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Capture your machining knowledge
Mastercam's full associativity gives you the power to capture your knowledge and build on
your experience. Once you program a part - any part - you can modify any element of the
job and immediately get updated toolpaths without starting over. And Mastercam's intelli-
gent NC programming lets you build a library of machining strategies done the way you
want them. Just choose saved operations and apply them to a part, and Mastercam adapts
them to the new model. Fast, easy and productive. The way programming should be.

Logical Part Modeling Efficient Toolpath Management

• Easy 2D and 3D geometry creation • Mastercam's Operations Manager
with complete wireframe & surface stores all your job's operations in one
modeling. place. Quickly create, edit and verify
• Extensive editing and analysis tools your toolpaths, or copy and paste
ensure your model is exact. parameters, toolpaths and tool defini-
tions from one operation to another.
• Associative dimensions update as you
change your model. • Merge, translate, reverse, rotate, mir-
ror, copy, cut and paste segments of
• Dynamic rotation, panning, and zoom-
your toolpath.
ing in multiple views.
• AutoCursor™ snaps to commonly used
• User-customizable tool and material
libraries automatically calculate feeds
points to simplify construction.
and speeds.
• Import and export data from any CAD
• Graphical toolpath editor gives you
system with built-in translators includ-
point-and-click on-screen editing tools.
ing IGES, Parasolid, SAT (ACIS
solids), DXF, CADL, VDA, STL, and
ASCII. Optional CATIA, Pro-E, STEP,
and AutoCAD DWG translators are
also available.

Associative Toolpaths
• Fully associative geometry
and toolpaths let you modify
the geometry or machining
parameters and immediately
get an accurate, updated
toolpath.

• Store a library of commonly used operations to automate

machining. For example, you can spot drill, peck drill, and tap a
new series of holes simply by importing one stored operation.
 From simple to comple
the toolpaths you need
Here are just some of the toolpa
Pocketing

One-way pocketing Zig-zag pocketing Spiral pocketing

“Clean Corner” pocketing “Morph” pocketing Automated circle milling

Open pocket machining Tapered wall pocketing and islands of Automated pocket remachining with a
different heights. smaller tool
ex – Mastercam has all
d to get the job done.
aths that Mastercam offers...
Contouring

3D contouring Smooth ramp contouring Contour remachining

Drilling Facing

Fully optimized drilling Automated part facing Island facing

And More . . .

Machine pocket by pocket or complete Z- Subroutines simplify repetitive work. Easy tombstone programming
level cuts.
 Pocketing, Contouring and Drilling
• Tapered wall contouring and contour • Program separate lead-in and lead-out
remachining. for contours and pocket finish passes.
• Pocketing styles include zigzag, one • Choose multiple roughing and finishing
way, true spiral, constant overlap spiral passes and multiple depth cuts for any
and "morph" pocketing, each with contour.
optional finish passes. • Easily machine 2D and 3D contours
• Machine open pockets without creating including parametric and NURBS
additional geometry. splines.
• Choose helical or ramp entry for each • Optimize drill routines to minimize tool
pocketing level. Output helix moves as travel.
arcs or lines. • Full control over the tool's approach
• Clean-corners and constant overlap and retract.
features eliminate material when the • Tool plane and tool origins allow easy
tool turns a sharp corner in spiral programming in different views for
pocketing. tombstone work.
• Pocket remachining uses a smaller tool • Choose separate taper angles for • Axis substitution replaces X or Y with a
to automatically clean out material left pocket walls and islands, including rotary axis to wrap the toolpath around
from a previous cut. islands of different heights. a diameter.
• Wear compensation for pocket finish • Smart pocket depth control lets you • High-speed machining (HSM) support
passes lets you adjust for tool wear at machine depths without retracting or including "fishtail" pocketing to elimi-
the machine tool without creating a machine all cuts in a single area nate sharp corner motion.
new toolpath. before moving to the next.
• Choose multiple drill points, contours, • Facing cleans stock from the tops of
pockets, and nested pockets with a islands or the entire part.
single selection.

Smart Feed Rate Optimization Easy to Learn and Use

• Automatically vary feed rates based on • Logical point-and-click interface lets
volume. More material and the cutter you program the way you think.
moves slower; less material, the cutter • Fully customizable icon toolbar puts
moves faster. frequently used functions at your fin-
• Automatically ease the tool into and gertips.
out of corners. •

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Context-sensitive on-line help provides
• Create a library of optimized feed rate immediate access to Mastercam tips
ranges for all your machines. and instructions.

Dependable Toolpath
Practical NC Tools System Requirements
Verification • Significantly reduce the size of a pro- • IBM-compatible personal computer
• Watch your part being cut from a solid gram with toolpath filtering. with a PentiumTM processor.
block of material with Mastercam's
• Macro recording automates repetitive • Microsoft®, Logitech® or compatible

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solid-model toolpath verification. The
tasks. mouse.
tool and holder are checked and dis-
played during simulation. • Pick from a library of hundreds of post • Windows NT® 4.0 (or higher),
processors or have one customized. Windows® 98 or Windows® 2000.
• Step through the program with toolpath
backplotting and get an estimate of • Automatically generate customizable • Minimum 32 MB RAM (64 is recom-
machining time. setup sheets. mended for better performance); 50
MB free disk space in addition to
• Quickly verify 2D toolpaths with a pixel
Windows requirements.
paint of the full tool diameter.
• Minimum 800 x 600 resolution.

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