I would never recommend anyone use mastercam as their first cad/cam. I hope you have a few good IT guys, and a several thousand more to spend in getting posts that actually work. Hope you know someone that can write posts for you, that shit is expensive, and you need one for every build of machine you have. Does your machine like arcing in and our of cutter comp? Ours don't, and mastercam tries to do that all the time. Forget to click save before closing thats a 15 mouse click penalty, assuming it actually remembers where the file opened from. Open a project on the server to make a minor change as sure a Japanese trains run on time, it will try and save that file 3000 folders into that consoles hard drive. Need to run a proven program on the Haas rather than the Okumas? 175 mouse clicks later, you might be lucky enough to have coolant turning on and off when it should. It's the most overpriced, under supported piece of garbage ever to be compiled. \nfig from the Current drop-down list.Don't, mastercam blows.
Mastercam x8 tutorials windows#
Launch Mastercam from the Windows Start menu.Ģ Select the default metric configuration file:Ī Select Settings, Configuration from Mastercam’s menu.ī Choose. In preparation for the following exercises, set up Mastercam as described here.ġ Start Mastercam using your preferred method: Place these files on your system wherever convenient, but be sure to keep an unmodified set.
MarkerTray, PressurePlate, ShippingPullTab, and SpindlePartial. You can find these files in the tutorial’s Parts folder, which itself contains the subfolders FlangeDemo, This tutorial includes the files needed to complete the exercises. The solids history tree lists the operations that generate the solid, and you can open and edit any operation, as well as move, delete, and suppress operations. Mastercam Solids features the tools you need to create sophisticated solid models, using functions with dynamic preview so you can see results as soon you edit parameters. LESSON 1 Introduction to Mastercam Solids You must be comfortable using the Windows ® operating system. General Tutorial RequirementsĪll Mastercam tutorials have the following general requirements: These color differences do not affect the lesson or the exercise results. IMPORTANT: Screen colors in the tutorial pictures were modified to enhance image quality they may not match your Mastercam settings or the tutorial results. Modify “brick” solid models with Mastercam’s Model Prep functions.
Edit a solid model from the solid history tree. Create a solid model from wireframe geometry. Using Model Prep functions such as Push-Pull, Move, and Split Solid Face, you can make changes to a solid, despite having no access to the model’s original wireframe. Mastercam can identify individual geometry elements and even entire features. Mastercam’s Model Prep functions, let you modify solid models lacking a history tree. When you create a solid model in Mastercam, all operations appear in the solids history tree, where you can edit the solid model in many ways. Mastercam Solids features functions for creating and editing solid models, with support for both history-based and “brick” solids (no history tree). Exercise 10: Adding the Fillet.Ĭonclusion. Exercise 9: Increasing the Wall Height. Exercise 8: Expanding the Wall Opening.
Exercise 7: Aligning the Vertical Wall. Exercise 1: Splitting the Feet from the Part. Exercise 10: Using Boolean to Create a Hole. Exercise 9: Creating Solids with Sweep. Exercise 4: Creating the Marker Cutouts. Exercise 3: Creating the Finger Cutouts. Exercise 1: Splitting the Feet from the Part.Exercise 10: Using Boolean to Create a Hole.Exercise 4: Creating the Marker Cutouts.Exercise 3: Creating the Finger Cutouts.