Learning Mastercam X8 Step by Step LATHE

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James Valentino
Joseph Goldenberg
LEARNING
MASTERCAM
X8
LATHE
Step
by
Step
James Valentino
Joseph Goldenberg
ISB N 978-0-8311 -3511 -9
Industrial Press.lnc
32 Haviland Street Unit 2C
South N orw a lk , CT 06854
Sponsoring Ed itor John Carleo

Co~er Des ign: Janet Romano-Murray
Index Editor: Robert Weinstein
Co~er
photos supplied by Tom Lipton
Copyright 102015
by Industri al Press inc.. Printed in the Uni ted States of America All rights
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publisher
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CONTENTS
C H A PT E R - 1 INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB
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1-1 Cha pte, Objecti\les
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1-1
M".I'm""mX8 e NC Software
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\ -3 System Requi rem ent. 10< Verni"" X8

\ -4 Convenbons Used T hrOUgh""! the Te>rt
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1-5 l""ta~atJon of M".lIm ;"", X6 Demo Software lor $11.1"""\ Use

1-6 An Overview 01 Generating A W<JId Address P'<>gI am Vi a
Mas,ercMl X8
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1-7 Typ es of FII... C, ted by Mas/ere..." X8
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18 Starling the Maste,e,"", X8

1-9 Ent ering !he Ma SlerCMl X8 Lathe Paokage
1 10 A Oe.cri pbon olthe Masle re,"", X8 Lathe Main Interface W ndow
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1-11 Ma.lercam XS". Short-Cut ~ ey . 10' Entenng Commands
1-20
1-12 Setting Working Param et. ,. Vi. the System
C<>n~g u,ab on
Di alog 8 0.
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1-13 Us ing On u ne Help
128
1. 14S ing_ File
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1 15 Opening" File
1-33
116 Usin Q the Zip2Go Ulllily
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117 C,eating. New File
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118 Con verti ng Files !Tom P,e.;o,," Releases of Ma>le,cam X to X B
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1_19 h iting lhe Mas/ere_ XB Design/Lathe Package
1-37
Exercises
C HAPTER-2 BA SIC CA D OPERA TIONS

2-1 Ch a pte, Objectives
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2-1
2-2 Gene,ating and EdW ng a Wi,eframe CAD Model 01 a Part
a. t
2-3 SeltJng the Construction Plane To Lathe Diamet...
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2. Creating Lin"" in 20 Space
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2-5 C,eating Circles in 20 Space

2-'6 C'e ating Arcs in 20 Spece
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2-7 C'uting Fillets in 20 Spe ce
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2-8 C,uting Cham fe", in 20 Spece
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29 Oeteb ng Enbl''''' in 20 Space
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2-10 Tnmining En~ti"" in 20 Spac e
2-1\
2-11 Zooming GraphiC$ Wn<low Displays
212
212 Pannin9 Screen o;spIavs
2-17
2-13 Filling the Existing Geometry to the Screen Display Area
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214 Rep arnbngtM Screen
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2-15 Tbe Undo/Redo F...,ebons
2-20
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Exerci.,.
C H A PTE R - 3 BASIC LATHE OPERATIONS
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3-1 Cba pler Objectrves

3-2 An Eu mpte ot Bas ic latl>e Mac:hining
E. ercis""
C H A PT E R -4
GROOVING AND THREADING OPERATIONS 4-1
4-1 Cba pter Objectrves
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4-2 An Eumple ot G,ooving and Threading
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E. ercis""
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C H APTE R-S CAXIS CAD OPERATIONS
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5-1 Cha pter Obj""""e.
5- 2 An Example 01 Generahng C-a.i. 'A\'elr. me Geometry
E, erci.es
C H APTER -o CAXIS OPERATIONS

6 -1 Cha pte r Obj""""e.
6-2 An Example 01 e-..i. Machining
6-3 E. ...cioes
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1- 1
CHAPTER -
11
INTRODUCTION TO Mastercam XB
1-1 Chapter Objectives
Aile, com pleting this chapt... ~ou"';l1 be abje to:
1, State the system , equ irements l or installing Ma. lercam A8
2 Describe the general p ,oce of gene ra tinll " word address program iii.
Masteream X8
3 Know the !'I p<! ' of i l. s created by Mta",am X8

4 Understand how to start Ma s 'eream X 8
5 Describe the nine gene ' . 1elements of MaSle,eM> XS', inte,lace "';ndow
6. Stale how 10 selthe . yslem'. wor king parameler.
7. Understan d the b. si c concepts of Goiew, V iew, WCS , Cpl.n. and Tplane

