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Mastercam forMastercam forSolSolidWorks idWorks TTutorutorialialOctober 2010October 2010

II MASTERCAM FOR SOLIDWORKS TUTORIAL

Mastercam® X5 for SolidWorks - Mastercam for SolidWorks Tutorial

Date: October 2010

Copyright © 2010 CNC Software, Inc.— All rights reserved.

First Printing: October 2009

Software: Mastercam X5 for SolidWorks

Part Number: X4-SW-Tutor

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Contents

Introduction ..........................................................................................  1

Tutorial Goals ...................................................................................2

Before You Begin .............................................................................2

If You Need More Help ....................................................................3

Additional Documentation ..............................................................4

2D Toolpaths .......................................................................................  5

1. General Setup - Mold Core......................................... 7

Lesson Goals ....................................................................................7

About the Mold Core Part ...............................................................7

Exercise 1: Selecting Your Machine ......................................... 8

2. The 2D Facing Toolpath ........................................... 11

Lesson Goals ..................................................................................11

Exercise 1: Defining the Tool plane ......................................... 11

Exercise 2: Setting Up the Stock Model ................................. 14

Exercise 3: Creating the Facing Toolpath................................ 15

Exercise 4: Backplot and Verify the Facing Toolpath .............. 18

Exercise 5: Verifying All Toolpaths ......................................... 19

Exercise 6: Posting the Toolpath ............................................ 20

3. 2D Area Mill ............................................................. 23

Lesson Goals ..................................................................................23

Exercise 1: Creating the Area Mill Toolpath ............................ 23

Exercise 2: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpath............... 27

Exercise 3: Verifying All Toolpaths ......................................... 28

Exercise 4: Posting the Toolpath ............................................ 29

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3D High Speed Toolpaths........................................................  31

1. General Setup - Phone Cradle................................... 33

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 33

About the Phone Cradle Sample Part .......................................... 33

Exercise 1: Selecting Your Machine........................................ 35

Exercise 2: Defining the Tool Plane ......................................... 36

Exercise 3: Defining the Stock ................................................ 38

2. The Core Roughing Toolpath..................................... 41

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 41

Exercise 1: Creating the Toolpath ........................................... 41

Exercise 2: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpath ...............44

Exercise 3: Posting the Toolpath............................................. 46

3. The Rest Roughing Toolpath..................................... 49

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 49

Exercise 1: Creating the Toolpath ........................................... 49

Exercise 2: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpath ...............53

4. The Scallop Toolpath ................................................ 57

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 57

Exercise 1: Creating the Toolpath ........................................... 58

Exercise 2: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpath ...............61

5. The Waterline Toolpath ............................................ 65

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 65

Exercise 1: Creating the Waterline Toolpath ........................... 65

Exercise 2: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpath ...............68

FBM Toolpaths ................................................................................  71

1. FBM Mill.................................................................... 73

About the FBM Sample Part ........................................................ 73

Lesson Goals ................................................................................. 74

Exercise 1: Setting Up............................................................. 74

Exercise 2: Defining the Stock ................................................ 75

Exercise 3: Creating the Mill Toolpaths ................................... 76

Exercise 4: Customizing the Toolpaths.................................... 78

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Exercise 5: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpaths ............. 79

2. FBM Drill .................................................................. 83

Lesson Goals ..................................................................................83

Exercise 1: Creating the Drill Toolpaths .................................. 84

Exercise 2: Customizing the FBM Drill Toolpaths.................... 86

Exercise 3: Backplotting and Verifying the Toolpaths ............. 87

VI • MASTERCAM FOR SOLIDWORKS TUTORIAL

Mastercam X5® for SolidWorks® provides Mastercam X5 CAM functionality within SolidWorks.

Inside SolidWorks, you can access many toolpath strategies:

3D high speed toolpaths (HST)

2D feature based machining (FBM) mill toolpaths

2D feature based machining drill toolpaths

Non-FBM high speed 2D toolpaths

Besides these powerful toolpaths, Mastercam for SolidWorks features many supporting functions,

including:

Boundary creation

Part setup (including tool and material managers)

Toolpath transformations

Backplotting 

 Verification

Post processing 

Communications

Thread management

In this tutorial, you learn to use many strategies to apply toolpaths to parts in Mastercam for

SolidWorks.