Holding the mouse over the X,Y, or Z near the origin will display a circle of tick marks. Click on the letter corresponding to the desired direction of rotation to rotate your part.

The part will automatically snap to the displayed 5 degree tick marks.

Translating your part is moving it linearly along an axis. To do this in Mastercam, click on the arrow along the axis that you want to move your part along. Dragging the arrow to either side will move the part by set linear increments, displayed as a set of tick marks along the axis. Just click the Help button in a parameters dialog box to find detailed information on these powerful toolpaths and their parameters.When your part is correctly positioned, click on the green check mark in the upper right corner of the viewing window to confirm your changes. For example, the following picture shows the dialog box for the Surface Rough Contour toolpath. The parameters available depend on the toolpath you choose. The following pictures show the surface rough and finish toolpaths that are included with Mastercam X5 MU1 for SolidWorks.Įach toolpath provides the parameters you need to cut your parts efficiently and with exacting results. Surface finishing toolpaths, on the other hand, typically finish a part down to the drive geometry (or to the stock-to-leave amount, if one is specified).

Surface roughing toolpaths typically use larger tools, multiple step overs, and multiple step downs to remove large volumes of stock, while leaving an even amount of stock for finishing. The X5 MU1 version of Mastercam for SolidWorks adds a slew of surface roughing and finishing toolpaths, which you can find on the MastercamX5 tab of the SolidWorks CommandManager.

Mastercam x5 for solidworks