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Mastercam X9 Design Training Tutorial Copyright: 1998 - 2015 In-House Solutions Inc. All rights reserved Software: Mastercam X9 Author: Mariana Lendel ISBN: 978-1-77146-352-2 Revision Date: July 16, 2015 Notice In-House Solutions Inc. reserves the right to make improvements to this manual at any time and without notice. Disclaimer Of All Warranties And Liability In-House Solutions Inc. makes no warranties, either express or implied, with respect to this manual or with respect to the software described in this manual, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. In-House Solutions Inc. manual is sold or licensed "as is." The entire risk as to its quality and performance is with the buyer. Should the manual prove defective following its purchase, the buyer (and not In-House Solutions Inc., its distributer, or its retailer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, of correction and any incidental or consequential damages. In no event will In-House Solutions Inc. be liable for direct, indirect, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the manual, even if In-House Solutions Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Copyrights This manual is protected under International copyright laws. All rights are reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photographed, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in writing, from In-House Solutions Inc. Trademarks Mastercam is a registered trademark of CNC Software, Inc. Microsoft, the Microsoft logo, MS, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; N-See is a registered trademark of Microcompatibles, Inc.; Windows 7 and Windows 8 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

MASTERCAM SHORTCUTS

MASTERCAM QUICK REFERENCE CARD

MASTERCAM SHORTCUTS Icon Function

Keyboard Shortcut

Icon Function

Keyboard Shortcut

Analyze entities

F4

Mastercam version, SIM serial number Alt+V

AutoSave

Alt+A

Motion controller rotation point

Alt+F12

C-Hook or user app

Alt+C

Pan

Arrow keys

Configure Mastercam

Alt+F8

Paste from clipboard

Ctrl+V

Copy to clipboard

Ctrl+C

Redo an event that has been undone

Ctrl+Y

Cut to clipboard

Ctrl+X

Repaint

F3

Delete entities

F5

Rotate

Alt+Arrow keys

Drafting global options

Alt+D

Select all

Ctrl+A

Exit Mastercam

Alt+F4

Selection grid parameters

Alt+G

Fit geometry to screen

Alt+F1

Shading on/off

Alt+S

Gview–Back

Alt+3

Show/hide all axes (WCS, Cplane, Tplane)

Alt+F9

Gview–Bottom

Alt+4

Show/hide coordinate axes

F9

Gview–Front

Alt+2

Show/hide displayed toolpaths

Alt+T

Gview–Isometric

Alt+7

Show/hide Operations Manager pane Alt+O

Gview–Left

Alt+6

Undo the last creation or event

Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Z

Previous Plane

Alt+P

Unzoom to 80% of original

Alt+F2

Gview–Right

Alt+5

Unzoom to previous or 50% of original F2

Gview–Top

Alt+1

Zoom around target point

Ctrl+F1

Help

Alt+H

Zoom with window selection

F1

Hide entities

Alt+E

Zoom/unzoom by 5%

Page Up/Page Down

Level Manager

Alt+Z

Main attributes, set from entity

Alt+X

MASTERCAM QUICK REFERENCE CARD

CUSTOMIZE MASTERCAM

CUSTOMIZE MASTERCAM Create Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

 Choose Load Workspace to hide or display toolbars.

 Choose Settings >Customize>Key Mapping.

Customize the right-click menu

 Select the Category.

 Choose Settings > Customize > Context Menu tab  Select the Category and then the function that you want to add.  Once you click on the Add button the function will be added to the Right mouse button menu.

 Select a Mastercam function and under Press new shortcut key enter the key combinations you want to assign to it.

Change Toolbar Layouts  Choose Settings > Customize.  Set the Workspace and then choose the Category.  Select a Mastercam function and add it to the Toolbar.

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DESIGN TRAINING TUTORIAL PROJECTS

Tutorial

Geometry Functions

#1

Create Rectangle. Create Chamfer. Create Circle Center Point. Create Polar Arc Xform Mirror. Join Entities.

