What's New in Mastercam X3 Router

Mastercam X3 Router introduced many new features and enhancements that expand machining flexibility and increase speed and automation. This article describes the main features. To see more, please visit the links at the end of the article.

TrueShape Nesting – Mastercam X3 Router now includes TrueShape Nesting as a standard feature. TrueShape Nesting optimizes your material use for greatest yields and an improved bottom line. Users can efficiently nest interlocking parts with a variety of options including:

• Custom sheet definition
• Ability to maintain grain direction of any part
• “Filler” part nesting to reduce waste
• Full control over part spacing and sheet margins
• And much more

Engraving – Mastercam X3 Router also now includes Engraving as a standard feature. Mastercam’s Engraving gives you the effect of classic hand-carved art using your CNC machine. Sharp inside corners give the finished piece a crisp edge that is unattainable with conventional machining.

Mastercam’s Engraving gives you a wide variety of options and effects:

• Standard "chiseling"
• Embossed images
• Easily engrave any TrueType font
• Remachining allows you to cut an area with a large tool and automatically remove remaining material with a smaller tool
• Constant volume depth cuts provide more consistent tool load
• And much more

Additional Features include:

• Feature Based Machining
• New 2D High Speed Toolpaths for Router
• Improved multiaxis toolpaths

Please visit www.mastercam.com/Products/Router to view the Router web site, or www.mastercamrouter.com/new.html to see What’s New in Mastercam Router.

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What’s New in X3 Wire and Design?

Mastercam X3 Wire and Design introduce many new features and enhancements that expand machining flexibility and increase speed and automation. This article describes the main features. To see more, please visit the links at the end of the article.

Mastercam X3 Wire introduces a new feature that will improve workflow when programming 4-axis wirepaths. It is the ability to have more than one 4-axis path in a single operation. For instance, if you have nine features all contained in a single operation, you can now change settings in the parameters in a single operation that will affect all of the paths in the operation. Another addition is enhanced Tab Control options for 4-axis wirepaths. These new options give you much more control over the tab that is created when doing 4-axis wirepaths.

Mastercam X3 Design has many features to make you faster and more efficient. The Xform function has been streamlined to make part creation and setup faster and easier than ever before. General Selection now provides a Last Function feature to reselect all entities that you had previously selected, saving you time. The Line Perpendicular ribbon bar now includes a Flip button for easier line construction.

Please visit http://www.mastercamwire.com/ to view the Wire Web site, and http://www.mastercamdesign.com/ to view the Design Web site.

Machine Tech Class at Cape Fear Community College

The film and video students at Cape Fear Community College made a promo video for the Machine tech class. The video was filmed in their facility and it demonstrates a student Mastercam project. All the actors are in the MT program and it took them two days to put together.


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