User manual FOUR WINNS SUNDOWNER

[. . . ] IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THIS SOFTWARE AND WILL IN FACT BE PROHIBITED FROM DOING SO. THIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAY BE USED ONLY PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW, AND SOLELY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACCOMPANYING SECURITY MECHANISM (UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE "EXCEPTIONS TO SECURITY MECHANISM REQUIREMENTS" SECTION OF SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS) WHICH MUST BE PRESENT ON YOUR COMPUTER (OR NETWORK AS APPLICABLE) AT ALL TIMES DURING SUCH USE. ("CNC") a Connecticut corporation with its principal place of business at 671 Old Post Rd. , Tolland, Connecticut, 06084 hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license (the "License") to use (and, if applicable, to permit your authorized employees to use), solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Software License Agreement, this software program (the "Program") and any accompanying documentation (the "Documentation") solely for your internal business purposes and solely in conjunction with the accompanying hardware or software device, method, scheme or other security measure provided by CNC which allows a user to access the Program and prevents unauthorized access to the Program (the "Security Mechanism"). (The Program, any updates to the Program, and the Documentation shall hereinafter collectively be referred to as the "Software"). [. . . ] You will see how Mastercam automatically adjusts when you open the part and prompts you with the proper tool library and default values. In this exercise, you will learn the following skills: Using an inch part Using depth cuts Using island facing Machining tapered walls Chaining the pocket geometry 1. Open islands. mc9 from the folder C:\Mcam9\Tutorials\Mill Tutorial\Inch. Choose OK when you see the following message. Note: The configuration file determines which units Mastercam is using. The default files are mill9. cfg for working in inches and mill9m. cfg for metric operations. Mastercam knows which units were used to create a part file and prompts you with the previous message if it needs to switch. Tip: To change the current part drawing from inch to metric, choose Main Menu, Screen, Config. The configuration file is listed in the lower left corner: 214 Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial Pocket and Contour Toolpath Techniques 3. Click near location 1 to select all the boundaries. 1 The Area selection method lets you select an area that is surrounded by a completely closed boundary by clicking inside it. Mastercam automatically knows about the islands inside the pocket when you use this method. When you choose an Island facing pocket type, the settings in this dialog box determine the cutting action Mastercam uses to trim the tops of the islands. Your values should match the following picture. Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial 215 Chapter 10 7. In the Operations Manager, right-click on the NCI icon for the operation: The Toolpath Editor opens. Note: You can move the dialog box to the top of the graphics window to view the toolpath while you make edits. 222 Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial Pocket and Contour Toolpath Techniques 2. Use the up arrow scroll key (circled in the following picture) to move to point 8. Point 1 in the following picture should be highlighted. 3. The point should be added as shown: Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial 223 Chapter 10 8. You should see Point 10 in the Toolpath Editor dialog box as shown in the following picture, and Point 2 highlighted on the geometry. 9. You can see that the new toolpath will clear the clamp. 224 Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial Pocket and Contour Toolpath Techniques 13. Now edit the new moves so that they are rapid moves instead of feed moves. When the Edit Point Parameters dialog box opens, choose Rapid Move and choose OK. 15. Use the down arrow scroll button in the Toolpath Editor to move to point 9. Deleting points with the Toolpath Editor To clear the second clamp, you will delete the section of the toolpath that crashes into it. Choose the Select button and select point 3 on the geometry as shown in the following picture. Mastercam Version 9 Mill/Design Tutorial 225 Chapter 10 2. [. . . ] Contains information on multiple mill and lathe tools, such as spindle speeds, plunge rates, and tool diameters; uses the TL9 file extension. A Mastercam function that provides a list of tools stored in the current job or in the current tool library; also allows management of tool libraries. The reference point (X0, Y0, Z0) in the tool plane (Tplane); the same as the system origin unless reassigned by the user. A 2D plane that represents the CNC machine's XY axis and origin; also called Tplane. [. . . ]