 The Core of Your Machining Needs Mastercam for SolidWorks includes a suite of the most sought-after cutting strategies, including High Speed Machining (HSM) toolpaths. In addition, Mastercam for SolidWorks delivers a powerful set of automated toolpaths that get parts off the machine faster, with little or no handwork.
Powerful Automated 2D Machining
Mastercam for SolidWorks includes powerful Feature Based Machining (FBM) strategies to perform 2D machining. By analyzing the part for specific feature types (shape, size, location of holes, and more), FBM automatically generates an effective machining strategy for the identified features.
Highlights include:
- Facing when stock is detected above the top of the part.
- Machining of open, nested, and through pockets.
- Roughing and Restmill toolpaths for each pocket.
- Hole detection and spot drill, drilling, reaming, chamfer, counter bore, and tapping based on your criteria.
3D Roughing, Finishing, and Cleanup Machining
High Speed Machining can deliver a faster turnaround and a superior finish. Mastercam for SolidWorks includes a suite of fully associative High Speed Machining techniques that make the most of your NC machines.
- Core Roughing and Area Clearance efficiently remove bulk material with toolpaths tailored to your part’s core or cavity.
- Rest Roughing smoothly removes remaining material from a previous rough pass.
- Using a constant 3D stepover, Scallop finishing maintains a consistent finish on sloped and flat surfaces.
- Horizontal area finishing quickly machines all flats on your part.
- Spiral, Radial, and Raster machining deliver optimal choices for cutting different types of parts.
- Pencil machining walks a tool along the intersection of solid faces to clean out hard-to-reach areas and details.
Dependable Toolpath Verification
Mastercam gives you the confidence to run even the most complex cutter paths on your machines. You can easily check that the motion delivers exactly what you want with Mastercam’s toolpath verification tools.
- Watch and measure your part as it is cut from a solid block of material with Mastercam's solid model toolpath verification. The tool and holder are checked and displayed during simulation.
- Play the program with toolpath backplotting and get an estimate of machining time. Dynamically view all the vital information about tools and operations at any point, and even isolate specific areas to watch more closely.
- Quickly verify 2D toolpaths with a pixel paint of the full tool diameter to check the finish.
System Requirements
- Processor: 1.5 GHz (minimum) 32-bit Intel-compatible processor; 64-bit Intel-compatible processors are supported.
- Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista (Business or Ultimate) including the latest service packs and recommended updates; .NET 2.0 framework.
- Memory: 2 GB (minimum), 1.7 GB available hard disk space.
- Graphics: 128 MB OpenGL-compatible graphics card (minimum).
- Monitor: 1024 x 768 at 96 DPI (minimum).
- Mouse: Windows-compatible 2-button or 3-button mouse (or with middle mouse wheel).
- DVD Drive
- Additional Software: You will need the latest version of Adobe® Flash® to view the videos that accompany Mastercam. You can download the viewer from www.adobe.com.
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