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18 09, 2020

Geomagic Wrap for Point Cloud Editing

By |2020-09-21T08:33:13-04:00September 18th, 2020|Categories: 3d Scanning & Reverse Engineering, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Let’s take a look at Geomagic Wrap, a powerful software for point cloud or mesh editing. Wrap has a collection of tools used for cleaning and finalizing polygonal files to make them suitable for part inspection, reverse engineering, 3D Printing, and more. The files can come from a traditional CAD system, a laser or structural light scanner, or even a CT scanner. While standard tools for patching of holes is very robust, other tools for [...]

17 08, 2020

Define a Custom Face Mill Profile Using Solid Models in Mastercam

By |2020-08-17T08:50:17-04:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

This post will explain how to use a solid model downloaded from the tooling vendor to define a custom face mill profile in Mastercam. When downloading the solid model to define the face mill some of the tooling vendors will offer a detailed and simplified version of the solid models. To define the face mill in Mastercam the simplified model is preferred. However, if we use the model with the default settings to define the [...]

10 08, 2020

Mastercam Solid Sweep Top Six Features

By |2020-08-10T08:14:33-04:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Recent releases of Mastercam have implemented some big improvements to the Sweep function within the Solid Modeling function. Prior to these releases, Sweep operations required a fillet between entities on the Along curve when there was a change in direction of more than 5 degrees. Sweep is ideal for cylindrical-shaped parts. Fixtures, propeller blades, door handles, wheel spokes, exhaust pipes, and engine ports are some examples. To ensure you are taking advantage of the newfound [...]

13 07, 2020

New Mastercam Chamfer Drill

By |2020-07-13T08:40:27-04:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

A new toolpath called Mastercam Chamfer Drill has been added to Mastercam 2021. This new Chamfer Drill toolpath allows you to use a chamfer tool, spot drill, or drill to chamfer multiple size holes in a single operation. In practice, this will allow you to use a single spot drill to make the desired root chamfer on many holes in one operation. This new ability will allow you to significantly reduce the number of toolpaths [...]

6 07, 2020

How to Use Mastercam 2D Highspeed Dynamic Toolpath Air Regions

By |2020-07-06T08:23:42-04:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

This article will cover using Mastercam Air Regions when cutting open geometry in the 2D Highspeed Dynamic toolpath. With multiple open sides many times programmers will try to select the inside edges of the open Geom. In this example, we will select the geometry along the two walls. This image below illustrates the preview chains utility that shows what the toolpath is calculating to be cut. With the machining region set to cut from the [...]

29 06, 2020

Using Mastercam Slot Mill to Program Undercuts

By |2020-06-29T09:32:27-04:00June 29th, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Let’s take a look at how to use Mastercam Slot Mill to program undercuts using settings in the depth cuts utility. For this example, we will use the Circle Mill toolpath. Open the Circle Mill toolpath and select the geometry. The depth cuts are going to be set as step ups from the bottom to top, using the top of the slot mill to create the undercut. You can select either the upper or lower [...]

22 06, 2020

Mastercam Solid Sweep Top Six Features

By |2020-06-22T08:35:25-04:00June 22nd, 2020|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Recent releases of Mastercam have implemented some big improvements to the Sweep function within the Solid Modeling function. Prior to these releases, Sweep operations required a fillet between entities on the Along curve when there was a change in direction of more than 5 degrees. Sweep is ideal for cylindrical-shaped parts. Fixtures, propeller blades, door handles, wheel spokes, exhaust pipes, and engine ports are some examples. We want to make sure you are taking advantage [...]

19 06, 2020

Batch Processing in Control X

By |2020-06-19T08:43:48-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: 3D Scanning, Tech Tips|0 Comments

With Control X, you can prepare an inspection routine to process a single scan or point cloud against a nominal CAD model and create whatever inspection criteria you require, including; Color Maps, Whisker Plots, 2D and 3D Dimensions, GD&T callouts, Feature Deviation Comparisons, as well as date and time-stamped inspection reports. In addition, the 3D inspection criteria consisting of datums, dimensions with tolerances and GD&T can automatically import into Control X from your CAD software [...]

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