#2

Create Rectangle. Create two Polygon. Create Fillets. Create Circle Center Point. Create Line Endpoint- Vertical Edit Trim Divide. Create Rectangular Shapes.

#3

Create Polar Arcs. Create Circle Center Point. Create Line Tangent. Create Fillet. Xform Mirror. Create Arc Tangent to Two Entities. Edit Trim 3 Entities. Create Ellipse. Xform Offset. Create Letters. Create Boundig Box. Xform Translate.

#4

Create Circle Center Points. Create Line Tangent. Xform Mirror. Create Arc Tangent. Create Arc Polar. Edit Trim. Create Fillets. Xform Rotate. Xform Translate. Solid Extrude.

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DESIGN TRAINING TUTORIAL PROJECTS #5

Create Rectangle. Create Circle Center Point. Create arc Tangent to 1 Entity. Create Line Parallel. Create Chamfer. Create Line Polar. Edit Trim.

#6

Create Circle Center Point. Create Line Tanggent. Create Line Parallel. Create Rectangular Shapes. Edit Trim. Create Fillet Chains. Solids Extrude. Solids Chamfer. Solids Fillet..

#7

Create wireframe geometry: Merge a template. Create dimensions using Smart dimensions. Create notes. Modify dimensions and notes using Multi edit.

#8 Draft Surface. Create Curve One Edge. Flat Boundary Surface. Fillet Surface.

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DESIGN TRAINING TUTORIAL PROJECTS #9 Revolved Surface. Xform Project Arc. Trim To Curve. Net Surface. Fillet Surface. Flat Boundary Surface.

#10 Revolved Surface. Project Curve Onto Surface. Ruled Surface. Draft Surface. Curve At Intersection. Trim Surface To Curves. Surface Fillet. Fillet Blend Surface.

#11 Wireframe for solid. Solid Extrude. Solid Revolved. Swept Surface. Solid Trim to face. Solid Fillet. Solid Draft Face. Boolean Remove. Boolean Add.

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DESIGN TRAINING TUTORIAL PROJECTS #12 Revolved Surface Project Curve Onto Surface Ruled Surface Draft Surface Curve At Intersection Trim Surface To Curves Surface Fillet Fillet Blend Surface

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

Getting Started ........................................................................................................... 1 Tutorials: Tutorial #1 - Create Rectangle , Chamfer, Arc Polar, Circle Center Point, Mirror & Join commands... 13

GETTING STARTED

Tutorial #2 - Create Polygon, Fillet Entities, Fillet Chain, Line Endpoint, Rectangular Shapes & Trim . 35 Tutorial #3 - Create Line Tangent, Arc Tangent, Ellipse, Letters, Bounding Box & Translate ...............71 Tutorial #4 - Solid Extrude Create Body & Cut Body ...........................................................................109 Tutorial #5 - Create Arc Tangent To One Entity, Line Endpoints (Polar) & Line Parallel .....................167 Tutorial #6 - Solid Extrude, Solid Chamfer & Solid Fillet......................................................................193 Tutorial #7 - Merge File and Create Dimensions .................................................................................237 Tutorial #8 - Create Draft Surface, Curve one Edge, Flat Boundary & Fillet Surface...........................287 Tutorial #9 - Create Revolved Surface, Trim to Curve Surface, Net Surfaces ..................................... 333 Tutorial #10 - Create Swept Surface, Solid Trim to a Surface, Solid Boolean Add ..............................379 Tutorial #11 - Solid Revolved, Solid Draft Face, Solid Boolean Remove..............................................441 Tutorial #12 - Create Extend Surface & 3 Fillet Blend Surface ...........................................................549

Quiz Answers .......................................................................................................... 653

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TUTORIAL #1

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OVERVIEW OF STEPS TAKEN TO CREATE THE FINAL PART:

OVERVIEW OF STEPS TAKEN TO CREATE THE FINAL PART: From Drawing to CAD Model:  The student should examine the drawing on the following page to understand what part is being created in the tutorial.  From the drawing we can decide how to create the geometry in Mastercam.

