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The following FAQs (Frequently asked Questions) come from CAM Assist users. They may provide first-step answers to your questions or issues. If you can’t find the answer to your question/issue here, please contact Product Support.

This page contains the following questions (with accompanying answers):

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Our recommendation is to treat CAM Assist as your junior CAM programmer. It is a very powerful and smart tool, but as the name suggests, it is CAM Assist. Therefore, you are ultimately responsible for the final result. Therefore, please always review each toolpath and the result.

What should I do if I encounter the ‘Windows protected your PC’ blue dialog during plug-in installation?

The CAM Assist installation will now continue (see How to Install CAM Assist).

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This is not an issue. 

Please take the following steps:

  1. Click the underlined More info.

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  1. Click Run anyway to proceed with the installation.

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How to reset the permissions for CAM Assist?

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The CAM Assist Log file is at the at the following location: 

C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudNC\Siemens NX\Add-ins\CloudNC CAM Assist\install-log.txt

Installing CAM Assist

What should I do if I encounter the ‘Windows protected your PC’ blue dialog during plug-in installation?

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This is not an issue. 

Please take the following steps:

  1. Click the underlined More info.

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  1. Click Run anyway to proceed with the installation.

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The CAM Assist installation will now continue (see How to Install CAM Assist).

How to correct the installation directory for CAM Assist?

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