Mastercam 2017 Mill Advanced Training Tutorial SAMPLE PDF
Mastercam 2017 Mill Advanced Training Tutorial SAMPLE PDF
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MILL ADVANCED TRAINING TUTORIAL PROJECTS
#2
Revolved Surface High Speed Surface OptiRough
Transform Project Arc High Speed Surface Raster
Trim To Curve High Speed Surface Pencil
Net Surface
Fillet Surface
Flat Boundary Surface
#3
Swept Surface High Speed Surface Area
Solid Extrude Roughing Rest Material
Solid Trim To Surface High Speed Surface Radial
Solid Boolean Add Surface Finish Blend
Use Levels Transform - Rotate By Coordinate
#5
Revolved Surface High Speed Surface Area Roughing
Project Curve Onto Surface High Speed Surface Spiral
Ruled Surface High Speed Surface Scallop
Draft Surface Transform-Rotate
Curve At Intersection High Speed Surface Waterline
Trim Surface To Curves
Surface Fillet
Fillet Blend Surface
#6
Draft Surface High Speed Surface Dynamic
Swept Surface OptiRough
Fillet Surface High Speed Surface Horizontal
Rectangle with Surface High Speed Surface Waterline
Flat Boundary Surface High Speed Surface Raster
High Speed Surface Pencil
Table of Contents
Getting Started ........................................................................................................... 1
Tutorials:
Tutorial #1 - Surface Rough Pocket & Surface High Speed Scallop ...................................................11
Tutorial #2 - Surface High Speed Dynamic OptiRough, Raster & Pencil ............................................99
Tutorial #6 - Surface HS Dynamic OptiRough, Horizontal, Waterline, Raster & Pencil .....................611
Tutorial #7 - Surface HS Dynamic OptiRough, Area Roughing - Rest Material, Surface HS Scallop,
& Surface Rough Project..........................................................................................697
GEOMETRY CREATION
Please refer to the Getting Started section to set up the graphical user interface. In this step you will learn how to hide the
manager panels to gain more space in the graphics window.
Use the Auto Hide icon to hide all Manager panels as shown.
In this step you will learn how to create rectangles given the width, the height, and the anchor position.
Step Preview:
WIREFRAME
From the Shapes group, select Rectangle.
Enter the Width, the Height and enable Anchor to center as shown. Make sure that Create surface is not
selected.
Press Enter after typing the values to see a preview of the rectangle.
[Select position of base point]: 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 and Create New Operation button to stay in the same command.
To fit the drawing to the screen, press Alt + F1.
NOTE: While creating the 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. To delete unwanted geometry, select the geometry first and then press Delete from the
keyboard.
Enter the Width, the Height and leave Anchor to center enabled as shown.
Make sure that the Create surface button is not selected (not highlighted).
[Select position of base point]: Select the Origin as shown in Figure: 2.1.1.
The drawing should look as shown below.
Select the OK and Create New Operation button to stay in the same command.
Select the HOME tab and set the construction mode to 3D as shown.
Press Enter.
Press the Space bar and enter the coordinates for the Rectangle as shown.
NOTE: When you enter the coordinates of a point in Mastercam, the first value is the X coordinate value
followed by a comma. The second value is the Y coordinate value followed by a comma and the third value is
the Z coordinate value. If you enter the values in this order you do not need to enter the coordinates labels (X,
Y or Z) in front of the values.
In this step you will learn how to create fillets to all corners of the inside rectangle using the Fillet chain command.
Step Preview:
WIREFRAME
From the Modify area, select the drop down arrow next to Fillet Entities and select Fillet Chains as shown.
Right mouse click in the graphics window and change the graphics view to the Top.
Figure: 3.0.1
NOTE: Mastercam will automatically insert fillets at all four corners with the radius to be the default value or
the last value used during this Mastercam session.
Change the Radius to 1.0 and make sure the rest of the parameters are set as shown (press Enter).
Select the OK and Create New Operation button to stay within the command.
TOOLPATH CREATION
SUGGESTED FIXTURE:
SETUP SHEET:
In Mastercam, you select a Machine Definition before creating any toolpaths. The Machine Definition is a model of your
machine tool's capabilities and features and acts like a template for setting up machining jobs. The machine definition ties
together three main components: the schematic model of your machine tools components, the control definition that
models your control units capabilities, and the post processor that will generate the required machine code (G-code). For
a Mill Advanced exercise (3D toolpaths), you need only a basic machine definition.
Step Preview:
NOTE: For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be using the Mill Default machine.
Press Alt + F1 to fit the drawing to the screen.
The Toolpaths Manager will be hidden to the left of the graphics window as shown.
To lock it, click on the Toolpaths tab and then click on the Auto Hide icon a shown.
The Manager panels will be translated to the lower left corner of the graphics window.
MACHINE
From the Machine Type group, select the drop down arrow below Mill.
Select Default.
Select the plus sign in front of Properties in the Toolpaths Manager to expand the Toolpaths Group Properties.
