TRAINING

GUIDE

MILL-LESSON-5
DRILL, CONTOUR AND POCKET
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Objectives
You will create the geometry for Mill-Lesson-5, and then generate a toolpath to machine the part
on a CNC vertical milling machine. This Lesson covers the following topics:

Create a 2-dimensional drawing by:

Creating lines.
Creating arcs.
Using Xform Mirror to copy entities.
Trimming geometry using Divide.

Establish Stock Setup settings:

Stock size.
Material for the part.
Feed calculation.

Generate a 2-dimensional milling toolpath consisting of:

Drill toolpath.
Contour toolpath.
Pocket toolpath.

Inspect the toolpath using Mastercam’s Verify and Backplot by:

Launching the Verify function to machine the part on the screen.
Generating the NC- code.

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MILL-LESSON-5 DRAWING

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TOOL LIST
Three cutters will be used to create this part.
0.25 diameter center drill to center drill all the 0.25 diameter holes.
0.25 diameter drill to drill all the 0.25 diameter holes through the part.
0.5 diameter flat end mill to machine the pocket and contour.

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MILL-LESSON-5 - THE PROCESS

Geometry Creation
TASK 1: Setting the environment
TASK 2: Create a rectangle 3 X 3 – the centre is at X0 Y0
TASK 3: Create the pocket at the center of the part
TASK 4: Create center points for the four .25 diameter circles
TASK 5: Create the first .25 diameter circle
TASK 6: Create the first .25 radius circle
TASK 7: Use mirror to create the remaining .25 diameter and .25 radius
circles
TASK 8: Create the four 2.25 radius circles
TASK 9: Trim the geometry
TASK 10: Save the Drawing

Toolpath Creation
TASK 11: Define the rough stock using stock setup
TASK 12: Center drill all .25 diameter holes
TASK 13: Drill all .25 diameter holes thru part
TASK 14: Rough and finish the pocket
TASK 15: Rough and finish the contour
TASK 16: Verify the toolpath
TASK 17: Save the updated MCX file
TASK 18: Post and create the CNC code file

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Geometry Creation
TASK 1:
SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT
Before starting the geometry creation you should set up the grid, toolbars and machine type as
outlined in the Setting the environment section at the beginning of this text:
1. Set up the Grid. This will help identify the location of the origin.
2. Customize the toolbars to machine a 2D part.
3. Set the machine type to a Haas Vertical Spindle CNC machine.

TASK 2:
CREATE A RECTANGLE 3 X 3 – THE CENTRE IS AT X0 Y0.
This task explains how to create the 3 square. These four lines could be created in many
different ways, this is just one option.

1. Select from the pull down menu Create>Rectangle…

2. The Create Rectangle ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Select position of base
point, or Select position of first corner

3. On the ribbon bar click in the space for Width and enter a value of 3.0, hit the tab key and
you will be moved over to the Height section.

4. In the Height section enter a value of 3.0 and then hit Enter.
5. Now select the Anchor to Center option - this option is shown above. To activate the
Anchor to Center option the icon is pressed down as shown above.

Anchor to center: Sets the base point of the rectangle to the center point, and draws the
rectangle outward from the center.

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6. Move the cursor to the center of the Grid and snap to the Origin for the base point.
7. Now you need to Select position of base point. Move the cursor over to the graphics
screen and position the cursor at the center of the grid and as you get close to the Origin

(X0Y0) a visual cue appears. This is the cue that will allow you to snap to the
origin, with this visual cue highlighted pick the origin as shown below:

8. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature.

9. Select the Screen Fit icon found at the top of the screen to fit the part to the screen

TASK 3:
CREATE THE POCKET AT THE CENTER OF THE PART
This task explains how to create the geometry for the pocket at the center of the part. The
pocket is a 1” square with .25 radii on the corners. The geometry for the pocket could be
created in many different ways, this is just one option.