8 Kn ow h ow to lIS. Itt. Hel p. Sa ve , and Ex it ""mmanOs
1-2 Masrercam X8 CNC Softwa re

One of the moll! popu la' CNe software pack"9"" available l<>day i. MaM"ream X8
Itom CNe Softw.", . Inc located 01671 Old Pos' Road. Tolla nd. CT 06084
CNe Software can . Iso be reached at 86 0- 875-5006 . Fo< info<mat on on the
lates! prodUct d e. el opmenls. and downlo ads of enhancements and patches.
isd thei r web sile at wwwma.te",em com .
This softwa re has a short learning Curve. It presents the 115er with an easy to
follow menu syst em that wo rks full y wi th the V'ffidows a operating system _
Part geometry can be e a.. ly ereal e<l wi th Maslerc"", 's CAD pac kage. The
CAM pac kage enabl es Ihe ope rator to qu ickly select the part materiaL
mach i ning operahons and cu tting tools , The softw are allows the operator to
Iden\l!y the CAD geometry to be . elect ed for a machining operotion then
quick ly generales the require d 1001 path. The ope.-.tOl' uses the macn;ne iUld
control defin ilions managers to specify the feaues of the CN(; machine to be
u se d. Th e appropriate postp roc esso r i s also selecte<llrom the system 's library,
Ma. te",em is ttl en dlrecte<l to gen erate the correspondIng word address part
p rogram . A very powerful l eature of the software is its abdity to verify the part
p rogram by anim eting the enti re maohlr;ng PI""es. MaS/. ream automa ticatly
ch ecks for any tool ooilision. wh en ve r i ~ o a ti o n is rUMlng
' . 3 Syst em R equi rem en ts for Ve rs io n X8

Me.te",am x a Is a a. -bit CNC so ftware pac kage
Th e following minimum system h ardware and software rrusl be
W indows 7 or 8
In tel
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0' AMD M bd PI""essor

y 1280 resoiution(minirrum)
System memo ry, ~GB

250GB driv e, 20GB Iree hard disk space
in.talled ,
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1-4 Conventio ns Used Throu ghout t he Text
The lollo"';ng c",,, enlion. are u.ed t"''''' gIl''''l lhi. le.l
DISPLA Y
MEANING
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Direcls the ope,alor to pre..

!s pace Ba' l key 0<1 the
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w' en placed next to example. and e. erei.... , tI>ol lco<1
in dical.... fil . b y rh. U rn. ",.m . /s 0" rh. "" cl o sed CO _
The sludenl can 9 . t th. fl' . ""d follow th. ""'rll
Inter actively
Place fhe DEMO. EXERCISES CO in the drf\te
When fhe Masterc"", X8 ~ raphi c auto displays,
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Double C,ck on fhe Ma' tercam X8 Demo icon ~

Click File
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OVD RW [)<i_ olE)
MC A~X8 -E XERC ISES
the chaPf" " l ile folders.
rn CHAPTER2
rn CHAPTE
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CH A pTER
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' 5 Inst all atio n of Mastercam X8 Demo CD Software for Student Us e

.. Pla ce the DEM O X8 CD in the CD drive
T he Mastercan! XB ll'aph ic shown below wi l auto-di splay
DemoltamoLoai lliliQ
Mulercarn U ln .lOli s
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Documenlanon
ConlaetU.
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the
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.. Follow the prompts au/oma/l cally trirJ')6red b1 th e software on the CO to complete

the installa tion,
' -6 An Overview o f Generating a Word A ddress Program

Via Mastercam X8
""1 part to be machined using Ma. !f>rcam X 8 software musl fi....l be drawn uS" Qedher
the Masterc"", X8 compuler aid ed dralling (C AD) packag e 0( imported from another
CAD paCkage such as AutoCAD Of SolidW orks. The pa" geomeu1 Cl eated by the
CAD pac kage is used direclly by the computer ai<led machining (CAM) pac ka ~ On
.peci fyi ng th e location 01 ma chin ing cycles and in the <let....mination 01 the
corresponding 1001 paths . Ultimatel y, the CAM package produces a IXlrnplete word
ad dress p r0ll'am l or machining . specified p art on a particular CNC machine
1001 (10 learn more about word addr ess pr og,amm ing relet to IntmducbonlO Compulet
Nu me, ic. 1Conllol 51h Ed by J.V alenh no and J .GoIdenbetg . published bjI Pl entice Hall
T he seq ue nce ot .teps to be Iollowed to direct Maslercarn XB to generate a word address
progr am lor a mWing CNC machine tool are shown in Figure 1- 1.
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CHA.PTER 1
1-7 Types o f Fil es Created by MastercamX8

