %d name of the active document, %M user macro directory, %j name of the Job; when output is split: %T Tool Number, %t Tool Controller label, %W work coordinate system, %O Operation label, %S sequence number.

Output File → File save policy: Open file dialog, Open file dialog on conflict, Overwrite existing file, or Append Unique ID on conflict.

Post Processor → Post processors selection: check the post-processors that should be offered in Jobs; unchecked ones are blacklisted.

Post Processor → Default post processor and Default arguments: preselected for new Jobs.

Stock: default Stock for new Jobs: Create box (Length, Width, Height), Create cylinder (Radius, Height) or Extend model’s bounding box (Ext. X, Ext. Y, Ext. Z, negative and positive).

Placement (optional): Angle, Axis and Position applied to the default Stock.