1. Select from the pull down menu Create>Rectangular Shapes…

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2. The Rectangular Shapes Options dialog box appears and you are prompted to Select
position of base point. Choose the Expand button, shown below, to view all available
options for rectangle creation method.

3. After selecting the Expand button, Set the following values:

A Activate Base Point, by ensuring the green dot is visible for the radio button.
B Enter the value for the Width 1.0.
C Enter the value for the Height 1.0.
D Enter the value for the Fillet Radius on the corners of the rectangle 0.25.
E Select the rectangular Shape.
F Set the Anchor point to the center.
Rectangular Shapes

Use this dialog box to create rectangles using a base point

or 2-point method.

Width

Height

Fillet Radius

Shape

Click the shape you want the rectangle to take: rectangle,

obround, single D, or double D.

Anchor

Available for the Base Point method. Select the position of

the base point of the rectangle. Mastercam draws the
rectangle outward from the base point.

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4. Now you need to Select position of base point. Move the cursor over to the graphics
screen and position the cursor at the center of the grid and as you get close to the Origin
(X0Y0) a visual cue appears. This is the cue that will allow you to snap to the origin,
with this visual cue highlighted pick the origin as shown below:

5. Click on Apply to fix the entity.

6. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. The completed geometry is shown
below:

TASK 4:
CREATE CENTER POINTS FOR THE FOUR .25 DIAMETER CIRCLES
In this task you will create the four points at the center of the four .25 diameter circles.

Create Point #1
1. Select Create>Point>Position…

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2. The Point Position ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Sketch a point. To satisfy

this first prompt click on the FastPoint Icon on the Auto Cursor ribbon bar .

3. In the space input the X (1.0) , Y (1.0) values for the first point and hit enter. Note that there
is a comma between the X and Y values, and you do not need to input the Z value for this
example.

Create Point #2

4. You are prompted to Sketch a point. To satisfy this prompt click on the FastPoint Icon on

the Auto Cursor ribbon bar .

5. In the space input the X (-1.0) ,Y (1.0) values for the first point and hit enter. Note that there
is a comma between the X and Y values, and you do not need to input the Z value for this
example.

Create Point #3

6. Again you are prompted to Sketch a point. To satisfy this prompt click on the FastPoint

Icon on the Auto Cursor ribbon bar .

7. In the space input the X (-1.0) , Y (-1.0) values for the first point and hit enter. Note that
there is a comma between the X and Y values, and you do not need to input the Z value for
this example.

Create Point #4

8. Again you are prompted to Sketch a point. To satisfy this prompt click on the FastPoint

Icon on the Auto Cursor ribbon bar .

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9. In the space input the X (1.0) , Y (-1.0) values for the first point and hit enter. Note that there
is a comma between the X and Y values, and you do not need to input the Z value for this
example.

10. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. The completed geometry is shown
below:

TASK 5:
CREATE THE FIRST .25 DIAMETER CIRCLE
You will first create the .25 diameter circle by using the point previously created as the
center point of this circle.

1. Select Create>Arc>Circle Center point…

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2. The Circle Center Point ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Enter the center
point.

3. Click in the space for diameter (shown above) and enter a value of .25 and then hit the
enter key.
4. To satisfy the prompt Enter the center point move the cursor over the upper right point you

just created and as you get close to the point a visual cue appears. . This is the cue
that will allow you to snap to this point. With this visual cue highlighted pick the point.

5. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. The completed geometry is shown
above right.

TASK 6:
CREATE THE FIRST .25 RADIUS CIRCLE
You will create the .25 radius circle by using the center point of the previously created circle
as the center point of this circle.

1. Select Create>Arc>Circle Center point…

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2. The Circle Center Point ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Enter the center
point.

3. Click in the space for radius (shown above) and enter a value of .25 and then hit the enter
key.
4. To satisfy the prompt Enter the center point move the cursor over the upper right circle you

created earlier and as you get close to the center a visual cue appears. . This is the
cue that will allow you to snap to the center point of the .25 diameter circle. With this visual
cue highlighted pick the point.

5. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. The completed geometry is shown
above right.

TASK 7:
USE MIRROR TO CREATE THE REMAINING .25 DIAMETER AND .25
RADIUS CIRCLES
In this task you will use Xform Mirror to make copies of the two circles in the top right
corner of the part and Mirror about the Y Axis.
The final mirrored entities are shown below:

1. Select Xform>Mirror…

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2. You are first prompted to Mirror: select entities to mirror. Select the two circles by
clicking on each circle as shown below:

3. To move onto the next step you now need to pick the End Selection icon . This is
located over in the top right of the screen as shown below:

4. After selecting End Selection the Mirror dialog window appears. Set the following values:
A: Activate Copy, by ensuring the green dot is visible for the copy radio button.

B: Activate Y Axis to mirror about the Y axis, by ensuring the green dot is visible
for the Y Axis radio button.
The mirrored entities are now previewed on the screen.
Mirror

Use this dialog box to create mirror images of geometric and

drafting entities by reflecting them symmetrically with respect to a
defined axis or point, including:

When mirroring entities, you can move, copy or join the original
entities within the drawing.

X axis: select point

Choose this option to select a reference point (Y value) in the

graphics window that defines the horizontal axis used to mirror the
selected entities.

Y axis: select point

Choose this option to select a reference point (X value) in the

graphics window that defines the vertical axis used to mirror the
selected entities.

For more information on Mirror see the Tips and Techniques

section on the multimedia CD supplied with this text.

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5. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature.

6. Click on the Clear Colors at the top right hand corner of the screen.

The next step will be to Mirror the four circles about the X Axis.

7. Select Xform>Mirror…

8. You are prompted to Mirror: select entities to mirror.

Now you need to select the four circles on the screen, we could accomplish this by selecting
each one as we did in the previous mirror operation, but for this mirror operation you will
explore another method utilizing the General selection ribbon bar to capture the four
circles for the mirror operation.

General selection ribbon bar

Use the General selection ribbon bar to select entities in the graphics window for most
Mastercam functions.

Mastercam's selection mode is always active when you are not using a function such as
creating geometry or analysing an entity.

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9. The General selection ribbon bar is shown below. Open up the drop down for Entity
Selection settings to review the various options and ensure it is set to In before leaving.

Entity selection settings

Determines how the polygon and window selection methods select entities:
In - Selects only entities that lie completely inside the window.
Out - Selects only entities that lie completely outside the window.
In + - Selects entities that lie completely inside and entities that intersect the window.
Out + - Selects entities that lie completely outside and entities that intersect the window.
Intersect - Selects only entities that intersect the window.

10. Open up the drop down for Selection methods to review the various options and ensure it
is set to Window before leaving.
Selection Methods

Sets the method by which you select entities in the graphics window.

Chain - Selects/chains entities that are connected to other entities.

Window - Lets you select entities by drawing a window around them.

Polygon - Lets you select entities by drawing a polygon around the

entities.

Single – Lets you select a single entity with your mouse.

Area - Selects multiple nested shapes with a single mouse click.

Vector - Lets you select multiple entities by drawing a vector line through
them. Any entities physically intersected by the vector line will be
selected.

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11. Now finally it is time to capture the four circles, left mouse click approximately at position 1
hold the mouse button down and drag to the right and down and release the mouse button
at approximately position 2. Then pick at approximately position 2. What you have
done is described a window around the entities you wish to capture.

12. To move onto the next step you now need to pick the End Selection icon . This is
located over in the top right of the screen as shown below:

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13. After selecting End Selection the Mirror dialog window appears, Set the following values:
A: Activate Copy, by ensuring the green dot is visible for the copy radio button.

B: Activate X Axis to mirror about the X axis, by ensuring the dot is visible for the
X Axis radio button.
The mirrored entities are now previewed on the screen as shown below.

14. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature.

