MasterCAM

cmmpro1

Plastic

Joined

Dec 21, 2017

Location

Charlotte Home of the Carolina Panthers

• Jan 10, 2018

• #1

Good afternoon,
I have just downloaded the MasterCam HLE. Can some one explain to me how to set up the Z plane? Thank you in advance.

 

Matt@RFR

Titanium

Joined

May 26, 2004

Location

Paradise, Ca

• Jan 10, 2018

• #2

Been running MC since V9. What the hell is HLE?

You desperately need to take an intro class. You are going to spend months trying to learn from forums the same things you can learn in 2 days of a $750 class.

 

goooose

Hot Rolled

Joined

Nov 14, 2007

Location

canada

• Jan 10, 2018

• #3

All standard planes are already created by default.

 

goooose

Hot Rolled

Joined

Nov 14, 2007

Location

canada

• Jan 10, 2018

• #4

Matt@RFR said:

Been running MC since V9. What the hell is HLE?

You desperately need to take an intro class. You are going to spend months trying to learn from forums the same things you can learn in 2 days of a $750 class.

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HLE = Home Learning Edition.

It has limitations which make it unusable in industry but is good to learn with.

 

Matt@RFR

Titanium

Joined

May 26, 2004

Location

Paradise, Ca

• Jan 10, 2018

• #5

goooose said:

HLE = Home Learning Edition.

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Huh, good to know. All this time I thought Mastercam didn't offer a student / home version. How is it crippled?

 

goooose

Hot Rolled

Joined

Nov 14, 2007

Location

canada

• Jan 10, 2018

• #6

Matt@RFR said:

Huh, good to know. All this time I thought Mastercam didn't offer a student / home version. How is it crippled?

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Can't post gcode, dimensioning rounds values off to 2 decimal places, couple other things as well. BUT, it does include all machine types, except millturn, and all toolpaths (3,4,5x)

 

brian.pallas

Hot Rolled

Joined

Dec 19, 2011

Location

Whitehall, MI

• Jan 10, 2018

• #7

For geometry creation or machining?

 

Mtndew

Diamond

Joined

Jun 7, 2012

Location

Michigan

• Jan 11, 2018

• #8

cmmpro1 said:

Good afternoon,
I have just downloaded the MasterCam HLE. Can some one explain to me how to set up the Z plane? Thank you in advance.

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For what purpose? I'm not sure I follow your question. There isn't any setting of the Z plane unless it's a custom plane.

 

J Gilles

Cast Iron

Joined

Feb 19, 2016

Location

PNW

• Jan 11, 2018

• #9

From my knowledge you typically rotate the part to match the Z plane that is set in Mastercam. I would typically import a part from Solidworks then use transform to rotate/place it where I wanted it with respect to the coordinate system.

 

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Larry Dickman

Titanium

Joined

Jan 30, 2014

Location

Temecula, Ca

• Jan 11, 2018

• #10

Are you talking about the "Z" depth? That's in a little box at the bottom of the screen labeled "Z"

 

mhajicek

Diamond

Joined

May 11, 2017

Location

Maple Grove, MN, USA

• Jan 11, 2018

• #11

There are some instructional videos on Youtube, might be a good place to start. Teaching you Mastercam from scratch is a bit too much to do over a forum.

 

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Deezums

Plastic

Joined

Feb 20, 2017

• Jan 11, 2018

• #12

Bottom left of the main window, go to the planes tab. In the left view plane there is a green plus sign for adding planes. I generally use solid face, but there are other options. I program mostly horizontals, Z is all over the place. I never translate my models to the default planes.

You can't delete, modify or rename default planes (top, bottom, right)from 2018 and up.

 

Mtndew

Diamond

Joined

Jun 7, 2012

Location

Michigan

• Jan 11, 2018

• #13

Deezums said:

I never translate my models to the default planes.

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I always have, but only out of habit from when I didn't know how to use planes.
Now that I'm doign 3,4,and 5 axis programming, I still move my initial part when importing.
Call it ADHD

 

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metalmadness

Hot Rolled

Joined

Nov 25, 2015

• Jan 12, 2018

• #14

The ONLY way i learned mastercam from scratch was using online training tutorials that i paid something like $300 for. I know complex programs like Photoshop and Illustrator and even with that experience it was a big learning curve. Now i am confident in my abilities but i still find a ton of things that are challenging, like 5 axis.

So thats my recommendation.

 

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avongil

Aluminum

Joined

Dec 31, 2014

Location

Easton, PA

• Jan 24, 2018

• #15

metalmadness said:

The ONLY way i learned mastercam from scratch was using online training tutorials that i paid something like $300 for. I know complex programs like Photoshop and Illustrator and even with that experience it was a big learning curve. Now i am confident in my abilities but i still find a ton of things that are challenging, like 5 axis.

So thats my recommendation.

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300 bucks well spent. I highly recommend this approach if you are a student or your employer does not want to spend the money. Mastercam University is excellent and cheap.

 

D Nelson

Stainless

Joined

Jan 7, 2015

Location

Missouri Ida

• Jan 24, 2018

• #16

Streaming teacher is pretty darn nice I’m telling you check it out it’s worth the money


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