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SolidWorks 13 to Mastercam X6A. Open File in Mastercam X6.Step 1. If necessary, save your Handle and Flywheel parts file in SolidWorks.

Step 2. In Mastercam X6, click File Menu > Open.

Step 3. In the Open dialog box set Files of type to SolidWorks Files, select your HANDLE file and click OK, Fig. 1.

Step 4. Change to the Isometric View. Use or Alt-7.

Step 5. Click Fit or use Alt-F1 to fit, Fig. 2.

B. Confirm Units are Inches.Step 1. Confirm in the bot-

tom right corner of the display the units are Inch, Fig. 2.

C. Save Your File.Step 1. Click File Menu >

Save As.

Step 2. Key-in SPINNING TOP TOOL-PATHS for the filename and press ENTER.

D. Change Color.Step 1. Click the All button in the

General Selection ribbon bar, Fig. 3.

Step 2. Click All Entities button Fig. 4.

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Step 3. Right click the color swatch in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen, Fig. 5. Key-in 140 for purple color number and press ENTER, Fig 6.

Step 4. Save . Use Alt-F S.

E. Rotate Body Around Axes.Step 1. Click the down arrow of the Set

Planes button in the toolbar and click Top (WCS), Fig 7.

Step 2. Click Xform Menu > Rotate.

Step 3. Click the solid body to select it and press EN-TER, Fig. 8. The solid will highlight when selected.

Step 4. Set: Move

1 for Number of Steps 180 for Rotation Angle Click Apply , Fig. 9.

Step 5. Click the down arrow of the Set Planes button

in the toolbar and click Front (WCS), Fig 10.

Step 6. Click the solid body again to select it and press ENTER, Fig. 11.

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Right click

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Solid body

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Step 7. Set: Move

-90 for Rotation Angle , Fig. 12.

Step 8. Click OK in the Rotate dialog box.

Step 9. Click Fit or use Alt-F1.

Step 10. Right click the drawing area and

click Clear Colors from the menu or use Alt-R C.

Step 11. Save . Use Alt-F S.

F. Merge Flywheel File.Step 1. Set color for Flywheel yellow. Click the color swatch in the

Status Bar at the bottom of the screen. Key-in 17 for yellow color number and press ENTER.

Step 2. Confirm Front (WCS) is selected in the Planes status bar, Fig 14.

Step 3. Click File Menu > File Merge/Pattern.

Step 4. Select your FLYWHEEL part file and click Open.

Step 5. Set Rotation 0 in the ribbon bar,Fig. 15.

Step 6. Click Current Attributes in the ribbon bar, Fig. 15 and Fig. 16.

Step 7. Click Select in the ribbon bar, Fig. 15.

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Step 8. Key-into the AutoCursor ribbon bar: X -3.8 Y -.375 Z -3 and press Tab key, Fig. 17 and Fig. 18.

Step 9. Click OK in the ribbon bar.

Step 10. Now, click Fit or use Alt-F1 to fit.

Step 11. Save . Use Alt-F S.

G. Create Bounding Box.Step 1. Draw the bounding box tangerine. Click the color swatch in the

Status Bar at the bottom of the screen. Key-in 94 for tangerine color number and press ENTER.

Step 2. Click Create Menu > Bounding Box.

Step 3. Set: check Lines Arcs uncheck Center Point, Fig. 19 Click OK , Fig. 20.

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H. Line.Step 1. Click Create Menu > Line > Endpoint.

Or click Line Tool in the toolbar.

Step 2. Draw a line between corners, Fig. 21. To drawn line, move cursor close to endpoint, when cursor changes to Endpoints

, click. Click OK to fix line and close ribbon bar.

I. Create Rectangular Shapes.Step 1. Draw the rectangular shape green. Click the color

swatch in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen. Key-in 10 for green color number and press ENTER.

Step 2. Click the down arrow of

the Set Planes button in the toolbar and click Top (WCS), Fig 22.

Step 3. Click Create Menu > Rectan-gular Shapes.