Ma.ta",am X8 i. des'gn ed to be mOro compob ble woth Mic, o. off. !/WOelin... and
oecu'ity measure. To lhis e nd th" ~ is 10cal1 On the loll~ng defau" insltJIlMtOI1
di ' e<:lQtY '
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operalmg . y.tem.
C:IProg ram Files\mcamx8IMaote r<:am .eoe
Th" ope,ato, wil l " ncounter various fil e u ten" "" name. On the oourse 01 worl<ing
WIth Ma. I"", ,..,, X8 .o/twa' e , The eolen .ion name' ond the" mean ings a' e I'sled
below ;n one place 1 quic~ , ererenc..,
a} CONFIG Fi la
The . yole m det ilU~ .alu... suoh a. unlt .allocation. , toleranoe. , NC . etti"9's, ''''''en
and CAD .elrmg. are stor ed in the oonfiguration fie that has tP>e e' lenS/OIl .CONFIG
b) MCl..a Files
Alt the pdrT geometry gene,aled in OESIGN mode and loci pain infOl'mMion c'ealed
in MI LL mod<> i to, ed in ftle. thal ha.e the " xl" oS/on .M Cl..a
cj MATERIALS Fila,
Ma. terc,"", XB ha. an ulen.ive lib,ary 01va,iou. mate,ials . The informati on
on " particular materral itored in the mate ,ials file with enension .MATERIALS
Masl,,'cam X8 u. ... lhi. info' mot;on to ""Iomar'cally ...1 til.. ~m ..n<I..a
."...,a. ana f.... a. for 0 pal1icular cutting tool u.ed in 0 machining operation ,
The ope ,atOl' Can also m anually e nt" r desir"d . pe eds and I""ds.
d} TOOLS Files
Tho loo/Iibrary fil". WIth th" e. t"".ion .TOOLS contain a comprehe n, ;"e ,et or the
moot common tocl, 10 be oele<:l"d in orde' 10 executo tP>e machining of a part
e} PST 0' MCPOST Files
Th" p OM pmcessor. 10< va,iou. CNC controt units are stored On fieo
that hav" the exten.."" .PST or lhe newe, e.lensi"" ,MCPOST
The change ha. been mad" becau. e Winsowo oca.ionallv confuses
.PST with the .ame e>lension us " d with Mia<>soft Outlook
Nole : For nch p<>st ' enomed 10 .MCPOST the operalo< m" . latoo build 0 new
control definrti on and ;mpOl't the settings from the ~d control <lefinition,
I) NCI Files
NCI(Numelical Conllollnte,mediale} fil... c""taln Ihe 1o~ palh coo<di nate

value, a, well a, .poed" feeds and olhe,lmport""t mach.,lng In1mation
fo,,, job These files ha. e lhe e. tens ion . NCI
I) NC Fila,
Th...e file. conta in the word . ddrass parT program. Maslaream X5 use. a
particula, .PST ~ Ie and e selected .NCl file to generale the ""nesponding
,NC file . Th" .NC ~ I e is sent to the CNC machin " 100l lar prOduOO1g the pall
CH A.PTER 1
1- 7
1-8 Starting Mastercam X8

Masteream X 8 is stalled by <IoYbie d ieking
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1-8
1-9 Ent ering th e Mastercam X8 Lathe Pack age

To enter til e Mill package th e operator muet sele<:t. milling ",achine from the machine
typ e drop down me nu.
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Mastarcam wHI then chan ge th e main inte,fac e window listing 110m Design to Lathe
CHAPTER 1
1-9
' 10 A Description of the Mastercam X8 Lath e Main Interface Window

Me.le '""m x e Lathe main inler lace wi ndow ...imilar to any other _ ,,>Ow thaI i. ....ed ill
the Wi ndows operalrn~ . y. tem, The interface WIndow
01 ";,,e ~en eral e lements:
T~ e
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menu bar
o tool bar.
o autocursOl ribbon bar
o ~e n era l I.ction ribt>on bar
o current functron ribb"" bar
o <>perali"". mana9<r
o gra "" ic. window
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o . tatu . I>o r
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MRU(most recently ....ed) llK1 r:tion bar
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CH APTER 1
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MEN U B A R
This e lement contains twenry f/o,e drop down me nus. S eve,al 01 the functions have icons nexllo
them so the ope,alo, gets a g,aphio pictu,e 01 what the command accomplishes . A funct"'" is
execu ted by moving the moose curs", over d and pres.i"lllh. lefl mouse button. The op....t'"
also has the ab ility to c,eat. cus tomiz.d drop down menus . Rete.- to Chapter II .
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.. move Ihe curso, down 10 lhe desi,ed command
.. Th . symbol .. indicates a cascading sub-menu ,el a ~ng to the command uisls

.. move the cm50r acr""5 10 the desi.ed command in !he sub_menu and ' e lt dick @
to u ecute it
T O OL B A RS
Toolba .. are aehl of buttons thaI execule M..le.cam functions T ""ba.. are normaNy docked
bUI they oan be u n d o o ~ e d and , elocated by clicking " n thei, "grab" handle. TooIabrs oan also
be res haped a nd customized,
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AUTO CURSOR RIBB ON BAR
AuIOW'SO' is used 10 auto m'Hlclilly d el ~l."d snllp 10 cem.n poinllocabOfls on

