CO2 Shell Car Chapter 21 Mastercam X6 for SolidWorks Toolpathscudacountry.net/assets/applets/sw12_mcx6-for-sw_co2car.pdf · Mastercam X6 for SolidWorks Toolpaths A. Enable Mastercam

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Mastercam X6 for SolidWorks Toolpaths A. Enable Mastercam for SolidWorks.Step 1. If necessary, turn on Mastercam for SolidWorks, click Tools

Menu > Add-Ins.

Step 2. In the dialog box scroll down to Mastercam for SolidWorks and place a check in the check box under Active Add-Ins and Start-Up, Fig. 1. Click OK.

B. Rotate Body.

Step 1. Click Isometric on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-7)

Step 2. Click Insert Menu > Features > Move/Copy.

Step 3. In the Property Manager set: under Options click Translate/Rotate buttonunder Bodies to Move/Copy, Fig. 2 click CO2 car body, Fig. 3 under Rotate

X Rotation Origin 0

Y Rotation Origin 0

Z Rotation Origin 0

Y Rotation Angle 90 press Tab key on keyboard, Fig. 3 click OK .

C. Create Containment Sketch.Step 1. Click Front Plane in the Feature Manager and click Sketch

from the Content toolbar, Fig. 4.

Step 2. Click Normal To on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-8)

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Step 3. Click Rectangle (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 4. Starting directly below the car-tridge hole and aligned with bot-tom of the body, draw a rectangle up to outside the top of body and out short of the front tip of nose as shown in Fig. 5.

Step 5. Right click drawing and click Select from menu to unselect Rect-angle tool.

Step 6. Click the bottom rear corner of the rectangle to select the corner Point, Fig. 5.

Step 7. In the Point Property Manager set:

X Coordinate -305

Y Coordinate 0

click Fix , Fig. 6

click OK .

Step 8. Click Smart Dimension (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 9. Dimension front of rectangle to tip of body 6 as shown in Fig. 7.

Step 10. Click Exit Sketch on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 11. Rename Sketch to CONTAINMENT SKETCH, Fig. 8. To rename sketch, click the Sketch at bottom of the Feature Manager. Press F2 on keyboard and key-in CONTAINMENT SKETCH.

Step 12. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

Fig. 5Fix point at (-305, 0)

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D. Create LEFT CUT View.Step 1. Rotate view as shown in Fig. 9. Hold

down middle mouse button (wheel) and drag to rotate view.

Step 2. Press the Space Bar on the keyboard to display the Orientation dialog box. Drag the dialog box to the top left corner of the draw-ing area, Fig. 10.

Step 3. Click Pin/UnPin in Orientation dialog box to pin the dialog box,Fig. 10.

Step 4. Click New View to display Named View dialog, Fig. 10.

Step 5. In the New View dialog box key-in LEFT CUT and click OK, Fig. 11. Later, to display new LEFT CUT view, double click LEFT CUT, Fig. 12.

E. Create LEFT CUT WCS and Tool Plane.

Step 1. Click View Manager on the Mastercam toolbar .

Step 2. Click MASTERCAM FRONT view from list of named views in the View Manager dialog box, Fig. 13.

Step 3. Click Create From button in the View Manager dialog box, Fig. 13.

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Step 4. In the Define View Property Manager, Fig. 14 under New View Geometry in the View name box, key-in LEFT CUT under Orientation Options set About X to 180º click in other About box confirm rotation of Mastercam Origin, Fig. 15. click OK .

Step 5. Set Origin (in view coordi-nates): X to -305 Y to -34 Z to 34, Fig. 16.

Step 6. Click the Set All button

, Fig. 16.

Step 7. Click OK .

Step 8. Confirm axis moved and rotated, Fig. 17.


F. Create BOTTOM CUT View.Step 1. Rotate view as shown in Fig. 18. Hold down

middle mouse button (wheel) and drag to rotate view.

Step 2. Click New View to display Named View dialog, Fig. 19.

Step 3. In the New View dialog box key-in BOTTOM CUT and click OK, Fig. 20. Later, to display this new BOTTOM CUT view, double click BOT-TOM VIEW, Fig. 19.

BEFORE rotating Origin

AFTER rotating Origin

180º

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Fig. 16LEFT CUT

Mastercam Origin

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G. Create BOTTOM CUT WCS and Tool Plane.

Step 1. Click View Manager on the Mastercam toolbar.

Step 2. Click MASTERCAM BOT-TOM view from list of named views in the View Manager dialog box, Fig. 21.

Step 3. Click Create From button in the View Manager dialog box, Fig. 21.

Step 4. In the Define View Property Manager, Fig. 22 in the View name box key-in BOTTOM CUT set About Z to 180º click in another About box confirm rotation of Mastercam Origin, Fig. 23 click OK .

Step 5. Set Origin (in view coordinates): X to -305 Y to 0 Z to 0, Fig. 24.

Step 6. Click the Set All button and click OK .

Step 7. Confirm axis moved and rotated, Fig. 25.


