Mastercam Highlights:
- Contour Enhancements
- Chamfer tool offset
- Machine finish passes
- Multi-pass order
- Rough pass cut direction
- High speed workflow
- Disable undercut tool support
- Follow containment
- High speed workflow
- Smoothing
- Linking Associativity
- Sandvik Coromant Prime-Turning Support
- Solid Sweep
- 3D Along curve
- End profile chain(s)
- Guide chain
- New alignment options
- Sharp Corners
- Sweet Twist
- Tool Locators for B-axis Heads
- Center Support
- New center point toolpath
- New Tailstock Operations
Mastercam 2018 What’s New:
- Parameter for adjusting feed rates on arc moves in 2D Contour and Slot Mill toolpaths and 3D Waterline toolpaths.
- Improvements to the Sweep function in Solid modeling giving you more flexibility and greater control.
- Modify at intersection edits your wireframe geometry where ever it intersects with a solid face or body, a surface, or a solid sheet body.
- Easily undo and redo up to 25 Model Prep functions using the new Undo and Redo controls located in the Solids Manager.
- The new Edit Spline function makes it easy to refine and prepare splines for any application.
- Toggling the CPlane 2D/3D construction mode, enables different construction modes for Curve One Edge and Curve All Edges. Setting the construction mode to 2D creates geometry parallel to the current CPlane at a designated Z depth.
- Milling advances offer more efficient toolpaths and deeper control over vital aspects of tool motion.
- Expanded turning and Mill-Turn improve dynamic cutting, add powerful control options and offer exclusive access to new turning tool programming.
MILL ENHANCEMENTS:
- General Enhancements (not just 2D and 3D)
- Drill point sorting
- Override arc feed rate
- Import Metric and Imperial Tools in same interface
- Wireframe chain tolerance is now stored in toolpath when sending files
- 2D Enhancements
- Contour
- Depth Cut Direction and Order
- Finish passes
- Linking associativity
- Plunge Entry Support
- Spring Passes
- Stock Awareness
- Undercut Support
- Taper Support
- 3D Enhancements
- Disable undercut tool support
- Follow containment
- High speed workflow
- Smoothing
- Multiaxis Enhancements
- Collision control page
- Common direction
- Dropping
- Line distance from curve
- Maintain tilt
- Multiaxis link safety zone
- Surface edge tolerance
LATHE ENHANCEMENTS:
- Chip Break ON/OFF
- Groove Enhancements
- Cut direction options
- Starting location
- Prevent Up Cutting
- Rough Enhancements
- Section Turning
- Semi-finish speed and feed
- Sandvik Coromant Prime-Turning Support
- Stock Model Support
- Tool Inspection