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Step IIV Step
James ValentinoJoseph Goldenberg
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LEARNINGMASTERCAM
X8LATHEStep
by
Step
James ValentinoJoseph Goldenberg
ISBN 978-0-8311 -3511 -9
Industr ial Press.lnc32 Haviland Street Unit 2CSouth Norwa lk , CT 06854
Sponsoring Ed itor John CarleoCo~er Des ign: Janet Romano-MurrayIndex Editor: Robert Weinstein
Co~er photos supplied by Tom Lipton
Copyright 102015by Industrial Press inc.. Printed in the Uni ted States of America All rightsreseevec. This book, or any parts thereof may not be resproduced, storedin a retrival system, or transmitted in any lorm wrthout the perm ission of thepublisher
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CONTENTS
C H A PT E R - 1 INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB
1-1 Cha pte, Objecti\les
t -a M".I'm""mX8 e NC Software
\ -3 System Requi rement. 10< Verni"" X8
\ -4 Convenbons Used T hrOUgh""! the Te>rt
1-5 l""ta~atJon of M".lIm ;"", X6 Demo Software lor $11.1"""\ Use
1-6 An Overview 01 Generating A W<JId Address P'<>gI am Via Mas,ercMl X8
1-7 Types of FII... C,• • ted by Mas/ere..." X8
1·8 Starling the Maste,e,"", X8
1-9 Entering !he MaSlerCMl X8 Lathe Paokage
1· 10 A Oe.cri pbon olthe Masle re,"", X8 Lathe Main Interface W ndow
1-11 Ma.lercam XS". Short-Cut ~ey. 10' Entenng Commands
1-12 Setting Working Param et. ,. Vi. the System C<>n~gu,abon Di alog 8 0.
1-13 Using On u ne Help
1.14S• • ing_ File
1· 15 Opening" File
1·16 Usin Qthe Zip2Go Ulllily
1·17 C,eating. New File
1·18 Con verti ng Files !Tom P,e.;o,," Releases of Ma>le,cam X to XB
1_19 h iting lhe Mas/ere_ XB Design/Lathe Package
Exercises
C HAPTER-2 BASIC CAD OPERATIONS
2-1 Ch apte, Objectives
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2-2 Gene,ating and EdW ng a Wi,eframe CAD Model 01 a Part
2-3 SeltJng the Construction Plane To Lathe Diamet...
2·. Creating Lin"" in 20 Space
2-5 C,eating Circles in 20 Space
2-'6 C'eating Arcs in 20 Spece
2-7 C'uting Fillets in 20 Spece
2-8 C,uting Cham fe", in 20 Spece
2·9 Oetebng Enbl''''' in 20 Space
2-10 Tnmining En~ti"" in 20 Space
2-11 Zooming GraphiC$ Wn<low Displays
2·12 Pannin9 Screen o;spIavs
2-13 Filling the Existing Geometry to the Screen Display Area
2·14 Rep arnbngtM Screen
2-15 Tbe Undo/Redo F...,ebons
Exerci•.,.
C H A PTE R - 3 BASIC LATHE OPERATIONS
3-1 Cba pler Objectrves
3-2 An Eu mpte ot Basic latl>e Mac:hining
E.ercis""
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2-1\
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2-17
2·18
2·19
2-20
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C H A P T E R - 4 GROOVING AND THREADING OPERATIONS 4-1
4-1 Cba pter Objectrves
4-2 An Eumple ot G,ooving and Threading
E.ercis""
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C H APTE R-S C·AXIS CAD OPERATIONS
5-1 Cha pter Obj""""e.
5-2 An Example 01 Generahng C-a.i. 'A\'elr. me Geometry
E, erci.es
C H APTER -o C·AXIS OPERATIONS
6-1 Cha pte r Obj""""e.
6-2 An Example 01e-..i. Machining
6-3 E. ...cioes
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1- 1
CHAPTER - 11INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB
1-1 Chapter ObjectivesAile, com pleting this chapt... ~ou"';l1 be abje to:
1, State the system , equirements lor installing Ma. lercam A8
2 Describe the general p ,oce• • of gene ra tinll " word address program iii. Masteream X83 Know the !'I p<! ' of i l. s created by M••ta",am X84 Understand how to start Mas 'eream X8
