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Mastercam“X³TrainingTutorials–4&5AxisMillApplications
RevisedDate:September26,2008
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Authors:MarianaLendel
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GettingStarted ............................................................................................................. A1

AxisSubstitution,RotaryAxisPositioningandTransformRotateTutorial ................... 11

AxisSubstitutionToCreateACylindricalAndAConicalHelixTutorial ...........................21

AxisSubstitution,RolldieCHookTutorial .....................................................................31

ChuckIndexingTutorial ................................................................................................41

Rotary4AxisToolpathAndAxial4axTutorial................................................................ 51

Curve5AxisAndDrill5AxisTutorial ............................................................................ 61

Swarf5AxisWithWallDefinedByUsing2ContoursTutorial........................................71

Flow5AxisTutorial ......................................................................................................81

Multisurface5AxisTutorial .......................................................................................... 91

Port5AxisTutorial ................................................................................. 101

GeneralNotes ....................................................................................... B1
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Objectives:

TheStudentwilldesigna3dimensionaldrawingby:

Creatingthe2DgeometryintheRightSideview.
Creatingthe3Dgeometryusingtranslatecommand.
Creatingcirclesknowingthediameterandthecenterlocation.
Changingtheviewofthepartforbettervisualisation.

TheStudentwillcreatea2dimensionalmillingtoolpathindifferentTplanesconsistingof:

UsingViewManagertoselecttheTplaneforeachface.
Createanoperationforeachfaceusingthesameworkoffset(G54).
Facingoneflatsurfaces.
FacingtheothertwoflatsurfacesusingTransformRotatetoolpath.
Drillingthetwoholes.
Removingthematerialinsideofonegrooveusingcontourtoolpath.
MachinethesecondgrooveusingTransformRotatetoolpath.

TheStudentwillcheckthetoolpathusingMastercam’sVerifyverificationmoduleby:

Defininga3dimensionalblock,thesizeoftheworkpiece.
RunningtheVerifyfunctiontomachinethepartonthescreen.






















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GEOMETRYCREATION

STEP1:CREATETHE2DGEOMETRYINTHERIGHTSIDEVIEW.

Option1Thegeometryfile,Tutorial4_geometry.zip,canbedownloadedfrom
www.emastercam.com/files
Thefinishpart,Tutorial4_finish.zipincludingthetoolpaths,isalsoprovidedonthesamelocation
www.emastercam.com/files

Option2Createthegeometryusingthefollowinginstructions:

Createthe2DprofileintheRighsideview:

Create/Arc/CreateCircleCenterPointandsetparametersto:
Diameter=5.0;
CenterOrigin

Create/Line/CreateLineEndpointandsetparametersto:
Specifyanendpoint=Origin
Linelength=2.45
Angle=165deg.;

Create/Line/CreateLinePerpendicularandsetparametersto:
Selectline,arcorspline;Selecttheexistingline
Sketchapoint;SelecttheEndpointoftheexistinglineoppositetheorigin.
Selectwhichlinetokeep;Selectthelineabovetheexistingone.
Repeatthestepstoselecttheotherperpendicularlinebelowthefirstlinethatwecreated.

Deletethefirstline

Edit/Joinentities
Selectthetwocolinearlines;Pressentertofinishthecommand

Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
Enabledivideandselectthearclefttothelineandthetwoendsoftheline.

 Selecttheselinesand
 thearchere
Xform/XformRotate
Selecttheline;EnableCopyandset#to1;Rotationangle90deg

Xform/XformRotate
Selecttherotatedline;EnableCopyandset#to1;Rotationangle105deg

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Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
Enabledivideandselectthetwoarcsonebelowand
theotheronetotherightoftherotatedlines. SelectEntityAhere

Create/Line/CreateLineEndpointandset
parametersto:
Specifyanendpoint=Origin
Linelength=2.5
Angle=120deg.;

Create/Line/CreateLineParallelandsetparametersto:
Selectaline;Selectthe120degline
Selectthepointtoplaceaparallellinethrough;Pickapointabovetheline;enterthedistance0.25
Selecttheflipbutonseveraltimesuntilyoumakebothparallellines(aboveandbelowthe120deg.line)

Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
EnableBreakintheribbonbar.
Selectanentitytobreak;Selectthefirstparallellineendthatisfurtherawayfromtheorigin.
EnablethelengthbuttonintheRibbonbarandenter0.25
Repeatthecommandtobreakat0.25distancetheotherparallellinethatwecreatedintheprevious
step

Deletethecenterlineandtheparallellinesclosestotheorigin.

