Cimquest has a number of Mastercam training classes coming up over the next couple of months with seats still available. These classes not only cover a variety of topics, but they are also offered in a variety of locations. Please see the list below for more details. Mastercam Essentials June 8-11 in HBG, PA June 8-11 in CT June 22-25 in Butler, PA June 29-July 2 in MA Learn the basics of Mastercam icon functions, geometry and tool [...]
Mastercam X9 introduces new containment boundary options for better control over your tool tip and actual tool contact point. All surface high speed toolpaths now include a new containment page. Surface high speed finishing toolpaths also support new ways to treat your containment boundaries for more control over your motion. You can choose “tool tip” to run the center of your tool as the compensation point for all containment boundaries just as you do now [...]
Are you curious about what’s coming in the new Masterdom X9 release? Mastercam Mill will be delivering some powerful new tools from radial chip thinning to expanded Dynamic Motion and smarter hybrid toolpaths. Watch the video below to learn more. Find out how Mastercam can help you make the most of your milling machines by contacting us today.
Mastercam Public Beta The Mastercam X9 Public Beta release is open to all current customers who are on Maintenance. The Beta release can be downloaded here and will be supported through the Mastercam Industrial Forum, which is staffed with CNC applications engineers, posts writers, technical support, software developers, and QC engineers. As we collect feedback and make changes, we'll make further updates available via the forum. Here are just a few of the [...]
Mastercam X8 Update 4 has just released. This release requires maintenance of 8/31/14 (same as X8 Release) or newer to run. The Mastercam.exe version number is 17.0.19735.0. This update must be installed directly on top of any previous X8 release (Mastercam X8 release, X8 Hotifx 1, X8 Update 2 or X8 Update 3). The X8 Update 4 patch is available through the Auto Update System or on the downloads page at: http://www.mastercam.com/en-us/Support/Downloads/Mastercam This is a Mastercam [...]
Reprinted from the Mastercam Blog Great improvements in drilling efficiency can be obtained simply by using the right tool. How many holes does your shop drill during the course of a week? If the answer is “not many,” then you might skip this. For the rest of us, this information is very important. With the right tool selection most shops can implement a 10-to-20-times improvement in hole drilling efficiency simply by using the right [...]
Reprinted from the Mastercam Blog Job shops usually don’t go back and reprogram parts again. However, that is exactly what Alan Granatowski, co-owner of Absolute Machine (Bloomfield, CT) is doing for some repeat jobs. The goal is to reprogram older parts to obtain some of the tool wear and cycle time improvements since he started using Mastercam with Dynamic Motion technology last year. For example, he said, “There is a monthly project I receive from [...]
Reprinted from Ten Links Daily TOLLAND, CT, Oct 27, 2014 – The most recent analysis of CAM software seats produced by CIMdata, Inc. shows that CNC Software’s Mastercam is once again the world’s most widely-used CAM software for the 20th straight year. With over 200,000 installed seats worldwide, Mastercam has nearly twice the installed base of the closest competitor.“We are grateful to have many of these real-world shops giving us feedback and suggestions on what [...]
