https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/08qxkvd0e5?embedType=iframe&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Add In Functions Part 1 Simple add in functions like these can help organize and accelerate your Mastercam workflow.
Today we are going to discuss how to properly set up your PC to use a high-performance graphics card. If not plugged into the High-performance card, your Mastercam software might seem a bit slow, sluggish, or worse, it may crash either during startup or when you are using the software. Overall, Mastercam is a graphics intense application that requires more power than what the onboard graphics can provide. Using high-performance graphics cards helps the software [...]
Doug Campbell, vice president of SICAM, with his company’s multi-jet fusion machine. Reprint from NJBIZ.com Hillsborough-based SICAM Corp. specializes in 3D printing, prototyping, tooling, and manufacturing. Incorporated in 1990, SICAM has clients in 38 states from a variety of industries: aerospace, automotive, computer, consumer, government, industrial, medical, pharmaceutical and telecommunications. The company also now owns a multi-jet fusion machine that vice president Doug Campbell says will make 3D printing technology a more viable [...]
Today we are going to take a look at a company using 3D printing to manufacture customized orthotic devices. iOrthotics makes custom insoles for podiatrists around the world. Their goal is to create a better, more scalable solution for their clients through digital manufacturing. Traditionally, iOrthotics' method for creating an insole required a mold. This involved casting the patient's foot in plaster. This could be uncomfortable for the patient and would often lead to inaccurate [...]
Don't Lose Your Valuable CAD/CAM Investment! With the upcoming release of Mastercam 2020, you will no longer be able to update or receive support for your copy of Mastercam X8. If you update now, you have the opportunity for dramatic savings and revolutionary, industry-changing new technologies! Mastercam X8 was released nearly seven years ago. Although it still gets the job done, you are missing out on dramatic advances across the entire Mastercam family, including our [...]
Join Cimquest, your local Desktop Metal Value-Added Reseller, at our HQ and 3D Printing Facility for an in-depth look at metal 3D Printing. You’ll see what the future holds for the technology as well as an in-depth look at how Desktop Metal has brought metal 3D Printing into the office environment. Cimquest has the full Studio System+ suite of products including the Studio+ 3D Printer, Debinder, and Furnace. See the process first-hand along with sample [...]
Please join us for a free seminar geared toward CNC programmers, engineers, machinists, manufacturing managers and shop floor owners. If you want solutions for machining 5-axis parts to reduce setup time and simplify the machining process, this is for you. Plan to take a long lunch on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 and join us at Morris Great Lakes, 9151 Marshall Road in Cranberry Township, PA. We'll even provide lunch! Top 4 Reasons to Attend Learn [...]
There is an underutilized feature in Mastercam called Find Level from Geometry, that can be found inside of the Levels Manager. This is a useful tool when you look at part files that have lots of different levels, each with their own geometry, whether it is wireframe, solids, or surface models on the screen. Usually what users do is turn all their levels off and then one by one, turn each one back on to [...]