5 Describe the nine gene ' . 1elements of MaSle,eM> XS', inte,lace "';ndow
6. Stale how 10 selthe . yslem'. wor king parameler.
7. Understand the b. sic concepts of Goiew, V iew, WCS ,Cpl.n. and Tplane
8 Know how to lIS. Itt. Hel p. Save , and Ex it ""mmanOs
1-2 Masrercam X8 CNC Softwa re
One of the moll! popu la' CNe software pack"9"" available l<>day i. MaM"ream X8Itom CNe Softw.", . Inc located 01671 Old Pos' Road. Tolland. CT 06084CNe Software can . Iso be reached at 860-875-5006 . Fo< info<mat on on thelates! prodUct de. elopmenls. and downloads of enhancements and patches.• isd thei r web sile at wwwma.te",em com .This softwa re has a short learning Curve. It presents the 115er with an easy tofollow menu system that works full y wi th the V'ffidows a operating system_Part geometry can be ea.. ly ereale<l wi th Maslerc"", 's CAD pac kage. The
CAM pac kage enabl es Ihe ope rator to qu ickly select the part materiaLmach ining operahons and cutting tools , The software allows the operator toIden\l!y the CAD geometry to be . elected for a machining operotion thenquick ly generales the required 1001 path. The ope.-.tOl' uses the macn;ne iUldcontrol defin ilions managers to specify the feaues of the CN(; machine to beused. Th e appropriate postp rocessor is also selecte<llrom the system 's library,Ma. te",em is ttl en dlrecte<l to gen erate the correspondIng word address partprogram . A very powerful leature of the software is its abdity to verify the partprogram by animeting the enti re maohlr;ng PI""es. MaS/. ream automaticatlychecks for any tool ooil ision. when ver i~oation is rUMlng
' . 3 System Requirem ents for Vers ion X8Me.te",am x a Is a a. -bit CNC software packageThe following minimum system hardware and software rrusl be in.talled,
• Windows 7 or 8
• In tel 0' AMD M bd PI""essor
• I02~ y 1280 resoiution(minirrum)
• System memory, ~GB
• 250GB drive, 20GB Iree hard disk space
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1-4 Conventions Used Throu ghout t he Text
The lollo"';ng c",,,enlion. are u.ed t"''''' gIl''''l lhi. le.l
CHAPTER]
DISPLA Y MEANING PICTORIAL
= Direcls the ope,ator to pre..
•• IEnte, 1 ~e~ 0<1 the
*eyboard
Direcls the ope,alor to pre..
I soooo II." I •• !s pace Ba' l key 0<1 thekeyboard ,
Click 19 Mean. to move tt,.,mou.e CurtO, to positio<1 ~<ur_ 1~ a"d p,e• • the LEFT
,-~
moun button r_ "'......."..._.~~III . cu':"rrip oMUOII N ~
(~~'••• Command. to be typed
at th. hybOMd appe a'in bold
w'en placed next to example. and e. erei.... , tI>ol lco<1
®in dical.... fi l . b y rh. U rn. ",.m ./s 0" rh. "" closed CO _The sludenl can 9 . t th. fl' . ""d follow th. ""'rll
C~Interactively
• Place fhe DEMO. EXERCISES CO in the drf\te
•When fhe Masterc"", X8 ~ raphic auto ·displays,
Click the L EV bulfo<1
e- Double C,ck on fhe Ma' tercam X8 Demo icon~.._-"• Click File ,Click ~ Ope"
• Click OVD RW [)<i_ olE) MCA~X8-EXERCISES
• the chaPf" " l ile folders.
rn CHAPTER2
rn CHAPTE R3••
CH A pTER 1 1-3
' · 5 Installatio n of Mastercam X8 Demo CD Software for Student Use
.. Place the DEMO X8 CD in the CD drive
The Mastercan! XB ll'aphic shown below wi l auto-display
DemoltamoLoai lliliQ
Mulercarn U ln .lOlis
'0Documenlanon
ConlaetU.
" Click 0 the M..lercarnX7ln.tlIli'
.. Follow the prompts au/oma/lcally trirJ')6red b1 th e software on the CO to completethe installa tion,
' -6 An Overview of Generating a Word Address ProgramVia Mastercam X8
""1 part to be machined using Ma. !f>rcam X 8 software musl fi....l be drawn uS" Qedherthe Masterc"", X8 compuler aided dralling (CAD) package 0( imported from anotherCAD paCkage such as AutoCAD Of SolidWorks. The pa" geomeu1 Cl eated by theCAD pac kage is used direclly by the computer ai<led machining (CAM) pac ka~ On.peci fyi ng th e location 01 machin ing cycles and in the <let....mination 01 thecorresponding 1001 paths . Ultimately, the CAM package produces a IXlrnplete wordaddress pr0ll'am lor machining . specified part on a particular CNC machine1001 (10 learn more about word address prog,amming relet to IntmducbonlO CompuletNume, ic. 1Conllol 51h Ed by J.Valenhno and J .GoIdenbetg. published bjI Plentice Hall
The sequence ot .teps to be Iollowed to direct Maslercarn XB to generate a word addressprogr am lor a mWing CNC machine tool are shown in Figure 1- 1.