 Selecttheseentities



Create/Line/CreateLineEndpointandsetparametersto:
Selecttheendpointsoftheparallellineslefttoclosetheslot.

Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
EnableDivideintheribbonbar.
Selectthearcbetweenthetwoparallellines.

Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
EnableTrim2entitiesintheribbonbar.
Selecttheentitiesatthetopcornersoftheslot.

Xform/XformRotate
Selectthethreelinesoftheslot;EnableCopyandset#to1;Rotationangle180deg

Edit/Trim/Break/Trim/Break/Extend
EnableDivideintheribbonbar.

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Selectthearcbetweenthetwoparallellinesthatyourotatedinthepreviousstep.

Createthecylindricalshape

Xform/XformTranslate
Selectallentities;
EnableJoin;#=1;z=6.0


CreatethecirclesintheFrontplan

SettheplanetoFront. SelectEntityA
SettheZdepthattheholesplane.(2.45)





Create/Line/CreateLineParallelandsetparametersto:
Selectaline;SelectlineAasshown
Selectthepointtoplaceaparallellinethrough;Pickapointbelowtheline;enterthedistance0.50



SelectEntityB
Selectaline;SelectlineBasshown
Selectthepointtoplaceaparallellinethrough;
Pickapointtotherightoftheline;enterthedistance1.50

Selectaline;SelectlineCasshown
Selectthepointtoplaceaparallellinethrough;Pickapoint
SelectEntityC
totheleftoftheline;enterthedistance1.50

Create/Arc/CreateCircleCenterPointandsetparametersto:
Diameter=.375;
Centeratintersectionbetweentwoofthelinescreatedinthepreviousstep.

Diameter=.375;
Centeratintersectionbetweentwoofthelinescreatedintheprevious
step.
Deletetheconstructionlines

File/Saveas
FileName:Tut4_Rotaryaxisindexing.mcx

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TOOLPATHCREATION

STEP5:DEFINETHESTOCK.

TodisplaytheToolpathsManagerpressAlt+O.

IfamachinedefinitionisalreadyselectedseeTutorial#2page24tolearnhowtochangeit.

Otherwisefollownextstep.

SettheconstructionplanetoTopPlane. 


SelectMill4AXISVMC.MMD






























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SelecttheplusinfrontofPropertiestoexpandtheToolpathsGroupProperties.


Selecttheplus




SelecttheStocksetup.



 SelectStocksetup






Thestockshapeshouldbesetto
Cylinder.
EnableXAxis
EntertheDiameterandLengthvalues
ofthestocksize.
EnableDisplaystockasWireframe
andenableFitScreentothestock.




TheStockOriginvaluesadjustthe
positioningofthestock,ensuring
thatyouhaveequalamountof
extrastockaroundthefinishpart.
Displayoptionsallowsyoutoset
thestockasWireframeandtofit
thestocktothescreen.(Fit
Screen)






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SelecttheToolSettingstabtosetthetoolparametersandthepartmaterial.
Changetheparameterstomatchthefollowingscreenshot.




 Assigntoolnumberssequentially
 allowsyoutooverwritethetool
 numberfromthelibrarywiththe
 nextavailabletoolnumber.(First
 operationttoolnumber1;
 Secondoperationttoolnumber2,
 etc)
 Warnofduplicatetoolnumbers
 allowsyoutogetawarningifyou
 entertwotoolswiththesame
 number.
 Overridedefaultswithmodal
 valuesenablesthesystemtokeep
 thevaluesthatyouenter.
 FeedCalculationsetFromtooluses
 feedrate,plungerate,retractrate
 andspindlespeedfromthetool
 definition.




SelecttheOKbuttontoexitToolpathGroupProperties. 















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STEP6:FACETHEFLATSURFACEAT165DEGREESANGLE.

6.1AboutToolPlanes

Thetoolplane(Tplane)istheplaneinwhichthetoolapproachesandmachinesthepart.The
TplanerepresentstheCNCmachine’scoordinatesystem(XYaxisandorigin).Thisisthecutting
planeforatoolpath,typicallynormaltothetoolaxis
TheRotaryaxisforourpartisAaxis.Theaxisorientationfordifferentviewsshouldlookasshown
inthefollowingpicture.


