g,aphic enbbes di.played on tho .c reen This is done as the """,at<>r mo.es the mouse
cur-sor o_. r the onlibes . Snap locabon. include endpoints. e""ters ol.res, inl"",ectJ<>ns ,
mid!>0ints. etc . Autoeurso, is a.bv.ted every time Masle' eam prompts the ope ralor 10
select a locat ion on the .creen. Upon detecti ng a . napped polnt loc.tion autocursor
displays a .....i. u. 1cue" 10 the right 01 ttle cursor, Cue. include:
+", en dpoinl . nap
X inter-section pointsnap
center 01 arc sn ap
II Autocu'so, does nol deloct any points 10 .nap to rt aulemabcally defaults to ttle
Sketcher
hmcbon The operalor tben e nto.. tho point location u";ng co<>retinat... ,
Aotoeu,....
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o M'dPQOn1 ~ HorizontaIM.-,
RighI Clie k
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in lhe displa y sere"" area
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Sot. 'o srpomt mode es rho do'oult m othod 01 mp<Jthng X YZ """dmote.
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Enables t he ope fa tor to s pecify poin! k>cabons 10 sn a p 10 by usmg smgle

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GENERAL SELECTION RIBBON BAR
The General Selecbon ribbon b ar io used 10 oele ot ""libea diSj>oyed in tr.e grapl1ics window
Gen,,,.1 Se lection i. aeri"" ally t,m"lhe operaror i. 1101 ill an aeti"e function suoh a. S kelche r,
Ana lyze or View Manipulabon , General S~ e cti on is acti';a led by Mastercam X8 runclon. ltIai
pfOmp! lt1e operator to o" eel e n t ~ i es
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CHAPTER 1
CURRENT FUNCTION RIBBON BAR

T he cu rre nt fun clion ribbon ba r ia u se d to c ,eote and e<\ll CAD ge om etry, RIbbon bals have a
clos e a pp eal a nco 10 (oolba l" a nd wo , ~ very much Ii~ e dialog boxe . The y Ca n be do cked or
undoc ke d a nd ,el oc ated in a conve n ie"t a,e a 01 the g,a ph ic" " ",e e" , If a rib!>on ba, for a !unction
e. i,,' s it is a utomatic a lly a cbva le d a nd dis pla yed wh e" the lInction is ,,~eeted . A t> . n ~ ,ibbon
b a r is ,"spla ye d by Ma.Ierca", xe a bove t he graphICS window when nO ribbon b ar ia aewale<!
Wh e n a function with a ribboo bal i. >elocle<! Ma.lercam X8 re pla ces th e blank with
lt1 e nbb on ba r lor the fun.ction
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/,Ia""ream xe has a lell click sele choo fea lul e . lI the op elator left cO cks
on th e SEL ECT/ON rt re m ains locked 1/1 !hal mode until ft>& operalor
left dlcb 0" !he u le d i. " e'l";'" II lhe opera tor ' e ft ckc ks in th e VALUE
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THE OPERATIONS MANAGER

The Operations Mana ge, is dispiayed to "' e len 01 the graphics W;MOoW. II conlains bo ll> "'e
Tool path Manag"' , the Sol ids MaMa ge, an d ArI . The epe,abons M'Mg" ' is MasrercMl XB's
control cen l er lor a iob , Some of its Il.Olcbons include;
hoting al l machi ning op " ,ati"" s in the order which "'ey w;1I occu,
bacl<pl orrin g and verifyl"'1 toolp aths fo, listed machiMing "!,,,rations
editing any 01 Ihe mac hining p a,am el ers 01 listed operabo06
re -oequenci flf} Ihe o, de, 01 IiSfed machining "!"'l ations
dfllellflg list ed mach ining "!,,,lab"".

creal mg rt<I'" machimng opelabons by copyi ng nisl ing ones and edl\ing
postprO<'e'Siflf} a wo,d ad dress pa rt ptogram
1-16
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D.. pru s Ih .. lpft mous~ button and h .."in'l lt d ep re ssed drag ~ 10 pos ition @) : rel~ase
H'R.\J.Ui TIlE ON:/{ I TIOS,\' .' I IS IGI.'R m SI 'L I I' (/.'101'1'
T h~ Op~ral ion s
Manage r i . di.pla y ilI lu r n ~ d on. by del atil

off or on by us ing t he $hort-cul keys on the k e yt>o ~ r d '
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the dioplay
THE GRAPHICS W INDOW

