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James Valentino
Joseph Goldenberg
LEARNING
MASTERCAM
X8
LATHE
Step
by
Step
James Valentino
Joseph Goldenberg
ISB N 978-0-8311 -3511 -9
Industrial Press.lnc
32 Haviland Street Unit 2C
South N orw a lk , CT 06854
Sponsoring Ed itor John Carleo

Co~er Des ign: Janet Romano-Murray
Index Editor: Robert Weinstein
Co~er photos supplied by Tom Lipton
Copyright 102015
by Industri al Press inc.. Printed in the Uni ted States of America All rights
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publisher
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CONTENTS
C H A PT E R - 1 INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB 1-1
1-1 Cha pte, Objecti\les ,-,

t -a M".I'm""mX8 e NC Software
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\ -3 System Requi rem ent. 10< Verni"" X8 ,-,
\ -4 Convenbons Used T hrOUgh""! the Te>rt
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1-5 l""ta~atJon of M".lIm ;"", X6 Demo Software lor $11.1"""\ Use , ~
1-6 An Overview 01 Generating A W<JId Address P'<>gI am Vi a Mas,ercMl X8 ,-,

1-7 Typ es of FII... C,• • ted by Mas/ere..." X8 re
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1·8 Starling the Maste,e,"", X8
1-9 Ent ering !he Ma SlerCMl X8 Lathe Paokage ,.

1· 10 A Oe.cri pbon olthe Masle re,"", X8 Lathe Main Interface W ndow ,-.
1-11 Ma.lercam XS". Short-Cut ~ ey . 10' Entenng Commands 1-20
1-12 Setting Working Param et. ,. Vi. the System C<>n~g u,ab on Di alog 8 0. 1·21
1-13 Us ing On u ne Help 1·28
1. 14S • • ing_ File r cz

1· 15 Opening" File 1-33
1·16 Usin Q the Zip2Go Ulllily 1-35
1·17 C,eating. New File r.ae

1·18 Con verti ng Files !Tom P,e.;o,," Releases of Ma>le,cam X to X B 1 ·36
1_19 h iting lhe Mas/ere_ XB Design/Lathe Package 1-37

Exercises ,.,
C HAPTER-2 BA SIC CA D OPERA TIONS 2-1
2-1 Ch a pte, Objectives z
2-2 Gene,ating and EdW ng a Wi,eframe CAD Model 01 a Part a. t
2-3 SeltJng the Construction Plane To Lathe Diamet... a.,
2·. Creating Lin"" in 20 Space
2-5 C,eating Circles in 20 Space

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2-'6 C'e ating Arcs in 20 Spece , ~,
2-7 C'uting Fillets in 20 Spe ce a-a

2-8 C,uting Cham fe", in 20 Spece ,.
2·9 Oeteb ng Enbl''''' in 20 Space 2-10
2-10 Tnmining En~ti"" in 20 Spac e 2-1\
2-11 Zooming GraphiC$ Wn<low Displays 2·12
2·12 Pannin9 Screen o;spIavs 2-17
2-13 Filling the Existing Geometry to the Screen Display Area 2·18
2·14 Rep arnbngtM Screen 2·19
2-15 Tbe Undo/Redo F...,ebons 2-20
Exerci•.,. zc t
C H A PTE R - 3 BASIC LATHE OPERATIONS 3~1
3-1 Cba pler Objectrves
3-2 An Eu mpte ot Bas ic latl>e Mac:hining
E. ercis""
C H A PT E R -4 GROOVING AND THREADING OPERATIONS 4-1
4-1 Cba pter Objectrves , ~ ,

4-2 An Eumple ot G,ooving and Threading ,~ t
E. ercis"" ,.,
C H APTE R-S C·AXIS CAD OPERATIONS '·1
5-1 Cha pter Obj""""e. s
5- 2 An Example 01 Generahng C-a.i. 'A\'elr. me Geometry s
E, erci.es
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C H APTER -o C·AXIS OPERATIONS ,.,
6 -1 Cha pte r Obj""""e.
6-2 An Example 01 e-..i. Machining
6-3 E. ...cioes
1- 1
CHAPTER - 11
INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB
1-1 Chapter Objectives
Aile, com pleting this chapt... ~ou"';l1 be abje to:
1, State the system , equ irements l or installing Ma. lercam A8
2 Describe the general p ,oce • • of gene ra tinll " word address program iii. Masteream X8
3 Know the !'I p<! ' of i l. s created by M••ta",am X8
4 Understand how to start Ma s 'eream X 8
5 Describe the nine gene ' . 1elements of MaSle,eM> XS', inte,lace "';ndow
6. Stale how 10 selthe . yslem'. wor king parameler.
7. Understan d the b. si c concepts of Goiew, V iew, WCS , Cpl.n. and Tplane
8 Kn ow h ow to lIS. Itt. Hel p. Sa ve , and Ex it ""mmanOs
1-2 Masrercam X8 CNC Softwa re

