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Mastercam Version 9 - Mill Level 3
Mill Level 3 includes all of the improvements from Mill Entry, Level 1, and Level 2 plus those listed below.New Interface - Initial Selection of Toolpath Geometry or Files
The main menu for Surface Toolpaths has been reorganized to make the selection of geometry quicker and easier. Options for Drive, Check, and Containment geometry have been added, as well as an enhanced CAD file capability.
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Drive Surface Options
Users can set Drive Surface selection for, All surfaces, Select surfaces, or No surfaces. All automatically selects every visible surface with no user interaction. Select prompts the user for surfaces to be treated as drive surfaces, No selects no surfaces and is most often used with the CAD file option.Check Surface Options
Users can set Check Surface selection to, Select surfaces, Unselected surfaces, or No surfaces. Select surfaces will prompt the user for which surfaces to use as check surfaces in the toolpath. Unselected surfaces will automatically select all visible surfaces that were not selected as Drive surfaces. No selects no surfaces or prompts the user for themContain Options
Users can set the Contain option to Yes or No. Yes, automatically prompts the user for a tool containment boundary, No will not.CAD File Options
In Version 8 we introduced the ability to machine directly from an STL file. The ability to create surface toolpaths, even when no surface data is available, makes it possible for users to cut data that has been scanned from a physical part where no CAD file exists. It can serve as a way to do rapid prototyping with out having access to specialized equipment. In Version 9 this capability has been expanded to handle any type of file supported in our translator functionality. The options are Yes or No. Yes will prompt the user for a CAD file after all of the Toolpath Parameters are filled in. Once a file has been selected another menu appears with controls to handle the CAD file data. The interface and functionality of these options are similar to those found in STL, Xform under the File, Converters menu. An additional option exists to Set the Stock in Job Setup to help in Verification of the toolpaths.New Interface - Parameter Options for Drive, Check, and Containment
In previous versions, users were unable to modify which surfaces or containment geometry that was to be used for the toolpath. This caused users to have to either abort the operation and restart, or create the toolpath and then modify it later in the Operations Manager. The interface has been reworked to make it easy for operations to be updated quickly, giving users complete control and feedback on exactly what geometry is being used for each toolpath.
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Drive Surface/Solid
Once inside of the parameters of a Surface Toolpath, users can quickly see exactly how many Surfaces have been selected as Drive surfaces. The Select button gives them access to the model where they can see which surfaces have been selected and have the opportunity to add or remove additional drive surfaces.Check Surface/Solid
The check surface option works in exactly the same way the drive surfaces selection works.Tool Containment
Prior to Version 9, Mastercam only supported Tool Center Boundaries, which acted as a fence to keep the tool from passing beyond a specific area of a set of surfaces. Users requested more options that would give them better control of the tool along the boundary. Now users can choose to have the tool contained along the boundary by compensating it inside, outside, or centered on the boundary. An additional offset amount can also be applied to the boundary choice.New Interface – Expanded Geometry Icons in the Operations Manager
In keeping with the improved interface for surface selection the Operations Manager has also been updated to make change even easier than before. The Geometry icon can now be expanded to show separate icons for drive surfaces, check surfaces, containment boundaries, start points and CAD files. This interface change makes it easier to modify specific options without interfering with the others. It also makes it easier to grab geometry from one operation and include it in another.
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Toolpath Tolerance and Filtering combined
Surface toolpaths in Version 9 now allow users to enter a Total tolerance for the toolpath. If toolpath filtering is desired the user can select the button and enter into the Total Tolerance dialog box where they can select a ratio of filter tolerance to initial cut tolerance for the toolpath. In the illustration below the Total Tolerance for the toolpath is .001, with a ratio of Filter Tolerance to Cut Tolerance of 2:1 the values are automatically calculated so the initial Cut Tolerance is .00033 and the Filter Tolerance is .00067. These two tolerances added together equal the Total Tolerance of .001.
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Solid Hidden Face Processing
When creating surface toolpaths on a Solid the kernel interrogates the model and only passes faces that are not hidden to the surface toolpath algorithms. This reduced set of surfaces simplifies calculations for Mastercam when creating the toolpath. Cases exist where an extremely large number of faces have brought the Solids kernel to a halt, unable to continue processing and therefore unable to pass this information to Mastercam for toolpath calculation. A switch, labeled “Skip hidden face test for Solid bodies” has been added to the Advanced Settings dialog box found on the 3rd tab of surfaces toolpaths. In almost all cases you will want to keep this switch turned off to let the Solid kernel pass a limited set of surfaces to Mastercam for machining. Use this case only when it appears that the Solid kernel is bogged down and unable to process all of the faces.Improved Roughing Capabilities
Highspeed Pocketing
New options have been added to Highspeed pocketing to give users more control over the toolpath motion. Not only can users set the loop radius and spacing, they can also apply the Trochoidal (looping) motion for the entire toolpath instead of just when the tool encounters full material.
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Alignment of Plunge Points in Pocketing
As is often the case in many pocket operations, the cavity being machined will shrink in size with each additional Z cut. This change causes pocketing to define a new plunge point for each Z depth, leaving multiple plunge points that make it difficult to pre-drill for. When this option is activated in the parameter section, pocketing will identify a plunge point common to each cavity and use it as a plunge point for every change in Z. This makes using the new Start Hole option referred to in the Level 1 section more productive.Automatic Critical Depth Identification
Roughing with a constant Z toolpath is a very efficient way to remove large amounts of material quickly. Constant Z roughing uses a Z step entered by the user to control the depth of each new cut. Often models have flat sections that do not lie on a specific Z plane that is common to the defined cut depth, this can leave more material than desired on top of these flats. Users need the ability to identify these flats in a model during roughing to adjust the step down in Z. Prior to Version 9 users had to manually select each of the flat features, now the Critical Depth interface will automatically identify and add these flats to a list of depth cuts. Users can easily add or remove depth cuts from the list in this same menu. The sample file Critical Depth Cuts.MC9 can be used to see the difference this function makes.Plunge Roughing Expanded
As plunge roughing tools become more specialized users have request greater control over this option. In addition to the rectangular pattern in Version 8, Mastercam now has the ability to use another toolpath as the XY pattern for Plunge Roughing. Users can use any toolpath that has the desired motion in X and Y and then use that toolpath as the pattern for plunge roughing.
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Restmill
Restmill is now a stand-alone function that resides in the root menu of roughing. It still contains all of the options found in Contour roughing as well as specialized functions for computing remaining stock. Users can now choose between a single previous operation, all previous operations, or they can calculate remaining stock based on tool geometry values for diameter and corner radius.
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Helical Entry
Helical entry options have been added to roughing toolpaths for Plunge, Contour, and Restmill.Gap Settings
Users can now enter in a value for Tangential line length in the Gap Setting dialog box. This coupled with the already existing Arc radius and angle gives a new level of control over how the tool enters into the material being cut.
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Project Blend
This new option allows toolpaths that have been blended between 2 chains to be projected onto multiple surfaces. The results are similar to a Flowline toolpath without having to be concerning about the UV flow lines of the selected surfaces.
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Improvements in Finishing
Leftover
Leftover toolpaths have been improved to give more control over tool motion. Users can limit Leftover to calculate a toolpath for shallow areas only. It can cut the leftover region with a tool motion that is perpendicular to the remaining stock. Or it can use a hybrid option that will cut with a Constant Z approach and then switch to a perpendicular motion.Mastercam Version 9 - Mill Multiaxis
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