Step 4. Set: Base Point

7.5 for Width

5.5 for Height Click the Anchor point in the middle, Fig. 23

Click the down arrow in the Auto Cursor ribbon bar and click Mid-point , Fig. 24.

Click the line across corners, Fig. 25.

Click OK to closethe dialog box.

Step 5. Click Fit or use Alt-F1 to fit.

Step 6. Save . Use Alt-F S.

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midpoint of line

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J. Delete Orange Bounding Box.Step 1. Click the All in the General

Selection ribbon bar, Fig. 26.

Step 2. Click Color button in the Select All dialog box, Fig. 27.

Step 3. Click to place a check in tangerine (94) check box and click OK , Fig. 26.

Step 4. Press Delete key on the key-board, Fig. 28.

Step 5. Click Re-paint

or use F3 to redraw.

K. Move to Origin.Step 1. Display the origin. Use F9 to

show the axes, Fig. 29.

Step 2. Click Xform Menu > Move to Origin.

Step 3. Click bottom right end-point of rectangle, Fig. 29. Be sure to snap to Endpoint .

Step 4. Click Fit or use Alt-F1 to fit.

Step 5. Right click the drawing area and click Clear Colors

from menu.

Step 6. Toggle axes off. Use F9.

Step 7. Save . Use Alt-F S.

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Rectangle endpoint

SolidWorks Origin

New Mastercam Origin

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L. Create Chain Boundary.Step 1. Draw the boundary red. Click the color swatch in the Status Bar at the bottom of the

screen. Key-in 12 for red color number and press ENTER.

Step 2. Click Create Menu > Silhouette Boundary.

Step 3. Click both solid bodies, Fig. 13 and ENTER.

Step 4. Check Arc Fit, Fig. 12 and click OK .

Step 5. Save . Use Alt-F S.

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Solid body

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M. Machine Type and Stock Setup.Step 1. If necessary, display Operations Manager. Use Alt-O.

Step 2. If Machine Group is not displayed in the Operations Manager,Fig. 34, click Machine Type Menu > Mill > Default.

Step 3. Expand Properties (click the +) in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 34.

Step 4. Click Stock Setup in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 34.

Step 5. Click the right front top corner of the stock to move the origin, Fig. 35. After you click corner the arrow will point to corner.

Step 6. Click All Entities button in the Stock Setup, Fig. 35.

Step 7. Confirm X-Y-Z dimensions 7.5, 5.5, .75, Fig. 35.

Step 8. Confirm Stock Origin coordinates: X 0 Y 0 Z 0, Fig. 35.

Step 9. Click OK in the Machine Group Properties. The Stock is displayed as red wireframe, Fig. 36.

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Click corner to move arrow

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N. Circle Mill Toolpath.Step 1. Click Toolpaths Menu > Circle Paths > Circmill.

Step 2. Click OK in the NC name dialog, Fig. 37.

Step 3. In the Drill Point Selection dialog box click Manual Selection but-ton , Fig. 38.

Step 4. Click edge of hole in Flywheel and cylindrical inside face of hole in Handle and Fig. 39. Mastercam will locate center points of holes.

Step 5. Click OK in the Drill Point Selection dialog box, Fig. 38.

Step 6. In the Circle Mill dialog box confirm Point geometry is 2 and Arc geom-etry is 2, Fig. 40.

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Step 7. Select Tool from the tree control and: Click Select library tool button, Fig. 41.

Step 8. Click the Filter button, Fig. 42.

Step 9. Click None button under Tool Types, Fig. 43.

Step 10. Click Endmill1 Flat button (first button top row) and click OK, Fig. 43

Step 11. Click 235 1/4 Flat Endmill and click OK, Fig. 44.

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Step 12. Back in Tool page set: Tool # 1 Head # 1 Feed rate 60

Plunge rate 30Fig. 45.

Step 13. Select Cut Pa-rameters from the tree control and set: Compensation type Wear Compensation direction Left Tip comp: Tip Stock to leave on walls and floors 0 Fig. 46.

