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2DGEOMETRYCOURSECONTENT

STARTINGMASTERCAM ................................................................................................................................................3
OVERVIEWOFTHEGRAPHICUSERINTERFACE.............................................................................................................3
SETTINGTHETOOLBARSTATEFORMILL ......................................................................................................................4
SETTINGTHEGRID .........................................................................................................................................................5
NAVIGATETHROUGHMASTERCAM ..............................................................................................................................6
THERIGHTMOUSECLICKMENU.................................................................................................................................10
EXERCISECREATINGPOINTPOSITIONS .......................................................................................................................12
EXERCISECREATINGRECTANGLES...............................................................................................................................13
EXERCISECREATINGLINES...........................................................................................................................................13
EXERCISECREATINGFILLETS........................................................................................................................................15
EXERCISEUSINGTHETRIMCOMMANDS ....................................................................................................................16
CREATEDRAWING#1 .................................................................................................................................................18
CREATEDRAWING#2 .................................................................................................................................................20
EXERCISECREATINGARCS ...........................................................................................................................................20
ANGLEMEASUREMENT ...............................................................................................................................................21
EXERCISECREATINGARCSPOLAR ...............................................................................................................................21
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMMIRROR ...............................................................................................................................22
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMTRANSLATE ..........................................................................................................................23
EXERCISEUSINGBREAK ...............................................................................................................................................24
EXERCISEUSINGJOIN ..................................................................................................................................................25
CREATEDRAWING#3 .................................................................................................................................................25
CREATEDRAWING#4 .................................................................................................................................................26
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMOFFSET.................................................................................................................................26
CREATEDRAWING#5 .................................................................................................................................................27
CREATEDRAWING#6 .................................................................................................................................................28
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMROTATE................................................................................................................................28
CREATEDRAWING#7 .................................................................................................................................................29
CREATEDRAWING#8 .................................................................................................................................................29
CREATEDRAWING#9 .................................................................................................................................................30
EXERCISECREATINGTANGENTARCS ..........................................................................................................................31
EXERCISECREATINGTANGENTLINES..........................................................................................................................32
EXERCISEUSINGPOLYGON..........................................................................................................................................33


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CREATEDRAWING#10 ...............................................................................................................................................33
CREATEDRAWING#11 ...............................................................................................................................................34
CREATEDRAWING#12 ...............................................................................................................................................34
CREATEDRAWING#13 ...............................................................................................................................................35
CREATEDRAWING#14 ...............................................................................................................................................35
CREATEDRAWING#15 ...............................................................................................................................................36
CREATEDRAWING#16 ...............................................................................................................................................37
CREATEDRAWING#17 ...............................................................................................................................................37
EXERCISEUSINGANALYZE ...........................................................................................................................................38
EXERCISECHANGEATTRIBUTES ..................................................................................................................................39
MANAGINGLEVELS......................................................................................................................................................40
REVIEWEXERCISECHANGINGATTRIBUTES ................................................................................................................42
CREATEDRAWING#18 ...............................................................................................................................................43
CREATEDRAWING#19 ...............................................................................................................................................43
CREATEDRAWING#20 ...............................................................................................................................................44
CREATEDRAWING#21 ...............................................................................................................................................44
CREATEDRAWING#22 ...............................................................................................................................................44
DIMENSIONTHEGEOMETRY.......................................................................................................................................45
OPTIONAL–SOLIDDRAWING#2 ................................................................................................................................46
EXERCISEANALYZINGTHECHAINS..............................................................................................................................47
CONVERTINGDRAWINGSFROMDIFFERENTCADPACKAGES.....................................................................................50
CUSTOMIZINGTHEBUTTONSANDKEYMAPPING......................................................................................................56

