Mastercam Basics Tutorial—4: Working with Files

The Zip2Go file list displays the files included in the Zip2Go file.

10. Click OK to close the Zip2Go dialog box.

11. Close Mastercam without saving your changes or leave the file open for the next exercise.

You have now completed this chapter of the Mastercam Basics Tutorial. In the next chapter, you learn more about
viewing your part.

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VIEWING YOUR PART
Mastercam provides several tools and methods for changing the appearance of the geometry and toolpaths in the
graphics window. In this chapter, you learn to view your part, use materials, analyze your part, and create and use
Viewsheets.

Goals
l Fit all entities in the graphics window.

l Use zoom functions to magnify your view of selected entities.

l Dynamically rotate and pan entities in the graphics window.

l Create a Viewsheet.

l Select materials.

l Analyze your part.

Exercise 1: Changing Standard Views

In this exercise, you learn how to look at your part from different sides and fit it to the graphics window.

1. Open ANGLEBLOCK-MM.mcam, which was provided with this tutorial. The part opens in Isometric (WCS) view.

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2. On the View tab, select the Show Axes drop-down. If necessary, deselect World, Cplane, and Tplane. Only
WCS remains selected.

3. On the View tab, select Show Axes or press [F9] to toggle the display of the WCS axes.

The coordinate axes show the origin and the part orientation to help you visualize the part in 3D space.

4. On the View tab, select the Show Gnomons drop-down and deselect Cplane and Tplane. Only WCS remains
selected.

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