15. Click on the Clear Colors at the top right hand corner of the screen.

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TASK 8:
CREATE THE FOUR 2.25 RADIUS ARCS
In this task you will create the four 2.25 radius arcs shown below.
These four 2.25 radius arcs are tangent to the .25 radius circles.
You will create the arcs using two different methods, for Arc #1 and #2 you will use Arc
Tangent and for #3 and #4 the Fillet function will be used.

Create Arc #1
1. Select Create>Arc>Arc Tangent…

2. The Arc Tangent ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Select the entity that the
arc is to be tangent to.

3. Click on the Arc tangent 2 entities icon to activate it as shown above. Ensure the icon
is pressed down to signal that it is activated.
4. Click in the space for Radius (shown above) and enter a value of 2.25 and then hit the
enter key.
5. To satisfy the prompt Select the entity that the arc is to be tangent to move the cursor
over the upper right .25 radius circle and select it as shown below:

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6. To satisfy the prompt Select the entity that the arc is to be tangent to move the cursor
over the lower right .25 radius circle and select it as shown below:

7. After selecting the second circle you are confronted with a plethora of arcs all tangent to the
two circles you just picked. The prompt changes to Select the fillet to use. Select the Fillet
shown below:

8. On the Arc Tangent ribbon bar click on Apply to fix the entity. The first arc is shown
above on the right:

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Create Arc #2

9. To satisfy the prompt Select the entity that the arc is to be tangent to move the cursor
over the upper right .25 radius circle and select it as shown below on the right:

10. To satisfy the prompt Select the entity that the arc is to be tangent to move the cursor
over the upper left .25 radius circle and select it as shown below:

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11. After selecting the circle you are confronted with a selection of arcs all tangent to the two
circles you just picked. The prompt changes to Select the fillet to use. Select the Fillet
shown below:

12. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. The completed geometry is shown
above right:

For Arc #3 and #4 you will explore another method using Fillet to create the 2.25 radius
circles.
Create Arc #3
13. Select Create>Fillet>Entities…

14. On the Fillet ribbon bar enter 2.25 for the radius and hit enter. Ensure the Style of radius
is set to Normal and the No trim button is depressed to turn the trim off.

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15. When prompted to Fillet: Select an entity, move the cursor over the upper left .25 radius
circle and select it as shown below:

16. To satisfy the prompt Fillet: Select an entity move the cursor over the lower left .25 radius
circle as you mover over the circle a preview of the fillet will appear. Select the lower left .25
circle as shown above right:

17. After selecting the circle you are confronted with a selection of arcs all tangent to the two
circles you just picked. The prompt changes to Select the fillet to use. Select the Fillet
shown below:

18. On the Fillet ribbon bar click on Apply to fix the entity.

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Create Arc #4
19. When prompted to Fillet: Select an entity, move the cursor over the lower left .25 radius
circle and select it as shown below:

20. To satisfy the prompt Fillet: Select an entity move the cursor over the lower right .25 radius
circle as you mover over the circle a preview of the fillet will appear. Select the lower right
.25 circle as shown above right:

21. After selecting the circle you are confronted with a selection of arcs all tangent to the two
circles you just picked. The prompt changes to Select the fillet to use. Select the Fillet
shown below:

22. Click on the OK icon to complete this feature. Your completed part geometry should
look like the figure shown above right:

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TASK 9:
TRIM THE GEOMETRY
In this task you will Trim the four .25 radius arcs shown below.
The .25 radius arcs will be trimmed back to the 2.25 arcs as indicated by the arrows below.
To perform this Trim operation you will use the Divide function found on the
Trim/Break/Extend ribbon bar.

Trim Arc #1
1. Select Edit>Trim/Break>Trim/Break/Extend.

The Trim / Extend / Break ribbon bar appears and you are prompted to Select the entity to
trim/extend.

2. Click on the Divide icon to activate it as shown above. Ensure the icon is pressed
down to signal that it is activated.