Part g eometry is Cfeated , e dile d and viewed ;n th e worl<ing area calle<! the Graphics window
Bac~pl otte d t oolpath$ and verification 01 machinin g operation is also dioplayed in this area,
Th . Graph'cs WIndow can b. res,zed. DOin g so also .....iZ<'. tt. ~ wi<lth of t!le Op<!,al ""'s
Ma nag@r Window. Wh ~n th@Groph ,csWndow is'",'zed Ma. l ttrcam X8 re m@mb. rs the ...,lbng
~nd wi ll m ~ i n t ~ i n it When l h ~ s o flw ~ r e i. opened aga;n
sr: I n s /.\'/I/C I TORS /11.\'1'. 111;/1 I S rm: ( i /{ 1I'lIIe\' W/.\/IIIW
Ma>lercam XB display. lh~ following indi cal o," in l h ~ graphics window 10 k~ ~ p

upd~led with i mp ortant p~ ,~meter 5 rel ating t o the job al hand These include:
THE CURRENT WOR KING UNI TS AND SCALE
inch or melrlc and the numb er of units
displayed per incn or millimeter, Tnis
!'I p ~ of sca linll pro,,;d.... f~el tor the
aclual siZ<' 01 the part.
th ~ "I' ~'alor
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1-17
THE COORDINA TE AXIS ICON("GNOMOItl")
Gview Gnomon
Mas, ~rcam
X 7 d,"plays ,he """"Iatlon

of ,h~ CUffen, G"ew In Ihe lower left
corner ol lhe Gra phi CS Window Tha
X axis is shown red , D. axis green
B ~low Ihe gnomon Mas,,,,,,,.,,, X 8
",dl car~ s Ihat /he GVltOW os aligned
wlIh TOP and VIews WC S, Cplane
and Tplane are als<> aligned TOP
Or wi,h ,ha cunen! Gview
Gplane Gnomon
Masler<am X8 displa y. the Cpla ne gnomon
in the upp ~ r I~ ff cor ner oll h ~ Grapflics Wndow ,
Thi. indica te. the o<ienlation 01 the Cplane.
fp/ana Gnomon
Master< am X8 displays the Tplane gnomon
in the up p~ r nghl com", 01 the G, aphics Wndaw
to . how the Tpl ane'. o,ientation Thi. indicate.
the orientation 01the to<>l
WCS Gnomon
The WCS gnomon i. displayed at the <>rIglll
01 Ihe C U"~ nt WCS and indicates its cUffenl
or i ~nta!ion . The colo< of the \NeS gnomon ..
et in the View Manager dialog box,
ReIer to Secti on 1 12 10' th~ steps to bs
taken to <fi,ed Mast erc"", Xl to display the""
gnomons at all times
Wh en lh e ope'8to,works in Mast"rcam X 7
Design the Tplane gnomon ," nol display&<!
in the Gr aphics Wndow
MOUSE CURSOR
T he Grap hics cursor is used as a pomrmgf ,aentl/ymg
device, The loca lton 01 a poinl can be inputted
b ~ moving the curso, to a location in the
Graphics Wi ndow and pr.ss ing the mouse button
T he cursor is also used to iden'ify which obje-cts
in t he Graphics W ndow are 10 be ope'ated on by
th. currenl command
G" . w:TOP WCS :TOf'
TlCplane:TOP
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1-18
STATUS8AR
Masterc"", XS 's stalus bar i s posilioned al the bonnm of !he main inl erface "';ndow The len
.ide of Ihe stalus bar dispiays .Ialu' m..s.age. and l he right si de enables the ope,al'" 10
specHy Important parame l" .<>Irlng. , These include entily creation ""pes(20 ,30 ) , orient al "",s
(Gview and Plan..), depth (Z ), enl ily color. levels on which in f ",ma~ oo Os piaced, i ne
Iypeslwi<fll,s and poinl lypes(attributes), view sellmgs(WCS) and Groups
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MRU FUN CTI ON BAR

The MRU(M05t Reoently Used) function b. , isloo'led 10 the right olthe m.in inle,l.oe
window . M.. tero&'>! X8 ke eps tr.c k 01 l!1e I"" fun cl ion Ihe opewO/' sel"'ted and Creale, ..
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Masterr;;am XB's S hort-Cut Keys fo r Entering Command s
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In a ddition to using loolba' a n d d'op down menus . the operator Can a" o use shor!..,ut
ke ys ' 0' quick ly ente 'ing functions . Ke y u. e , e duce s !he l1eed 1m chcking into .ubmenus
!he,eby dramalica lly lowering Ihe lime it I " ~ es to complete operations in Maslercam X8
can proyide a dditiona l n..ibil'ty For e >ampie , !he ~e~ !hat cause pa n and zoom cOn be
uoed while a line fun ction is be'ng e xecuted .
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1-12 Setting Working Parameters Via the System Configuration Dialog Box
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Importa nt wor king parameter. in Ma.reream