ComparetheplanesaxisorientationwhenrotatingthepartaboutBaxis.(horizontalmachining
centers).

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6.2Createthenewviewat165degreesangle.

SelectWCSintheStatusBar.
SelectViewManager.






SelectGeometrybutton.











[Selectaflatentity,2lines,or,3points]:Selectthetwolinesasshowninthefollowingpicture




Selectthesecondlinehere




 Selectthefirstlinehere













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Theaxisshouldbeorientatedasshowninthefollowingpicture.OtherwiseselectNextView







 SelectNextView










SelecttheOKbuttontoaccepttheview.

EntertheNameforthenewviewas
shown.
DisableAssociativeandSetneworigin.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 


Changethe
parameterstomatch
thefollowing
screenshot.
MakesurethatX,Y,Z
fortheOriginareset
to0andAssociative
isdisable.
TheWorkOffset#
shouldbechangeto
0(G54forFanuc).

Wewillsetonlyone
workoffsetatthecenter
ofthecylinder.


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6.3SetbothCplaneandTplanetotheflatat165degreesangle.

ClickonSetyourcurrenttoolplaneandorigintotheselectedviewbutton. 
ClickonSetyourcurrentconstructionplaneandorigintotheselectedviewbutton. 




TheViewManagerwill
lookasshowntotheright











SelecttheOKbuttontoexittheViewManagername. 

SetZto0.





Thegridorientationandoriginshouldlookasshownin
thefollowingpicture.











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6.3Facetheplane.

Toolpaths
Facetoolpath
SelecttheOKbuttontoaccepttheNCname. 
EnableCplaneintheChainingdialogbox.
[SelectOKtousethedefinedstockorselectchain1]:Selectthe
chainasshown


 Selectthe
 chainhere














SelecttheOKbuttontoexitChaining. 
ClickontheSelectlibrarytoolbutton.

SelecttheFilterbuttonintheToolSelection.


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IntheToolTypesfieldselecttheNonebuttontodisablealltools.














SelecttheFacemilltooltypeasshown.
IntheToolDiameterfieldclickthepulldownarrowandselectEqual.
EntertheToolDiametervalueto3.0.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexitToolListFilter. 
Makesurethatthetoolisselected(highlighted)intheToolSelectionscreen.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexittheToolSelectiondialogbox. 

Makethenecessarychangestomatchtheparameterswiththescreenshotbelow.




















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TheToolparametersdialogboxallowsyoutoselectthetoolusedinthisoperation.Italsoallowsyouto
changetheSpindlespeed,theFeedrate,PlungerateandRetractrate.Youcaninsertacommentthatwillbe
outputintheNCfileafterrunningthepostprocessor.

SelecttheFacingparametersandchangetheparametersasshowninthefollowingscreenshots.












Makesurethat
youchangethe
Cutting
methodtoOne
pass.






TheFacingparametersdialogboxallowsyoutoestablishtheheightsforrapidmovement(Clearance)and
(Retract);theheightfromwherethetoolmoveswithfeedrate(Feedplane);theTopofstockandthefinal
depth(Depth).DepthandTopofStocksettoIncrementalvaluesarerelativetothelocationofthechained
geometry.Clearance,Retract,andFeedplanearerelativetotheTopofstock.

SelecttheOKbuttonfromtheFacing
parameterscreen. 









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STEP7:FACETHEFLATAT255DEGREESANGLEUSINGROTATETRANSFORM
TOOLPATH.

Toolpaths
TransformToolpath
EnabledRotateandtheMethodshouldbesettoToolplanetobeabletocreateanewtoolplane
forthetransformtoolpath.

























EnableMaintainsourceoperation’stokeepthesameWorkoffsetnumber.(G54).


NotethattheFacingoperationisselected









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SelectRotatetabandchangetheparametersasshown.

























EnableRotationviewandselectthearrowbutton. 
SelecttheRightSideView.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexitViewSelection 
SelecttheOKbuttontoexitTransformOperation
Parameters 













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STEP8:FACETHEFLATAT0DEGREESANGLEUSINGROTATETRANSFORM
TOOLPATH.

Toolpaths
Transformtoolpath
EnabledRotateandtheMethodshouldbesettoToolplanetobeabletocreateanewtoolplane
forthetransformtoolpath.
EnableMaintainsourceoperation’stokeepthesameWorkoffsetnumber.(G54).
SelectonlytheTransformoperationasshownbelow.


































