Mastercam X7

Chapter 33 Toolpaths for Boat

HST Rough OptiCore and Finish Waterline
A. Machine Type and Stock Setup.
Step 1. If necessary, open your file BOAT ROUND BOTTOM file.

Step 2. If necessary, display Operations Manager. Use Alt-O.

Step 3. If Machine
Group is not dis-
played in Opera-
tions Manager,
click Machine
Type Menu >
Mill > Default,
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1
Step 4. Expand Properties (click +) in Toolpaths
Manager, Fig. 1.

Step 5. Click Stock Setup in Toolpaths Manager,

Fig. 1.

Step 6. Click left front top corner of the stock Click corner to
to move the origin, Fig. 2. After you move arrow
click corner the arrow will point to cor-
ner.

Step 7. Click All Entities in Stock Setup dialog

box, Fig. 2. Fig. 2

Step 8. Confirm Display check box is checked, Fig. 2.

Step 9. Click OK in Machine Group Properties, Fig. 3.

B. Rough OptiCore HST Toolpath.

Step 1. Click the down arrow of Set Planes
in the toolbar and click Top (WCS), Fig 4.
Fig. 3
Step 2. Click Toolpaths Menu > Surface High
Speed > OptiCore.

Step 3. Click OK in
the NC name dialog,
Fig. 5.
Fig. 4 Fig. 5
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Step 4. Click both surfaces to select as Drive surfaces, Fig. 6. Drive
surfaces
The surfaces will highlight when selected.

Step 5. Click End Selection (ENTER) in ribbon

bar.

Step 6. Click End Selection (ENTER) a

second time for Check Surface in ribbon
bar. Fig. 6

Step 7. Select C-plane and Chain in

Chaining dialog box, Fig. 7.

Step 8. Chain the top rectangle. Click a line of top

rectangle to chain around the top of the block,
Fig. 8.

Chain

Fig. 8

Fig. 7 Fig. 9
Step 9. Click OK in Chaining dialog box,
Fig. 7.

Step 10. Confirm 2 Drives surfaces and 1 Material boundary in Toolpath/surface selection dialog
box, then click OK in, Fig. 9.

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Step 11. Select Tool from tree control and:

click Select
library tool
Fig. 10.

Step 12. Click Filter,

Fig. 11.

Step 13. Click None

under Tool
Types, Fig. 12.

Step 14. Click End-

mill2 Sphere
second button
top row) and
click OK,
Fig. 12.

Fig. 10

Fig. 11

Fig. 12

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Step 15. Click 252
Ball End-
mill 1/4
and click
OK
Fig. 13.

Step 16. Back in

Tool page Fig. 13
set:

Tool # 1

Head # 1

Feed rate 60

Plunge rate 30
Fig. 14.

Step 17. Select Cut Pa-

rameters from
tree control
and set:

Cutting meth-
od Climb

Stepover Fig. 14
Absolute Dis-
tance .15

Stepdown
Absolute Dis-
tance .25

Stock to leave
on walls and
floors .04
Fig. 15.

Fig. 15
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Step 18. Select Material boundary from tree control and set:

Material
boundary
Compensate
to: Center
Fig. 16.

Step 19. Select Linking

Parameters
from tree con-
trol and set:

Retracts
Clearance
plane .2

All Leads 0
Fig. 17.

Fig. 16

Fig. 17

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Step 20. Select Arc Filter/Tolerance from tree control and set:

check Line/
Arc Filtering
Setting

Cut tolerance
25%

check Line/
Arc Filtering
Setting

uncheck One
way filtering
Fig. 18.

Step 21. Click OK

in Op-
tiCore dialog Fig. 18
box.

Step 22. Allow Mastercam to calculate toolpath.

Step 23. Save . Use Alt-F S.

C. Verify Rough OptiCore HST Toolpath.

Step 1. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Manager, Fig. 19.
Fig. 19
Step 2. Click Play (R) in VCR bar along bottom of the win-
dow, Fig. 20.
Fig. 20
Step 3. Note Total Time to run program under
Toolpath Info in the Move List
panel (15min 50.81s),
Fig. 22.

Fig. 22

Fig. 21

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D. Finish Waterline HST Toolpath.
Step 1. Use Toggle toolpath display in
Toolpaths Manager (Alt-T) to turn off
toolpath display, Fig. 23.

Step 2. Copy OptiCore Roughing toolpath in

the Toolpaths Manager. To copy, hold
right mouse button and drag the Sur-
face High Speed toolpath down under
the operations. Release mouse button
and click Copy After from menu,
Fig. 23.
Fig. 23 Fig. 24
Step 3. Expand 2 - Surface High Speed and
click Parameters, Fig. 24.

Step 4. Select Toolpath Type from tree control and select:

Finishing

Waterline
Fig. 25.

Fig. 25

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Step 5. Select Tool
from tree con-
trol and set:

Feed rate 80

Plunge rate 40
Fig. 26.

Step 6. Select Cut Pa-

rameters from
tree control
and set:

Cutting
method
Climb

Stepdown .02
Fig. 26
Check Add
cuts

Too contain-
ment
Compensate
to: Outside

Stock to leave
on walls and
floors 0
Fig. 27.

Fig. 27

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Step 7. Select Linking
Parameters
from the tree
control and set:

Clearance
plane .2

Part clearance
.2

All Leads 0
Fig. 29.

Step 8. Click OK
in Wa-
terline dialog
box.
Fig. 28
Step 9. Save (Alt-F S).

E. Verify Toolpaths.
Step 1. In the Toolpaths Manager, click Regen-
erate all dirty operations , Fig. 29.

Step 2. Click the Toolpath Group-1 to select

both toolpaths, Fig. 30.

Step 3. Click Verify in the Toolpaths Man-

ager, Fig. 30. Fig. 29 Fig. 30

Step 4. Click Play (R) in VCR bar along bot-

tom of the window, Fig. 31.

Step 5. Note Total Time to run pro-

gram in Move List panel
(32min 41.42s),
Fig. 32.

Step 6. Close Fig. 32

Mastercam
Simulation
. Fig. 31

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