are .peeified in the Syslem C""fi\IUfahon
dialog box. ThI>s e indude loiera nee selling , file subdife<:!of)' "",alion, scre"" sellin6/',
NC sellrngs, CAD sellings. ele . The con~gu raIJon file is sa.,.,d as MCAM X.CON FtG fof English
u nits ," MCA MXM.CO NFIG lor meUio u nits.
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1-22
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By <lelault Mastere"", x e has the eoflrmuClJS display for tt1 e WCS gnomon set to 0". The
ope rator can change this setbng to on $0 the loca t,on oitr.e worlr;ng origin is 'Mplayad IN ali
~ ma. Beginners a lso find il he lpful 10 n a ve the Lea<n<ng Mode pro mpts t>rned o n when
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SPH'IIT/.U; PI;/: I n r n-TTI.YGS FOR I V'I.\T.I.YP u n
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CO,"fIG 1-6.1 .27
DEFAULTS 1)6
,GMP 136
,MAT ERIALS 1-6.1 -)6
MCPOST 16
,MCX 1-.16. 137
,MCX -R 1-6
,MMO 1-36
,I';C 1-6
l\C1 1_6
,OrERATlO~S 1.16
,PST 1-36
.TOOLS 16,1 -36
Z2G 1 ) 5
U,"C 00 lhread 4-2,4-6
2D 2.1 ,2 .2.2 -6.
2R - 2 11. 41, 5-3. 54
l iRendmiliflal 6 1 ~
3D 5-3,5 -7,5-1 2
;,4bil 1.1.1.6
2-~
absolule coordinate, 22
all""alions 1-6
A MD 1-1
amuun' box 6-14
analFe 1 13, 1 20
angle oox 2-7. 5-8, 5-10,
5.12,5 .13, 5-16. 51 ~
are, 112. r.u. 2-1 . 27. 2
I I, 5-R
an 1-15
allribul'" 1-20
AuluCA lJ 1-4
AUIU<ursoc 19, 1- 12
AIIlO.,\,e 1-20
back rad,u' ) 2 1, 6-2Y
backplul 3- 11. 3- 14. 3- 18,
3-22
bar >lod 3-2
blank riblxm bar 114
bre.k po';lion 5-9
ooundary poinI3-19,6-2R
CAU 1.1. 1.3. 1.4, 16.

121, 2-1. 220. 3-1. 33 .
4 1. 5- 1, 5-3
CAM I- I. 1-3, 1-4, 22 0
cancel <urrenl <"'n ",and
120
Caxi.5-1,5-3,5 7,5-11,
6-1.6-17.6-1 8,
620 - 627
CD 12. 134, 31
centerpoim 27,5-8.5-15,
5-17
chain button 3. 12,3 .15,

6 11. 6-L1, 6-15. 6 11
ch.mfers 2-1 . 2-9
change 10 along mode 5-15
Choob 1-20
chu"k .1.1,3_2.31 , 6.7
cirde 1-1 4,2--6,5-8.5-15,
5-11,5-18
clca,ance btl' 6-19. 6-2 1.
624,6-27
O K 1-1 .1 -6
codc e, pen 3-27
colli, ion , 15
coh", 118.1 -24
compensalion lype 3-13,
3-11,3-21. 6-12, 6-14,
6 29
com!'uncnllihraric, 1-.16
compress dal. f,le, 1-35
configur'lion, 1-6, 1-20,
1.21. 1. 26. 1.27, 2-20
con'lIUCl~m pl.ne, ."'C
Cplane 1.1. 1.11, 2. 1. 5-4.

5-11 .5-1 3,514.5-16
cru" contour 5-1 . 511 . 6-1 .
6-20,6-21
e",,,drill 5.1.5. 14.6.1,
6-22.62.1, 624. 6-27
curwr 1-2.1-1 1
cutoff, 3-19, 3-20,3 -22.
6-28,629
.Ul1inglwl, 1 1
n box
3 - ~,
3-9.3 -16, 3-20
68,6-9
<kfauhluol 1.6.1 -24. 31.\
6-1 2
<k fLne 4-7,6-8
dclCle 1.15,1 -20.2.10
<kmo 12.1 -3
dcplh 1-1 8. 619,6-21.624,
6-27
dcSlgn mudc 1-6.1 .9
di.mcl. c 54.5 15,5 1 1
directio",,1 .rro..... key, 2 17
directory 1-22
di, play 1.2 ,1 -20.1 .23,1 .31.
2-8. 212 . 2-11. 2 19
di,lol1ed im.ge, 2 19
docked 1-10, 1- 14
drafting oplion, 120
drill 5-1 .51 1,6-22.6.2),
6-25 - 6-27
drop do.....n menus 1-10
dupli<ale enlrie, 122
dynamic ,,~,m i ng 2 16
Cpfune
conlems lab 1-29

conlinuou, dis!,lay 12)
. onluur 5-1.6.1 7,6-20.621
conHl1ingfi lcs 1-36
coordinate axi, icon,
.H C gnOm(m copy 1.20.
510, 5-l) . 516, 5-18. 69
copycomm.nd 5-10.5-13,
5-16
ellip>e 211
cnd!,oin' 112.1 1 ),2-.1,
2-4. 55, 5-12. 5-1 5, 6-11.
6- 1l. 6-15, 6-1 7, 6-28
Engh,hunil' 12 1
. nler kcy 1-2
emily' crealmn lype' 118
emrypomI3 -12,3-15, 6-12,
6-14
exit 1.37.3 -17. 6-12,6-14

