Mastercam Provides a New Multimedia Section on Web

CNC Software has added a new Multimedia section to the Mastercam.com Web site. This page gives customers the opportunity to explore some of the latest features in the Mastercam X family with downloadable video demonstrations, narrated overviews, and documents highlighting powerful new tools.

The Introducing Mastercam X video was initially introduced on the Mastercam X release CD. In the video, discussion entails not only what’s new for existing customers updating to the new, powerful, streamlined flow and flexibility of Mastercam X, but provides a broad based overview of what Mastercam can do for new customers. The 27-minute video covers five distinct areas. The first segment covers the new Mastercam X interface and helps demonstrate both how to use it and why you may want to use it in specific ways. The second and third sections of this video provide actual workflow demonstrations of 2D and 3D design using Mastercam X’s highly graphical and flexible Sketcher tools. The fourth and fifth sections of the video provide a basic overview of the new streamlined processes for selecting and machining your imported or newly developed modeling data.

The What’s New videos from the latest Mastercam release (MR1/SP2) are also included on this page. These narrated videos highlight the new functionality in Mastercam X MR1/SP2, including the new high speed surface toolpaths (HST) and Mastercam Wire. They require Macromedia Flash and are best viewed at 1280x1024 screen resolution.The newest addition to this Web page is the Machine Definition/Control Definition Toolkit. The toolkit consists of 3 parts:

• MD/CD Overview Videos - These videos introduce you to the overall concepts, vocabulary, and workflow of Mastercam X's machine and control definitions. Requires Macromedia Flash and are best viewed at 1280x1024 screen resolution.
• MD/CD FAQ Videos - These videos highlight frequently asked questions about machine and control definitions in Mastercam X, including how to change your post processor. Requires Macromedia Flash and are best viewed at 1280x1024 screen resolution.
• Working with Machine and Control Definitions – This PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file provides step-by-step instructions and additional background information on machine and control definitions in Mastercam X.

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