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SelectRotatetabandchangetheparametersasshown.
























MakesurethatRotationviewisenabledandsettoRightSide.Otherwisefollowtheprevioussteptoselect
theRotationview.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexitTransformOperationParameters 

















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STEP9:DRILLTHE0.375DIAMETERHOLES.

9.1SetbothCplaneandTplane.

NotethatbecauseoftheYaxisorientation(pleasecheckpage222)theplaneinwhichtheholesaredrilledis
nottheBackplane.

WewillneedtodefineanewplanebyrotatingtheTopplane90
degrees.

ClickonSelectalloperationsbuttoninToolpathsmanager.









PresssimultaneousAlt&Ttodisable/enablethetoolpathdisplay.

SelectPlanesintheStatusBar.


SelectTopplane.


SelectPlanesintheStatusBar.




SelectRotateplanes.




EnterAboutX90degrees.


SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 


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EntertheNameforthenewviewas
shown.

DisableSetneworiginifnecessary.

SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 

SelectWCSintheStatusBar.



SelectViewManager.


SelecttheHolesView.
ClickonSetyourcurrenttoolplaneandorigintotheselectedviewbutton. 
ClickonSetyourcurrentconstructionplaneandorigintotheselectedviewbutton. 






















ChangetheWorkOffset#to0
MakesurethatEnableoriginisnotcheckandx,y,zvaluesfortheoriginaresetto0asshown
SelecttheOKbuttontoexittheViewManagername. 

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9.2Drillingthehole.

Toolpaths
DrillToolpath
SelecttheEntitiesbuttonintheDrillPointSelectiondialogbox.
Selectthearcsasshowninthefollowingpicture.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexitDrillPointSelection. 














Selectthesearcs


ClickontheSelectlibrarytool.


SelecttheFilter
buttonintheTool
Selection.

IntheToolTypes
fieldselecttheNone
buttontodisablealltools.
SelecttheDrilltooltypeas
shown(upperrightcorner).
IntheToolDiameterfield
clickthepulldownarrow
andselectEqual.
EntertheToolDiameter
valueto0.375.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexit
ToolListFilter. 


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Makesurethatthetoolisselected(highlighted)intheToolSelectionscreen.
SelecttheOKbuttontoexittheToolSelectiondialogbox. 
Makethenecessarychangestomatchtheparameterswiththescreenshotbelow.





















SelecttheDrillparametersandchangetheparametersasshowninthefollowingscreenshot.



















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EnableandselecttheTipcompbutton.
MaketheBreakthroughamount0




SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 


TheDrillparametersdialogboxallowsyoutoestablishtheheightforrapidmovement(Clearance)andthe
heightfromwherethetoolmoveswithfeedrate(Retract);theTopofstockandthefinaldepth(Depth).
Clearance,Retract,DepthandTopofStocksettoAbsolutevaluesarerelativetothenewtoolorigin.













SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 

STEP10:MACHINETHEGROOVEATTHE120DEGREESANGLE.

10.1SetbothCplaneandTplane.

SelectPlanesintheStatusBar.



SelectTopplane.



SelectPlanesintheStatusBar.


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SelectRotateplanes.






EnterAboutX30degrees.



SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 


EntertheNameforthenewviewas
shown.

DisableSetneworigin.


SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 


SelectWCSintheStatusBar.

SelectViewManager.

SelecttheGrooveat120degreesangleview.
ChangetheWork
Offset#to0
Makesurethat
Enableoriginisnot
checkandx,y,z
valuesfortheorigin
aresetto0asshown
above.

SelecttheOKbutton
toexittheView
Managername.



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10.2Machinethegrooveusingcontourtoolpath.

Toolpaths
ContourToolpath
Selectthecontourandthebottomofthegrooveshape,asshown.













Selectthecontourhere


SelecttheOKbuttontoexitChainingdialogbox. 

ClickontheSelectlibrarytoolandusingFilterselecta0.5FlatEndmill.
Makethenecessarychangestomatchtheparameterswiththescreenshotbelow.




















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SelecttheContourparameterspageandchangethesettingstomatchthefollowingscreenshot.























SelecttheLeadin/outbuttontosettheparametersthatallowstoextendthecontourstartand
end.














SelecttheOKbuttontoexit
LeadIn/Out. 


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SelecttheOKbuttontwicetoexitContour
parameters. 


