In-House Solutions offers unsurpassed industrial training for Mastercam. Training facilities are located in Ontario, Canada; Cambridge and Mississauga. Training is also available in Surrey, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Mastercam X2 Wire
The course provides the student with the knowledge regarding Design and 2-axis and 4-axis wirepath creation for CNC Wire EDM.
Specific 4-axis wirepath and the required geometry creation can be included upon request.
You will become proficient in 2D design by completing a series of drawings covering the following topics: entity creation, geometry modification and transformation; create or move entities onto different levels, import and export files from other CAD systems. You will learn how to create 2-Axis contour and no-core cutting with or without taper angle, contour multiple parts with predefine start points, and wirepath verification.
Prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam X2 Wire Training Tutorial.
Duration: 2 Days (16 hours): Provided at customer's site, upon availability.
Certification Training for Mastercam X2 Mill L1
Mastercam Certification provides the most thorough & comprehensive training available. At the the end of this 32 hour course, trainees will know the most efficient and effective programming methods. The course has two main components; 2D Design and 2D Toolpaths.
2D Design
During this part of the training you will complete a series of 2D drawing exercises covering the following functions: entity creation, geometry modification and transformation, create or move entities onto different levels, import and export files from other CAD systems.
2D Toolpaths
In the second part of the training, you will learn how to machine a 2D parts using facing, contour, pocket, and drilling toolpaths. You will be shown how to use pocket remachining, island facing, tapered wall pocketing, and how to verify the toolpaths using a solid-based toolpath verification.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam Mill X2 Training Tutorial & X2 Demo CD.
Duration: 4 days (32 hours)
Certification Training for Mastercam X2 Mill L3
Mastercam Certification provides the most thorough & comprehensive training available. This course is designed for the experienced Mastercam user and provides the student with knowledge of 3D Design and 3D Toolpaths.
3D Design
During this first part of the training the topics covered include: construction plane setup, 3D wireframe geometry creation, creation of curves, geometrical, free form, and derived surface creation, manipulating surfarces, modify & analyze surfaces, shading & hide.
3D Toolpaths
You will focus on more advanced multi-surface roughing and finishing toolpaths: pocket, contour, parallel, radial, plunge, project, flowline, shallow, parallel steep, scallop, pencil, restmill and leftover. High speed toolpaths for roughing and finishing the parts will be included.
Prerequisite: 2D Mill Experience, Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam Mill X2 Training Tutorial.
Duration: 4 Days (32 hours)
Mastercam X2 Router
In this course you will learn the fundamentals of working with Mastercam Router X2.
You will complete a series of 2D drawing exercises covering the following functions: entity creation, geometry modification and transformation, creating or moving entities onto different levels, importing bitmap images and converting to geometry. You will learn how to machine a 2D part using contour with tabs, engraving (emboss and chisel), pocket, and drilling toolpaths. You will be shown how to use contour, engraving and pocket remachining, tapered wall pocketing, and how to verify the toolpaths using a solid-based toolpath verification. You will also learn how to create different profile bits.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam Router X2 Training Tutorial.
Duration: 4 Days (32 hours)
Mastercam X2 Update (Self Guided)
This class is designed to help current Mastercam V9 customers migrate their current work environment and their current jobs and parts to X as fast as possible. The class will be based on tutorials and students can select which product they want to learn (Mill, Lathe, Wire, Router, etc.) . We will explain new CAD functionality, how to use familiar toolpaths and explore the new toolpaths functions.
Prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, extensive Mastercam V9 experience.
Duration: 1 Days (8 hours).
Mastercam X2 Lathe
In this course you will learn fundamentals of working with Mastercam Lathe.
You will complete a series of 2D drawing exercises covering the following functions: entity creation, geometry modification and transformation, create or move entities onto different levels, import and export files from other CAD systems.
You will become proficient in turning programming operations such as: facing, roughing, finishing, threading, grooving, drilling, and boring. You will also learn how to verify the toolpaths using a solid-based toolpath verification.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam Lathe X2 Training Tutorial.
