MasterCam

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1. Views - top front right iso - Pan tilt zoom 2. Create - Lines - length angle lock- vert, Horz Rectangles- size 3. View Fit to screen 4. Repaint - fix graphics glitches 5. Popup Prompts - Follow them step by step 6. Rectangular shapes- use after making rectangles and fillets easy way to connect the two in one shot -Climb cut vs Conventional cut =Lessons=
 * Escape and enter are your friend will get you out of operations

7. Mini CAD MXC lessons 8. Creating Letters to place name on and print eash mimi lesson as completed 9. Snap Override and autocursor

ToolPath
- intro to tools and diffrences in tool bits * use 2" foam insulation for test machining -selection tools for tool path chain, box, area, polygon 10. File 2 intro --> Maze - Levels work like layers, contour toolpath -- turn off tip comp for centering tool on path 11. Comment window in toolpath perams-- fill this out with notes on what tool path is for -- feed plane is plunge speed Click on toolpath in the Operations menu to shoe backplot -- you can see time of toolpath work Depth must be set to - Max Depth step is half tool diam.

Engraving depth .02 -adding geometry to the outside of text will change it to emboss

-Mask on arc will auto select drill size * select initial size arc then window all arcs to auto sort
Remachining toolpaths - right click a toolpath then paste it and modify it by changing tool Multi path - Lead in/out

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-Chook - Sprocket - pulldown for data Create - bolt circle - create circular array of holes

- find over lap - great for images that cannot toolpath
Create- door geometry- creates doors for cabs

Solids shading mods XFORM- Geometry Nesting

Emboss project lettters on surface- right click on operation then select surface finish -> project []

Creating surfaces
Create flat boundry surfaces- used for creating surfaces Create ruled or lofted surface- creating srufaces between planes or diffrent planes

Changing color of objects and surfaces- right click color on bottom tool bar then select item to change color of Changing level of objects- right click levels on bottom toolbar then select items to change level of then select level that you want item on

Surface rough toolpath- quick surface machining --parrallell and pocket - drive- want to machine, check donot want to machine, containment- needed for pocket Surface rough -- restmill machines remaining rough stock after roughtoolpath

Pre Machining checks-
- Check tool path - Check printed setup sheet, and varification sheet - Check Z values in Gcode Printscreen Word

=Techno issues- FRANK= origin save after pc is shutdownmulti fixture homes - update softwareZ issue on tool return to home after path completenetworked haspsTool libraryAbsolute all toolpath perams by default -- right click on tool list in perams and click save perams to default fileSet techno software to program offsets

=Setup= - tools library - config folder - prompts can be bigger and diff color right click to change

=Free Lesson plans and tutorials-= []

MX books

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Links-
* [] Cutting Tools and Info – Great resource Cutting Tools and Info – Great resource

[] [] Edge clamps [] Low angle edge clamps
 * **Feed and Speeds**

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[]- tons of links for machining

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bruce.Freeman@easthaddamschools.org
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Materials -
Corian, High density foam