STEP11:MACHINETHESECONDGROOVEUSINGTRANSFORM–ROTATE
TOOLPATH.

Toolpaths
Transformtoolpath
EnabledRotateandtheMethodshouldbesettoToolplanetobeabletocreateanewtoolplane
forthetransformtoolpath.
EnableMaintainsourceoperation’stokeepthesameWorkoffsetnumber.(G54).
Makesurethatonlythecontouroperationisselectedasshowninthefollowingscreenshot.






















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SelecttheRotatetabandchangetheparametersasshown.
























MakesurethattheRotationviewisenabledandsettotheRightSideView.











SelecttheOKbuttontoexitTransformOperation
Parameters 





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STEP12:BACKPLOTTHETOOLPATH.


SelecttheSelectalloperationsbutton.



SelecttheBackplotselectedoperationsbutton.



Makesurethatyouhavethefollowingbuttonsturnedon(theywillappearpusheddown).
Displaytool
Displayrapidmoves

 Displaytool



 Displayrapidmoves

SelectthePlaybutton.
















SelecttheOK
buttontoexit
Backplot. 


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VERIFYTOOLPATHVERIFICATION

STEP13:VERIFY.

ExpandtheToolpathsManagerifnecessarybydraggingthe
rightside.

SelecttheVerifyselectedoperationsbutton.










SelecttheConfigurebutton. 





Makethechangesasshown.


Initialstocksizesourceshouldbe
settoJobSetuptousethestock
informationfromStockSetup.
UseTrueSolidallowsyou,after
verifyingthepart,torotateand
magnifytheparttomoreclosely
checkfeatures,surfacefinish,or
scallops.
Cuttercompincontrolallows
Verifytousetheinformation
regardingthetooldiameterandto
simulatethecuttercompensation.
Changetool/colortochangethe
colorofthecutstocktoindicated
toolchangesinthetoolpath.

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SelecttheOKbuttontoexitVerifyOptions. 

SettheVerifyspeedbymovingthesliderbarinthespeedcontrolbar. 
SelecttheMachinebuttontostartsimulation. 

Thefinishedpartshouldappearasshowninthefollowingpicture.


















ToseethepartfromadifferentviewselectDynamicRotationbuttonfromthe
toolbar.


[Pickapointtobegindynamics]:Selectthemidpointasshown.










 Selectthis
 midpoint



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Slightlymovethecursortotheright.

Clickthemousebuttonwhendone.








ToexitVerifycloseselecttheOK
button. 



STEP14:POSTPROCESSTHEFILE.

Toapplythesetoolpathstoaverticalmachiningcenterwitharotaryaxis(Aaxis),acustomizedpostprocessor
foryourmachineisrequired.

Makesurethatalloperationsareselected.

SelectthePostselectedoperationsbuttonfromToolpathManager.




InthePostprocessingwindow,makeallthenecessarychanges
asshowntotheright.

EnableNCfiletokeeptheNCfileassigningthesamenameas
theMCXfile.


EnableEdittoautomaticallylaunchthedefaulteditor.



SelecttheOKbuttontocontinue. 




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SelecttheOKbuttontoacceptthewarnig.(wewantonly
oneworkoffsetG54foralltheviews)




SelecttheSavebuttontoacceptthesamenamefortheNCfileasthegeometryname.

NoteinlineN4theworkoffsetG54andtheangleA75;lineN30G54andA90;lineN40G54andA30.



SelecttheredXattheupperrightsidetoexittheEditor.

STEP15:SAVETHEUPDATEDMCXFILE.



SelecttheSaveicon.


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Objectives:

ThistutorialcoversMastercam's4and5Axistoolpathfunctionality.Toapplythesetoolpathstoa5Axis
machinetool,acustomizedpostprocessorforyourmachineisrequired.
Therearenodefault5AxispostprocessorsincludedwithMastercamduetothevariationinmultiaxis
machineconfigurations.ContactyourMastercamresellertorequestpostprocessorservicessuchasmultiaxis
postdevelopment.
Yourpostprocessormayrequirecertainadditionalprogramminginformationnotcoveredinthistutorial.For
instance:
YoumayberequiredtopositionyourstockinmachinespaceratherthanatMastercam'sorigin
YoumayberequiredtousetheMiscValuesbox
Yourpostmayalsopromptfortoolgagelengths.
Thenatureoftheadditionalinformationrequireddependslargelyonyourmachine'sconfiguration.Contact
thedeveloperofyourpostprocessorfordetails.

