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0 QTE Manufacturing Solutions Statement on CNC Software/Sandvik Acquisition

QTE Manufacturing Solutions Statement on CNC Software/Sandvik Acquisition St. Louis — CNC Software, owners of Mastercam, announced yesterday that they have joined with Sandvik AB after a long and successful manufacturing partnership.This decision was carefully considered to ensure continued success for current and future customers of both companies. Sandvik AB shares the passion for manufacturing that […]

0 Customer Success Story – Jahabow

Jahabow specializes in a variety of different display cases, CNC machined in the 250,000-square-foot shop.CAD/CAM Helps Retail Display Maker Showcase Custom ProwessJahabow, LLC, has seen massive growth since it was founded in 1973 as a family-owned business. Now a national leader in manufacturing commercial grade retail display cases, Jahabow serves companies such as Walmart, Kay […]

0 Tech Tip – Multiple Stock Setup for Verify

This video will show you how to create multiple stocks to be used in the stock setup tab in a Mastercam file. When programming multiple parts on a horizontal or across multiple vises on a table, learn how to create one file that you can then set as the stock in the stock setup tab. […]

0 Time to Update Mastercam

Mastercam 2017 is sunsetting.Don’t lose the chance to update your valuable CAD/CAM investment. With the upcoming release of Mastercam 2022, Mastercam 2017 will sunset. Although you may continue to useMastercam 2017, updates and support will no longer be available. You can keep those benefits by updating to thecurrent version of Mastercam, at a fraction of […]

0 Watch Clash of Trades – Meet Teams SWIC and TCAT

Watch Project MFG’s Clash of Trades on April 20 at 7pm CDT on YouTube as four student team finalists compete in Project MFG’s National Challenge. Stephanie Quayle hosts the show. Register to watch the premiere of this national skilled trades competition and if you’re a student, enter for a chance to win a $2500 scholarship to your trade program. Register […]

0 Mastercam Wire – Creating Tabs and Transforming Toolpaths

Watch this Mastercam tech tip video to learn how fast and efficiently you can program tabs and transform toolpaths in Mastercam Wire

0 Renaming Post Processors in Mastercam

Properly rename a Post Processor to aid in file management and ensure the proper files and revisions of a Post Processor are being used.

0 Creating Custom Insert Drills in Mastercam

In this tech tip video you will see how to utilize geometry from an insert drill assembly to create a new custom insert drill.

0 Maximizing the Use of Equal Scallop Toolpaths

Many programmers tend to stick with toolpaths they are familiar with for certain geometry. Sometimes those toolpaths lack versatility and might not optimize your tooling or give the desired finished surface. The Equal Scallop toolpath gained some enhancements in Mastercam 2020 that provide more versatility and creative approaches to programming. Deeper parameter control allows for […]

0 Using Mastercam Add-Ins (Chooks)

Mastercam Add-ins, also known as Chooks are useful tools to add functionality and usability enhancements to Mastercam. This tech-tip video will demonstrate how to install these add-ins and highlight some of the favorites from our Application Engineers.

0 Section 179 Tax Savings

Section 179 and Bonus depreciation for Mastercam and Verisurf purchases

Mastercam, Verisurf, Octopuz, and CIMCO all qualify as eligible software solutions under section 179In short, this tax code allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying software/equipment purchased or financed during the year. You can deduct the full price of the software/equipment from your gross income whether you pay in cash or if […]

0 Mastercam Transform Toolpaths Optimize Cutting Multiple Parts

When machining multiple instances of the same part in one setup, there are techniques to use when programming in Mastercam to optimize toolpath strategy. In this tech-tip video you’ll learn how to control toolpaths and operations across a multi-part setup and visualize the results. This is a time saving technique to optimize machine movement and […]

0 Advantages of Using Opti-Rough for 2D Toolpaths

There is a common misconception that Opti-Rough can only be used on 3D toolpaths. In this video, you will learn advantages to using Opti-Rough for 2D toolpaths. 2D Dynamic requires selection of edges or wireframe geometry but Opti-Rough allows selection of an entire solid model and then automatically determines the optimal cutting sequence for features. […]

0 Mastercam Advanced Toolpath Display Options for Optimizing Toolpaths

Advanced Toolpath Display provides options for toolpath to help visualize the effects of different parameters in Mastercam.Working with features like arc filter settings can greatly change the g-code output by Mastercam. Tighter tolerances might be desired but finding the balance between parameters selected and your overall goals can be done using Advanced Display options. Learn […]

0 Migrating to Mastercam 2021 from a Previous Version

So you have updated to Mastercam 2021 and you want to update your progtrams and use your Post Processors, configuations, tool libraries from a previous version. Quickly learn how to do jus that in this short tech tip video.

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