exi! f,le 1_20
ex"",d/, honen 612,61 4
face 3-8, 3-11, 6-8
facc Conlour 5_1 , 6 1. 6 17,
61 8
face drill 5-1. 5-18, 6-1.
6_25. 6-26.6_27
fa, tpoinlmode 1 13
f<.'Cd, 16
file, 1-21, 1-22. 1-33, 1-34.
1.36.3.3.3 -26
' y,tem memory 11
fill<.12I,28.211 .56,.VI
filter bunon 6-23
ftrst line enlily 5-1>
f,ll","""en 1.20,2 .18
!la ' ""dmin 61 8
flal .urface plan.. 2
from vie,,' 120
fund ion key, 120
geomelry 1-4. 1-6,1 -16.
2-17,5 .1.5 -18
gnOlnon 1_17
Goldenbe'1!, J. 13
graphic, 1-9, 1- 16. 1 17,
1_20,1 .24 .2_11, 2-1 8
gnplc"1\glh 3.2.1>_7
gro''''c parameter> 45. 6 \6
grooving 4-1, 4-3, 4-15, 6-15
group, 1-18
G" iew 1_1 .1.17.1 .1 8
help 1-20,1 -28.1 -29,1 -31
hidei,howenlilie, 1-20
hold,-.,.,; 4-7
home po,;lion 3 8, 316.
3-19.3 -20,6-8,6-13
idenlify sto" k 3.1. 34. 64
iml'ort hi, toT)' 126
in,en. 4-7
i" stallal io" I ]
I",d 1-1
inlerfa ee 130
inlerse cti,,", 112,1 -13
I""emor 14
i, omclric ,-iew 1. 20.5.7
known I"',in, 5-15
losl functi"n sde'Clcd ]19

lalhe 1 8, 31 .34. .18.310.
3-19 - 3-21, 64 , 6-8.
6 10. 6_28. 6_29
diamcler 2.1,5 .4
Ilni,h .116 - .1 18,
6-13.6-1 4
prop""' i.. ] .13, 4-4. 4-5.
4_S,
49, 6- 12, 6 15. 6 16

lead in/out 3-13,3-17,6-12,
6-1 4
learning mode pmrnpls 1_23
k nglh 24.512,6-6.612,
6-14
b el. 6-17,6-20.6-22,6.25 .
6 28
managee 5-4.5 7,511.
5-14,5 -17.6-11,6-17,
6-20.6-22,6-25.6.28
libn"y IIK,I 61 8.623.626
hn"" 11 8,1 25.21,22.
2-4,2-1 1
hnkingparametcr> 6-19.
6. 21. 6. 24. 6.27
li" t"picsbu"on 1-31
loc.lion 1-12
locking.sel eclion 1-14
machining 14.15,1 15.
1 36, 6- 1
compooemma" agd 3-5,
3.7.6. 5,6-7
(\",1' down menu 18
group propenie, 37,
6-5. 6_7
"l"'rallon 1-1. 1.15, 1_
16, 3 I. 325. 6 .10
~ramelers 3-1 .3-10.
3-13.6_1O. 6-12,6_2i.
624. 6 27
magnify 2-1 4
main inlerface window
1.8.1 -9,
1.I R,I .I "
ma'1!in tx" 6-6

materials I -I, 1-6. 1-36, 6-4
maximu m diameter 6-7
MCPO ST ]6
MC X8 fllcs 16
Memory 11
m"nu bar 19.1 _10
me,ric units 1-21
Microsoft Oullook 1-6
midpoims 1-12,1 -13
milling ].3 .1-6,1 .8.5.]
m"" recently used. . MR U
m"use wh<.'C 1 2-16,2-17
MRU funcrion bar 1-9. 1 19
mull;ple line, 2.2. 5. 5
"C
nn igate help 1-29. 1-31