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2DTOOLPATHCREATIONCONTENT

CHAININGOPTIONS.....................................................................................................................................................64
DRAWING#1...............................................................................................................................................................66
MACHINEDEFINITION .................................................................................................................................................66
PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................................................................66
CONTOURTOOLPATH..................................................................................................................................................67
ABOUTOPERATIONSMANAGER .................................................................................................................................72
USINGBACKPLOTTOVERIFYTHETOOLPATHS. ..........................................................................................................72
CHECKINGTHETOOLPATHSUSINGVERIFY. ................................................................................................................74
MODIFYTHETOOLPATHPARAMETERSADDINGMULTIPASSESANDDEPTHCUTS. ...................................................75
POSTPROCESSINGTHEFILE. .......................................................................................................................................76
DRAWING#3.MCX ......................................................................................................................................................76
POCKETTOOLPATH......................................................................................................................................................76
ROUGHPOCKETUSINGALARGETOOLTOREMOVETHEMATERIALINTHEPOCKET ................................................77
FINISHTHEPOCKET .....................................................................................................................................................78
REMACHININGTHEPOCKET ........................................................................................................................................79
SPOTDRILLTHEHOLES................................................................................................................................................80
DRILLINGTHEHOLES ...................................................................................................................................................81
TAPPINGTHEHOLES....................................................................................................................................................81
FACINGTOOLPATH ......................................................................................................................................................83
RENUMBERTHETOOLS ...............................................................................................................................................85
CONTOUR.MCX............................................................................................................................................................85
LEARNINGMOREABOUTINCREMENTALVALUES.DEPTHSETTOINCREMENTAL ....................................................85
MACHININGTHETOPSTEP..........................................................................................................................................86
MACHININGTHEBOTTOMSTEP .................................................................................................................................87
TOPOFTHESTOCKSETTOINCREMENTAL..................................................................................................................88
MACHINEALLTHREEPOCKETS....................................................................................................................................88
CHAMFERPART2D.MCX ...............................................................................................................................................90
SLOTMILLING ..............................................................................................................................................................90
CONTOURRAMPTOMACHINETHETHROUGHSLOT .................................................................................................92
CIRCLEMILLTOOLPATH...............................................................................................................................................94
SETUPANEWPLANEANDORIGINTOMACHINETHEBOTTOM.................................................................................95
REMACHINETHEOUTSIDECONTOUR .......................................................................................................................100


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CONTOURCHAMFER .................................................................................................................................................100
REVIEWINGEXERCISEDRAWING#4.MCX ..............................................................................................................102
SPOTDRILLINGTHE9/1612TAPHOLES ..................................................................................................................107
DRILLINGTHE9/1612TAPTHROUGHHOLES..........................................................................................................108
TAPPINGTHE9/1612TAPHOLES ............................................................................................................................108
ADDASPOTDRILLINGOPERATIONBEFORETHEDRILLINGOPERATION ..................................................................109
USETABSINCONTOUR .............................................................................................................................................110
MACHININGAPOCKETWITHISLANDSOFDIFFERENTHEIGHTS...............................................................................114
DRAWING#18.MCX ..................................................................................................................................................116
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTOREMOVELARGEAMOUNTSOFMATERIAL.............................................................117
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTOREMOVEMOREMATERIAL ....................................................................................118
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTODOAFINALCLEANUP.............................................................................................119
ENGRAVINGINHOUSESOLUTIONSANDMASTERCAMUSINGACONTOURTOOLPATH .........................................120
CIRCMILL.MCX ...........................................................................................................................................................121
SOLIDSELECTION.......................................................................................................................................................121
CIRCLEMILLTHE2”DIAMETERHOLES......................................................................................................................123
CONTOURTHEOUTSIDECONTOUR ..........................................................................................................................124
REVIEWEXERCISE2DPOCKET.MCX .........................................................................................................................126
SPOTDRILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERHOLESBYADDINGTHEMTOTHESPOTDRILLINGOPERATION......................133
DRILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERTHROUGHHOLES .....................................................................................................133
CIRCLEMILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERTHROUGHHOLES...........................................................................................134
CONTOURWITHRAMPPLUNGETOOLPATH.............................................................................................................136
RAMPPLUNGE&OPENPOCKETTOOLPATH.............................................................................................................138
FINISH&ROUGHTHECORNERUSINGRAMPPLUNGE ............................................................................................138
ROUGH&FINISHTHEOPENPOCKET ........................................................................................................................139
SOLIDDRAWING#2.MCX ..........................................................................................................................................140
EXPORTTOALIBRARYTHEDRILLING&TAPPINGOPERATIONS ...............................................................................151
IMPORTFROMALIBRARYTHEDRILLING&TAPPINGOPERATIONS .........................................................................152
IMPORTFROMANEXISTINGPARTALLTHEOPERATIONSTOMACHINEANEWPART ............................................153
2DHIGHSPEEDPEELMILLTOOLPATH ......................................................................................................................153
MACHINETHEINSIDESLOTBYSELECTINGTWOCHAINS. ........................................................................................154
MACHINETHEOPENSLOTBYSELECTINGONECHAIN..............................................................................................156
2DHIGHSPEEDTOOLPATHS......................................................................................................................................158
2DHIGHSPEEDCOREMILLTOOLPATH .....................................................................................................................158