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1-7 Types o f Files Created by MastercamX8
CHA.PTER 1
Ma.ta",am X8 i. des'gn ed to be mOro compob ble woth Mic,o. off. !/WOelin... andoecu'ity measure•. To lhis e nd th" ~ is 10cal«1 On the loll~ng defau" insltJIlMtOI1di ' e<:lQtY '
~4-biI operalmg . y.tem. C:IProg ram Files\mcamx8IMaote r<:am .eoe
Th" ope,ato, wil l "ncounter various fil e u ten" "" name. On the oourse 01 worl<ingWIth Ma. I"", ,..,, X8 .o/twa' e , The eolen.ion name' ond the" meanings a' e I'sledbelow ;n one place 1« quic~ , ererenc.. ,
a}CONFIG Fi laThe . yole m detilU~ .alu... suoh a. unlt• .allocation. , toleranoe. , NC . etti"9's, ''''''enand CAD .elrmg. are stored in the oonfiguration fie that has tP>e e' lenS/OIl .CONFIG
b) MCl..a FilesAlt the pdrT geometry gene,aled in OESIGN mode and loci pain infOl'mMion c'ealed
in MI LL mod<> i• • to, ed in ft le. thal ha.e the " xl" oS/on .MCl..a
cj MATERIALS Fila,Ma. terc,"", XB ha. an ulen.ive lib,ary 01va,iou. mate,ials . The informati onon " particular materral i••tored in the mate ,ials fi le with enension .MATERIALSMasl,,'cam X8 u. ... lhi. info' mot;on to ""Iomar'cally ...1 til..~m..n<I..a."...,a. ana f....a. for 0 pal1icular cutting tool u.ed in 0 machining operation ,The ope ,atOl' Can also manually e nt" r desir"d . pe eds and I""ds.
d} TOOLS FilesTho loo/Iibrary fil". WIth th" e. t"".ion .TOOLS contain a comprehe n, ;"e ,et or themoot common tocl, 10 be oele<:l"d in orde' 10 executo tP>e machining of a part
e} PST 0' MCPOST FilesTh" p OM pmcessor. 10< va,iou. CNC controt units are stored On fieothat hav" the exten.."" .PST or lhe newe, e.lensi"" ,MCPOSTThe change ha. been mad" becau. e Winsowo oca.ionallv confuses.PST with the .ame e>lension us"d with Mia<>soft OutlookNole : For nch p<>st ' enomed 10 .MCPOST the operalo< m" . latoo build 0 new
control definrti on and ;mpOl't the settings from the ~d control <lefinition,
I) NCI FilesNCI(Numelical Conllollnte,mediale} fil... c""taln Ihe 1o~ palh coo<di natevalue, a, well a, .poed" feeds and olhe,lmport""t mach.,lng In1«mationfo,,, job These fi les ha. e lhe e. tens ion . NCI
I) NC Fila,Th...e fi le. conta in the word . ddrass parT program. Maslaream X5 use. aparticula, .PST ~ Ie and e selected .NCl file to generale the ""nesponding,NC file . Th" .NC ~ I e is sent to the CNC machin " 100l lar prOduOO1g the pall
CH A.PTER 1
1-8 Starting Mastercam X8
Masteream X 8 is stalled by <IoYbie d ieking <3) on the MastercamX8 icooappea ring on th e Windows desklOp. See Fi t'J,e 1-2
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Figure 1·2 Starting Ma. tercamXe ffom lt1 e Wmdows Desl<top
1-7
1-8 CHAPTER 1
1-9 Entering the Mastercam X8 Lathe PackageTo enter til e Mill package th e operator muet sele<:t. milling ",achine from the machinetype drop down menu.