One of the moll! popu la' CNe software pack"9"" available l<>day i. MaM"ream X8
Itom CNe Softw.", . Inc located 01671 Old Pos' Road. Tolla nd. CT 06084
CNe Software can . Iso be reached at 86 0- 875-5006 . Fo< info<mat on on the
lates! prodUct d e. el opmenls. and downlo ads of enhancements and patches.
• isd thei r web sile at wwwma.te",em com .
This softwa re has a short learning Curve. It presents the 115er with an easy to
follow menu syst em that wo rks full y wi th the V'ffidows a operating system _
Part geometry can be e a.. ly ereal e<l wi th Maslerc"", 's CAD pac kage. The
CAM pac kage enabl es Ihe ope rator to qu ickly select the part materiaL
mach i ning operahons and cu tting tools , The softw are allows the operator to
Iden\l!y the CAD geometry to be . elect ed for a machining operotion then
quick ly generales the require d 1001 path. The ope.-.tOl' uses the macn;ne iUld
control defin ilions managers to specify the feaues of the CN(; machine to be
u se d. Th e appropriate postp roc esso r i s also selecte<llrom the system 's library,
Ma. te",em is ttl en dlrecte<l to gen erate the correspondIng word address part
p rogram . A very powerful l eature of the software is its abdity to verify the part
p rogram by anim eting the enti re maohlr;ng PI""es. MaS/. ream automa ticatly
ch ecks for any tool ooilision. wh en ve r i ~ o a ti o n is rUMlng
' . 3 Syst em R equi rem en ts for Ve rs io n X8

Me.te",am x a Is a a. -bit CNC so ftware pac kage
Th e following minimum system h ardware and software rrusl be in.talled ,
• W indows 7 or 8
• In tel 0' AMD M bd PI""essor
• I02~ y 1280 resoiution(minirrum)
• System memo ry, ~GB
• 250GB driv e, 20GB Iree hard disk space
H CH APTER]
1-4 Conventio ns Used Throu ghout t he Text

The lollo"';ng c",,, enlion. are u.ed t"''''' gIl''''l lhi. le.l
DISPLA Y MEANING PICTORIAL
= Direcls the ope,ator to pre..

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in dical.... fil . b y rh. U rn. ",.m . /s 0" rh. "" cl o sed CO _
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The sludenl can 9 . t th. fl' . ""d follow th. ""'rll
Inter actively
•• Place fhe DEMO. EXERCISES CO in the drf\te

When fhe Masterc"", X8 ~ raphi c auto ·displays,
Click the L EV bulfo<1
Double C,ck on fhe Ma' tercam X8 Demo icon ~

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• Click OVD RW [)<i_ olE) MC A~X8 -E XERC ISES
• the chaPf" " l ile folders.

rn CHAPTER2
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CH A pTER 1 1-3
' · 5 Inst all atio n of Mastercam X8 Demo CD Software for Student Us e
.. Pla ce the DEM O X8 CD in the CD drive
T he Mastercan! XB ll'aph ic shown below wi l auto-di splay
DemoltamoLoai lliliQ
Mulercarn U ln .lOli s
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" C lick 0 the M.. lercarnX7ln.tlIli'
.. Follow the prompts au/oma/l cally trirJ')6red b1 th e software on the CO to complete

the installa tion,
' -6 An Overview o f Generating a Word A ddress Program

Via Mastercam X8
""1 part to be machined using Ma. !f>rcam X 8 software musl fi....l be drawn uS" Qedher
the Masterc"", X8 compuler aid ed dralling (C AD) packag e 0( imported from another
CAD paCkage such as AutoCAD Of SolidW orks. The pa" geomeu1 Cl eated by the
CAD pac kage is used direclly by the computer ai<led machining (CAM) pac ka ~ On
.peci fyi ng th e location 01 ma chin ing cycles and in the <let....mination 01 the
corresponding 1001 paths . Ultimatel y, the CAM package produces a IXlrnplete word
ad dress p r0ll'am l or machining . specified p art on a particular CNC machine
1001 (10 learn more about word addr ess pr og,amm ing relet to IntmducbonlO Compulet
Nu me, ic. 1Conllol 51h Ed by J.V alenh no and J .GoIdenbetg . published bjI Pl entice Hall
T he seq ue nce ot .teps to be Iollowed to direct Maslercarn XB to generate a word address
progr am lor a mWing CNC machine tool are shown in Figure 1- 1.
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1-7 Types o f Fil es Created by MastercamX8

Ma.ta",am X8 i. des'gn ed to be mOro compob ble woth Mic, o. off. !/WOelin... and
oecu'ity measure•. To lhis e nd th" ~ is 10cal«1 On the loll~ng defau" insltJIlMtOI1
di ' e<:lQtY '
~4 - biI operalmg . y.tem. C:IProg ram Files\mcamx8IMaote r<:am .eoe
Th" ope,ato, wil l " ncounter various fil e u ten" "" name. On the oourse 01 worl<ing
WIth Ma. I"", ,..,, X8 .o/twa' e , The eolen .ion name' ond the" mean ings a' e I'sled
below ;n one place 1« quic~ , ererenc..,
a} CONFIG Fi la
The . yole m det ilU~ .alu... suoh a. unlt• .allocation. , toleranoe. , NC . etti"9's, ''''''en
and CAD .elrmg. are stor ed in the oonfiguration fie that has tP>e e' lenS/OIl .CONFIG
b) MCl..a Files
Alt the pdrT geometry gene,aled in OESIGN mode and loci pain infOl'mMion c'ealed
in MI LL mod<> i• • to, ed in ftle. thal ha.e the " xl" oS/on .M Cl..a
cj MATERIALS Fila,
Ma. terc,"", XB ha. an ulen.ive lib,ary 01va,iou. mate,ials . The informati on
on " particular materral i••tored in the mate ,ials file with enension .MATERIALS
Masl,,'cam X8 u. ... lhi. info' mot;on to ""Iomar'cally ...1 til.. ~m ..n<I..a
."...,a. ana f.... a. for 0 pal1icular cutting tool u.ed in 0 machining operation ,
The ope ,atOl' Can also m anually e nt" r desir"d . pe eds and I""ds.
d} TOOLS Files
Tho loo/Iibrary fil". WIth th" e. t"".ion .TOOLS contain a comprehe n, ;"e ,et or the
moot common tocl, 10 be oele<:l"d in orde' 10 executo tP>e machining of a part
e} PST 0' MCPOST Files

