MASTERCAM NEWS - X6 RELEASED

To all customers on current Mastercam maintenance as of 10/31/2011.

Mastercam X6 has been released and is available for download. As a valued S4A-Cimquest cus-tomer and as part of the services we offer you, we ask that you wait for our technical support staff to review the installation. After we have fully reviewed the installa-tion, S4A will email you step by step instructions to install Mastercam X6 properly. Thank you

We have added more X6 Rollout dates in January to accommodate the

overwhelming interest. Click here to sign up for one of the condensed Sessions

January 10th @ Sterling MA Session 1 9am-12noon

Session 2 1pm—4pm

January 25th @ Mazak, Windsor Locks CT Session 1 9am-12noon

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News - Mastercam X6 Rollouts

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Stock Model

In Mastercam X6, the stock model for Mill 2-axis through 5-axis toolpaths is now a separate entity in

the Toolpath Manager with more power and flexibility than ever before. You can generate an initial

stock model by choosing Toolpaths, Stock model from the Mastercam menu. The stock model is

fully associative and has parameters that can be edited at any time similar to toolpath or solid

operations. The stock model operation is marked dirty and requires a regen if you make changes to

the stock model parameters or any toolpath the stock model is referencing.

Once created, you can use stock model

operations to:

•Verify stock

•Define stock for rest machining

•Visualize stock

•Generate stock model compares

Note: If you have activated multi-

threaded processing for your

configuration, Mastercam generates

stock model operations as multi-

threaded processes. In the Stock

Model dialog box, the Stock Defini-

tion page lets you create a name for

the model, select a color, and set the

basic shape parameters. Solids, mesh entities, surfaces (even single surfaces), STL files, and other

stock models can all provide the basis for the new stock model. You can also pull in any values you

entered in the Stock Setup page of the Machine Group Properties dialog box.

What’s New In Mastercam - Stock Model

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What’s New In Mastercam - Stock Model

The Source Operations page is where you select the source operations to process against the

defined stock in the stock model operation. Use [Ctrl+click] and Shift+click] methods to

select any combination of operations in the tree, including those from different machine

groups.

In addition, you

can use the stock

model to display

leftover material.

Using the Stock

Compare page,

follow these gen-

eral guidelines:

•Select the Stock

Compare check-

box.

• Use the Select

button to return

to the graphics

window and se-

lect the part

model entities to use in the comparison

against the stock model.

• Define the tolerance for the stock model com-

pare.

• Enter a value for stock to leave on the part

model.

• Set the minimum/maximum offset values and

colors for the compare results.

For more details on using this function, please

click the Mastercam Help button at the bottom

of the dialog box.

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2D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) - Basic

Overview of HST. This will cover 2D HST showing you

a step by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

3D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) - Basic

Overview of HST. This will cover 3D HST showing you

a step by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

Date & Time Place

January 11, 2012 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

March 28, 2012 1pm-3pm Windsor Locks, CT

Date & Time Place

February 7, 2012 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

Feature Based Machining - FBM & FBD

- Basic Overview of how to use FBM & FBD to assist in

your machining process, this will cover set up and a step

by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

Date & Time Place

February 29, 2012 1pm-3pm Windsor Locks, CT

Upcoming Events From Services 4 Automation

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Mastercam Setup Sheet - Basic introduction

into Mastercam's new set up sheet and active reports.

Transform Toolpaths - The Transform Toolpaths

function creates copies of operations in different orienta-

tions. You can use this function to translate operations

into multiple copies arranged in a matrix, or a vertical,

horizontal, or diagonal row.

Date & Time Place

TBD TBD

Date & Time Place

February 7, 2012 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

Date & Time Place

January 10, 2012 9am-12noon SFA - Sterling, MA

January 10, 2012 1pm-4pm SFA - Sterling, MA

January 25, 2012 1pm-4pm Windsor Locks, CT

X6 Mini Rollout - Basic understanding of what’s new

in Mastercam X6 including the new Mill and Turn toolpath

enhancements.

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Understanding Machine & Control

Definitions - Basic understanding of how Machine

and Control Definitions' interact with Post processors

Work Coordinate System (WCS) - Basic Overview of how WCS's work and how to create,

name and save them.

Date & Time Place

March 12, 2012 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

Date & Time Place

March 12, 2012 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

January 11, 2012 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

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To learn more about Cimco Software contact SFA at 978-728-0009 or email

sales@s4a.us

Cimco News - Editor Macro Copy To Function

In Cimco Edit Pro V6 a new function has been added that allows you to copy individual macros to a different machine type. This is useful for people that write macros and want to import the new macro into an existing type file. Here we copy the Cycle 200 Drilling macro from the Heidenhain file type to the Text file type.

The macro is copied into the Text file type

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S4A-Cimquest Tech Tip

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S4A-Cimquest Tech Tip

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Mastercam Basic Mill - January 4th-6th , 2012@ SFA Sterling MA Design, interface & configuration. project setup, 2D Toolpaths & NC output.

Mastercam X Transition Class—January 9th, 2012 @ S4A Sterling MA

Basic X introduction for Mill and Lathe

Mastercam X Transition Class—January 11th, 2012 @ Windsor Locks, CT Basic X introduction for Mill and Lathe

Mastercam Intermediate Mill - January 12th & 13th, 2012 @ SFA Sterling MA

2D HST, 3D geometry, Workplanes, Fixture Offsets, 4-Axis Indexing

January 18th, 2012 @ SFA Sterling MA - Session 1 - 9am-12noon

January 18th, 2012@ SFA Sterling MA - Session 2 - 1pm-4pm

January 25th, 2012@ Windsor Lock, CT - Session - 9am-12noon

Upcoming Mastercam Training