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Training Tutorials – Professional Courseware Lathe
Date: June 4, 2009
Copyright © 1984 - 2009 In-House Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
Author: Mariana Lendel
ISBN: 978-1-926566-32-0
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Mariana Lendel

PROFESSIONAL COURSEWARE LATHE X4
2D GEOMETRY CREATION
2D GEOMETRY COURSE CONTENT
1. Starting Mastercam................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Overview of the graphic user interface..................................................................................................... 2
3. Setting the toolbar states for lathe........................................................................................................... 3
4. Setting the grid.......................................................................................................................................... 4
5. Navigate through mastercam ................................................................................................................... 5
6. About right mouse click menu.................................................................................................................. 9
7. Setting the construction and tool plane to DZ ........................................................................................ 10
8. Exercises using create point position command..................................................................................... 11
9. Exercises using create rectangle command. ........................................................................................... 12
10. Exercises using create line commands.................................................................................................. 12
11. Exercises using fillet command. ............................................................................................................ 14
12. Exercises using trim command.............................................................................................................. 14
13. Create Drawing # 1................................................................................................................................ 17

14. Create Drawing # 2................................................................................................................................ 20
15. Angle Measurement.............................................................................................................................. 20
16. Exercises using break and join commands............................................................................................ 21
17. Exercise using mirror command............................................................................................................ 22
18. Exercises using chamfer command. ...................................................................................................... 23
19. Create Drawing # 3................................................................................................................................ 24
20. Create Drawing # 4................................................................................................................................ 24
21. Create Drawing # 5................................................................................................................................ 25
22. Exercises using offset commands. ........................................................................................................ 25
23. Create Drawing # 6................................................................................................................................ 26
24. Exercises using create arc commands................................................................................................... 26
25. Create Drawing # 7................................................................................................................................ 27
26. Create Drawing # 8................................................................................................................................ 27
27. Create Drawing # 9................................................................................................................................ 28
28. Exercises to create tangent arcs. .......................................................................................................... 28
29. Create Drawing # 10.............................................................................................................................. 29
30. Create Drawing # 11.............................................................................................................................. 30
31. Create Drawing # 12.............................................................................................................................. 30
32. Exercise using translate command........................................................................................................ 30
33. Create Drawing # 13.............................................................................................................................. 31
34. Exercise using Analyze Command......................................................................................................... 32
35. Exercise using attributes command. ..................................................................................................... 33
36. Managing levels .................................................................................................................................... 34
37. Exercise using change attributes command.......................................................................................... 36
38. Dimension the geometry. ..................................................................................................................... 37
39. Exercise to analyze the chain. ............................................................................................................... 38
40. Converting drawings from different CAD packages.............................................................................. 41
41. Optional. Key Mapping.......................................................................................................................... 42
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2D GEOMETRY CREATION
Customizing Drop Downs/ Right Mouse Button Menu
Customize Drop Downs Menu allows you to:
Add or remove new drop down menus
Add or remove functions in a drop down menu
In the Menus list, right click and choose the Add drop down menu option. Mastercam
automatically adds a new drop down menu, assigns a default name, and places the new drop down
menu at the bottom of the menu list.
To add a function to a drop down menu, choose a Category from the list and drag and drop the function
to the drop down menu in the Menus list. If the drop down menu is not expanded, the new function is
added as the last function. Otherwise, it is inserted below the selected function on which it is dropped.
To remove a single function from a drop down menu, expand the menu, select the function, and press
the Delete key. To delete the entire menu, right click and choose Delete drop down menu.
Customize Right Mouse Button Menu allows you to:
Add, remove and rearrange functions and submenus
Adding or removing drop down menu functions is associative. All references to the
modified drop down menu are also updated (for example, the modified drop down menu is
used as a submenu in other drop down menus). When you add or remove functions from
drop down menus and submenus, you immediately see the results in the current Mastercam
session.
Example: Add Zoom Target to the Right mouse menu.
The default Right mouse menu looks as shown to the right.
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