For Mastercam 2017 and up

When creating toolpaths, it can be difficult to chain the correct geometry if there is overlapping and duplicated geometry present. One may also notice overlapping and duplicated geometry when attempting to modify a drawing.
Mastercam can help find these entities and delete them. This will make toolpathing and modifying drawings easier.

Delete Duplicates

HOME > Duplicates

The items deleted will be stated.

To reset the geometry color, right click and select Clear Colors.

Find Overlapping

Press Alt + C or select puzzle icon from HOME tab.

This should default to C:\Program Files\Mcam(version)\chooks

Select FindOverlap.dll.

Create a window that encases all entities to be checked.

Press [Enter] or select

Cleanup

The number of overlapping entities deleted will be stated.

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