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BOTTOM CUT Mastercam Origin

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H. Stock Setup.Step 1. Click Mastercam Toolpaths Manager tab in the Property Man-

ager, Fig. 26.

Step 2. Expand Properties (click the +) in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 26.

Step 3. Click Stock Setup in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 26.

Step 4. Click Stock View button in the Machine Group Properties dia-log, Fig. 27.

Step 5. Click BOTTOM CUT in the View Selec-

tion dialog, Fig. 28 and click OK .

Step 6. Click left rear corner of the red part to set it as the stock origin, Fig. 27.

Step 7. Set Stock Origin coordinates: X to 0 Y to -21 Z to 0, Fig. 27.

Step 8. Set X-Y-Z dimensions: X to 305 Y to 42 Z to 70, Fig. 27.

Step 9. Click OK in the Machine Group Properties, Fig. 29.


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I. REAR SHELL Rough Area Clearance HST Surface Toolpath.

Step 1. Click 3D High Speeds Toolpaths on the Mastercam toolbar and Area Clearance from the menu.

Step 2. Click OK in the NC name dialog, Fig. 30.

Step 3. Click Filter Solids on the Selection Filter toolbar at the bottom of the display, Fig. 31. If necessary, use F5 key to display the toolbar.

Step 4. In the Selection Property Manager set: under Faces and Bodies click the solid body, Fig. 33 click OK . Expand Containment Curves and Edges , Fig. 34. Click in the Containment Curves and Edges box, Fig. 34. Check Propagate along tangent edges, Fig. 34. Click an edge of rear wheel shell, Fig. 35, the edges will change color when selected.

Click Filter Solids to turn OFF on the Selection Filter toolbar at the bot-tom of the display, Fig. 36.

Click OK when done.

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Containment chain

Body solid

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Step 5. Select Tool from the tree control and: click Select library tool button, Fig. 37.

Step 6. Click the Filter button, Fig. 38.

Step 7. Click None button under Tool Types, Fig. 39.

Step 8. Click Endmill2 Sphere button(second button top row), Fig. 39and click OK.

Step 9. Click 240 Ball Endmill 6mm,Fig. 40 and click OK.

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Step 10. Back in Tool page set: Tool # 1 Head # 1 Feed rate 300

Plunge rate 200Fig. 41.

Step 11. Select CutParameters from the tree control and set: Cutting method Climb Stepdown 12.5 Tool contain-ment Compensate to: Inside uncheck Add offset distance to tool radius XY stepover Minimum 2 Maximum 3 Stock to leave on walls and floors 1 Fig. 42.

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Step 12. Select Trochoi-dal motion from the tree control and set: Minimize burialFig. 43.

Step 13. Select Transi-tions from the tree control and set: Entry helix Radius 3 Fig. 44.

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Step 14. Select Steep/Shallow from the tree control and set: Check Z depthsMinimum -9 Maximum -35Fig. 45.

Step 15. Select Linking Parameters from the tree control and set: Clearance plane 0 Absolute Part clearance 0 All Leads 0 Fig. 46.

Step 16. Click OK

.

Step 17. Watch the tool-path progress at the bottom right corner of the display.


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Negative -35

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Negative -9

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J. Verify REAR SHELL Rough Area Clearance .Step 1. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 48.

Step 2. Click Machine quickly ,Fig. 49.

Step 3. Turn on Simulate

tool .

Step 4. Click Play start machining.

Step 5. Click OK to close Verifydialog box.

K. FRONT SHELL Rough Area Clearance HST Surface Toolpath.Step 1. Toggle toolpath display in

Toolpaths Manager to turn off tool-path display, Fig. 51.

Step 2. Copy Roughing toolpath in the Tool-paths Manager. To copy, hold right mouse button and drag the Surface High Speed toolpath down under the operations. Release the mouse button and click Copy After from menu,Fig. 51.

Step 3. Expand the copied 2 - Surface High Speed, expand Geometry and click Geometry - Containment, Fig. 52.

Step 4. In the Selection Property Manager set: Right click Edge1 in Curves and Edges box and click Clear Selection,Fig. 53 Click an edge of front wheel shell, Fig. 54 Click OK .

Step 5. In the Toolpaths Manager, click Regenerate all dirty operations , Fig. 52.


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Containment chain


L. BOTH SHELLS Finish Raster HST Toolpath.Step 1. Copy the second Roughing toolpath

in the Toolpaths Manager. To copy, hold with the right mouse button and drag the Surface High Speed toolpath down under the operations. Release the mouse button and click Copy After from menu, Fig. 55.

Step 2. Expand 3 - Surface High Speed and click Parameters, Fig. 56.

Step 3. Select Toolpath Type from the tree control and select: Finishing RasterFig. 57.

Step 4. Under Containment, click Select containment boundaries button

, Fig. 57.

Step 5. In the Selection Property Man-ager: Click an edge of rear wheel shell, Fig. 58. You should have two edges selected, edge of rear and front shells, Fig. 59.

Click OK .

