Mastercam Basics Tutorial—4: Working with Files

2. Select File, Save As, and then click Browse.

The Save As dialog box opens.

3. Select StereoLithography Files ("*.stl") from the Save as type drop-down list.

4. Select Options.

The Save as an STL File dialog box opens.

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5. Select the ASCII option.

6. Click OK to close the Save as an STL File dialog box.

7. Click Save in the Save As dialog box.

8. Mastercam saves the file in ASCII StereoLithography format, which allows you to view it with any text editor,
such as Notepad, as shown below.

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NOTE
To learn more about exporting multiple Mastercam files at the same time, click File, Convert, Export
Folder. Select the help button in the Export Folder dialog box.

Exercise 3: Using Zip2Go

The Zip2Go utility gathers and compresses the current Mastercam part data into a .MCAM-CONTENT, .Z2G, or .ZIP file.
The Zip2Go utility scans the machine groups in your current file and captures information such as your Mastercam
configuration, machine definition, post files, tool and material libraries, and other files associated with your part. This is
useful if you are trying to share information with other users or Technical Support.

For information about each file type, see the following table.

File Type Benefits

Can be dragged and dropped into Mastercam. This unzips the files to their proper location within
.MCAM-CONTENT
the default folder structure. To view the files inside, rename it to a .zip.

Can be unzipped by anyone to view contents. These maintain the original file structure inside the
.Z2G and .ZIP
compressed file.

In this exercise, you run Zip2Go to compress a file.

1. Open BRACE.mcam, which was provided with this tutorial.

If prompted to save changes to 2D_CHAMFER_MM.mcam, choose Don't Save.

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