Mastercam includes a feature in the Drill toolpath that lets you edit toolpath motion for any single selected entity in that operation. Typically when using Drill, and working with a solid, you can use the Calculate incremental values from holes or line option. This allows you to have multiple depths in a single operation. When you only have wireframe geometry this can be a little trickier to do. Using change at point, you can adjust [...]
Introducing Kimya PEI Support, a new high-performance breakaway support filament meticulously designed to elevate your 3D printing experience. Tailored for use with Kimya PEI-9085 and Kimya PEI- 1010 filaments, both based on ULTEM by Sabic, this innovative support material brings a new level of functionality to your printing of ultramaterial parts. Perfect Synergy with ULTEM-based PEI 3D printed parts Crafted with precision, Kimya PEI Support establishes a perfect synergy with Kimya PEI-9085 and Kimya PEI-1010 [...]
Engineering Is Not Just a Title In our third episode of CimCast, we delve into some of the past and ongoing internal projects of our 3D printing application engineer team. If you have podcast topic ideas, please send them to cimcast@cimquest-inc.com.
In this post we will explore the Mastercam Zip2Go feature, how it's helpful, and how to create one. A Zip2Go or Z2G file is a file created by Mastercam’s Zip2Go wizard. This file allows you to easily consolidate the files necessary for sharing programs with others. For example, if you have an issue with a tool while creating or using it, you may have to share a tool library. If you have an issue with [...]
With an aim to expand access to affordable metal 3D printing for small-to-medium size companies and decentralize additive manufacturing, today Xact Metal™ is excited to announce its partnership with Uddeholm, a voestalpine company, to supply Corrax tool steel for additive manufacturing, in support of the company’s expansion into the tooling and molding space. Xact Metal’s goal to break down barriers into powder-bed fusion technology by providing high-performing metal 3D printers at a low cost, coupled [...]
Attention all Mastercam users who inspect parts using a CMM . . . You no longer need to tolerate the programming system that came with your Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). If you have multiple CMM’s, each with their own clumsy programming system, you can now program them all using a single simple-to-use software product that runs from within the user-friendly Mastercam programming environment. While CMM’s are a necessity in most job shops and manufacturing facilities, [...]
Lightweighting 3D Printed Parts In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we examine a few different approaches to lightweighting 3D printed parts.
Many Mastercam users still work from 2D prints to machine parts and don't have solid models. In these cases, manual "virtual" measurement tools may still be used to take measurements even in the absence of a solid model. Let's imagine that you just machined the connecting arm below from a 2D print and don’t have a nominal CAD model to compare against. In previous blog posts, we showed how to create Regions on the model [...]