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COREMILL .................................................................................................................................................................159
MACHINETHELEFTPOCKETUSING2DHIGHSPEEDAREAMILLTOOLPATH............................................................160
COPYTHEOPERATIONANDRECHAINTHEGEOMETRYSELECTINGTHERIGHTSIDEPOCKET..................................161
MACHINETHEMIDDLEPOCKETATADEPTHOF1.0" ...............................................................................................161
REMACHINEALLTHREEPOCKETUSING2DHIGHSPEEDRESTMILL.........................................................................162
MACHINE0.25DEEPSTEPUSING2DHIGHSPEEDBLENDMILL................................................................................163
MACHINETHEOPENSLOTBYSELECTINGONECHAIN..............................................................................................164
TRANSFORM–MIRRORTOOLPATH ..........................................................................................................................165
IMPORTTHETOOLPATHFROM2DPOCKET.MCX ......................................................................................................166
TRANSFORM–MIRROR.............................................................................................................................................167
WIREFRAMESWEPTTOOLPATH................................................................................................................................168
POCKETWITHTAPEREDANGLEISLANDTOOLPATH .................................................................................................170
WIREFRAMERULEDTOOLPATH ................................................................................................................................172
WIREFRAMERULEDTOOLPATH;WITHOUTCONSTANTZCUTTING .........................................................................174
FEATUREBASEDMACHINING....................................................................................................................................175
FBMDRILL..................................................................................................................................................................177

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Tips:TrimtoPointtrimsorextendsacurvetoapointoranydefinedpositioninthegraphicswindow.Ifthe
pointthatyouenterdoesnotlieontheselectedentity,Mastercamcalculatestheclosestpositiononthe
entityandtrimstheentitytothatpoint.

EnableTrimtoPointbutton .












Selecttheentitytotrim/extendandthenselectthepoint.SelecttheOK buttontoexitthe
command.

CREATEDRAWING#1

FullSizeDrawingscanbefoundatthebackoftheBook

Usethefollowingcommands;

CreateRectangle
CreateLineEndpoint
CreateFillet
Trim1Entity
TrimDivide

CreateRectangle 

EnterthevaluesasshownandenableAnchortocentericon

SelecttheOrigin(middleofthegrid)astherectangleanchor.
ScreenFit 
Applybuttontofinishtherectangleandcontinuewiththesamecommand. 
Repeatthestepforthe6by4rectangle.
PressEsctoexittherectanglecommand.

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CreateLineEndpoint 


EnabletheHorizontaliconanddraw(sketch)thefirsthorizontalline. 
EntertheYvalue=0.75
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
Drawthesecondline
EntertheYvalue=0.75
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
EnabletheVerticaliconanddraw(sketch)theverticalline.


EntertheXvalue=1.0
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
PressEsctoexitthecommand.

CreateFillet 

EntertheRadius=0.5
Selectthetwolinesbetweenwhichyouneedtocreatefillet.
Repeatthestep3times.
Notethatthelinesareautomaticallytrimmedwiththearc.Thisis

becausethetrimbuttonwasbydefaultenabled. 
PressEsctoexitthecommand.

Trim/Break/Extend 


EnabletheTrim1entityicon 
Firstselectoneofthehorizontallinesastheentitytotrim/extend.
Secondselecttheverticallineuptowhichyouaretrimming
/extendingthefirstline.

