SmartCAM, like most Microsoft Windows applications, uses initialization (.ini) files to maintain settings for a variety of program defaults. The settings in these files configure SmartCAM to meet your needs and preferences.

SmartCAM applications use two INI files:

• SmartCAMcnc.INI which contains global settings, that affect all SmartCAM applications. If you are running multiple SmartCAM products, making changes to this file will affect them all.
• application.INI contains settings specific to one SmartCAM application. If using multiple SmartCAM applications, there will be a .ini file for each one. The application part of the filename is replaced with a representation of the actual product name.

The .ini files are located in the Configuration Files subdirectory, specified during the product's installation. The default path for the files can vary, depending upon version of Windows being used and the path can be changed during installation. However the default location for INI files is generally either "\ProgramData\SmartCAM\SmartCAMv####\SCUSER\" or the "\User\<login>\" folder.

You can always find where your SmartCAM INI files reside by starting your SmartCAM NC application or License Manager; then, opening Help - About. The displayed Configuration Location path is where the INI files reside. The Open Folders button, on the About box, will launch a Windows Explorer in the SCUSER folder.