. Click 0 the Ma chine Type drop 00"'" menu
.. Click @ the Lathe package I.. Click ® _ ""
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. 'f". -Ma chine Type drop oown menu
La1tl e paCkage
.. CliC k ® the I """
Mastarcam wHI then change th e main inte,fac e window list ing 110m Design to Lathe
CHAPTER 1 1-9
' ·10 A Description of the Mastercam X8 Lathe Main Interface Window
T~e Me.le '""m x e Lathe main inler lace wi ndow ...imilar to any other _ ,,>Ow thaI i. ....ed illthe Wi ndows operalrn~ . y. tem, The interface WIndow """.isto 01 ";,,e ~eneral e lements:
o menu baro tool bar.o autocursOl ribbon baro ~eneral • •I.ction ribt>on baro current functron ribb"" baro <>perali"". mana9<ro gra "" ic. windowo . tatu . I>o ro MRU(most recently ....ed) llK1 r:tion bar
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1- 10
MEN U B A R
CHAPTER 1
This e lement contains twenry f/o,e drop down menus. Seve,al 01 the functions have icons nexllothem so the ope,alo, gets a g,aphio pictu,e 01 what the command accomplishes . A funct"'" isexecu ted by moving the moose curs", over d and pres.i"lllh. lefl mouse button. The op....t'"also has the ab ility to c,eat. cus tomiz.d drop down menus . Rete.- to Chapter II .
(ilFILE EM V IEW A>W.YZE CREATE SOLIDS MODEL PREP XFORM MACHINE TYPE TOOlPATH$
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.. l ett Click (!) the drop down fL.llction
.. move Ihe curso, down 10 lhe desi,ed command @
.. Th . symbol .. indicates a cascading sub-menu ,ela~ng to the command uisls
.. move the cm50r acr""5 10 the desi.ed command in !he sub_menu and ' e lt dick @to u ecute it
TO OLB A RS
Toolba .. are aehl of buttons thaI execule M..le.cam functions T""ba.. are normaNy dockedbUI they oan be u ndo o~ed and , elocated by clicking " n thei, "grab" handle. TooIabrs oan alsobe res haped a nd customized,
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~ Move the mous e eu..", on 'he grab ba. and Pless the lell mouse bUlloo <D~ K eepln, the left b u lto n d epAl' sed, move 'he .oolb . r 10 its new Io<aboo @: rele••e .
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~ Move the curso, near the edge ol the loolbar unl il the double hea<led arrow appears
~ Depre.. the let! mouse button and h eplng It dep ressed drag il 10 posibon @"elease,
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1-12
AUTOCURSOR RIBBON BAR
CHAPTER 1
AuIOW'SO' is used 10 autom'Hlclilly del~l."d snllp 10 cem.n poinllocabOfls ong,aphic enbbes di.played on tho .creen This is done as the """,at<>r mo.es the mousecur-sor o_. r the onlibes . Snap locabon. include endpoints. e""ters ol.res, inl"",ectJ<>ns ,mid!>0ints. etc . Autoeurso, is a.bv.ted every time Masle' eam prompts the operalor 10
select a locat ion on the .creen. Upon detecting a . napped polnt loc.tion autocursordisplays a .....i. u. 1cue" 10 the right 01 ttle cursor, Cue. include:
+", en dpoinl . nap
X inter-section pointsnap
o center 01 arc sn ap
II Autocu'so, does nol deloct any points 10 .nap to rt aulemabcally defaul ts to ttle Sketcherhmcbon The operalor tben e nto.. tho point location u";ng co<>retinat... ,
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•removod snap chock off.
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CHAPTER 1 I - I J
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Enables the ope fa tor to s pecify poin! k>cabons 10 snap 10 by usmg smgle ~.ystrol<•• .
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The General Selecbon ribbon bar io used 10 oele ot ""libea diSj>oyed in tr.e grapl1ics windowGen,,,.1 Se lection i. aeri"" ally t,m"lhe operaror i. 1101 ill an aeti"e function suoh a. S kelche r,Ana lyze or View Manipulabon , GeneralS~ection is acti';a led by Mastercam X8 runclon. ltIaipfOmp! lt1e operator to o" eel ent~ies
K T/I A fl."; Till: SH./XT I:S TlTIIS .1/1-.'.' t '
" l e ft Click <D Togg le Ve' ii'/ selection bunon
.. Left Click ® lt1 e down arrow
" l e ft Click @ the en! i!,; s e lection m"!hOO
1-14 CHAPTER 1
CURRENT FUNCTION RIBBON BAR
The cu rre nt fun clion ribbon ba r ia use d to c,eote and e<\ll CAD geom etry, RIbbon bals have aclos e appealanco 10 (oolba l" and wo,~ very much Ii~e dialog boxe• . They Can be docked orundocked and ,el oc ated in a conven ie"t a,e a 01the g,aph ic" " ",ee" , If a rib!>on ba, for a !unctione. i,,' s it is a utomatica lly acbvaled and dis played whe" the lInction is ,,~eeted . A t> .n~ ,ibbonbar is ,"splayed by Ma.Ierca", xe above the graphICS window when nO ribbon bar ia aewale<!When a function with a ribboo bal i. >elocle<! Ma.lercam X8 replaces th e blank with
lt1 e nbbon bar lor the fun.ction
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@)!1J ~~~f~ ... ~ '" !!:lIil lll lil .,." co.Toolpaths .,. Q--- -,.....-..... ,... ""
.. Lett C lick CD The Cifcie Cent", pi Button ,
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/,Ia""ream xehas a lell click sele choo fea lul e . lI the opelator left cO ckson the SEL ECT/ON rt re m ains locked 1/1 !hal mode until ft>& operalorleft dlcb 0" !he u led i. " e'l";'" II lhe opera tor ' e ft ckcks in the VALUEbox it is in e ffec t for .. si/l'l'" .""nt onty.
