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| Written by Derek Goodwin |
 We have now added assignments and exercises to provide a roadmap for your Mastercam journey.
Subscription members will be able to download the files, if need help with an exercise, just post your Mastercam file or screenshot to the forum and we will help. Here's a secret, Mastercam doesn't work very well, right out of the box. There are several things that need to be set up correctly, just to get you started. Assignment 1 walks you through setting up your file paths, so that when you begin saving files you won't need to navigate through a myriad of folders or inadvertently save your file to somewhere where you can never find it again. Assignment 2 takes you through a series of drawing exercises from the Mastercam handbook. First we show you how to do it with video and then we challenge you with your first 2D part drawing.  Assignment 3 goes beyond lines, circles and rectangles and makes you think, with more drawing exercises from the Mastercam Handbook.  In Assignment 4 we will add toolpaths, and you will write your first Mastercam CNC Program, congratulations!  Assignment 5 teaches you construction planes and transform and you will begin to work in the 3D world.  Assignment 6 Work coordinate system (WCS) this is where everybody hits the wall, machining on multiple sides of a component in one Mastercam file. Have no fear, we have steered hundreds of students through this process, you will be up and running in no time.  In Assignment 7 we will create our first part using solid geometry, from here on you are using the tools of the power users  exercises 8 and 9 build on these skills     and then we move into volume 2; 3D toolpaths, surfacing, high speed toolpaths, multi axis machining and much more. Have you subscribed to eapprentice.net, What are you waiting for?    |
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