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{{notability|date=August 2023}}
{{3rd party|date=August 2023}}
{{Short description|Suite of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = CNC Software/Mastercam
| logo                   = [[File:Mastercam_logo.jpg|300px]]
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = Last Version User Interface
| website                = [http://www.mastercam.com Official web page] 
| developer              =  CNC Software, LLC
| latest release version = Mastercam 2025
| operating system       = [[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 10]](x64)
| language               = Multi-language
| genre                  = [[Computer-aided manufacturing]]
| license                = proprietary
}}
'''Mastercam''' is a suite of [[computer-aided manufacturing]] (CAM) and [[CAD/CAM]] software applications developed by '''CNC Software, LLC'''. Founded in Massachusetts in 1983, CNC Software are headquartered in [[Tolland, Connecticut]].<ref>Mastercam.com: ''[http://www.mastercam.com/AboutUs/CorporateProfile/Default.aspx About Us]''</ref>

Mastercam is CNC Software's main product. It started as a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] CAM system with CAD tools that let machinists design virtual parts on a computer screen and also guided [[Numerical control|computer numerical controlled]] (CNC) machine tools in the manufacture of parts. Mastercam has been ranked by CIMdata Inc. as the most widely used CAM package in the world since 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mastercam tops worldwide ranking for CAM usage |url=https://www.ctemag.com/news/industry-news/mastercam-tops-worldwide-ranking-cam-usage |website=Cutting Tool Engineering |access-date=August 10, 2023 |date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>