Create the 2D CAD Model using:  The student will create the Top 2D geometry.  Geometry creation commands such as Create Rectangle, Chamfer, Arc Polar, Circle Center Point, Mirror, and Join will be used.

This tutorial takes approximately an forty five minutes to complete.

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OVERVIEW OF STEPS TAKEN TO CREATE THE FINAL PART:

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SETTING UP THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE

GEOMETRY CREATION

STEP 1: SETTING UP THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Please refer to the Getting Started section to set up the graphical user interface.

STEP 2: CREATE RECTANGLE NOTE: The drawing is symmetric about both X and Y axes. You will create only a quarter of the geometry and then use Mirror command to complete it.

In this step you will learn how to create a rectangle given the width, the height, and the anchor position.

Step Preview:

2.1 Create a 1.25" by 1.25" Rectangle CREATE 

Rectangle.

 Enter the Width and Height as shown.  Press Enter after typing the values to see a preview of the rectangle as shown.

NOTE: Make sure that neither the Anchor to center or the Create Surface icons are selected. Anchor to center sets the base point of the rectangle to its center and draws the rectangle outward from the center. Create Surface creates a surface inside of the rectangle. Surface creation and Surface toolpath are covered in Mill Level 3.

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CREATE RECTANGLE

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 [Select position for first corner]: Select the Origin as shown in Figure: 2.1.1. Figure: 2.1.1

 Make sure that when selecting the origin, the visual cue of the cursor changes as shown.  Select the OK button to exit the Rectangle command.  Use the Fit icon to fit the drawing to the screen.

NOTE: While creating geometry for this tutorial, if you make a mistake, you can undo the last step using the Undo icon.

You can undo as many steps as needed. If you delete or undo a step by mistake, just use the

Redo icon. keyboard.

To delete unwanted geometry, select the geometry first and then press Delete from the

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CREATE A CHAMFER

STEP 3: CREATE A CHAMFER In this step you will create the 0.25 X 45 degrees chamfer.

Step Preview:

CREATE  Chamfer.  Entities.  Enter the distance 0.25 in the ribbon bar and ensure the chamfer style is set to 1 Distance and Trim is enabled.

 Select the two lines to create the chamfer as shown in Figure: 3.0.1. Figure: 3.0.1

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CREATE THE CIRCLE

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NOTE: A preview of the chamfer will appear when you select the second line as shown.

 Select the OK button to exit the command.

STEP 4: CREATE THE CIRCLE In this step you will create a circle given the diameter and location. To use Create Circle Center Point you need to know the center point and the radius or the diameter of the circle. You need to know the Cartesian Coordinate System to understand how to create geometry. A Cartesian Coordinate System is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances from the point to two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length as shown in Figure: 4.0.1.

Figure: 4.0.1

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CREATE THE CIRCLE

Step Preview:

CREATE  Arc. 

Circle Center Point.

 Enter the Diameter 0.25 in the ribbon bar.  [Enter the center point}: Enter the coordinates as shown.

 Press Enter for the circle to be positioned.  Once complete choose the OK button to exit the command.

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CREATE POLAR ARCS

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STEP 5: CREATE POLAR ARCS In this step you will create two polar arcs given the radius, the center point, the start angle, and the end angle.

Step Preview:

CREATE  Arc.  Arc Polar.  Enter the values in the Ribbon Bar as shown and press Enter after all values are entered.

 [Enter the center point]: Select the Origin.

 Select the Apply button to continue with the same command.

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CREATE POLAR ARCS

 The part will appear as shown once complete.

NOTE: If the arc is not generated as shown, from the Ribbon bar, use the Flip button.  Enter the values in the Ribbon Bar as shown and press Enter after all values are entered.

NOTE: When entering the values in the Ribbon Bar, first type the radius in the radius field. Then you can use the Tab key on your keyboard to move to the next field. Note that the diameter will be automatically updated once the radius is input.

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CREATE POLAR ARCS

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 [Enter the center point]: Select the Origin.

 Once complete choose the OK button to exit the command.  The geometry should look as shown.