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3. The prompt changes to Select the curve to divide. Move the cursor over the upper right
.25 radius circle and select it as shown below left:

The arc is trimmed back to the two closest intersections as shown above right:

Trim Arc #2
4. To satisfy the prompt Select the curve to divide move the cursor over the upper left .25
radius circle and select it as shown below left:

The arc is trimmed back to the two closest intersections as shown above right.
Trim Arc #3
5. To satisfy the prompt Select the curve to divide move the cursor over the lower left .25
radius circle and select it as shown below left:

The arc is trimmed back to the two closest intersections as shown above right:

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Trim Arc #4
6. To satisfy the prompt Select the curve to divide move the cursor over the lower right .25
radius circle and select it as shown below left:

The arc is trimmed back to the two closest intersections as shown above right:
7. Click on OK .
This completes the geometry for this part, the completed geometry is shown below:

TASK 10:
SAVE THE DRAWING
1. Select File.
2. Select Save As...
3. In the File name box, type Mill-Lesson-5.
4. Save to an appropriate location.
5. Select the green check mark button to save the file and complete this function.

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Toolpath Creation
TASK 11:
DEFINE THE ROUGH STOCK USING STOCK SETUP
Defining the Rough Stock using stock setup.
1. For a better view of the part use the toolbar at the top of the screen to change the graphics
view to Isometric.

2. Now select the Fit to screen icon .

3. Your screen should look like the image below:

4. Select the plus in front of Properties to expand the Toolpaths Group Properties. Alt-O will
Show/hide Operations Manager pane.

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5. You may need to extend the toolpaths manager window, if so left mouse button click on the
right hand pane hold and extend to the right.

6. Select Stock setup in the toolpath manager window.

7. Change the parameters to match the Stock Setup screenshot below:

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8. Select the Tool Settings tab and change the parameters to match the Tool Settings
screenshot below. To change the Material type follow the next set of instructions.

9. To change the Material type to Aluminium 6061 pick the Select button at the bottom of the
Tool Settings page.

10. At the Material List dialog box open the Source drop down list and select Mill – library.

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11. From the Default Materials list select ALUMINIUM inch -6061 and then select .

12. Select the OK button again to complete this Stock Setup function.

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TASK 12:
CENTER DRILL ALL THE .25 DIAMETER HOLES
In this task you will center drill the four .25 diameter holes with a .25 center drill.
There are many different methods to select the center of the .25 diameter holes, in this
example you will use the Mask on Arc function.

1. Change the Graphics View to Top by clicking on the Top Gview icon;
2. From the menu bar select Toolpaths>Drill…

3. When prompted to Enter new NC name input Mill-Lesson-5 as shown below and then
select the OK button .

4. Now you are prompted to:

5. Also the Drill Point Selection dialog box appears.

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Your screen will look similar to the screenshot below:

6. As you need to center drill all four holes at the center of the .25 diameter circles, click on the
Mask on Arc button in the Drill Point Selection dialog window to activate it as shown
below. The Mask on Arc icon is pressed down to signal that it is activated and the prompt
on the screen changes to Select Arc to match.
7. At the prompt Select Arc to match click on the .25 diameter circle in the top right hand of
the part as shown below:

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Mask on an arc
Use Mask on Arc to drill holes at the center of all the arcs whose diameter matches one that you
select.

Click Mask on Arc and select an arc from the graphics window.

Mastercam reads its diameter and displays it in the dialog box.

Mastercam will now only allow you to select arcs whose diameter is within the specified
tolerance to the first arc.

Use the General Selection toolbar options (like window selection) to select the other arcs.

Arcs can be either open or closed.

8. The prompt now changes to Select Arcs, hit Enter when finished. To capture the center
points of the circles left mouse click approximately at position 1 hold the mouse button down
and drag to the right and down and release the mouse button at approximately position 2.
Then pick at approximately position 2 and then hit Enter. What you have done is described
a window around the .25 diameter circles you wish to capture.