Duration: 3 Days: Provided at In-House Solutions or at customer's site, upon availability.
Mastercam Art X2
Because Mastercam Art is an add-on product to Mill or Router, a foundation in Mastercam is necessary. If you do not already know Mastercam, it is recommended that you take the Mastercam Mill Level 1 Training course prior to or in conjunction with the Mastercam Art training.
Learn how to create intricate 3D sculpted images from simple 2D artwork, including importing bitmaps and transforming them into machinable surfaces.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows, CNC machining experience.
Material Included: Mastercam Art X2 Training Tutorial.
Duration: 1 Day: Provided at In-House Solutions or at customer's site, upon availability.
Mastercam X2 Mill 4 & 5-Axis
This course is designed for experienced Mastercam Mill Users, wishing to learn in depth Mastercam Multi-Axis programming.
You will learn various 5-Axis commands in Curve-5axe, Drill-5axe, Swarf-5axe, Flow-5axe, Msurf-5axe & Verify. The training will explain specific parameters for 5axis such as filter, entry/exit, tool control, vector depth, lead/lag angle, side tilt, wall passes, floor passes, floor gauge, flow parameters, axis limits, roughing parameters, point generators. The Advanced Multi-axis toolpaths with the extra options for tool axis orientations and gouge checking will be included.
Prerequisites: Mill L3 Training or equivalent knowledge.
Material Included: Mastercam Mill X2 4 & 5-Axis Training Tutorial.
Duration: 1 day for 4-Axis, 2 days for 5-Axis (up to 24 hours)
Mastercam X2 Solids
This introduces you to powerful solid modeling for practical design.
You will learn modeling techniques like revolved, extrude, lost, and sweep commands. You will learn how to modify the solid using filleting, chamfering and shelling features and how to reorder an edit operations using the history tree. You will also learn to use Boolean features, such as addition and subtraction.
Prerequisite: Mill L3 Training or equivalent knowledge.
Material Included: Mastercam Solids X2 Training Tutorial.
Duration: 1 Day (8 hrs)
Mill Level 1 Mastercam Update
This class is designed to help current Mastercam V9 customers migrate their current work environment and their current jobs and parts to X2 as fast as possible. The class will introduce the new interface with emphasis on how to customize it to help you work efficiently. We will explain new CAD functionality, how to use familiar toolpaths and explore the new toolpaths functions.
Prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, extensive Mastercam V9 experience.
Material Included: Mastercam X2 Training Tutorials
Duration: 2 Days (16 hours).
Mill Level 3 Mastercam Update
This class is designed to help current Mastercam V9 customers migrate their current work environment and their current jobs and parts to X2 as fast as possible. The class will introduce the new interface with emphasis on how to customize it to help you work efficiently. We will explain new CAD functionality, how to use familiar toolpaths and explore the new toolpaths functions.
Prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Windows®, extensive Mastercam V9 experience.
Material Included: Mastercam X2 Training Tutorial
Duration: 2 Days (16 hours).
Robotmaster
This four day training course is designed to familiarize users with the Robotmaster interfaces, robot simulation and offline programming. By the end of the course, trainees will know how to create robot programs offline and run them on their robot. The course has two main components; CAD/CAM and Offline Programming
*note: Experienced Mastercam users need only the last two days of training.
CAD/CAM
In the first two days of training, the student shall learn: Mastercam interface and functionality, CAD skills and model manipulation (2D and 3D Design), 3-axis toolpath generation, basic 5axis toolpaths.
Offline Programming
The third and fourth day of training focuses on robot specific operation: Coordinate systems, defining user frames and tool TCP, home positions, safe moves, tool control, motion parameters, axis configuration, Simulation interface and control, code generation. Emphasis is given relating material to trainees actual robot application.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Robot operation and teach pendant programming experience, Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows®
Duration: 2-4 Days (16-32 hours)