Download Mastercam X2 Advanced Multiaxis Tutorial

4 • MASTERCAM X2/ Advanced Multiaxis Tutorial
Before you begin
Although these toolpaths are extremely powerful and flexible, there are
some important limitations that you should be aware of.
ƒ These toolpaths work on surfaces, solids, and solid faces. Solid
selection is available for most advanced multiaxis toolpath
strategies, with the following exceptions:
Š Toolpaths that require the selection of a defined edge
(solid edge)
Š Toolpaths that require the selection of only a single surface
(solid face)
ƒ The orientation of the toolpath with respect to your surfaces is
determined by the surface normal. Before creating the
toolpath, make sure that your normals point in the proper
direction. If necessary, use the Edit, Change normals function
before creating the toolpath. (You can also change the
normals after creating the toolpath and simply regenerate the
toolpath.)
ƒ The defaults for these toolpaths are hard-coded and are not
stored in the .defaults file with your other toolpath defaults.