TheStudentwillcreatea5axismillingtoolpathsby:

Machiningthepartusingthe5axismultisurfacetoolpath.

TheStudentwillcheckthetoolpathusingMastercam’sVerifyverificationmoduleby:

Defininga3dimensionalrectangularblockthesizeoftheworkpiece.
RunningtheBackplotfunctionbysimulatingtheaxissubstitutionandtherotaryaxis.
RunningtheVerifyfunctiontomachinethepartonthescreen.























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Thegeometryfile,RevisedTutorial9_geometry.zip,canbedownloadedfrom
www.emastercam.com/files

Thefinishpart,RevisedTutorial9_finish.zipincludingthetoolpaths,isalsoprovidedonthesamelocation
www.emastercam.com/files

TOOLPATHCREATION

Open
File

SelecttheTut9_5axismultisurface.mcx

STEP1:SETUPTHESTOCKTOBEMACHINED.

TodisplaytheToolpathsManagerpressAlt+O.

IfamachinedefinitionisalreadyselectedseeTutorial#2page24tolearnhowtochangeit.SelectMill
5AXISTableHeadVertical

Otherwisefollownextstep.

Machinetype
Mill
SelectMill5AXISTableHeadVertical



















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SelecttheplusinfrontofPropertiestoexpandtheToolpaths
GroupProperties.

 Selecttheplus




SelecttheStocksetup. SelectStocksetup









Thestockshapeshouldbesetto
RectangularShape

EntertheY,XandZvaluesofthestock
size.


SettheStockOriginvaluesasshown

EnableDisplaystockasWireframe
andenableFitScreentothestock.



TheStockOriginvaluesadjust

thepositioningofthestock,

ensuringthatyouhaveequal

amountofextrastockaround

thefinishpart.

Displayoptionsallowsyouto

setthestockasWireframeand

tofitthestocktothescreen.(Fit

Screen)





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SelecttheToolSettingstabtosetthetoolparametersandthepartmaterial.
Changetheparameterstomatchthefollowingscreenshot.


Assigntoolnumbers

sequentiallyallowsyouto

overwritethetoolnumberfrom

thelibrarywiththenext

availabletoolnumber.(First

 operationttoolnumber1;
 Secondoperationttool
 number2,etc)
 Warnofduplicatetoolnumbers
 allowsyoutogetawarningif
 youentertwotoolswiththe
 samenumber.
 Overridedefaultswithmodal
 valuesenablesthesystemto
 keepthevaluesthatyouenter.
 FeedCalculationsetFromtool
 usesfeedrate,plungerate,
 retractrateandspindlespeed
 fromthetooldefinition.





SelecttheOKbuttontoexitToolpathGroupProperties. 


STEP25AXISMULTISURFACE–ROUGHINGTHEPART.

5AxisMultisurfacegeneratesa5axissurfacetoolpathoveraseriesofsurfacesorsolidsthatallows
precisecontrolofthescallopheightorconstantdistancestepoverstocreateasmoothfinish.

Toolpaths
Multiaxis
5AxisMultisurfaceToolpath
SelecttheOKbuttontoaccepttheNCname. 




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ChangetheparametersforMsurf5axisasshowninthefollowingscreenshot.

 TheOutputFormatis5Axis.
 CutPatternalowsyoutoestablishthe
 surfacesforgeneralcuttingarea.
 ToolAxisControlallowsyoutoestablish
 themethodtocontrolthetoolaxis
 orientation.ToolaxiscontroltotheChain
 willkeepthetoolaxisorientedtothe
 selectedchain.
 CutSurfacesaresurfacestoprojectthe
 toolpositionto,tocompensatethetool
 axisvectorforgougeprotection.
 CheckSurfacesaresurfacestobeavoided
 duringmachining.


SelectSurface(s)buttonasshowninthe
previousscreenshot.




 Selectthissurface



HitEnterkeytoendtheselection.

SelectChainbutton.
[Selecttoolvectorchain]:Selectthelineasshown.





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SelecttheOKbuttontoexitfromChainingdialogbox. 
EnableEntirechainpersurfaceintheChainOptiondialogboxtoallow
thetoolaxisdirectiontograduallytransitionalongtheselectedchain
onetimefortheentiresurface.