CHAPTER 1 1- 15
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iii 15 Iil l" '" <; . 1 • •Toolpaths . , i-. I i- ."1.- - '", _ , _ 00',
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'" ,,'..-'''' ,,!-two-I-I' .. . 1 I "'''' "1- " 1- -1- -1"'- 1'.. move the mouse curso, on lI>e boundarv 01 the rib l>oo bar and pten tile len moose
bullon <D.. keeping Il>e let! burro/! depr-eued move th e ,ibbon ba, to ilS new locabon @
and release,
THE OPERATIONS MANAGER
The Operations Manage, is dispiayed to "'e len 01 the graphics W;MOoW. II conlains boll> "'eTool path Manag"' , the Sol ids MaMage, and ArI . The epe,abons M'Mg" ' is MasrercMl XB'scontrol cenler lor a iob , Some of its Il.Olcbons include;
• hoting al l machining op" ,ati"" s in the order which "'ey w;1I occu,
• bacl<plorring and verifyl"'1 toolpaths fo, listed machiMing "!,,,rations
• editing any 01 Ihe mac hining pa,amel ers 01 listed operabo06
• re -oequenci flf} Ihe o, de, 01 IiSfed machining "!"'lations
• dfllellflg listed mach ining "!,,,lab"".
• crealmg rt<I'" machimng opelabons by copying nisl ing ones and edl\ing
• postprO<'e'Siflf} a wo,d address part ptogram
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• Move th e cursor " e", th e edge 01 the toolba r until the dou~e headed arrow appean:
• D..pru s Ih .. lpft mous~ button and h .."in'l lt depressed drag ~ 10 pos ition@) : rel~ase
H'R.\J.Ui TIlE ON:/{ I TIOS,\' .' I IS IGI.'R m SI 'L I I' (/.'101'1'
Th~ Op~ralions Manager i . di.pla y ilI lurn~d on. by delatil Th~ "I'~ral()f can loggi ~ the dioplayoff or on by using the $hort-cul keys on the keyt>o~rd '
THE GRAPHICS WINDOW
Part geometry is Cfeated , ediled and viewed ;n th e worl<ing area calle<! the Graphics windowBac~plotted t oolpath$ and verification 01 machining operation is also dioplayed in this area,Th . Graph'cs WIndow can b. res,zed. DOin g so also .....iZ<'. tt.~ wi<lth of t!le Op<!,al""'sManag@r Window. Wh~n th@Groph,csWndow is'",'zed Ma. l ttrcam X8 rem@mb. rs the ...,lbng~nd wi ll m~int~in it When lh ~ soflw~re i. opened aga;n
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Ma>lercam XB display. lh~ following indi calo," in lh~ graphics window 10 k~~p th~ "I'~'alor
upd~led with important p~,~meter5 relating to the job al hand These include:
THE CURRENT WOR KING UNI TS AND SCALEinch or melrlc and the number of unitsdisplayed per incn or millimeter, Tnis!'I p~ of sca linll pro,,;d.... f~el tor theaclual siZ<' 01 the part.