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DELETE THE CONSTRUCTION LINES

STEP 6: DELETE THE CONSTRUCTION LINES In this step you will delete the center lines that are going through the origin.

Step Preview:

 Select the two lines as shown in Figure: 6.0.1. Figure: 6.0.1

 Click on the Delete key from the keyboard.

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MIRROR THE GEOMETRY

TUTORIAL #11

STEP 7: MIRROR THE GEOMETRY The Mirror command allows you to complete the geometry. You will mirror the geometry about both X and Y axis.

Step Preview:

XFORM  Mirror.  [Mirror: select entities to mirror]: From the General Selection toolbar, select the All button.

 Make sure that All Entities is enabled to select all entities as shown.

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MIRROR THE GEOMETRY

 The selected geometry should look as shown.

NOTE: Selected geometry will be shown with hidden lines in black and yellow.  Press Enter on your keyboard.  In the Mirror dialog box, make sure that Copy is enabled, the radio button in front of the Y axis is enabled and Fit is enabled as shown in Figure: 7.0.1. Figure: 7.0.1

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 The preview of the mirror will look as shown.

 Select the Apply button to continue with the same command.  [Mirror: select entities to mirror]: From the General Selection toolbar, select the All button.

 Make sure that All Entities is enabled to select all entities as shown.

 Select the OK button.  Press Enter to finish the selection.

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MIRROR THE GEOMETRY

 In the Mirror dialog box, make sure that Copy is enabled, the radio button in front of the X axis is enabled and Fit is enabled as shown in Figure: 7.0.2. Figure: 7.0.2

 The preview of the resulting geometry should look as shown.

 Select the OK button to exit the command.

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MIRROR THE GEOMETRY

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NOTE: When performing a transform function (Xform), Mastercam creates a temporary group from the original, highlighted in red, and a result from the transformed entities, highlighted in magenta. These two colors will stay in effect until you use the Screen, Clear Colors function or perform another transform function. SCREEN  Clear Colors.  The geometry should look as shown.

NOTE: The lines and the two big circles are broken in 2 and 4 segments due to the mirror command. To be able to select the circle for the circle mill toolpath you will have to join the arcs.

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JOIN THE ENTITIES

STEP 8: JOIN THE ENTITIES Join function allows you to join collinear lines, arcs that have the same center and radius, or splines that were originally created as the same entity. EDIT  Join entities.  [Select entities to join]: Make a window around all entities as shown in Figure: 8.0.1. Figure: 8.0.1

NOTE: To make a window, select a point to the upper left corner and drag the cursor to the opposite corner and click. All the entities inside of the window should be selected (dashed lines in yellow and black).  Press Enter to finish the selection.

NOTE: The entities are automatically joined.

STEP 9: SAVE THE FILE FILE  Save As.  File name: "Your Name_1".

NOTE: It is highly recommended to save the file from time to time to when going through the tutorial.

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SAVE THE FILE

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REVIEW EXERCISE -STUDENT PRACTICE

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CREATE THE GEOMETRY FOR TUTORIAL #1 EXERCISE

CREATE THE GEOMETRY FOR TUTORIAL #1 EXERCISE Use these commands to create the geometry.  Create Rectangle.  Create Fillets.  Create Lines.  Create Line Parallel.  Create Circle Center Points.  Fast Point to position the Circles.  Trim.

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NOTES:

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NOTES:

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TUTORIAL #1 QUIZ

TUTORIAL #1 QUIZ

 What does the Fast Point function do?

 What does the Line Parallel command do?

 What command allows you to create a reverse image?