Th" p OM pmcessor. 10< va,iou. CNC controt units are stored On fieo
that hav" the exten.."" .PST or lhe newe, e.lensi"" ,MCPOST
The change ha. been mad" becau. e Winsowo oca.ionallv confuses
.PST with the .ame e>lension us " d with Mia<>soft Outlook
Nole : For nch p<>st ' enomed 10 .MCPOST the operalo< m" . latoo build 0 new
control definrti on and ;mpOl't the settings from the ~d control <lefinition,
I) NCI Files
NCI(Numelical Conllollnte,mediale} fil... c""taln Ihe 1o~ palh coo<di nate
value, a, well a, .poed" feeds and olhe,lmport""t mach.,lng In1«mation
fo,,, job These files ha. e lhe e. tens ion . NCI
I) NC Fila,
Th...e file. conta in the word . ddrass parT program. Maslaream X5 use. a
particula, .PST ~ Ie and e selected .NCl file to generale the ""nesponding
,NC file . Th" .NC ~ I e is sent to the CNC machin " 100l lar prOduOO1g the pall
CH A.PTER 1 1- 7
1-8 Starting Mastercam X8

Masteream X 8 is stalled by <IoYbie d ieking <3) on the MastercamX8 ic oo
appea ring on th e W indows d esklOp . See Fi t'J,e 1-2
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1-8 CHAPTER 1
1-9 Ent ering th e Mastercam X8 Lathe Pack age

To enter til e Mill package th e operator muet sele<:t. milling ",achine from the machine
typ e drop down me nu.
. Click 0 the Ma chine Type drop 00"'" menu ® _ ""
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.. Click @ the L athe package
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Mastarcam wHI then chan ge th e main inte,fac e window listing 110m Design to Lathe
CHAPTER 1 1-9
' ·10 A Description of the Mastercam X8 Lath e Main Interface Window
T~ eMe.le '""m x e Lathe main inler lace wi ndow ...imilar to any other _ ,,>Ow thaI i. ....ed ill
the Wi ndows operalrn~ . y. tem, The interface WIndow """.isto
01 ";,,e ~en eral e lements:
o menu bar
o tool bar.
o autocursOl ribbon bar
o ~e n era l • •I.ction ribt>on bar
o current functron ribb"" bar
o <>perali"". mana9<r
o gra "" ic. window
o . tatu . I>o r
o MRU(most recently ....ed) llK1 r:tion bar
The. e eieme nt. a re . hown in F ;~ r e 1-3
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1- 10 CH APTER 1
MEN U B A R
This e lement contains twenry f/o,e drop down me nus. S eve,al 01 the functions have icons nexllo
them so the ope,alo, gets a g,aphio pictu,e 01 what the command accomplishes . A funct"'" is
execu ted by moving the moose curs", over d and pres.i"lllh. lefl mouse button. The op....t'"
also has the ab ility to c,eat. cus tomiz.d drop down menus . Rete.- to Chapter II .
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.. l ett Click (!) the drop down fL.llction

.. move Ihe curso, down 10 lhe desi,ed command @
.. Th . symbol .. indicates a cascading sub-menu ,el a ~ng to the command uisls
.. move the cm50r acr""5 10 the desi.ed command in !he sub_menu and ' e lt dick @
to u ecute it
T O OL B A RS
Toolba .. are aehl of buttons thaI execule M..le.cam functions T ""ba.. are normaNy docked
bUI they oan be u n d o o ~ e d and , elocated by clicking " n thei, "grab" handle. TooIabrs oan also
be res haped a nd customized,
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~ Move the mous e eu..", on ' he grab ba. and Pless the lell mouse bUlloo <D
~ K eepln, the left b u lto n d ep Al' sed, move ' he .oolb . r 10 its new Io<aboo @: rele•• e .
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/If'-.llO l 'I V ; or 1/)/)1." '; rl) 0I. 1I. 1 1I,~ H I TIlt; rsrcer .I n; I>ISI'U I
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1-12 CHAPTER 1
AUTO CURSOR RIBB ON BAR
AuIOW'SO' is used 10 auto m'Hlclilly d el ~l."d snllp 10 cem.n poinllocabOfls on
g,aphic enbbes di.played on tho .c reen This is done as the """,at<>r mo.es the mouse
cur-sor o_. r the onlibes . Snap locabon. include endpoints. e""ters ol.res, inl"",ectJ<>ns ,
mid!>0ints. etc . Autoeurso, is a.bv.ted every time Masle' eam prompts the ope ralor 10
select a locat ion on the .creen. Upon detecti ng a . napped polnt loc.tion autocursor
displays a .....i. u. 1cue" 10 the right 01 ttle cursor, Cue. include:
+", en dpoinl . nap
X inter-section pointsnap
o center 01 arc sn ap
II Autocu'so, does nol deloct any points 10 .nap to rt aulemabcally defaults to ttle Sketcher
hmcbon The operalor tben e nto.. tho point location u";ng co<>retinat... ,
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removod snap chock off.

