Setting the Environment

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SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT


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Mastercam Training Guide

Setting the Environment - Page - 1

SETTING THE ENVIRONMENTCOMPLETE THESE STEPS BEFORE STARTING EACH LESSON

Before starting the geometry creation and generating the toolpaths you should:

Set up the Grid. This will help identify the location of the origin. Customize the toolbars to machine a 2D part. Set the machine type to a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine.

SET THE DISPLAY OF THE GRID:1. Launch Mastercam.2. Select from the pull down menu Settings>Configuration.

3. From the window on the left side of this window expand the Screen topic by selecting the +sign and then select Grid Settings.

4. Enable the Visible Grid and change the Size to 1.

5. Select the OK button to complete this function.6. When prompted to Save settings to configuration file selectYes.


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Setting the Environment Mill


SET THE TOOLBARS REQUIRED TO CREATE THE GEOMETRY ANDMACHINE A 2D AND OR A 3D PART:

1. Select from the pull down menu Settings>Toolbar States.2. Select 2D-Toolpaths if you are doing Lessons 1 through 8,select 3D-Toolpaths if your

doing Lessons 9 through 14.3. Then select the Load button.

4. Select the OK button to accept the settings.

To toggle on or off the display of the Operations Manager.5. To Show or Hide the Operations Managerpane on the left of the screenpress Alt + O.

Pressing Alt + O acts like a toggle switch between Show and Hide. For more information onthe Operations Managersee the Tips and Techniques section on the multimedia CD

supplied with this text.6. The Mastercam interface will be displayed as shown below when the operations Manager is

hidden.


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SELECT THE TYPE OF MACHINE For all the Lessons you will use a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine to machine the part. If you do not have the appropriate post processor for the Generic Haas 4X Mill use the

Default Mill. To set the machine type do the following:

1. Select from the pull down menu MachineType>Mill.

2. Click on the Generic Haas 4X Mill.MMDmachine type.

3. If you do not see the Generic Haas 4X MILL file, select Manage list and Add this machine.Select the green check mark when done.

4. Now select from the pull down menu Machine Type>Mill.5. Click on the Generic Haas 4X Mill.MMD-5 machine type.6. To display the Toolpath Managerpress Alt + O.7. The toolpaths manager should look as below:

You are now ready to proceed to a Lesson.


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OPTIONALINSTALLING A POST PROCESSOR FOR MASTERCAM X5

The default installation directory for Mastercam is now C:\Program Files\mcamx5 In Windows XP, user data is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\\My

Documents\my mcamx5, and shared data is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Documents\shared mcamx5

1. For the following example we will install a post processor for a Generic Haas 4 Axis CNCMilling Machine. Note: If you are not sure which Post Processor to use or the post for yourmachine is not listed contact CNC Software at 1-800-275-6226 or [email protected].

2. Open the Haas.ZIP file (or compressed post processor file).3. Copy the following 2 files into the C:\Documents and Settings\All

Users\Documents\shared mcamx5\CNC_MACHINES directory; generic haas 4x mill.mmd-5 generic haas 4x mill.control-54. Copy the generic haas 4x mill.pst file into; C:\Documents and Settings\All

Users\Documents\shared mcamx5\MILL\Posts directory


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OPTIONALSETTING A DEFAULT CNC MACHINE

To set Mastercam to default to a certain CNC Machine (this is good if you only have one

CNC Machine) proceed with the following directions;

Setup Mastercam to default to the Haas 4X CNC Mill Machine.

1. Launch Mastercam2. From the top Mastercam menu, select Settings>Configuration

3. Select the Default Machines (1) as shown below;

4. Select drop down button beside File (2) as shown above;


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5. Click on the GENERIC HAAS 4X MILL.MMD from the drop down list as shown below;

6. Click OK.7. Click onYes to save the settings to configuration file.


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OPTIONALCHANGING THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMFROM ENGLISH TO METRIC

Mastercam can be used in eitherInch (English) orMetric. In order to change from Inch to

Metric follow the instructions listed below:

1. From the top Mastercam menu, select Settings>Configuration

2. Click on the mcamxm.config (Metric) selection as shown below;

3. Select OK .


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OPTIONALCHANGING THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMFROM METRIC TO ENGLISH

Mastercam can be used in eitherInch (English) orMetric. In order to change from Metric to

Inch follow the instructions listed below:

1. From the top Mastercam menu, select Settings>Configuration

2. Click on the mcamx.config (English) selection as shown below;

3. Select OK .


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