[Bill]

Guys i have a new job at Northrop and they run Mastercam I need to find out how much for mill/design & solids manual in V9.I do have a couple of third party manual but want the orignal manuals.
Thanks, Bill Johansen

[Rekd]

Charles Davis wrote Mastercam Handbook Volume I, II etc. They are fully endorsed and published by CNC Software, (i.e. Mastercam). I'm not sure of the price, as I get mine for free, but I'm sure they're priced nicely. Check out Mastercam.com for more info.

Also, there's a tutorial called FMMT, which is very good.

[Bill]

sorry did not get back right away working 12 hour days, are those books like the one i seen at San Deigo CadCam?
Thanks, BIll

[duluthboat]

I don’t use MasterCam myself but wanted to say I saw a training book for MasterCam at Barnes & Nobel today. I was surprised by this, it is the first time I have seen a book for Cam on the shelf that was about one specific program. I guess it says something about the popularity of MasterCam.

Gary

[cadcam]

Bill the ones Reked is talking about are the books from San Deigo Cadcam.
I also carry the V9 orignals you asked about.

you can also contact me on all the diffrent books.

Jay (Local LA county MC dealer)

[Rekd]

Depends, Bill, on when you were there. He started writing them (I think) 2 or 3 years ago. (I used to teach there, BTW) If you're talking about the one's we used in the classes, those are a bit different, as they are designed for use in a learning environment and don't touch on all the capabilities.

Gary, you're right. Mastercam is THE most popular in shops AND schools without a doubt, and without any real competition (according to Cimdata). It's always been extremely powerful, and with the release of X coming soon, I can say as a beta tester, that it will take an even bigger lead next year.

[SRT]

Rekd, (and other MCX Beta testers),
What are the MCX system requirements going to be?
Have they changed since MCX's developement?
I currently have: Intel, Pentium 3, Windows 98, and I'm getting ready to upgrade.
What are your recomendations.

[cadcam]

Well to start it will not support Win 98 any longer.
OS requarments is at least Win 2k

And 512 meg ram or better.
Some of the starting points.

[SRT]

cadcam,
Thanks for the answer.
What video card do you suggest.

[cadcam]

For video a Quadro FX 500 or higher would be great.
If you can't find the Quadro cards you can go with say a GF FX 5700 or higher card.

[Bill]

Hi guys thanks for the info, I bought learning mastercam mill, but at work we only get surfaces and solids. So my problem is I have to try to learn the more advance stuff right away while learing the 2D at home.As for going to school that out 12 hours days 7 days a week, so everthing I will be doing is at home or work.
Thanks again, Bill Johansen

[cadcam]

Bill I suggest you contact HB cad-cam consulting services your dealer.
And find out when we are having more classes out of the office.

A day or two can really make a diffrence.Talk with Rob over there about the training.

[dmealer]

Hello
I am new to Mastercam myself. As a user of featurecam for many years, it has been a bit difficult. I signed up for an online streaming video course at www.streamingteacher.com. i have found it to be well worth the money.

[cadcam]

that is a good site that is put togeather by one of our other dealers.

[Shadowfaxx]

They are frequently available on eBay for $60 or so.