Figure: 14.1.1
Round the values if needed and change the Z value for the stock to 1.5 as shown in Figure: 14.1.2.
Figure: 14.1.2
NOTE: The extra 0.5" added to the stock thickness is for fixture purposes.
Select the OK button to exit the Machine Group Properties dialog box.
Press Alt + F1 to fit the drawing to the screen.
This tutorial utilizes a set of legacy surface toolpaths to machine the part. We begin by showing you legacy
toolpaths as they still have some value in certain situations and the parameters for these toolpaths are easier
to understand for someone just getting started with 3D machining.
That being said, there are more efficient toolpaths that can be used to machine the same part. If you will
actually machine this part, we suggest you use the Surface High Speed OptiArea toolpath as your roughing
toolpath of choice.
STEP 15: ROUGH OUT THE PART USING SURFACE ROUGH POCKET
Surface Rough Pocket toolpath is used to remove a lot of stock quickly by creating a series of planar cuts (constant Z). It is
used to machine both bosses or cavities on surfaces or solid models.
Toolpath Preview:
TOOLPATHS
From the 3D group, select the Pocket icon.
If a prompt appears to Enter new NC name, select the OK button to accept the default as shown.
Click on the End Selection button or press Enter to finish the selection.
To limit the tool motion inside of the boundary, in the Toolpath/surface selection dialog box, click on the
Select button to select a Containment as shown.
From the Chaining dialog box, click on the Solids button as shown.
In the Chaining dialog box, make sure that the Loop button is the only one selected as shown.
[Select faces, edges, and /or loops]: Select the edge as shown.
The Pick Reference Face dialog box will appear on your screen as shown.
Select the OK button to exit the Pick Reference Face dialog box.
The Toolpath parameters page allows you to select a tool, set the feeds and speeds, enter a comment about the
operation, and set other general toolpath parameters.
To select the tool, click on the Select library tool button as shown.
Disable Filter Active and click on the # to list the tools based on their numbers.
Numerics G
2D / 3D Construction ........................................ 6 Graphic Area ..................................................... 3
A GUI - Graphical User Interface .......................... 3
Analyze A Spline ........................................... 544 L
Assign tool numbers sequentially ................... 56 Level .................................................................. 6
B M
Backplot The Toolpath .................................... 72 Machine Definition ......................................... 53
Backplotting .................................................... 72 Material Mode .............................................. 291
Boolean Remove ...................................410, 424 Maximum step-down ..................................... 69
Bounding Box .................................................. 57 Mirror ........................................................... 352
Break the fillet at the midpoint .................... 571 Mirror about a line ....................................... 568
C Mirror the profile about the Y axis ............... 534
Change The Main Level ................................... 30 Mitered Corners ........................................... 435
Clearance ........................................................ 68 N
Color ................................................................. 6 Net Surface ................................................... 157
Constant Radius ............................................ 435 O
Control Definition ........................................... 53 Offset Contour .............................................. 370
Create A Net Surface .................................... 157 Offset Surface ............................................... 802
Create Arc Endpoints .................................... 383 Override defaults with modal values .............. 56
Create Circle Center Point .............................. 27
Create Circle Center point .............................. 27
P
Create Curve At Intersection ........................ 576 Pocket parameters page ................................. 71
Create Fillets ................................................... 23 Post Process The File ...................................... 98
Create Fillets For The Two Rectangles ............ 23 Post Processing ............................................... 98
Create Parallel Lines ..................................... 110 Post Processor ................................................ 53
Create Polar Lines ......................................... 116 Program # ....................................................... 56
Create Rectangles ........................................... 19 Project .......................................................... 138
Create Revolved Surfaces ............................. 135 Propagate Along Tangencies ........................ 435
Create Silhouette Boundary ......................... 441 R
Create The Draft Surfaces ............................... 30 Reorganizing The Toolbars ............................... 4
Create The Fillet Surface ............................... 558 Retract ............................................................ 68
Create The obround rectangular shape ........ 135 Rotate - Copy The Surfaces ........................... 606
Create The Parallel Lines .............................. 110 Rough parameters page ................................. 69
Create The Pocket Floor Surface .................. 552 S
Create The Revolved Surface ........................ 135 Scale .................................................................. 3
D Select The Machine And Set Up The Stock ..... 53
Delete Entities .............................................. 382 Setting Mastercam To Metric ......................... 10
Display ............................................................ 58 Setup the stock model .................................. 274
Divide ............................................................ 310 Shaded .......................................................... 244
Draft Surfaces ........................ 30, 34, 36, 43, 46 Simulate the toolpath in Verify ...................... 74
Drive surfaces ................................................. 68 Solid Revolve ................................................ 400
E Steep/shallow ............................................... 288
Extrusion Operation ................................32, 399 Stock Models ................................................ 274
Stock Origin .................................................... 58
F Stock to leave on drive ................................... 68
Feed Calculation set From tool ....................... 56 Surface Finish Blend ..................................... 305
Feed plane ...................................................... 68 Surface Finish Leftover ................................. 880