CH APTER 1 I-I J
Auloeu,"", rwo defauRs e ninrp:
0Dof. "~to h .. Poinlmodo
Sot. 'o srpomt mode es rho do'oult m othod 01 mp<Jthng X YZ """dmote.
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Enables t he ope fa tor to s pecify poin! k>cabons 10 sn a p 10 by usmg smgle ~.ystrol< •• .
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GENERAL SELECTION RIBBON BAR
The General Selecbon ribbon b ar io used 10 oele ot ""libea diSj>oyed in tr.e grapl1ics window
Gen,,,.1 Se lection i. aeri"" ally t,m"lhe operaror i. 1101 ill an aeti"e function suoh a. S kelche r,
Ana lyze or View Manipulabon , General S~ e cti on is acti';a led by Mastercam X8 runclon. ltIai
pfOmp! lt1e operator to o" eel e n t ~ i es
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1-14 CHAPTER 1
CURRENT FUNCTION RIBBON BAR

T he cu rre nt fun clion ribbon ba r ia u se d to c ,eote and e<\ll CAD ge om etry, RIbbon bals have a
clos e a pp eal a nco 10 (oolba l" a nd wo , ~ very much Ii~ e dialog boxe • . The y Ca n be do cked or
undoc ke d a nd ,el oc ated in a conve n ie"t a,e a 01 the g,a ph ic" " ",e e" , If a rib!>on ba, for a !unction
e. i,,' s it is a utomatic a lly a cbva le d a nd dis pla yed wh e" the lInction is ,,~eeted . A t> . n ~ ,ibbon
b a r is ,"spla ye d by Ma.Ierca", xe a bove t he graphICS window when nO ribbon b ar ia aewale<!
Wh e n a function with a ribboo bal i. >elocle<! Ma.lercam X8 re pla ces th e blank with
lt1 e nbb on ba r lor the fun.ction
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/,Ia""ream xe has a lell click sele choo fea lul e . lI the op elator left cO cks
on th e SEL ECT/ON rt re m ains locked 1/1 !hal mode until ft>& operalor
left dlcb 0" !he u le d i. " e'l";'" II lhe opera tor ' e ft ckc ks in th e VALUE
b ox it is in e ffec t for .. si/l'l'" onty. .""nt
CH APTER 1 1- 15
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and release,
THE OPERATIONS MANAGER

The Operations Mana ge, is dispiayed to "' e len 01 the graphics W;MOoW. II conlains bo ll> "'e
Tool path Manag"' , the Sol ids MaMa ge, an d ArI . The epe,abons M'Mg" ' is MasrercMl XB's
control cen l er lor a iob , Some of its Il.Olcbons include;
• hoting al l machi ning op " ,ati"" s in the order which "'ey w;1I occu,
• bacl<pl orrin g and verifyl"'1 toolp aths fo, listed machiMing "!,,,rations
• editing any 01 Ihe mac hining p a,am el ers 01 listed operabo06
• re -oequenci flf} Ihe o, de, 01 IiSfed machining "!"'l ations
• dfllellflg list ed mach ining "!,,,lab"".
• creal mg rt<I'" machimng opelabons by copyi ng nisl ing ones and edl\ing
• postprO<'e'Siflf} a wo,d ad dress pa rt ptogram
1-16 CHAPTER 1
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H'R.\J.Ui TIlE ON:/{ I TIOS,\' .' I IS IGI.'R m SI 'L I I' (/.'101'1'
T h~ Op~ral ion s Manage r i . di.pla y ilI lu r n ~ d on. by del atil T h ~ "I'~ral()f can loggi ~ the dioplay
off or on by us ing t he $hort-cul keys on the k e yt>o ~ r d '
THE GRAPHICS W INDOW

Part g eometry is Cfeated , e dile d and viewed ;n th e worl<ing area calle<! the Graphics window
Bac~pl otte d t oolpath$ and verification 01 machinin g operation is also dioplayed in this area,
Th . Graph'cs WIndow can b. res,zed. DOin g so also .....iZ<'. tt. ~ wi<lth of t!le Op<!,al ""'s
Ma nag@r Window. Wh ~n th@Groph ,csWndow is'",'zed Ma. l ttrcam X8 re m@mb. rs the ...,lbng
~nd wi ll m ~ i n t ~ i n it When l h ~ s o flw ~ r e i. opened aga;n
sr: I n s /.\'/I/C I TORS /11.\'1'£. 111;/1 I S rm: ( i /{ 1I'lIIe\' W/.\/IIIW
Ma>lercam XB display. lh~ following indi cal o," in l h ~ graphics window 10 k~ ~ p th ~ "I' ~'alor
upd~led with i mp ortant p~ ,~meter 5 rel ating t o the job al hand These include:
THE CURRENT WOR KING UNI TS AND SCALE

inch or melrlc and the numb er of units
displayed per incn or millimeter, Tnis
!'I p ~ of sca linll pro,,;d.... f~el tor the
aclual siZ<' 01 the part.
CHAPTER 1 1-17
THE COORDINA TE AXIS ICON("GNOMOItl")

