Apologies, this post perhaps is more to do with general CNC operating (as opposed to Mastercam), but I'm dabbling with the demo as this section seems to have a decent audience. (nods...please feel free to move to a more appropriate forum if you see fit)
My problem - I must have spent the guts of 3-4 hours tinkering to get the most impossibly simple cut simulated properly!
Imagine a rectangle...looking at it in plan view, I want to cut a slot about 6mm wide/deep(approx 0.25") wide into this...no matter which option I use, I cant' seem to get a nice clean slot cut!
I've attached a screen shot ...the slot area I'd like to see are those two parallel green upright lines underneath all those blue zig zagging toolpaths!
What's going on there? (the toolpath is *way* overshooting the green lines!)
Perhaps it's my interpretation of what the toolpath 'action' does?
is this right....
Facing = shave some material off the surface of your material?
pocketing = mill a recessed pocket into your material
I've tried both with varying degrees of success!
What should be my approach to get a nice, clean slot into that rectangular block?