Logical Part Modelling

Easy 2D and 3D geometry creation with complete wireframe & surface modelling
Associative dimensions update as you change your model
Built-in data translators for IGES, Parasolid®, SAT (ACIS solids), AutoCAD® (DXFTM, DWG, and Inventor™ files), SolidWorks®, Solid Edge®, CADL, STL, VDA, and ASCII. Direct translators for STEP, Catia®, and Pro-E® are also available

Designed for Ease

Fully associative geometry and toolpaths let you modify the geometry, tooling information or machining parameters and immediately get an accurate, updated toolpath
Mastercam's "Quick Toolpaths" let you program parts completely with just a few simple clicks
Mastercam's Operations Manager gives you a single place to create, modify and analyze all aspects of your toolpaths
Store a library of commonly used operations to automate machining. For example, you can rough and finish a new part simply by importing one stored set of operations and applying them to a new model

Click and drag a machining start point to anywhere on your model
Intelligent roughing of inside and outside diameters, including roughing to a boundary for castings
Finish contouring (profiling)
Set feed rate for desired finish quality
Groove at any angle with multiple depth cuts and pecking
Easily define groove depth, width, wall angles, corner radius and chamfer
Complete threading with multiple starts, diameter calculation and thread tables.
Boring, drilling and point-to-point machining
Automatic gouge checking watches the front and back of the tool
Chuck, part, steady rest, and tailstock detection
Open and directly machine a solid model
Cut across the centerline of the part using a stock boundary
New tool angle control streamlines advacned Multi Task machine programming, allowing on-the-fly changes to the B-axis tooling arm angle

Full C-Axis programming when combined with Mastercam Mill
Face and Cross contour
Face and Cross drill including the ability to sort points in a clockwise or counterclockwise sweep (rotary) direction
Machine C-Axis contours with three-dimensional or flat geometry

Comprehensive insert libraries including Sandvik, Kenametal®, Iscar and Valenite®, as well as new Sandvik Smiss Tool Library

Quickly check toolpaths as they are created with a cross-section of the part in progress
View or save a 3D model of your part at any machining stage
View or verify your part being cut with Mastercam's backplot or solid toolpath verification