Gview Gnomon
Mas, ~rcam X 7 d,"plays ,he """"Iatlon
of ,h~ CUffen, G"ew In Ihe lower left
corner ol lhe Gra phi CS Window Tha
X axis is shown red , D. axis green G" . w:TOP WCS :TOf' TlCplane:TOP
B ~low Ihe gnomon Mas,,,,,,,.,,, X 8
",dl car~ s Ihat /he GVltOW os aligned
wlIh TOP and VIews WC S, Cplane
and Tplane are als<> aligned TOP
Or wi,h ,ha cunen! Gview
Gplane Gnomon
Masler<am X8 displa y. the Cpla ne gnomon
in the upp ~ r I~ ff cor ner oll h ~ Grapflics Wndow ,
Thi. indica te. the o<ienlation 01 the Cplane.
fp/ana Gnomon
Master< am X8 displays the Tplane gnomon
in the up p~ r nghl com", 01 the G, aphics Wndaw
to . how the Tpl ane'. o,ientation Thi. indicate.
the orientation 01the to<>l
WCS Gnomon
The WCS gnomon i. displayed at the <>rIglll
01 Ihe C U"~ nt WCS and indicates its cUffenl
or i ~nta!ion . The colo< of the \NeS gnomon ..
• et in the View Manager dialog box,
ReIer to Secti on 1· 12 10' th~ steps to bs

taken to <fi,ed Mast erc"", Xl to display the""
gnomons at all times
Wh en lh e ope'8to,works in Mast"rcam X 7
Design the Tplane gnomon ," nol display&<!
in the Gr aphics Wndow
MOUSE CURSOR
T he Grap hics cursor is used as a pomrmgf ,aentl/ymg
device, The loca lton 01 a poinl can be inputted
b ~ moving the curso, to a location in the
Graphics Wi ndow and pr.ss ing the mouse button
T he cursor is also used to iden'ify which obje-cts
in t he Graphics W ndow are 10 be ope'ated on by
th. currenl command
1-18 CHAPTER 1
STATUS8AR
Masterc"", XS 's stalus bar i s posilioned al the bonnm of !he main inl erface "';ndow The len
.ide of Ihe stalus bar dispiays .Ialu' m..s.age. and l he right si de enables the ope,al'" 10
specHy Important parame l«" .<>Irlng. , These include entily creation ""pes(20 ,30 ) , orient al "",s
(Gview and Plan..), depth (Z ), enl ily color. levels on which in f ",ma~ oo Os piaced, i ne
Iypeslwi<fll,s and poinl lypes(attributes), view sellmgs(WCS) and Groups
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MRU FUN CTI ON BAR
The MRU(M05t Reoently Used) function b. , isloo'led 10 the right olthe m.in inle,l.oe
window . M.. tero&'>! X8 ke eps tr.c k 01 l!1e I"" fun cl ion Ihe opewO/' sel"'ted and Creale, ..
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1· " Masterr;;am XB's S hort-Cut Keys fo r Entering Command s

