Mastercam X7 Mill is designed to provide expanded machining flexibility and an increased emphasis on speed and automation. According to the company, the new Mastercam Simulator, Renishaw Probing and Tool Manager combine with dozens of additional new enhancements in a package intended to improve shop floor productivity.
The Backplot and Verify utilities used to check Mastercam tool motion have now been combined to offer a more efficient workflow, better analysis tools and more comprehensive toolpath support in Mastercam Simulator. Users still access Backplot and Verify from buttons at the top of the Operations Manager, but these utilities now display results in a separate window from Mastercam. This allows users to keep making adjustments to toolpaths even as the tool motion display continues.
Mastercam X7 integrates Renishaw's Productivity+ for in-process gauging. It uses a measuring probe on a machine tool to determine fixture offsets, orientation and critical dimensions. "Probing eliminates the need for tool presetters, expensive fixtures and manual settings with dial indicators," said a company spokesperson. "It allows for machine offsets to be automatically adjusted during machining, further enhancing the manufacturing process."
Mastercam's new Tool Manager provides a new way to organize and create tooling. It has been designed as a flexible and efficient way to manage tools and tool holding components and to create tool assemblies that can be used in Mastercam.
According to the company, additional tools in Mastercam X7 Mill include:
- Dynamic and OptiRough toolpaths with more efficient tool motion, including enhanced cut orders and faster calculation times.
- Multi-threading support extended to most 2D high speed toolpaths, resulting in faster toolpath processing.
- Oscillate motion for Curve and Swarf 5-axis toolpaths, improving tool life by not always machining with the same area of the tool.
- 3D HST Hybrid toolpath improvements.
- New 3D HST Project toolpath now includes a full suite of high speed toolpath parameters to refine tool motion.
For more information contact:
Michelle Nemeth
CNC Software, Inc.
671 Old Post Road
Tolland, CT 06084
860-875-5006
info@mastercam.com
www.mastercam.com
Southwest
TX, LA
Don Disco
MLC CAD Systems
6001 W. William Cannon Dr.
Bldg. 2 Ste. 101
Austin, TX 78749
512-288-8511
www.mlc-cad.com
OK
Bob Goree
Red Bird Inc.
P.O. Box 1956
Wichita, KS 67201
316-262-0076
redbird@iwichita.com
Southeast
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Allan Drost
CAD/CAM Solutions
2636 Peachtree Walk
Duluth, GA 30096
770-982-3400
cadcamso@mindspring.com
www.cadcamsolutions.net
FL
Jim Gamble
CamTech
696 Ferncliff Drive
Port Orange, FL 32127
386-788-2624
NC, SC
James Wakeford
Barefoot CNC
333 Sanford Dr.
Morganton, NC 28655
828-438-5038
MS
Don Disco
MLC CAD Systems
6001 W. William Cannon Dr.
Bldg. 2 Ste. 101
Austin, TX 78749
512-288-8511
www.mlc-cad.com
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Todd Patterson
Dominion CAD/CAM
801 Main St., Suite 708
Lynchburg, VA 24504
434-846-4372
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Dave Shaby
Compumachine
6 Electronics Ave.
Danvers, MA 01923
978-777-8440
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Al Duprey
Macdac Engineering
27 Quality Ave. Upper Level
Somers, CT 06071
860-749-5544
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Prism Engineering
455 Business Center Dr., Ste. 225
Horsham, PA 19044
215-784-0800
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Rob Hassold
Cimquest Inc.
1545 Route 206 (2nd Floor)
Bedminster, NJ 07921
732-699-0400
Midwest
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Jeff Angsten
ShopWare Inc.
2175 Point Blvd., Ste. 100
Elgin, IL 60123
847-428-4350
847-428-4359
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QTE Manufacturing Solutions
820 Westwood Industrial Park Dr.
St. Charles, MO 63304
877-429-5708
636-300-0560
www.qtemfg.com
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Randy Maynard
CAD/CAM Technologies
P.O. Box 320
Pendleton, IN 46064
765-778-2020
765-778-3027
IA, NE
David Hoit
Mid-West Tech
206 W 2nd Street
Madrid, IA 50156
515-795-3789
515-795-3540
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Prototek Engineering
125 Columbia Court North
Chaska, MN 55318
952-361-5598
952-361-6081
KS
Bob Goree
Red Bird Inc.
P.O. Box 1956
Wichita, KS 67202
316-262-0076
redbird@iwichita.com
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CA
CAD/CAM Consulting Services, Inc.
996 Lawrence Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320
805-375-7676
San Diego CAD CAM, Inc.
13220 Evening Creek Drive South
San Diego, CA 92128
858-748-9692
CA, NV
Sierra CAD/CAM, Inc.
6671 Turkey Hollow Trail
Browns Valley, CA 95918
530-748-7491
AZ
MLC Cad Systems, Inc.
6001 W. William Cannon Drive
Austin, TX 78749-1969
512-288-8511
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Triad Machine Tool Company
7881 West 48th Ave. S
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303-424-0268
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Cimtech, Inc.
901 Algona Blvd. N
Algona, WA 98001
253-333-0126
ID, NV, UT
Remote Machining Services
9764 South Little Cottonwood Place
Sandy, UT 84092
801-972-2792
MT, OR, WA
MCAM Northwest, Inc.
19136 South Molalla Ave.
Oregon City, OR 97045
503-653-5332