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THE COORDINA TE AXIS ICON("GNOMOItl")
Gview GnomonMas,~rcam X 7 d,"plays ,he """"Iatlonof ,h~ CUffen, G"ew In Ihe lower leftcorner ol lhe Graphi CS Window ThaX axis is shown red, D. axis greenB~low Ihe gnomon Mas,,,,,,,.,,, X8",dlcar~s Ihat /he GVltOW os alignedwlIh TOP and VIews WCS, Cplaneand Tplane are als<> aligned TOPOr wi,h ,ha cunen! Gview
Gplane GnomonMasler<am X8 display. the Cplane gnomonin the upp~r I~ff corner ollh~ Grapflics Wndow,Thi. indicate. the o<ienlation 01 the Cplane.
fp/ana GnomonMaster<am X8 displays the Tplane gnomonin the upp~r nghl com", 01 the G,aphics Wndawto . how the Tplane'. o,ientation Thi. indicate.the orientation 01the to<>l
WCS GnomonThe WCS gnomon i. displayed at the <>rIglll
01 Ihe CU"~nt WCS and indicates its cUffenlor i ~nta!ion . The colo< of the \NeS gnomon ..• et in the View Manager dialog box,
ReIer to Section 1· 12 10' th~ steps to bstaken to <fi,ed Masterc"", Xl to display the""gnomons at all times
When lhe ope'8to,works in Mast"rcam X7Design the Tplane gnomon ," nol display&<!in the Graphics Wndow
MOUSE CURSORThe Graphics cursor is used as a pomrmgf ,aentl/ymgdevice, The localton 01 a poinl can be inputtedb~ moving the curso, to a location in theGraphics Window and pr.ss ing the mouse buttonThe cursor is also used to iden'ify which obje-ctsin the Graphics W ndow are 10be ope'ated on byth. currenl command
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G" . w:TOP WCS :TOf' TlCplane:TOP
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STATUS8AR
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Masterc"", XS's stalus bar is posilioned al the bonnm of !he main inlerface "';ndow The len.ide of Ihe stalus bar dispiays .Ialu' m..s.age. and lhe right side enables the ope,al'" 10specHy Important paramel«" .<>Irlng. , These include entily creation ""pes(20 ,30 ) , oriental"",s(Gview and Plan..), depth (Z ), enl ily color. levels on which inf",ma~oo Os piaced, i neIypeslwi<fll,s and poinl lypes(attributes), view sellmgs(WCS) and Groups
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MRU FUN CTION BAR
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The MRU(M05t Reoently Used) function b. , isloo'led 10 the right olthe m.in inle, l.oewindow. M..tero&'>! X8 ke eps tr.c k 01 l!1e I"" funcl ion Ihe opewO/' sel"'ted and Creale, ..bUllon fO/' ,t In Ihe MRU to%ar . The MRU m. ke, the mo.t ,e, ,,,,tty used funotion. ea",Jyacces sible to, use again in one location.
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1· " Masterr;;am XB's Short-Cut Keys for Entering CommandsIn addition to using loolba' and d'op down menus . the operator Can a" o use shor!..,utkeys ' 0' quick ly ente 'ing functions . Key u. e , educes !he l1eed 1m chcking into .ub·menus!he,eby dramalica lly lowering Ihe lime it I"~es to complete operations in Maslercam X8 Ke~
can proyide additiona l n..ibil'ty For e>ampie , !he ~e~ !hat cause pan and zoom cOn beuoed while a line fun ction is be'ng executed .
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1-12 Setting Working Parameters Via the System Configuration Dialog Box
Important wor king parameter. in Ma.reream xa are .peeified in the Syslem C""fi\IUfahondialog box. ThI>s e indude loiera nee selling , file subdife<:!of)' "",alion, scre"" sellin6/',NC sellrngs, CAD sellings. ele . The con~guraIJon file is sa.,.,d as MCAM X.CONFtG fof Englishunits ," MCAMXM.CO NFIG lor meUio units.
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" Click @ the Current ccn~gur.h"" ~Ie down button EJ
" a ick @ IOf Lathe pa,t program. where English uni ts al e ""cd
"" Click ® for Lathe part program. where metric units afe ""ed
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Your mill jobs will now be .a.ed and ,elJie.ed from the di,ect""l namedcw....·........>P<><..............,. _ • ..." 'JIIA~""""""- ""'en lhe edited confi \ltJ ral"", fi ie i. saved
Confi ~",e Ma.t"rclil1l to automatically hnd and d<J1<tI" dupl,cat~ ~ntdies every tim~ a fi le is OI'"nod'- Click 0) che<:~ "" 'or 0 o.- ...._..,..... ~ ...·""""
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By <lelault Mastere"", x e has the eoflrmuClJS display for tt1 e WCS gnomon set to 0". Theope rator can change this setbng to on $0 the loca t,on oitr.e worlr;ng origin is 'Mplayad IN ali~ma. Beginners a lso find il he lpful 10 nave the Lea<n<ng Mode prompts t>rned on when
exe culing function.