In a ddition to using loolba' a n d d'op down menus . the operator Can a" o use shor!..,ut
ke ys ' 0' quick ly ente 'ing functions . Ke y u. e , e duce s !he l1eed 1m chcking into .ub·menus
!he,eby dramalica lly lowering Ihe lime it I " ~ es to complete operations in Maslercam X8 Ke~
can proyide a dditiona l n..ibil'ty For e >ampie , !he ~e~ !hat cause pa n and zoom cOn be
uoed while a line fun ction is be'ng e xecuted .
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CH APTER 1 1- 21
1-12 Setting Working Parameters Via the System Configuration Dialog Box
Importa nt wor king parameter. in Ma.reream xa
are .peeified in the Syslem C""fi\IUfahon
dialog box. ThI>s e indude loiera nee selling , file subdife<:!of)' "",alion, scre"" sellin6/',
NC sellrngs, CAD sellings. ele . The con~gu raIJon file is sa.,.,d as MCAM X.CON FtG fof English
u nits ," MCA MXM.CO NFIG lor meUio u nits.
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La the part p rogr am. wh ere metric units af e ""ed
1-22 CHAPTER 1
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Your mill jobs wi ll now be .a.e d and ,elJie.ed from the di,ect""l named
cw....·........>P<><..............,. _ • ..." 'JIIA~""""""- ""'en lhe edited confi\ltJ ral"", fiie i. s aved
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CHAPTER 1 1- 23
lII.1'P/.1 au; r llf; H n° {; .H /.IIIJ. \ .I .\ ·D If; i R .\"I.H ; .l llJllf; PRII.I IPrs
By <lelault Mastere"", x e has the eoflrmuClJS display for tt1 e WCS gnomon set to 0". The
ope rator can change this setbng to on $0 the loca t,on oitr.e worlr;ng origin is 'Mplayad IN ali
~ ma. Beginners a lso find il he lpful 10 n a ve the Lea<n<ng Mode pro mpts t>rned o n when
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1-26 CHAPTER 1
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INDEX
CO,"fIG 1-6.1 .27 CAU 1.1. 1.3. 1.4, 1·6. Cplane 1.1. 1.11, 2. 1. 5-4.
DEFAULTS 1·)6 1·21, 2-1. 2·20. 3-1. 3·3 . 5-11 .5-1 3,5·14.5-16
,GMP 1·36 4· 1. 5- 1, 5-3 cru" contour 5-1 . 5·11 . 6-1 .
,MAT ERIALS 1-6.1 -)6 CAM I- I. 1-3, 1-4, 2·2 0 6-20,6-21
MCPOST 1·6 cancel <urrenl <"'n ",and e",,,drill 5.1.5. 14.6.1,
,MCX 1-.16. 1·37 1·20 6-22.6·2.1, 6·24. 6-27
,MCX -R 1-6 C·axi.5-1,5-3,5 ·7,5-11, curwr 1-2.1-1 1
,MMO 1-36 6-1.6-17.6-1 8, cutoff, 3-19, 3-20,3 -22.
,I';C 1-6 6·20 - 6·27 6-28,6·29
l\C1 1_6 CD 1·2. 1·34, 3·1 .Ul1inglwl, 1· 1
,OrERATlO~S 1·.16 centerpoim 2·7,5-8.5-15,
,PST 1-36 5-17 n box 3 - ~, 3-9.3 -16, 3-20•
.TOOLS 1·6,1 -36 chain button 3. 12,3 .15, 6·8,6-9
Z2G 1· ) 5 6· 11. 6-L1, 6-15. 6· 11 <kfauhluol 1.6.1 -24. 3·1.\
ch.mfers 2-1 . 2-9 6-1 2
2-~ U,"C 00 lhread 4-2,4-6 change 10 along mode 5-15 <k fLne 4-7,6-8
2D 2.1 ,2 .2.2 -6. C·hoob 1-20 dclCle 1.15,1 -20.2.10
2·R - 2· 11. 4·1, 5-3. 5·4 chu"k .1.1,3_2.3·1 , 6.7 <kmo 1·2.1 -3
l iRendmiliflal 6 · 1 ~ cirde 1-1 4,2--6,5-8.5-15, dcplh 1-1 8. 6·19,6-21.6·24,
3D 5-3,5 -7,5-1 2 5-11,5-18 6-27
;,4·bil 1.1.1.6 clca,ance btl' 6-19. 6-2 1. dcSlgn mudc 1-6.1 .9
6·24,6-27 di.mcl. c 5·4.5· 15,5 ·1 1
absolule coordinate, 2·2 O K 1-1 .1 -6 directio",,1 .rro..... key, 2· 17
all""alions 1-6 codc e, pen 3-27 directory 1-22
A MD 1-1 colli, ion , 1·5 di, play 1.2 ,1 -20.1 .23,1 .31.
amuun' box 6-14 coh", 1·18.1 -24 2-8. 2·12 . 2-11. 2· 19
analFe 1· 13, 1· 20 compensalion lype 3-13, di,lol1ed im.ge, 2· 19
angle oox 2-7. 5-8, 5-10, 3-11,3-21. 6-12, 6-14, docked 1-10, 1- 14
5.12,5 .13, 5-16. 5·1 ~ 6· 29 drafting oplion, 1·20
are, 1·12. r.u. 2-1 . 2·7. 2· com!'uncnllihraric, 1-.16 drill 5-1 .5·1 1,6-22.6.2),
I I, 5-R compress dal. f,le, 1-35 6-25 - 6-27
an 1-15 configur'lion, 1-6, 1-20, drop do.....n menus 1-10
allribul'" 1-20 1.21. 1. 26. 1.27, 2-20 dupli<ale enlrie, 1·22
AuluCA lJ 1-4 con'lIUCl~m pl.ne, ."'C dynamic ,,~,m i ng 2· 16
AUIU<ursoc 1·9, 1- 12 Cpfune
AIIlO.,\,e 1-20 conlems lab 1-29
conlinuou, dis!,lay 1·2) ellip>e 2·11
back rad,u' )· 2 1, 6-2Y . onluur 5-1.6.1 7,6-20.6·21 cnd!,oin' 1·12.1 ·1 ),2-.1,
backplul 3- 11. 3- 14. 3- 18, conHl1ingfi lcs 1-36 2-4. 5·5, 5-12. 5-1 5, 6-11.
3-22 coordinate axi, icon, 6- 1l. 6-15, 6-1 7, 6-28
bar >lod 3-2 .H · C gnOm(m copy 1.20. Engh,hunil' 1·2 1
blank riblxm bar 1·14 5·10, 5-l) . 5·16, 5-18. 6·9 . nler kcy 1-2
bre.k po';lion 5-9 copycomm.nd 5-10.5-13, emily' crealmn lype' 1·18
ooundary poinI3-19,6-2R 5-16 emrypomI3 -12,3-15, 6-12,
6-14
exit 1.37.3 -17. 6-12,6-14 Memory 1·1
exi! f,le 1_20 losl functi"n sde'Clcd ]·19 m"nu bar 1·9.1 _10
ex"",d/, honen 6·12,6·1 4 lalhe 1· 8, 3·1 .3·4. .1·8.3·10. me,ric units 1-21
3-19 - 3-21, 64 , 6-8. Microsoft Oullook 1-6
face 3-8, 3-11, 6-8 6· 10. 6_28. 6_29 midpoims 1-12,1 -13
facc Conlour 5_1 , 6· 1. 6· 17, diamcler 2.1,5 .4 milling ].3 .1-6,1 .8.5.]
6·1 8 Ilni,h .1·16 - .1· 18, "·C
