If CAM Assist runs but no operations or toolpaths appear in SolidCAM after you send the program, SolidCAM is usually pointing at the wrong user directory. CAM Assist needs the templates in that directory to create operations in SolidCAM.
What should happen?
When you click Send to CAM package, the CAM Assist window closes and SolidCAM shows this while it creates the operations:
Operations are now being created by CAM Assist. This may take a few minutes. Please wait....
The message closes when SolidCAM has finished. The new operations are added at the end of each setup's operations in the CAM Manager. They aren't put in folders, and one CAM Assist operation can become several SolidCAM operations, for example drilling at different depths. No message appears when every operation was created.
If you close CAM Assist without sending the program, nothing is added to the part.
Is SolidCAM pointing at the right user directory?
CAM Assist uses templates in a CamAssist folder to create SolidCAM operations such as drilling, chamfering, pocketing, face milling, freeform machining, iMachining and undercuts. If SolidCAM's user directory points somewhere else, CAM Assist can seem to run normally but operations aren't created.
- In SolidCAM, open Tools > SolidCAM Settings.
- Go to User directories > User Directory for system additional files.
- Set it to the SolidCAM tables folder for your units. For example, in SolidCAM 2025:
- Metric:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\SolidCAM\SolidCAM2025\Tables\Metric - Inch:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\SolidCAM\SolidCAM2025\Tables\Inch
- Metric:
- Check that the folder you chose has a
CamAssistfolder inside it, for example...\Tables\Metric\CamAssist. - Click OK.
- Run CAM Assist again, then send the program to SolidCAM. See Send your program to your CAM package.
The operations should now appear in SolidCAM.
Did SolidCAM say some operations could not be created?
Some operations could not be created by CAM Assist.
The operations that were created stay in the part. The others are missing. See "Some operations could not be created by CAM Assist." in SolidCAM.
Still not working?
If you've checked the above and still don't see operations, contact CloudNC support. Include the CAM part, your SolidCAM version and the CAM Assist log.
Logging is off by default. CloudNC or SolidCAM support will tell you how to turn it on. The log is written to C:\Users\Public\Documents\SolidCAM\CamAssist_log.txt.