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SPH'IIT/.U; PI;/: I n r n-TTI.YGS FOR I V'I.\T.I.YP u n HI1EI' . I S I ) un; 1I111rl/.~
. Clio ~ @theP",ntStyle<lownarrowEl
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• Click 0 \~ e Line Wi<tlll down arrow El
• Click 0 t~e dn lred line wi<f~
. CliO ~ e the Line Style down arrow El
. Clio ~ @ the desired line style
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• To "l'en • cu.tomized configuratioo lil a, m ycon f;gl , opan the System Configu ratioo dialog box
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Note· it is a""'sable 10 save your cu. lomrz<>d configu'a~on fi le(a) ",!h e. tension ( .CONFIG)to a FLASH diive th at wa y they ora readily aval.bl. if r. s toration ia ne.<Ie<!.
CH APTER 1
1-13 Using On Line HelpMa.rercam provides quick access to inlormation regarding ba.ic concepts. commancls.tcols.and informabon abou! the latest retea.e cl the scftware
• P,ess!he EI+!!J keys
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Welcome to M••terCll'" Help The 'n~o ~ow ""I' t" e youto help to""",, aClOu! the Ma. telO.m ",," dow and ribbon
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• Toolpal" Manago,
o Solido Manage,
• Art ""ana gor
A<Id1bona' resources p,ovlded _ Ma.tefoa", oro 'ocatedIn tllelOooumo_on 101"", ,n your Ma.to,eomIfI$tallalicn •
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Welcome 10 Masteroam Help The , nQ below.... llIk. youto help topice a boul ttle ",..teroa '" ."n<lOw and nllOorl0 • •
Addotlonal resoorces pr"" ,<lod with Ma.le rc. m a re loc alodin "'. lOooom.nt",on fold. r in yoor I,l..l. « amI n.ta~aboo
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CH APTER 1
~ Double C,ck~ open the contents 01 Maste,c. m Inte,face {J1I~ Double Click@ open the contents ollnte" . "" Overview (J1I~ Click I§' Common M• • te,c.m boutton.
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•..·1iI Welcome m.y . ,. 0 .ppe. r ,n toolb. " 0' men"" . Th.... common•.•~Maste,,,,,m ,nt'odcnon bunon. n.v. univ. r...1 f"nction, th'o ughout tne;"iji}P ",...te,ce m onterla"" inte" oce. The i, ,m. ge, . nd functiono' dellC' ipKIna . re
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I" f!l comm on~le,ce...~ . ['71 OK · FIXe. lhe Irve enlTy l""'a,e
1"f!lTool bars .pphcable ) .nd clo.... the dialog!..f!I Prompts box 0' ,ibbon bar!..; RiQht_c1 ic~ monu.
~ . reF ) Apply _Corn• • 0.... ,he c""'lfll!.. Lo. rning m<>de and!..~ D. t. ontry . hortcuts ta,k ""th oh""en • • ltJ ngo. Fo,
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CH APTE R 2
l unzoom J or
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Displays the geometry at the scale ofilia previous zoom. If no previous zoom existsthe system will reduce the geometlic display by lIalfils original size . Unzoom can beused a maximum of eigllt l imes to reduce the current geometric display .
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GROOVING AND THREADING OPERATIONS
4-1 Chapter ObjectivesAn., compl.~n Q this enaple< yoo wil l be able to ;
1. Evoke lhe groove command
2 Speci fy the g,ooving oplioos
3 Speci fy Itle 9''''''''; ng 1001
4 Specify Ihe rough Q"""'. parameters5 evoke the thread command6 Obtain the thrudmg tool ""d inserl.7 Specify th e thread s hap'" par.mele"'_
8 Speci fy the thread OJ! paramelers
4-2 An Example of Grooving and ThreadingEX AMPLE . ·1
Using PROCESS PLAN ( ·1 direct Mast.ream to • •ecute groo";ng and h eadmgo"" ,abaM on the part .hown in Figure ~- 1_
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CH A PTE R 4EXERCISES
( .1) Ge nerale lhe 20 p rofile ollhe part shown in Figu re ( 1'_1 Use P ROCESS PLAN ( 1'_1as aI1 aid in geM'8 ~ ng lh e parlp,ogram 10 l"odJu Ihe part
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~ · 3) Ge nerale the 2 0 p rofiles of th e pan shown in Fil1're ~p"3_ lise PROCESS PLAN ~P"3
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2 - ~ U,"C 00 lhread 4-2,4-62D 2.1 ,2.2.2-6.