m"" recently used. . MR U
face drill 5-1. 5-18, 6-1. 6-13.6-1 4 m"use wh<.'C 1 2-16,2-17
6_25. 6-26.6_27 prop""' i.. ] .13, 4-4. 4-5. MRU funcrion bar 1-9. 1 19
fa, tpoinlmode 1· 13 4_S, mull;ple line, 2.2. 5. 5
f<.'Cd, 1·6 4·9, 6- 12, 6· 15. 6· 16
file, 1-21, 1-22. 1-33, 1-34. lead in/out 3-13,3-17,6-12, nn igate help 1-29. 1-31
1.36.3.3.3 -26 6-1 4 ~ C "'tlitl gs 1-6, 1·21
' y,tem memory 1·1 learning mode pmrnpls 1_23 ncw "onfigorati"" ftle 1-27
fill<.12·I,2·8.2·11 .5·6,.VI k nglh 2·4.5·12,6-6.6·12, now lewl name 5·17
filter bunon 6-23 6-14 number 00' 5-17
ftrst line enlily 5-1> b el. 6-17,6-20.6-22,6.25 . nume.,.i" al control
f,ll","""en 1.20,2 .18 6· 28 inlermediale 1·6
!la ' ""dmin 6·1 8 managee 5-4.5 ·7,5·11.
flal .urface plan.. 2 5-14,5 -17.6-11,6-17, 0 0 3-2,3-12,3 -1 4,3-18.
from vie,,' 1·20 6-20.6-22,6-25.6.28 6-11
fund ion key, 1·20 libn"y IIK,I 6·1 8.6·23.6·26 tx" 3-6,6.6
hn"" 1·1 8,1 ·25.2·1,2·2. COn'OUT 3·15, 6· 13
geomelry 1-4. 1-6,1 -16. 2-4,2-1 1 fini. h righl lool 3-16,6-13
2-17,5 .1.5 -18 hnkingparametcr> 6-19. groo, e righl too l 4-2, 4-4.
gnOlnon 1_17 6. 21. 6. 24. 6.27 6-15
Goldenbe'1!, J. 1·3 li" t"picsbu"on 1-31 machining l'",amel Ors
graphic, 1-9, 1- 16. 1· 17, loc.lion 1-12 3-17.6-14
1_20,1 .24 .2_11, 2-1 8 locking.sel eclion 1-14 margin 3-2,3-6.6-6
gnplc"1\glh 3.2.1>_7 referencep" inl 3. 1
gro''''c parameter> 4·5. 6· \6 machining 14.1·5,1 ·15. rough righlll)(li 1·5,3·8.
grooving 4-1, 4-3, 4-15, 6-15 1· 36, 6- 1 3-12, 3-13. 4-3, 6-8, 6-11,
group, 1-18 compooemma" agd 3-5, ."
G" iew 1_1 .1.17.1 .1 8 3.7.6. 5,6-7 lhread 4·6
(\",1' down menu 1·8 on'e' di"anee 2·5
help 1-20,1 -28.1 -29,1 -31 group propenie, 3·7, Ol"' n bullOn 1-27,1 -34
hidei,howenlilie, 1-20 6-5. 6_7 ol"'I'3tion 1_4 .1 _5,1.36.3 _2 .
hold,-.,.,; 4-7 "l"'rallon 1-1. 1.15, 1_ 3_1 4. 3.23 . 3.25. 4·2
home po,;lion 3· 8, 3·16. 16, 3· I. 3·25. 6· .10 ol"' m' ions managcr I·".
3-19.3 -20,6-8,6-13 ~ramelers 3-1 .3-10. 1-15. 1-16, 1-20
3-13.6_1O. 6-12,6_2i. orie ntalion 1-17,1.18
idenlify sto" k 3.1. 3·4. 64 6·24. 6· 27 or igin 1·13
iml'ort hi, toT)' 1·26 magnify 2-1 4 ,"-e"' ulb<" 3-10.4·9,6·[0
in,en. 4-7 main inlerface window
i" stallal io" I ·] 1.8.1 -9, parallelli" e 2-5
I",d 1-1 1.I R,I .I " pamrnCler< 1-5.1 _18.1 -21.
inlerfa ee 1·30 ma'1!in tx" 6-6 3·16. .1·20, 3-21 , 4·7, 6· 8.
inlerse cti,,", 1·12,1 -13 materials I -I, 1-6. 1-36, 6-4 6-10.6-12,
I""emor 1·4 maximu m diameter 6-7 6-14.6-29
i, omclric ,-iew 1. 20.5.7 MCPO ST ]·6 part I,oumlarics 2-1
known I"',in, 5-15 MC X·8 fllcs 1·6 pan origin 3·2
planc, I· l~ RAM 2·20 Ihre.ding 4-1.4-2,4.7
play 6·30 ",fo """n" c poinl' ) . ~ , 3.9. TN R 3· 19
points 1·12. 1- 1.1, I ·I ~. II - ~, 6·9 "'gglc 1-1.1.1 ·20
1-25.2-1 regenerate 2-19 lolerance, 1-6.1 -21
pol. r coordinale, 2·4 ,elali..- radiu, 5·15 loolr.gc &-18 . 6-23,&-26
pol. r line ) ·17, 5.~. 5·12 ....-painl 1·20,2·19 loolbars 1·9 -1 ·11
p<"t p.ocessing 1-15, ) ·25 ribbon bar 1-9,1 -13 - 1-15, ",oling 1·1, 1-6, 1-36, 3-2,
PO'" 1-36 1-23 3-19. 4-2, 6-16, 6-23
power k c~ , 1· B rot.le command 5-10. 5-B . loo lpalh 1-6,1 . 15,1 .16.
",eviom vicw 1_:'1J 5·16,5·1X 1·36 , 2.20, 3.1 . 3·4. .1. 5,
Pro<e" PI.n 3p·1 3p-1 rougb and fi"i,h g. oove 3-11 . 3-1 4, .1· 1 ~, 3-1 9.
Proce" Plan 3j>-2 31'-4 4-1 - 4-3. 4-5, 11- 15 3-22, 3-23, 5-3. 6-4, 6-5,
Pro<"" PI.n 3j>-3 31'-8 rough paramele" 6-12 6-11 , &- 13. 6-15, 6-17.
Pmce" Pl.n 3p.4 3p.12 RW 1·2 6·1 X. 6·20 - 6·30
Pro<",' PI.n 3p·5 3p-17 param.~e" 3·16,3-20.
Pro<"" PI.n 3p-6 3p-2 1 sa"" 1-20. 1·26,1 -27. i-ra. 3-21. 4-5, 4-8, 4-9. 6-13,
Pro< css PI.n4p-14p.1 3·26 6-15.6.29
rn,.".., PI. n4p. 10 73 scale l.l b,2 .15,2 .IX lOp vie" 1· 20
Pro<e" PI.n 4p· 11 4 p· ~ 2 ",'een 1-6. 1-21, 2-I X Tplane I-I, 1·1 7
Process PI.n 4j>- 12 4j>-Q4 ",arch lab 1-31 lran,ilion guide 1-37
Proccss Plan 4j>-134j>-105 selecl 1-20.5 -9,5-10, 5-Il , lrimming 2-11
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rro.",,,Plan4p· 154p· 12.1 ",nd file 1· 35, 3-27
Pro<ess PI. n 4j>-16 4j>-134 ,h.de on/oft' 1·20 undo 1-20, 2-20
Pro<css PI.n 4j>- 17 4j>-147 , hort..,Ul keys 1·20 undocked 1.10. 1.14
rn ",e "P I ." 4p . l ~ 4p.l 60 ,i mul.u" 3·24 unil, 1·6,1·16
Pro<"" PI. n 4p·1 9 4j>-175 ,i'e or,tod boundary 3-5, un, ip 1-35
Process PI.n 4j>-2 4p-6 Un700m 1-20,2-13
Pro<ess PI.n 4p-20 4j>-1 87
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Pro<ess PI.n 4j>- 5 4p-29 ""l id, 1-15.1 -26 verify buuon 3-23,6-30
Pro<"" PI.n 4j>-6 41'-37 "" lid,man.ger 1·15 .iew 1.1. 1.13, 1.17, 1.18.
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Process PI.n 4j>-9 64 ,peeds and feed, 1-6 6-22.6-25, &-28
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Co~er photos supplied by Tom Lipton

