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May 2023
Using the Mastercam 2023 Apply Button
There is a new Apply button feature available in Mastercam’s Mill toolpaths that allows you to preview cutting motion, resulting in streamlined toolpath creation. In the past, when programming options like multi-passes, you needed to take an educated guess at the number of passes required to cover the area we were machining. In Mastercam 2022, you were able to use […]
A.W. Miller Manufacturing Partner Presentations & Training Event
Cimquest is participating in the A.W. Miller Manufacturing Partner Presentations & Training on May 24 & 25.
Join us at the AW Milling facility in Harmony, PA to see Mastercam demonstrations from Cimquest along with the CNC machines and a 3D printer.
CNC Machines that will be on display include the Mazak HCR 5000, QT-Ez10, and VC-Ez20, Okamoto ACC-20.40 GX, and Kingston HJ-1100. […]
Desktop Metal Live Sinter
Desktop Metal Live Sinter produces quality parts that meet form and dimensional tolerances right out of the furnace, in one or two iterations.
Today we’re going to show you an effective way to ensure that metal 3D-printed parts meet form and dimensional requirements right out of the furnace. Although metal 3D printing has many advantages, it can be challenging to predict the final part geometry […]
Troubleshooting Mastercam 3D Toolpath Jumping
In this blog post we are going to show you how to resolve a common issue that can arise using Mastercan 3D toolpaths; erratic jumping along the cut.
For this example, we used a flowline toolpath on the geometry to cut the material on the inside of the surfaces. The toolpath we applied looked pretty good, with nice clean passes around the inside of the […]
Visit us at EASTEC
Cimquest is going to be exhibiting at EASTEC this month in booth #5036 so please stop by if you’re attending. EASTEC 2023, the largest Northeast manufacturing trade show, has been providing solutions to manufacturing challenges for more than 35 years. EASTEC attendees come from a variety of industries including Aircraft and Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Defense, Industrial and Commercial Machinery, and more.
Come on out for this great show […]
Metrology Minute – Resizing Section Planes for Custom 2D Cross-Sections
In this issue of our Metrology Minute, we will discuss how to resize section planes so that just the necessary geometry is displayed. This becomes extremely useful for very complex models where you want to draw the reviewer’s attention to a specific location on the model.
In order to do this, the first thing we needed to do, in our example below, was to create the plane that we planned to use to create the partial […]