http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/y31p55kqqn?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Mastercam 2017 has arrived and this installation tutorial will take you through the necessary steps of loading it onto your workstation
Let’s take a look at the advantages of positioning Mastercam operations in the solids tree relative to each other. Mastercam has awareness of a models evolution and we can leverage that awareness when we make a toolpath. For example, in this file of a model we have arranged the Toolpath and Solids Managers to bracket the graphics workspace. When we move the Stop Operation flag up along the Solid Tree, some features will start to [...]
If you know Mastercam you know Mastercam Productivity +. Probing operations are created easily using the Mastercam interface by selecting geometry for inspection. You can also incorporate standard tool detection operations for long run jobs. Working with Mastercam Productivity + you can run the program two ways. Post all the Productivity + code with your NC code and keep it as a self contained file or you can post the NC code with the macro [...]
The next generation of Mastercam is here, and with it comes a new suite of programming tools focused on delivering speed, automation, and efficiency for all machining jobs. You’ll enjoy a more streamlined workflow, improved usability, enhancements to our Dynamic Motion technology, and much more. Designed For Faster Workflow Featuring a new ribbon interface, makes it easier to find the functions you need to complete your tasks. Dynamic Motion Technology New to 2017, micro lifts [...]
Total output from American manufacturing relative to gross domestic product is back to pre-recession levels, with more than half a million new jobs. Global manufacturing executives predict that by 2020, the U.S. will be the most competitive manufacturing economy in the world. Cheap labor is no longer the most important input for manufacturers. Success in the manufacturing sector can be attributed to the availability of advanced technologies/materials and strong protection of intellectual properties. The U.S. [...]
http://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/e915leec3q?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 3D printed Hydroform molds are light and ergonomic, and can greatly contribute to the final design iteration of the end product.
Stratasys is showcasing a unique 3D printed chair designed by the late Zaha Hadid, with Patrick Schumacher, at a retrospective of Hadid’s work in Venice. The 10-room exhibition, set to run until November 27 as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale, celebrates the life and works of the world-renowned architect, who passed away earlier this year. Since the development of the original 3D printed prototype in 2014, the chair has been featured in various exhibitions [...]
You can make functional prototypes much more economically by using 3D printed injection molds. One of the most dramatic impacts of 3D printing on design and manufacturing is with injection molding. Companies such as Seuffer, Unilever, Arad Group and Whale report significant savings in molding costs and production time by 3D printing injection molds to test designs before mass production and produce small quantities of custom parts. Learn more by viewing this 60-minute webinar as [...]