1-1 Cha pte, Objecti\les ,-,

1-6 An Overview 01 Generating A W<JId Address P'<>gI am Vi a Mas,ercMl X8 ,-,

1-9 Ent ering !he Ma SlerCMl X8 Lathe Paokage ,.

1-13 Us ing On u ne Help 1·28

1. 14S • • ing_ File r cz

1·16 Usin Q the Zip2Go Ulllily 1-35

1·17 C,eating. New File r.ae

1_19 h iting lhe Mas/ere_ XB Design/Lathe Package 1-37

2-5 C,eating Circles in 20 Space

2-7 C'uting Fillets in 20 Spe ce a-a

2-10 Tnmining En~ti"" in 20 Spac e 2-1\

2-11 Zooming GraphiC$ Wn<low Displays 2·12

2·12 Pannin9 Screen o;spIavs 2-17

2·14 Rep arnbngtM Screen 2·19

2-15 Tbe Undo/Redo F...,ebons 2-20

C H A PTE R - 3 BASIC LATHE OPERATIONS 3~1

3-1 Cba pler Objectrves

3-2 An Eu mpte ot Bas ic latl>e Mac:hining

C H A PT E R -4 GROOVING AND THREADING OPERATIONS 4-1

4-1 Cba pter Objectrves , ~ ,

6-2 An Example 01 e-..i. Machining

1-2 Masrercam X8 CNC Softwa re

' . 3 Syst em R equi rem en ts for Ve rs io n X8

1-4 Conventio ns Used Throu ghout t he Text

DISPLA Y MEANING PICTORIAL

= Direcls the ope,ator to pre..

Direcls the ope,alor to pre..

Click 19 Mean. to move tt,.,

•• Place fhe DEMO. EXERCISES CO in the drf\te

Double C,ck on fhe Ma' tercam X8 Demo icon ~

• Click OVD RW [)<i_ olE) MC A~X8 -E XERC ISES

• the chaPf" " l ile folders.

' · 5 Inst all atio n of Mastercam X8 Demo CD Software for Student Us e

.. Pla ce the DEM O X8 CD in the CD drive

T he Mastercan! XB ll'aph ic shown below wi l auto-di splay

" C lick 0 the M.. lercarnX7ln.tlIli'

.. Follow the prompts au/oma/l cally trirJ')6red b1 th e software on the CO to complete

' -6 An Overview o f Generating a Word A ddress Program

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1-7 Types o f Fil es Created by MastercamX8

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1-8 Starting Mastercam X8

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1-9 Ent ering th e Mastercam X8 Lathe Pack age

. Click 0 the Ma chine Type drop 00"'" menu ® _ ""

.. Click @ the L athe package

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' ·10 A Description of the Mastercam X8 Lath e Main Interface Window

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