Whatever you can imagine, Mastercam makes it faster, easier, more efficiently.
Mastercam Router is the CAD/CAM software that takes you to a new level of productivity. Easy to learn because Mastercam makes programming so simple, you'll be designing and cutting parts on day one. Easy to operate because you can modify any part immediately - and get updated toolpaths without starting over. Easy to profit by Mastercam grows with your business. From basic flat parts to the most intricate 5-axis machining, Mastercam brings unprecedented automation, ease and expandability to your machining business.

With Mastercam, you get proven reliability.
Mastercam has a proven track record of developing CAD/CAM software with one thing in mind - the specific needs of the user. Today, more shops rely on Mastercam than any other CAD/CAM software. And with Mastercam Router, you have powerful, easy-to-use package with CAD/CAM tools designed expressly for router operations like yours.

Powerful Part Modeling

Whether you get CAD files from an outside source or want to create the model yourself, straightforward design tools are essential for a shop's flexibility. Mastercam delivers shop-tested CAD tools and specialty items to speed up any design.

Easy 2D and 3D geometry creation.
Fast creation of 3D surfaces.
Optional ability to create, import and machine solid models.
Mastercam's Raster to Vector translator lets you bring in scanned art as a machine-ready CAD file.
EPS and DWG converters included.
Mastercam's door geometry creator helps you create various classic door designs.
Associative dimensions update as you change your model.

Easy 2D Machining

2D and 2½D machining ranges from the very simple to the very complex. Mastercam delivers all the tools you need to maximize your time.

2D contouring for flat shapes.
3D contouring for complex shapes and trimming.
Pocketing styles include true spiral, constant overlap spiral, 'morph' pocketing, zigzag and more.
Choose multiple drill points, contours, pockets, and nested pockets with a single selection.
Full associativity lets you change model or machining parameters and update your toolpath with a single mouse-click.

Easy-to-use options offer a wide variety of tabs including traditional and angle-entry tabs.

Versatile 3D Roughing and Finishing

Fast, efficient bulk material removal is essential to efficient NC programming. A superior finish is crucial to any job. Mastercam gives you a variety of techniques suited to your specific projects.

Rough and finish cut multiple surfaces, solid models, or a combination of both.
Select from a variety of roughing styles - each designed to provide the most efficient cutting method for a specific type of part or situation.
Leftover material causes extra handwork and time. Mastercam automates leftover material removal, leaving you with a finer finish.

Automated leftover machining with a smaller tool.

Multiaxis Machining

Multiaxis machining adds an extra level of flexibility to your machining operations for a wide variety of projects ranging from high precision to free-flowing artistic cutting.

Create 5-axis cuts on or around curves and edge curves for applications such as part trimming.
5-axis drilling lets you approach the part from any angle.
4-axis machining.
Swarf machine over multisurface floors.

Tabs, Webs, and Breakthrough Control

Efficient flat panel cutting relies on easy control over tabs, webs and cutting specifics. Mastercam gives you the tools to ensure you cut, and leave, exactly what you want.

Leave a 'web' of user-definable thickness at the bottom of each cutting, holding the parts securely until you are ready to remove them.
Complete tab control including Full Tabs (leaving the entire material thickness) and Partial Tabs with user-definable thickness.

Nesting

High yields can be crucial to a job's profitability. Mastercam includes essestial nesting capabilities.

Fast, efficient rectangular part nesting.
Complete control over part-to-part distance, sheet margins, and more.
Directly place CAD models from a variety of sources.

Advanced Nesting and Engraving -- two powerful options to help get the most from your machines

Advanced Nesting

Mastercam Router includes basic nesting, but there are times when you want more sophisticated nesting for a higher yield. Mastercam's optional TrueShape nesting optimizes your material use for greatest yields and an improved bottom line. With the TrueShape nesting add-on, you can efficiently nest interlocking parts with a variety of options:

Advanced automatic interlocking nesting.
Custom sheet definition.
Maintain grain direction of any part.
"Filler" part nesting to reduce waste.
Mark a series of parts as a "Group" to ensure the entire set is always nested.
Set minimum number of parts needed.
Create and save a library of fully definable sheets.
Save sheet scrap for later use.
Full control over part spacing and sheet margins.
Directly import and place DXF files.
Automatically separate different parts into levels that you can turn on or off.
Mastercam's fast, easy machining will program your entire nested sheet at one time.

You get a wide variety of nesting tools, including nesting parts in scrap from a pervious session.

Engraving

Mastercam's optional Engraving gives you the effect of classic hand-carved art using your CNC machine. Sharp inside corners give the finished piece a crisp edge which is unattainable with conventional machining. Mastercam's Engraving add-on gives you a wide variety of choices:

Standard "chiseling".
Embossed images.
Open pixel-based artwork as engravable geometry (.BMP, .GIF, .TIF, .PCX, .EPS, and more).
Easily engrave any TrueType font.
Inverse embossing for mold work.
Use V-groove cutters with any angle.
Engrave remachining allows you to cut an area with a large tool and automatically remove remaining material with a smaller tool.
Use constant-volume depth cuts for more consistent tool load.

Easily produce a wide variety of parts with the look of classic, hand-carved art.

Software That Grows With Your Business

Mastercam Router is designed to grow with your business. The software is available in three levels, with several options, so you can pick the one that best suits your needs. And with Mastercam, your investment is secure - when you want to move to the next level of Router, you simply pay the difference between the two packages.

	Router Entry	Router	Router Pro
3D Wireframe geometry creation and dimensioning	X	X	X
Read/write translators (IGES, DXF, SAT, STL, Parasolid, and more)	X	X	X
DWG, EPS, and raster to vector translators		X	X
Door geometry & stair stringer creator		X	X
Basic part & toolpath nesting		X	X
Surface creation		optional	X
Solids creation		optional	optional
Advanced part & toolpath nesting		optional	optional
Fully associative toolpaths	X	X	X
Drilling	X	X	X
2D contour cutting	X	X	X
Basic pocketing	X	X	X
3D contour cutting, trimming & remachining		X	X
Advanced pocketing, including open pockets		X	X
Block drilling		X	X
Tabs		X	X
Right angle heads		X	X
Toolpath editor		X	X
Automatic feed rate optimization		X	X
On-screen toolpath verification		X	X
Engraving		optional	optional
Multi-surface roughing			X
Multi-surface finishing			X
Multi-surface "cleanup" machining			X
4- and 5-axis machining			X
5-axis contour cutting, trimming & drilling		optional	X