The holes will be drilled in the following order, with the top right hole first as shown above
right:

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9. Let’s now explore how you can change the order of drilling and start with the upper left
hole first and continue in the order shown below. To change the order click on Sorting in
the Drill Point Selection dialog window:

10. At the 2D sort page select the sorting method button shown below X ZIG+ Y-.

Sorting

Use this dialog box to set the drilling order for a

set of points. Each tab lets you sort for a specific
drilling application:

Sort method

Click on a button to change the point sorting

pattern.

Mastercam will try to apply the pattern indicated

on the button to the selected point.

Choose the pattern which makes the most sense

for the point layout in your part.

The red dot on the button indicates where

Mastercam will try to locate the first drill point.

11. Select the OK button in the 2D sort page.

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The holes have been re-sorted and will now start drilling at hole 1 and drill in the order
shown below:

12. Select the OK button in the Drill Point Selection dialog window to complete the
selection of points.

After selecting the OK button you are confronted with Toolpath parameters page. The first
task here will be to select a .25 diameter center drill.

13. Click on the Select library tool button in the lower left corner.

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14. Select the .25 diameter center drill by picking anywhere along its row, as shown below.

15. Select the OK button to complete the selection of this tool.

16. Make changes to the Toolpath parameters page as shown below:

17. Select the Coolant icon on the right hand side of the Toolpath parameter page.

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18. From the Coolant… dialog window open up the drop down menu for flood and set it to On.

19. Select the OK button to complete this function.

20. Select the Simple drill – no peck page and input the depth of -0.2 and the other values as
shown below. Note all the values are set to Absolute.

21. Select the OK button to complete this function.

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Your part should look like the screenshot below:

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TASK 13:
DRILL ALL THE .25 DIAMETER HOLES
In this task you will drill all the.25 diameter holes with a .25 drill thru the part.
Once again you will explore some different methods to drill holes.
In this example you will copy the center drill operations and then modify the copied
operations into the .25 diameter drilling operation.

1. Note the new Drill/Counterbore operation in the Toolpath manager. Copy this operation by
Holding down the Right mouse button over the folder and dragging it below the red
arrow. Release the mouse button.
2. Select Copy after from this menu.

3. Your screen will look similar to the screenshot below on the left. Move the Insert arrow
to the bottom of the list of operations by clicking the icon show below on the right:

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4. In the Toolpath manager click on the folder Parameters for the second operation as
shown below:

5. In the Toolpath parameters page select click on the Select library tool button in the lower
left corner.

6. Scroll down and select the .25 diameter drill by picking anywhere along its row, as shown
below.

7. Select the OK button to complete the selection of this tool.

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8. Make changes to the Toolpath parameters page as shown below. As the Coolant was set
to Flood in the previous operation it still remains set to Flood On.

9. Select the Simple drill – no peck page and input the depth of -0.25 and the other values as
shown below. Note all the values are set to Absolute.
10. Ensure the Tip Comp is activated by clicking on the small square to the left of the Tip Comp
button and make certain the green check mark is showing.

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11. Click on the Tip comp button and the Drill tip compensation dialog box appears. The
Breakthrough amount should be set to 0.1.

12. Select the OK button to complete this function.

13. Select the OK button to exit Simple drill – no peck page.

14. Select the Regenerate all dirty operations button to remove the red X from the drilling
operation you have just edited, see below right. You need to update the toolpath with the
new parameters you have just input.

Your part should look like the screenshot below:

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TASK 14:
ROUGH AND FINISH THE POCKET
In this task you will use a 0.5 diameter flat end mill to rough and finish the pocket at the
center of the part.
The pocket depth is 0.125.

1. From the menu bar select Toolpaths>Pocket…

2. On the screen you will now see the Chaining dialog box with Chain set and in the graphics
screen a prompt to Select Pocket chain 1. Select the top horizontal line as shown below:

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3. After selecting the top vertical line your graphics screen should look like the screenshot
below, with the green arrow pointing to the left, if not see below.
The material for this part is aluminium so to attain a good finish when pocketing climb milling
should be employed.

4. If the arrow is not pointing to the left select the arrow from the Chaining dialog box shown
below to reverse the direction.