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Step 14. Select Rough-ing from the tree control and set: Check Rough-ing Plunge angle 30 Fig. 47.

Step 15. Select Depth Cuts from the tree control and set: Check Depth cuts

Max rough step: .15 Check Keep tool downFig. 48.

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Step 16. Select Linking Parameters from the tree control and set: Check Clear-ance Clearance .25 Retract .25 Depth -.75 Fig. 49.

Step 17. Click OK .

Step 18. Save . Use Alt-F S.

O. Verify Circle Mill.Step 1. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Man-

ager, Fig. 50.

Step 2. Click Machine quickly in Verify dialog box, Fig. 51.

Step 3. Turn on (button depressed) Simulate tool .

Step 4. Click the Machine in the Verify dialog box to start the machin-ing.

Step 5. Click OK to close Verify dialog box.

Step 6. Use Alt-T to turn off toolpath display.

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P. Contour Toolpath with Tabs.Step 1. Click Toolpaths Menu > Contour.

Step 2. Select C-plane in the Chaining dialog box, Fig. 53.

Step 3. Click the Chain button (C) in the Chaining dialog box, Fig. 53.

Step 4. Click red boundary of Handle for Chain 1, Fig. 54. The chain arrow should point clockwise around the chain. If the chaining directions arrow is pointing in the opposite direction - click Reverse

, Fig. 53.

Step 5. Click red boundary of Flywheel for Chain 2, Fig. 55. The chain ar-row should point clockwise around the chain. If the chaining directions arrow is pointing in the opposite direction - click Reverse

, Fig. 53.

Step 6. Click the OK button in the Chaining dialog box.

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Step 7. In the Contour dialog box con-firm 2 Chains are selected Fig. 56.

Step 8. Select Tool from the tree control and set: Feed rate 60

Plunge rate 30Fig. 57.

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Step 9. Select Cut Pa-rameters from the tree control and set: Compensation type Wear Compensation direction Left Tip comp: Tip Stock to leave on walls and floors 0 Fig. 58.

Step 10. Select Depth Cuts from the tree control and set: Check Depth cuts

Max rough step: .15Fig. 59.

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Step 11. Select Lead In/Out from the tree control and set: Uncheck Lead In/Out Fig. 60.

Step 12. Select Tabs from the tree control and set:

Check Tabs Select Max. distance be-tween tabs Set distance 3 Select Partial Select Ramp moves Width .4 Thickness .05 Fig. 61.(we’ll cut the tabs after Verify)

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Step 13. Select Linking Parameters from the tree control and set: Check Clear-ance Clearance .25 Retract .25 Depth -.75 Fig. 62.

Step 14. Click OK .

Step 15. Save . Use Alt-F S.

Q. Verify Contour with Tabs.Step 1. Click the Toolpath Group-1 in the

Toolpaths Manager to select both toolpaths,Fig. 63.

Step 2. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Man-ager.

Step 3. Click the Machine in the Verify dialog box to start the ma-chining, Fig. 64.

Step 4. Rotate view to confirm the tabs, hold down middle mouse button (wheel) and drag to rotate view, Fig. 65.

Step 5. Click OK to close Verify dialog box.

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R. Cut Tabs.Step 1. Expand Contour toolpath and click Parameters in the Toolpaths

Manager, Fig. 66.

Step 2. Expand Tabs, select Tab Cutoff from the tree control:Check Cutoff operation, Fig. 67Select Separate operation and click OK .

S. Verify Cut Tabs.Step 1. In the Toolpaths Manager, click Regenerate all selected opera-

tions , Fig. 68.

Step 2. Click the Toolpath Group-1 to select all three toolpaths, Fig. 69.

Step 3. Click Verify

in the Toolpaths Man-ager, Fig. 69.

Step 4. Click the

Machine in the Verify dialog box.

Step 5. Click OK to close Verify dialog box.

Step 6. Save .

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