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INDEX

Numerics 2D / 3D Construction ........................................ 7 3 Fillet Blend Surface .................................... 637

A Analyze A Spline ........................................... 583 Arc Polar ...............................................125, 198 Arc Tangent .................................................. 476 Arc Tangent 3 Entities .............................85, 124 Attributes .......................................................... 7

B Boolean Remove ...................................509, 521 Bounding Box. ................................................. 99 Break the fillet at the midpoint .................... 607 Break Two Pieces ..................................207, 607

C Change Attributes ......................................... 216 Change The Color .......................................... 138 Change The Main Level ................................. 138 Circle Center Point .......................................... 49 Color ................................................................. 7 Constant Radius ............................................ 534 Create A Curve At The Edge Of The Surface . 305 Create A Flat Boundary Surface .................... 309 Create A Net Surface .................................... 366 Create An Arc Tangent To Two Entities .......... 85 Create Arc Endpoints .................................... 483 Create Circle Center Point ............................ 296 Create Circle Center point ............................ 296 Create Curve At Intersection ........................ 612 Create Curve One Edge ................................. 305 Create Fillet .................................................... 60 Create Fillet Entities ........................................ 81 Create Fillets ................................................. 293 Create Fillets For The Two Rectangles .......... 293 Create Letters ................................................. 95 Create Line Endpoind ..................................... 78 Create Parallel Lines ..................................... 338 Create Polar Lines ......................................... 342 Create Rectangles ......................................... 290 Create Revolved Surfaces ............................. 353 Create Silhouette Boundary ......................... 539 Create The Draft Surfaces ............................. 298 Create the Ellipse ............................................ 92 Create The Fillet Surface ............................... 596 Create The Fillet Surfaces ............................. 316 Create The obround rectangular shape ........ 352

Create The Obround Shape ............................ 63 Create The Parallel Lines .............................. 338 Create The Revolved Surface ........................ 353 Create Two Polar Arcs .................................... 74

D Delete Entities .............................................. 482 Divide ............................................................ 178 Draft Surfaces ............................................... 298

E Ellipse .............................................................. 92 Extrude ......................................................... 217 Extrusion Operation ..............................141, 497

F Fillet Surface ................................................. 316 Flat boundary surfaces ................................. 309 Function Prompt ............................................... 4

G Graphic Area ..................................................... 4 Grid ................................................................. 11 Groups .............................................................. 7 GUI - Graphical User Interface .......................... 4 Gview ................................................................ 7

L Level .................................................................. 7 Line Style ........................................................... 7 Line Width ........................................................ 7

M Menu ................................................................ 4 Mirror ...............................................82, 89, 457 Mirror about a line ....................................... 603 Mirror The Geometry ..................................... 82 Mirror the profile about the Y axis ............... 574 Mitered Corners ...........................161, 227, 534 MRU Toolbar ..................................................... 4

N Net Surface ................................................... 366

O Offset Command ............................................ 93 Offset Contour .............................................. 472 One-Distance Chamfer .................158, 225, 228 Origin ................................................................ 4

P Planes ............................................................... 7 Point Style ......................................................... 7 Polar Lines .................................................... 182

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INDEX

Project .......................................................... 356 Propagate Along Tangencies 161, 227, 230, 534

Q Quick Mask Toolbar .......................................... 4

R Rectangle ........................................................ 38 Redo ................................................................ 39 Reorganizing Toolbars ...................................... 6 Ribbon Bar ........................................................ 4 Rotate ........................................................... 132 Rotate - Copy The Surfaces ........................... 640

S Scale .................................................................. 4 Shaded ..................................................142, 410 Solid Extrude ................................................. 139 Solid Revolve ................................................ 498 Status Bar .......................................................... 4 Swept Surface .......................................397, 486

Toolpaths/Solid Manager ................................. 4 Translate ...............................................101, 135 Trim 1 Entity .................................186, 201, 479 Trim 2 Entities ........................ 88, 187, 344, 349 Trim 3 Entities .........................................87, 126 Trim the draft surfacesto the curve .............. 614 Trim The Geometry ...................................... 344 Trim The Surfaces ......................................... 612

U Undo ............................................................... 39 Using the Menu ................................................ 5 Using the Toolbars ............................................ 5

V Variable Radius ............................................. 534 View Port XYZ Axes ........................................... 4

W Wireframe ............................................142, 410 Work Coordinate System (WCS) ....................... 7

T

Z

Toolbars ............................................................ 4

Z Depth ............................................................. 7

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