Mastercam. > TRAINING GUIDE oh MILL SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT camInstructor PagetMastercam Training Guide SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT COMPLETE THESE STEPS BEFORE STARTING EACH LESSON Before starting the geometry creation and generating the toolpaths you should: 2 Set up the Grid. This will help identify the location of the origin > Customize the toolbars to machine a 2D part. > Set the machine type to a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine. SET THE DISPLAY OF THE GRID: 1. Launch Mastercam. 2. Select from the pull down menu Settings>Configuration. 3. From the window on the left side of this window expand the Screen topic by selecting the + sign and then select Grid Settings. and change the Size to 1 5. Select the OK button to complete this function. 6. When prompted to "Save settings to configuration file’ ‘Setting the Environment - Page - 1 Page 2Setting the Environment — Mill SET THE TOOLBARS REQUIRED TO CREATE THE GEOMETRY AND MACHINE A 2D AND OR A 3D PART: 4. Select from the pull down menu Settings>Toolbar States. 2. Select 2D-Toolpaths if you are doing Lessons 1 through 8, select 3D-Toolpaths if your doing Lessons 9 through 14. 3._ Then select the Load button, Show these tar: TT ATP 15 As Toobatu Cass Toopathe Deagn plore Drang Fz]Dekete / Undelete Lhe Drang 13RSatrum20 a ire [oascar] ee eae se rete ven Fete Po Fes) (Hustefntae Sea (eee) Fiss7ste Wie weeps Odean 4, Select the OK button to accept the settings. > To toggle on or off the display of the Operations Manager. 5. To Show or Hide the Operations Manager pane on the left of the screen press Alt + O. Pressing Alt + O acts like a toggle switch between Show and Hide. For more information on the Operations Manager see the Tips and Techniques section on the multimedia CD supplied with this text 6. The Mastercam interface will be displayed as shown below when the operations Manager is hidden. Setting the Environment - Page - 2 Page 3Mastercam Training Guide SELECT THE TYPE OF MACHINE > For all the Lessons you will use a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine to machine the part. > If you do not have the appropriate post processor for the Generic Haas 4X Mill use the Default Mill. > To set the machine type do the following: 1. Select from the pull down menu Machine = |. | Type>Miill. Caen sensor en 2. Click on the Generic Haas 4X Mill.MMD. on machine type. = If you do not see the Generic Haas 4X MILL file, select Manage list and Add this machine. Select the green check mark when done. Now select from the pull down menu Machine Type>Mill Click on the Generic Haas 4X Mill. MMD-5 machine type. To display the Toolpath Manager press Alt + O. The toolpaths manager should look as below: Operations Manager a Noose Toalpaths | solids VERDE BOk > 2? vaGse XO © BB Machine Group-1 | @E-AlL Properties - GENERIC HAAS 4 - axis vc ||] Toolpath Group-1 | 1 RGSS | 2 AP VIN GOS .B- 0-0 \/« Sas¥Os9 smc. 1-7) eo0o CGJese- 2 > You are now ready to proceed to a Lesson. Setting the Environment - Page - 3 Page 4Setting the Environment - Mill OPTIONAL INSTALLING A POST PROCESSOR FOR MASTERCAM X5 2 The default installation directory for Mastercam is now C:\Program Files\mcamx5 2 In Windows XP, user data is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\my mcamxs, and shared data is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\shared mcamx5 1. For the following example we will install a post processor for a Generic Haas 4 Axis CNC Milling Machine. Note: If you are not sure which Post Processor to use or the post for your machine is not listed contact CNC Software at 1-800-275-6226 or info@mastercamedu.com. Open the Haas.ZIP file (or compressed post processor file). Copy the following 2 files into the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\shared mcamx5\CNC_MACHINES directory; * generic has 4x mill. mmd-5 * generic haas 4x mill.control- 4. Copy the generic haas 4x mill.pst file into; C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\shared mcamxS\MILL\Posts directory a83 ee User Da pa Baits ee < — a | Hesse = ve = nes a @ | =e E Nees: ‘Recent Folders. {G:\CAMINSTRUCTOR 201044-WORK\MASTERCAMESMILLLESSO w 7 jC 8 jCe ‘Setting the Environment - Page - 4 Page 5Mastercam * TRAINING GUIDE MILL-LESSON-1 GEOMETRY CREATION camInstructor Page 13Mastercam Training Guide Objectives You will create the geometry for Mill-Lesson-1. You will be working through the process to machine parts in later Lessons; Mill-Lesson-1 will just cover geometry creation. This Lesson covers the following topics: > Create a 2-dimensional drawing by: Creating lines using line endpoints. Using the AutoCursor to snap to endpoints of lines when creating lines. Using the zoom functions to change the view of entities in the graphics window. Saving the file. Mill-Lesson-1 - 1 Page 14MILL-LESSON-1 DRAWING Mill-Lesson-1 = =— 3.00 5 Thick Material: Aluminum = g 3 Mill-Lesson-1 - 2 Page 15Mastercam Training Guide LESSON -1 - THE PROCESS Geometry Creation TASK 1: Setting the environment. TASK 2: Creating lines. TASK 3: Save the drawing Absolute coordinates at endpoints of lines X1.5 YS X6.5 YS x0 Y5 XB V5 X3Y3 X5 Y3 X3 2.5 XS Y2.5 xolYo X8 YO x Gview:TOP WCS:TOP Cplane:TOP Mill-Lesson-1 - 3 Page 16Mill-Lesson-1 TASK 1: SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT Before starting the geometry creation you should set up the grid and toolbars as outlined in the Setting the environment section at the beginning of this text 1. Set up the Grid. This will help identify the location of the origin. 2. Customize the toolbars to machine a 2D part 3. Set the machine type to a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine. TASK 2: INTRODUCTION CREATE A SERIES OF LINES USING LINE>LINE ENDPOINT... THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PART IS AT X0 YO. > This task explains how to create the ten lines for Mill Lesson -1. These lines could be created in many different ways, this is just one option > Note the location of XO YO and the direction of the X and Y axis as shown below. > You will start to create line 1 first and then move around in a clockwise direction to create the remaining lines 2,3 etc as shown below. xo vo GiieweTOP WCS:TOP Cplane:TOP Mill-Lesson-1 - 4 Page 17Mastercam Training Guide > To create this series of lines you need to refer to the dimensioned part drawing for Mill Lesson -1 and determine the absolute values in the X and Y axis for the endpoints of the individual fines. Absolute means the X and Y coordinate all relate to the Origin - the XO Y0 position. For more information on co-ordinate systems see the Tips and Techniques section on the multimedia CD supplied with this text. > The X and Y values for the endpoints of the lines are shown below: > 2 3¥3 X5Y3 | | X3Y2.5 x5 Y2.5 Mill-Lesson-1 - 5 Page 18