5. Select the OK button at the bottom of the Chaining dialog box.

6. In the lower left corner of the Toolpath parameters page select the Select library tool…
button.

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7. Use the slider bar on the right of this dialog box to scroll down and locate a 0.5 diameter
flat end mill. Select the 0.5 diameter flat end mill by picking anywhere along the 0.5 end
mill row, as shown below:

8. Select the OK button to complete the selection of this tool.

9. Make changes to the Toolpath parameters page as shown below:

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10. Select the Pocketing parameters page and make changes to this page as shown below:

11. Select the Roughing/Finishing parameters page and make changes to this page as shown:

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12. Ensure to enable the box in front of Lead in/out button and click on the Lead in/out button.
Make the following changes as shown below:
Hint: once you fill in the Entry parameters you can click on the arrow as shown below. The
Exit parameters will be filled in with the same figures as the Entry parameters.

13. Select the OK button to complete Lead in/out.

14. Select the OK button to exit Pocket parameters.

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TASK 15:
ROUGH AND FINISH THE CONTOUR
In this task you machine the contour with a 0.5 diameter 2 flute end mill.
The contour will be roughed and finished using Multi Passes.

1. Make sure the graphics view is to the Top View by using the toolbar at the top of the screen.

2. From the menu bar select Toolpaths>Toolpath…

3. On the screen you will now see the Chaining dialog box with Chain set and in the graphics
screen a prompt to Select Contour chain 1. Select the left arc as shown below:

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4. After selecting the arc your graphics screen should look like the screenshot below, with the
green arrow pointing upwards in a clockwise direction.
The material for this part is aluminium so to attain a good finish when contouring climb
milling should be employed.

5. If the arrow is not pointing upwards select the arrow from the Chaining dialog box shown
below to reverse the direction.

6. Select the OK button at the bottom of the Chaining dialog box.

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7. You will be using the same flat end mill that was used for the pocket, a 0.5 diameter flat
end mill, Tool #3. Ensure the 0.5 diameter flat end mill is selected in the Toolpath
parameters page by selecting it in the tool list. Make changes to the Toolpath parameters
page as shown below:

8. Select the Contour parameters page and make changes to this page as shown below.
9. Ensure to check the box for Multi passes and Lead in/out.

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10. Click on the Lead in/out button. Make the following changes as shown below:

11. Select the OK button to complete Lead in/out.

12. Select the Multi Passes button. Make the necessary changes shown below:

13. Select the OK button to exit Multi Passes.

14. Select the OK button to exit Contour parameters.

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TASK 16:
VERIFY THE TOOLPATH
Mastercam's Verify utility allows you to use solid models to simulate the machining of a part.
The model created by the verification represents the surface finish, and shows collisions, if
any exist.
This allows you to identify and correct program errors before they reach the shop floor.

1. Set the graphics view to the Isometric View by using the toolbar icon at the top of the

screen.

2. In the Toolpath Manager pick all the operations to verify by picking the Select All icon .
3. Select the Verify selected operations button circled below:

4. Adjust the Verify speed to midway along the speed control bar.

5. Select the play button to verify the toolpaths.

The verified toolpaths are shown below:

6. Select the OK button to exit Verify.

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TASK 17:
SAVE THE UPDATED MCX FILE

1. Select the save icon from the toolbar

TASK 18:
POST AND CREATE THE CNC CODE FILE
1. Ensure all the operations are selected by picking the Select All icon from the Toolpath
manager.

2. Select the Post selected operations button from the Toolpath manager.
Please Note: If you cannot see G1 click on the right pane of the Toolpath manger window and
expand the window to the right.

3. In the Post processing window, make the necessary changes as shown below:

4. Select the OK button to continue.

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5. Ensure the same name as your Mastercam part file name is displayed in the File name
window as shown below:

6. Select the Save button.

7. The CNC code file opens up in the default editor:

8. Select the in the top right corner to exit the CNC editor
This completes Mill-Lesson-5.

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