2·R - 2· 11. 4·1, 5-3. 5·4l iRendmiliflal 6· 1 ~
3D 5-3,5-7,5-1 2;,4·bil 1.1.1.6
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5.12,5.13, 5-16. 5·1 ~
are, 1·12. r.u.2-1 . 2·7. 2·I I, 5-Ran 1-15allribul'" 1-20AuluCA lJ 1-4AUIU<ursoc 1·9, 1- 12AIIlO.,\,e 1-20
back rad,u' )·21, 6-2Ybackplul 3- 11.3- 14. 3- 18,
3-22bar >lod 3-2blank riblxm bar 1·14bre.k po';lion 5-9ooundary poinI3-19,6-2R
INDEX
CAU 1.1. 1.3. 1.4, 1·6.1·21, 2-1. 2·20. 3-1. 3·3 .4· 1. 5- 1, 5-3
CAM I- I. 1-3, 1-4, 2·20cancel <urrenl <"'n",and
1·20C·axi.5-1,5-3,5·7,5-11,
6-1.6-17.6-1 8,6·20 - 6·27
CD 1·2. 1·34, 3·1centerpoim 2·7,5-8.5-15,
5-17chain button 3. 12,3.15,
6· 11.6-L1, 6-15. 6· 11ch.mfers 2-1 . 2-9change 10 along mode 5-15C·hoob 1-20chu"k .1.1,3_2.3·1 , 6.7cirde 1-1 4,2--6,5-8.5-15,
5-11,5-18clca,ance btl' 6-19. 6-21.
6·24,6-27O K 1-1 .1 -6codc e,pen 3-27colli, ion , 1·5coh", 1·18.1 -24compensalion lype 3-13,
3-11,3-21. 6-12, 6-14,6·29
com!'uncnllihraric, 1-.16compress dal. f,le, 1-35configur'lion, 1-6, 1-20,
1.21. 1.26. 1.27, 2-20con'lIUCl~m pl.ne, ."'C
Cpfuneconlems lab 1-29conlinuou, dis!,lay 1·2). onluur 5-1.6.17,6-20.6·21conHl1ingfi lcs 1-36coordinate axi, icon,
.H ·C gnOm(m copy 1.20.5·10, 5-l) . 5·16, 5-18. 6·9
copycomm.nd 5-10.5-13,5-16
Cplane 1.1. 1.11, 2. 1. 5-4.5-11 .5-1 3,5·14.5-16
cru" contour 5-1 . 5·11 . 6-1 .6-20,6-21
e",,,drill 5.1.5. 14.6.1,6-22.6·2.1, 6·24. 6-27
curwr 1-2.1-1 1cutoff, 3-19, 3-20,3 -22.
6-28,6·29.Ul1inglwl, 1· 1
n box 3 - ~, 3-9.3-16, 3-20•6·8,6-9
<kfauhluol 1.6.1 -24. 3·1.\6-1 2
<k fLne 4-7,6-8dclCle 1.15,1 -20.2.10<kmo 1·2.1 -3dcplh 1-1 8. 6·19,6-21.6·24,
6-27dcSlgn mudc 1-6.1 .9di.mcl. c 5·4.5· 15,5 ·1 1directio",,1 .rro..... key, 2· 17directory 1-22di,play 1.2,1 -20.1 .23,1 .31.
2-8. 2·12 . 2-11. 2· 19di,lol1ed im.ge, 2· 19docked 1-10, 1- 14drafting oplion, 1·20drill 5-1 .5·1 1,6-22.6.2),
6-25 - 6-27drop do.....n menus 1-10dupli<ale enlrie, 1·22dynamic ,,~,m i ng 2· 16
ellip>e 2·11cnd!,oin' 1·12.1 ·1 ),2-.1,
2-4. 5·5, 5-12. 5-1 5, 6-11.6- 1l. 6-15, 6-1 7, 6-28
Engh,hunil' 1·21. nler kcy 1-2emily' crealmn lype' 1·18emrypomI3-12,3-15, 6-12,
6-14
exit 1.37.3-17. 6-12,6-14exi! f,le 1_20ex"",d/,honen 6·12,6·1 4
face 3-8, 3-11, 6-8facc Conlour 5_1 , 6· 1. 6· 17,
6·18face drill 5-1. 5-18, 6-1.
6_25. 6-26.6_27fa, tpoinlmode 1·13f<.'Cd, 1·6file, 1-21, 1-22. 1-33, 1-34.
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