[ringanator]

Hello I have been teaching my self mastercam 8x for a little while but still really wet behind the ears so please bear with me on this question. I have a solid works file that I downloaded that requires machining on all four sides so the question is do I do one side at a time save it and post it to g code or do I create tool paths for all four side and post it all as one g code file

Thank you

[Superman]

Hello I have been teaching my self mastercam 8x for a little while but still really wet behind the ears so please bear with me on this question. I have a solid works file that I downloaded that requires machining on all four sides so the question is do I do one side at a time save it and post it to g code or do I create tool paths for all four side and post it all as one g code file

Thank you

The info that you have not supplied is your machine config...is it a 3 axis, 4, or 5 axis
-- if you have a 3 axis....you have to have a separate program for each setup
it also depends on the part you need to make, if it is like a dice....you could face the top, contour the sides, place the dots on the TOP face in 1 program
turn up-side-down face the excess to thickness put the dots for that face in #2 program.....but you would need separate programs for the dots on each of the other faces.

[ringanator]

Thank you yes it 3 axis machine stock is aluminum bar stock 4x7x1.5 with different features on each side

[ringanator]

So when I finish the tool path for one side save it and get my g code reopen my solid model to start on another side is one of the edges how do I prevent mastercam from trying to machine material that already gone

[hoffmannm]

Have you learned about the WCS workflow?

You can set a new "WCS" to reposition where you x0,y0,z0 is.




Can you please screen shot an isometric view of your part open in Mastercam, that would help us better better understand what you got going on.

[ringanator]

so here what I got so far I want to start on the bottem plain as you see I set u xyz and move part to orign now I set up my stock from surface and increased the size of the stock to more manageable size so now I do my tool paths high speed surface and what not lol. so am I on the right path. and when I go to flip it over to do the top do I open it as a new file reset it up and go from there or can I just do a new toolpath on the top ????

[hoffmannm]

I don't entirely know what you're asking but this may help.

First create a dynamic plane where you want your first operation xyz offset to be. This easily organizes what setup, toolpaths, and gcode you want to use.
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Create another new "WCS/Plane" which will represent x0y0z0 for operation 2. Also create a new toolpath group which will be the program for that operation.
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Create another new "WCS/Plane" which will represent x0y0z0 for operation 3. Also create a new toolpath group which will be the program for that operation.....
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Finally when you want to create your code, just select the toolpath group you want, and hit "G1" be sure to hit NO so you only create gcode for that toolpath group.
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[ringanator]

Thank you so much that's exactly what I was looking for you guys are awesome

I don't entirely know what you're asking but this may help.

First create a dynamic plane where you want your first operation xyz offset to be. This easily organizes what setup, toolpaths, and gcode you want to use.
Attachment 268214
Attachment 268216

Create another new "WCS/Plane" which will represent x0y0z0 for operation 2. Also create a new toolpath group which will be the program for that operation.
Attachment 268218
Attachment 268220
Attachment 268222


Create another new "WCS/Plane" which will represent x0y0z0 for operation 3. Also create a new toolpath group which will be the program for that operation.....
Attachment 268224

Finally when you want to create your code, just select the toolpath group you want, and hit "G1" be sure to hit NO so you only create gcode for that toolpath group.
Attachment 268226