SelecttheOKbuttontoexitfromChainOptionsdialogbox. 


SelectCompToSurfacesbuttonasshownintheprevious
screenshot.








ClickontheselectbuttonintheToolpath/surfaceselection.

[SelectCompSurfaces]:ClickonSelectAll
button.

EnableColorandselectcolormagentano.13asshowntotheright.
Thetopsurfacesshouldbeselectedasshownbelow.















SelecttheOKbuttontoexitSelectAll. 
HitEnterkeytoendtheselection.
SelecttheOKbuttontwicetoexitMsurf5axisdialogbox. 

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ClickonSelectlibrarytoolbuttonandusingFilterselect3/8BallEndmill.
Makeallthenecessarychangesasshowninthefollowingscreenshots.












































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SelectDepthcutsbuttonandchangethe
parametersasshown.





SelecttheOKbuttontoexitMultiaxisDepth
Cuts. 
SelectEntry/Exitbuttonandchangetheparametersasshown.














SelecttheOKbuttontoexitEntry/Exit. 
SelectMsurf5axParameterspageandchangetheparametersasshown.



















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SelectFlowparametersbutton.
Iftheflowlineslookasshownbelow,acrossthemagentasurfaces,thanclickonCutDirectioninthe
Flowlinedatadialogbox.














Thecutdirectionshouldbealongthemagentasurfacesasshownbelow.


















SelecttheOKbuttontoexitFlowlinedata
dialogbox. 

SelecttheOKbuttontoexitMultisurface5axis
parameters. 

EnterAlt+Ttotogglethetoolpathdisplayoff.

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STEP3:5AXISMULTISURFACE–FINISHTHEPARTUSINGAXISLIMITS.

Toolpaths
Multiaxis
5AxisMultisurfaceToolpath






ClickonCutPattern
Surface(s)button.










[SelectToolPatternSurfaces]:ClickonSelectAllbutton.

EnableColorandselectcolormagentano.13asshowntotheright.


















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Thetopsurfacesshouldbeselectedasshownbelow.









SelecttheOKbuttontoexitSelect
All. 

HitEnterkeytoendtheselection.






SelectCheckSurfacesbuttonasshown.




ClickonSelectbutton.


[SelectCheckSurfaces]:Selectthetwoflatsurfacesatthetopasshownbelow.














HitEnterkeytoendtheselection.

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SelecttheOKbuttontwicetoexitMsurf5axisdialogbox. 
ClickonSelectlibrarytoolbuttonandusingFilterselect1/4BallEndmill.
Makeallthenecessarychangesasshowninthefollowingscreenshots.









































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SelectMsurf5axParameterspageandchangetheparametersasshown.























SelectAxisLimitsandenableZAxisandchangetheanglesasshown.












SelecttheOK
buttontoexit
Multisurface5axis
parameters.




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STEP4:BACKPLOTTHE5AXISMULTISURFACETOOLPATHS.

ClickontheToolpathGroup1intheToolpathsManagertoselectall
operations

SelectBackplotselectedoperationsbutton.
Makesurethatyouhaveonlythefollowingbuttonturnon(they
willappearpusheddown).

Displaytool Displaytool


SelecttheOptionsbutton. 



EnableSimulateAxisSubstitutionanddisableSimulateRotaryAxis.

DisableConnectTopandShade.







SelecttheOKbuttontoexitBackplotOptions. 



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SelectPlaybutton.



















SelecttheOKbuttontoexitBackplot. 

ChangethegraphicviewtoFrontandcheckthesecondoperationonly. 

SelectStepforward buttontocheckitstepbystep.Thetoolpathshouldlookasshownbelow.



















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STEP5:VERIFY

TobeabletouseVerifyfunctionUseTruesolidfor4/5axistoolpathsyouhavetohavethe5axisVerify
option.ThisoptionisnotincludedinMastercamandmustbepurchasedseparately.Formore
informationpleasecontactyourMastercamdealer.

SelectVerifyselectedoperationsbutton.



ChangethegraphicviewtoIsometric. 
























SettheVerifyspeedbymovingthesliderbarinthespeedcontrolbar. 



SelectFastforwardbuttontostartsimulation. 




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Thefinishpartshouldappearasshowninthepicturebelow




















SelecttheOKbuttontoexitVerify. 





STEP6:SAVETHEUPDATEDMCXFILE.


SelecttheSaveicon.










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