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Why choose Mastercam? The most recent analysis of CAM software seats produced by CIMdata, Inc. shows that CNC Software’s Mastercam® is the world’s most widely-used CAM software. With almost 136,000 installed seats, Mastercam has more than twice the installed base of the closest competitor.
What does this mean for you? It means that when you choose Mastercam, you’re using innovative CAM software that has helped more shops achieve success than any other. It also means that skilled Mastercam users are much easier to find.
A Focus on Speed and Ease of Use Mastercam X3 features let you do more faster, minimize programming and cycle times, and make current processes more efficient and automated.
Feature Based Machining (FBM) A highlight of Mastercam X3, and further enhanced in X4, is Feature Based Machining (FBM). FBM, available with Mastercam Mill Level 1 or Mastercam Router and higher, eliminates manual feature identification for programming milling and drilling operations on solid parts. The FBM Mill and FBM Drill operations automatically create the toolpaths needed to machine features that are identified using your specific criteria. FBM's interface is simple and intuitive, so you'll become comfortable with it quickly.
New Controlled Engagement and 2D High Speed Toolpaths Face toolpaths offer an additional cutting method--controlled engagement. This smooth controlled motion maintains a constant load on the tool with minimal entries and exits. Mastercam X3 introduces new 2D High Speed Toolpaths for Level 1 and Router, all optimized for high speed machining and hard milling. ¨ Peel Mill efficiently machines open slots and channels using the full depth of the cutting tool. Proprietary microlifts raise the cutting tool a very small amount to avoid dragging the tool across the part floor on the back passes. ¨ Core Mill automatically machines standing bosses and cores in one easy step that requires less CAD knowledge and model preparation from the programmer. ¨ Area Mill produces smooth, clean motion when machining pockets. Controls for helical entries, tangent stepovers, and smoothing parameters let you fine tune the motion. ¨ Rest Mill targets material that previous toolpaths left behind. Mastercam uses all previous toolpaths as the source for the rest mill toolpath, calculates the remaining material, and applies high speed motion between cuts. ¨ Blend Mill morphs smoothly between two curves, generating motion previously unavailable in 2D toolpaths with fewer retracts and toolpath operations on difficult-to-machine features. Blend Mill also uses the tool's full depth and more of the flute length, resulting in less cycle time and even tool wear.
Energized 3D Toolpaths for Level 3 and Router Pro ¨ Mastercam X3 improves multiaxis toolpath speed and introduces new HighSpeed Toolpath (HST) controls that make programming efficient. ¨ HST can now be controlled by an XML-based file containing formulas used to derive the values in the HST toolpaths. This gives you the ability to set intelligent values for different cutting conditions (for example, material hardness). ¨ Options for controlling climb or conventional cutting have been added to all constant-Z HST toolpaths, including Core Roughing, Area Clearance, Waterline, Rest Roughing, and Horizontal Area. ¨ The Port5ax and Flow5ax toolpaths include a new feature that allows an overlap/blend to be added at the beginning and end of a toolpath. This feature is very useful in creating better finishes where toolpaths may need to meet from opposite directions. |
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The perfect fit for your work
There is no job more important than the one you're working on right now.
The Mastercam X suite of CAD/CAM products is designed with real-world programming needs at the forefront, making your work easier and faster than ever before. And because Mastercam can grow with your needs, you have the long-term confidence, experience and support from the #1 CAD/CAM developer in the world. |
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New in Mastercam X4
¨ Multi-threading ¨ New Dynamic Mill toolpath ¨ Feature Based Machining (FBM) Drill enhancements ¨ Feature Based Machining (FBM) Mill enhancements ¨ Tree-style dialog boxes for 2D toolpaths ¨ New toolpath refinement delivers improved 3D surface finish ¨ New Circle 5-axis toolpath ¨ Nesting drag-and-drop support ¨ Vertical/horizontal cut-off options in Nesting ¨ Updated dialogs for Lathe C-axis toolpaths ¨ Lathe grooving enhancements ¨ Support for Agie EDM with Agievision controls ¨ Post debugger enhancements and new features ¨ New Dynamic Plane creation method for defining parameters ¨ Level Manager improvements and reorganization ¨ Viewsheet improvements ¨ Wireframe feature recognition in chaining ¨ Multiple materials for generic Mastercam Automatic Toolpathing (ATP) ¨ User-customizable setup sheet ¨ Rewritten surface fillet code to improve surfaces ¨ New Dynamic Xform function ¨ And much more… |
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Mastercam's 5-Axis Split Impeller Machining |
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