~ C "'tlitl gs 1-6, 121
ncw "onfigorati"" ftle 1-27
now lewl name 517
number 00' 5-17
nume.,.i" al control
inlermediale 16
0 0 3-2,3-12,3 -1 4,3-18.
6-11
tx" 3-6,6.6
COn'OUT 315, 6 13
fini. h righl lool 3-16,6-13
groo, e righl too l 4-2, 4-4.
6-15
machining l'",amel Ors
3-17.6-14
margin 3-2,3-6.6-6
referencep" inl 3. 1
rough righlll)(li 15,38.
3-12, 3-13. 4-3, 6-8, 6-11,
."
lhread 46
on'e' di"anee 25
Ol"' n bullOn 1-27,1 -34
ol"'I'3tion 1_4 .1 _5,1.36.3 _2 .
3_1 4. 3.23 . 3.25. 42
ol"' m' ions managcr I".
1-15. 1-16, 1-20
orie ntalion 1-17,1.18
or igin 113
,"-e"' ulb<" 3-10.49,6[0
parallelli" e 2-5
pamrnCler< 1-5.1 _18.1 -21.
316. .120, 3-21 , 47, 6 8.
6-10.6-12,
6-14.6-29
part I,oumlarics 2-1
pan origin 32
planc, I l~
play 630
points 112. 1- 1.1, I I ~.
1-25.2-1
pol. r coordinale, 24
pol. r line ) 17, 5.~. 512
p<"t p.ocessing 1-15, ) 25
PO'" 1-36
power k c~ , 1 B
",eviom vicw 1_:'1J
Pro<e" PI.n 3p1 3p-1
Proce" Plan 3j>-2 31'-4
Pro<"" PI.n 3j>-3 31'-8
Pmce" Pl.n 3p.4 3p.12
Pro<",' PI.n 3p5 3p-17
Pro<"" PI.n 3p-6 3p-2 1
Pro< css PI.n4p-14p.1
rn,.".., PI. n4p. 10 73
Pro<e" PI.n 4p 11 4 p ~ 2
Process PI.n 4j>- 12 4j>-Q4
Proccss Plan 4j>-134j>-105
rn",,,,, PI. n 4p.144p.116
rro.",,,Plan4p 154p 12.1
Pro<ess PI. n 4j>-16 4j>-134
Pro<css PI.n 4j>- 17 4j>-147
rn ",e "P I ." 4p . l ~ 4p.l 60
Pro<"" PI. n 4p1 9 4j>-175
Process PI.n 4j>-2 4p-6
Pro<ess PI.n 4p-20 4j>-1 87
rn", e" PI.n 4p.) 4p.B
Pro<"" PI.n 4p.4 4p-22
Pro<ess PI.n 4j>- 5 4p-29
Pro<"" PI.n 4j>-6 41'-37
rn",,,,, PI." 4p.7 4p.4 6
Pro<ess PI.n 4 p '~ 4p-55
Process PI.n 4j>-9 64
Pro<"" PI. n 6p-16.1,6j>-1
rn",,,,, Pl ." 6p2 6p. 7
Pro<e" PI.n 6p3 6p-15
Pro",ess Plan 6p-4 6p-27
properti", blluM 3-6.6-6,
RAM 220
",fo """n" c poinl' ) . ~ , 3.9.
II - ~, 69
regenerate 2-19
,elali..- radiu, 515
....-painl 120,219
ribbon bar 1-9,1 -13 - 1-15,
1-23
rot.le command 5-10. 5-B .
516,51X
rougb and fi"i,h g. oove
4-1 - 4-3. 4-5, 11- 15
rough paramele" 6-12
RW 12
sa""
1-20. 126,1 -27. i-ra.

326
scale l.l b,2 .15,2 .IX
",'een 1-6. 1-21, 2-I X
",arch lab 1-31
selecl 1-20.5 -9,5-10, 5-Il ,
516. 51 X. 630
",nd file 1 35, 3-27
,h.de on/oft' 120
, hort..,Ul keys 120
,i mul.u" 324
,i'e or,tod boundary 3-5,
"
Quadranl 113
, kelcher 1.12,1 .13,2.7,

2.16, 58
, n.p 112, I -ll
""l id, 1-15.1 -26
"" lid,man.ger 115
SolidWo. h 1-4,1 26
'p.ce bar 1-2
,peeds and feed, 1-6
,pindlecenterline 21
,plin... 2.1 .2 11
Slart 11-ll,bI3,615,1I-17.
6-20,6-30
'l atu, ba, 1.9.1 .16.1 -18
,I epm'c< bo, &-10
S1<",k 35,6-5. 6b. 616
' lUdcm use 1-3
, urfaec inte"""tion, 21
ra<!; o buUon .1 1.1, 3- 17,

b-12.&-1 4
radiu, 2-b. 2.7, 5-6, 5-8. 5-9.
5 15
tcmplale 5 ~, 5-9
th. ead cut 4- 1, 4-8, 4-9
thread shape 4-14-8, 4-9
thread lable 4~
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Ihre.ding 4-1.4-2,4.7
TN R 3 19
"'gglc 1-1.1.1 20
lolerance, 1-6.1 -21
loolr.gc &-18 . 6-23,&-26
loolbars 19 -1 11
",oling 11, 1-6, 1-36, 3-2,
3-19. 4-2, 6-16, 6-23
loo lpalh 1-6,1 . 15,1 .16.
136 , 2.20, 3.1 . 34. .1. 5,
3-11 . 3-1 4, .1 1 ~, 3-1 9.
3-22, 3-23, 5-3. 6-4, 6-5,
6-11 , &- 13. 6-15, 6-17.
61 X. 620 - 630
param.~e" 316,3-20.
3-21. 4-5, 4-8, 4-9. 6-13,
6-15.6.29
lOp vie" 1 20
Tplane I-I, 11 7
lran,ilion guide 1-37
lrimming 2-11
lum op<.,...lion, 5 3
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undocked 1.10. 1.14
unil, 16,116
un, ip 1-35
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wclOr 3-17. 6 12, 6- 14
verify buuon 3-23,6-30
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6-22.6-25, &-28
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2-5 C,eating Circles in 20 Space

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