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Mastercam 2025 - Released July 1, 2024

Mastercam 2025 brings new features and enhancements focused on delivering speed and efficiency to your machining jobs. Explore the new Mastercam features you have been waiting for! This page covers a few top features across the suite of solutions that will enhance your productivity and profitability.

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Mastercam 2025 What's New Highlights

Mastercam Deburr

The Deburr 3-Axis Add-On toolpath simplifies the deburring process through automatic edge detection and intuitive controls. It was created so that users can take advantage of the streamlined Deburr cycle in a 3-axis environment without a Multiaxis license. If you have a Multiaxis license, the simplified controls for 3-axis deburring will be familiar.

Finishing Passes for Dynamic Mill and Area Mill Toolpaths

Mastercam 2025 introduces the ability to add Finish Passes to 2D Dynamic Mill and Area Mill toolpaths. Use the new Finish Passes page to add high-speed finishing passes along the selected boundaries of the toolpath. After selecting the Finish Pass option, use the other parameters on this page to further define the finish pass, such as feed rate and spindle speed overrides. Use the stock-to-leave options on the Cut parameters page to ensure there is material for the finish passes. In addition to the Finish Passes page, the new Lead In/Out page allows you to set specific lead in/out options for finish passes only.

Thread Mill Enhancements

Various Thread Mill Enhancements have been added in Mastercam 2025. A few of the top highlights are: speed/feed override for lead in/out; gradual lead in/out; tool edge feed rate.

Solid Hole Selection

Mastercam 2025 includes changes to the default selection behavior of the Solid Hole Selection and is therefore not optional. This will be useful for customers who use Hole Making and Process Hole toolpaths. The changes associated with this update create a more efficient, precise, and controllable hole selection. The Solid Hole Selection update encompasses many new behaviors for selecting holes.

Safety Zone Improvements for Hole Making

In Mastercam 2025 the new Safety Zone now uses meshes for parametric shapes. Before the Safety Zone used a mesh for the Wrap Shape type only. This first phase of the updated Safety Zone is available for all Hole Making toolpaths including Process Hole. Along with an updated algorithm which results in the Safety Zone now being a post toolpath calculation, the following new parameters are now available: Linear Tolerance, Blending Distance, Smoothing Distance

Y-Axis Turning Support in Mill-Turn

Mastercam 2025 introduces Mill-Turn support for Y-axis Turning. All turning toolpaths except custom thread and B- axis contour turning support Y-axis functionality. Automatically create a set of planes that you can use to create your toolpath with the proper tool orientation and spindle origin. It also locks the B-axis to the 90-degree position.
In addition, the available approach and retract strategies have been enhanced to include Y-first strategies, along with the ability to designate tool assemblies as Y-axis compatible in the holder component page.

A-Axis Contour Turning in Mill-Turn

Mastercam 2025 introduces the new A-axis Contour Turning Toolpath. It complements the B-axis contour toolpath introduced in Mastercam 2023 and extends Mastercam’s support for rotary contour turning. The new toolpath is very similar to the B-axis contour toolpath, except that it uses Y-axis tools. The ability to rotate the tool while in the cut lets Mastercam users reach difficult-to-machine areas while taking advantage of the latest advances in Y-axis tool technology.

B-Axis Contour Turning Enhancements

Two new features have been added to the B-axis rotary contour toolpath in Mill-Turn. To start, you can now include splines in your chained geometry. In addition, new tool angle controls let you specify either a leading or trailing angle for the insert.

Machine Configuration Save/Load in Mill-Turn

Mastercam 2025 introduces the ability for Mill-Turn platform users to store and reuse common machine setups, including work holding, tool holding, and tooling components. Mill-Turn users can save specific machine configurations to individual configuration files, then load them again to quickly use the same setup on additional parts.
Machine configurations can include any combination of work holding components, steady rests, and tool holding components. The tool holding components can include individual tools mounted in them.

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