Don’t Lose Your Valuable Mastercam CAD/CAM Investment
With the upcoming release of Mastercam 2021, you will no longer be able to update or receive support for your copy of Mastercam X9. If you update now, you have the opportunity for dramatic savings and revolutionary, industry-changing new technologies! Mastercam X9 was released nearly seven years ago. Although it still gets the job done, you are missing out on productivity advances across the entire Mastercam family. Here is a glimpse of some of the features that you will miss out on by not updating. These have all been added since Mastercam X9 was released, including the adoption of a new, user-friendly interface, Dynamic Motion® improvements, Accelerated Finishing® advancements, and so much more! Mastercam 2020 3D tool enhancements Hole-making consolidation Restructured chaining dialog More realistic simulation Chaining enhancements Ability to track associativity Model-Based Definition Go to Home on Tool Plane change Mastercam 2019 New Deburr Toolpath for Multiaxis PrimeTurning™ Toolpath New Model Chamfer Toolpath for 2D machining Solid Hole Function 3D Tool Support Advanced Toolpath Display Mastercam 2018 Sandvik Coromant PrimeTurning™ Support 3D High Speed toolpath workflow Solid Sweep Center Support Mastercam Mill Contour Enhancements Mastercam 2017 Mastercam's New Interface Dynamic Mill Line of Sight Maximum Stock Engagement Tool Projection Multi-Station Tool Locators [...]
Additive Manufacturing in Color
With all the new 3D printing technologies coming to the Additive Manufacturing market, one can be flooded with options and confusion. - monochrome, full color, materials, functionality, prototyping, production? “Lyons, tigers and bears, oh my!” Often you may find you need to sacrifice one for another. Why is that, and do we see this changing? For the sake of this article - let’s explore Full Color. What is Full Color? Full color is the process of taking 4 base colors, (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) CMYK and blending them to create millions of tones and almost any color you can imagine. CMYK was developed using wet inks back in 1906 by the Eagle Printing Ink Company, Inc. and since then has been adopted as the base standard for full color in the 2D printing industry. In the past, there has been little to excite many about the practicality of Full Color 3D Printers. Why is this? Color range and placement - For some 3DPrinting technologies, full CMYK color range has been limited. Or, having the ability to place colors strategically to create a range of gradience, has been limited. For example, if I wanted to print a 3Dmodel of the world, I might [...]
Desktop Metal Shop System – Webinars on Demand
Metal 3D Printing - Desktop Metal Shop System Designed with the modern machine shop in mind, the Shop System offers superior surface finish and resolution on metal parts. And it does this without the labor-intensive support removal found with traditional metal systems. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/8grqwzmuzr?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
Adding NC Base to a Cimco DNC Installation
Adding NC Base to a Cimco DNC Installation In the first chapter of this webinar series we will exhibit the use of Master 3D Gage. We will demonstrate applying targets to a model to execute a 3-2-1 Alignment by way of using a 5mm Renishaw Ruby probe. Once aligned, we will use the BUILD module to verify the alignment and manually check coordinate locations on the model as well as establish how to check multiple features using the MEASURE module." https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/gvoqc228xe?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
3D Printer Evaluations – What to Look for in a Benchmark
by Tom Wakeley, 3D Printing Application Engineer Often companies that are looking to get into the additive manufacturing space come to us with a benchmark file for us to print on the system they are interested in. This can be a great way to see if the machine in question can give you what you are looking for. However, coming in with a realistic expectation of what you are really looking to get is important. Often, we get files that are not representative of what the company would ultimately be printing. These are parts that have features that are either achievable by other non-comparable technologies or parts that have features that are beyond achievable based on minimum features the manufacturers state the machine is capable of. Unfortunately, they can paint that technology in a bad light. It would be best to submit a benchmark part that is or is similar to, parts you would expect to be running on the printer in question. Now here comes the tough point for some . . . be open-minded about your design. We do realize that some parts just have to be the way they were designed due to red tape in making changes. etc. But [...]
PMI Integration – Webinars on Demand
PMI Integration - Webinars on Demand Driving inspection criteria from your CAD system Our next installment in our Webinar series continues the discussion on how to apply 3D laser scanning to part inspection. In this episode the nominal CAD model will be prepped for inspection using the same part with Solidworks. We will demonstrate how to use the PMI Import Wizard to get all the inspection criteria from Solidworks into Control X and establish a seamless and fully integrated move from CAD to inspection. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/gqvri0v6u8?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640