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Containment chain


Step 6. Select CutParameters from the tree control and set: Cutting meth-od Zigzag Stepover .5 Tool contain-ment Compensate to: Inside Check Add offset distance to tool radius Stock to leave on walls and floors 0 Fig. 60.

Step 7. Select Steep/Shallow from the tree control and set: Uncheck Z depthsFig. 61.

Step 8. Click OK

.

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M. Verify Finish BOTTOM CUT.Step 1. In the Toolpaths Manager, click Regenerate

all dirty operations , Fig. 62.

Step 2. Watch the toolpath progress at the bottom right corner of the display.

Step 3. Click Toolpath Group1 in the Toolpaths Manager to select all three toolpaths, Fig. 62.

Step 4. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Man-ager, Fig. 63.

Step 5. Click Play

in Ver-ify dialog box to start machining.

Step 6. Click OK

to close Verify dialog box.

N. Set-up Toolpath Groups.Step 1. Rename Toolpath

Group 1 to WHEEL SHELLS. To Rename group, right click Toolpath Group 1 and click Groups > Re-name from the menu, Fig. 65.

Step 2. Key-in WHEEL SHELLS for new group name, Fig. 66.

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Step 3. Insert a new Toolpath group. To insert group, right click Machine Group 1 at the very top and click Groups > New Toolpath group from the menu, Fig. 67.

Step 4. Key-in SIDE CUTS for Group name, Fig. 68.


O. Finish Scallop LEFT CUT HST Surface Toolpath.Step 1. Double click LEFT CUT in Orientation dialog box to change to your left cut

view, Fig. 69.

Step 2. Click View Manager on the Mastercam toolbar.

Step 3. Click LEFT CUT view from list of named views in View Manager dialog box, Fig. 70.

Step 4. Click Set All button and OK , Fig. 70.

Step 5. Click 3D High Speeds Tool-

paths on the Mastercam toolbar and Scallop from the menu.

Step 6. Click Filter Solids on the Selection Filter toolbar at the bottom of the display, Fig. 71. If necessary, use F5 key to display the toolbar.

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Step 7. In the Selection Property Manager set: under Faces and Bodies click the solid body, Fig. 73 click OK .

Click Filter Solids to turn OFF on the Selection Filter toolbar at the bot-tom of the display, Fig. 74.

Click Filter Sketches on the Selection Filter toolbar, Fig. 74. Expand Containment Curves and Edges , Fig. 75. Click in the Containment Curves and Edges box, Fig. 75. Click any line of the CON-TAINMENT SKETCH in the drawing, Fig. 76.

Click Filter Sketches to turn OFF on the Selec-tion Filter toolbar, Fig. 77. Click OK when done.

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Containment Sketch


Step 8. Select Tool from the tree control and select: Feed rate 300

Plunge rate 200Fig. 78.

Step 9. Select Cut Pa-rameters from the tree control and set: Cutting method Zigzag Stepover 1

Tool contain-ment Compensate to: Center Stock to leave on walls and floors 0 Fig. 79.

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Step 10. Select Steep/Shallow from the tree control and set: Use Z depthsMinimum 0 Maximum -37Fig. 80.

Step 11. Select Arc Fil-ter/Tolerance from the tree control and set: Total tolerance .0625 click Refine toolpath but-ton, Fig. 81.

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Negative -37


Step 12. In the Refine Toolpath dialog box set: Fig. 82 Check Line/Arc Filtering Setting Set Minimum arc radius .0625

Uncheck Create arcs XY check box Check One way filtering

Move NC program length slider to Short.

Step 13. Click OK in Refine Toolpath dialog box.

Step 14. Click OK in Scallop dialog box.

Step 15. Watch the toolpath progress at the bottom right corner of the display.


P. Verify Finish LEFT CUT.Step 1. Click 4 - Surface High Speed Scallop in

the Toolpaths Manager to select toolpath, Fig. 83.

Step 2. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Man-ager, Fig. 83.

Step 3. Click the Play in the Verify dialog box to start the machining.

Step 4. Click OK to close Verify dialog box.

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Q. Mirror LEFT CUT to RIGHT CUT Scallop Toolpath.Step 1. Click Tool-

path Transform

on the Mastercam toolbar.

Step 2. Under Type, select Mirror, Fig. 86.

Step 3. Under Source opera-tions, select Surface High Speed (Scallop), Fig. 86.

Step 4. Click Mirror tab at the top of dialog box, Fig. 86.

Step 5. Under Mirror, select Mirror about X axis

, Fig. 87.

Step 6. Click OK in the Transform Operation Params dialog box.

R. Verify RIGHT CUT.Step 1. In the Toolpaths Man-

ager, click the Transform by Coordinate - Mirror about X axis toolpath, Fig. 88.

Step 2. Click Verify

in the Tool-paths Man-ager.

Step 3. Click the Play in the Verify dialog box.

Step 4. Click OK to close Verify.


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CO2 Shell Car Chapter 21 Mastercam X6 for SolidWorks Toolpathscudacountry.net/assets/applets/sw12_mcx6-for-sw_co2car.pdf · Mastercam X6 for SolidWorks Toolpaths A. Enable Mastercam