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10 09, 2015

How To Finish a 3D Printed Part To Look Like a Production Part
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How To Finish a 3D Printed Part To Look Like a Production Part

3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Stratasys, Tech Tips

How To Finish a 3D Printed Part To Look Like a Production Part

By Cimquest Marketing|2016-12-15T14:31:06-05:00September 10th, 2015|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Stratasys, Tech Tips|0 Comments

By Jason Matses on July 31, 2015 Finishing and painting 3D printed parts is easy and can be done following these few steps. Painting and finishing can transform your 3D prints into highly aesthetic parts, giving them appearance of production parts. Prototypes, concept models, and end-use parts can all be finished to presentation-quality in the matter of hours. The four main steps we will cover here are: Preparation, Sanding, Priming, and Painting. 3D printed [...]

1 06, 2015

Mastercam X9 – Rethinking Repositioning
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Mastercam X9 – Rethinking Repositioning

Mastercam, Tech Tips

Mastercam X9 – Rethinking Repositioning

By Cimquest Marketing|2016-12-15T14:31:08-05:00June 1st, 2015|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Let's take a look at a crucial element of complex machining that is not intended to remove material - repositioning between cuts. Fast and safe repositioning helps you make the most of your multiaxis equipment by eliminating unneeded motion. Mastercam X9’s new Multiaxis Link option ensures reposition moves between 2-5 axis operations are safe and collision-free. Select a list of operations and a safety zone shape (defined either manually or automatically), and Mastercam X9 creates [...]

27 05, 2014

Operating System Support: Sunsetting 32-bit

By cqadmin|2016-12-15T14:31:12-05:00May 27th, 2014|Categories: Mastercam, Tech Tips|0 Comments

Important News regarding OS support for Mastercam customers. Reprinted from the Mastercam Blog: CNC Software continues to review the Operating System (OS) requirements for Mastercam with a view to providing the best possible user experience for our customers. Mastercam X7 will be the last major release to support Windows 7 32-bit OS. Future major releases will target Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 8 64-bit only. Our information shows that the large majority of our customers [...]