Setting Default Tool Settings

Setting Default Tool Settings

This solution will show how to set Tool Setting defaults in Mastercam.

In your Toolpath Manager you will need to expand the Properties and go to Files where you can find the Operations Defaults, and click on the exclamation point. 


Once there go to the top and click on Tool Settings. The Tool settings will open and you can choose how you want the default settings to look here, and once complete, click the green check mark.


The Next time Mastercam is booted, these settings will be loaded

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