Notetoselectalwaysthelinetotrimonthesidethatyouarekeepingafterthetrimming.

Repeatthesteptotrimthesecondhorizontalline.



EnableDivideicon. 
Selecttheverticallinesomewherebetweenthetwohorizontal
lines.
SavethefileinyourStudentfolder.

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CREATEDRAWING#2

Usethefollowingcommands;

CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
TrimDivide
CreateFillet


Tips:Aftercreatingthetworectangles,createtheparallellinesforthebottomhalfonly.Trimdividethe
bottomlineandtheninsertthefillets.

Createtheparallellinesfortheupperhalf,andthenfilletthecorners.

EXERCISECREATINGARCS

Resources–Downloadthefilefromwww.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectCreate_Arc.mcx

Create
Arc
CircleCenterPoint 






EntertheRadius=1.0andselectthepointasthecenterlocation.SelecttheApplybuttonto
continueinthesamecommand. 
EntertheDiameter=1.0andselectthepointasthecenterlocation.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit.


Create
Arc
CreateArcEndpoints 



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EntertheRadius=0.25.Selectthefirstpoint,selectthesecondpoint.Thesystemgivesallpossible
results.Selectthearcthatyouwanttokeep.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinueinthesame
command. .Followingthesamestepscreatetheotherarc.Selectthe

OKbuttontoexit. 

ANGLEMEASUREMENT

MastercammeasurespositiveanglesinCounterClockwisedirectionasshowninthefollowingpicture.It
alsogeneratesarcsinCCWdirection.




Thesameanglecanbegivenasapositiveangle335deg.
orasanegativevalue25deg.








EXERCISECREATINGARCSPOLAR

Resources–Downloadthefilefromwww.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectCreate_Arc_polar.mcx

Create
Arc
ArcPolar 




EntertheRadius=0.5;entertheStart
Angle=0andtheEndAngle=125.SelecttheOriginasthecenterpoint.SelecttheOKbuttonto
exit. 

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TosettheotherparametersofthearcuseTabkey.Notethatthediametervalueisautomaticallychangedby
thesystembasedontheradius.

Create
Arc
ArcPolarEndpoints 

Tips:EnableEndpointicon .SelecttheEndPointasshown,EntertheRadius=0.5;EntertheStartAngle

=180andtheEndAngle=270+55.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinueinthesamecommand. 


Tips:EnableStartpointicon .SelecttheStartPointasshown,EntertheRadius=0.5;EntertheStart

Angle=0andtheEndAngle=180.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 

Create
Arc
ArcPolar 

Tips:Selectthepointasthecenterpoint,EntertheRadius=0.5sketchtheinitialanglebyselectingthe
midpointofthelowerlineandsketchthefinalbyselectingthemidpointoftheupperline.SelecttheOK

buttontoexit. 

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMMIRROR

Resources–Downloadthefilefrom
www.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectMirror.mcx

Xform
XformMirror 

Mirroringistheprocessofcreatingreverseimagesofentitiesbyreflectingthemsymmetricallywithrespectto
adefinedaxis.Youhavetheoptiontomoveorcopytheoriginalentitieswithinthedrawing.

TipsfortheuppershapeSelecttheentitiestomirrorusingwindowselection.ToenableWindowSelection
holddowntheCtrlkeywhenyouselectthefirstcorner.



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Mirrorthegeometrytwice;onceaboutXaxis,thenaboutYaxis.

TipsforthemiddleshapeSelectbothcontourstomirrorusingchainselection.ToenableChainSelectionhold
downtheShiftkeyandselectoneentityofthecontouratatime.EnabletheSelectLinebuttonintheMirror
dialogbox. andselecttheredcolorlineinthegraphicarea.

TipsforthelowershapeSelectbothcontourstomirrorusingChainSelectionandenableSelect2points

button intheMirrordialogbox.Selecttwooftheopenendsofthecontours.

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMTRANSLATE

ResourcesDownloadthefilefrom
www.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectTranslate.mcx

Xform
Translate 

Translatemovesselectedentitiesoroneormorecopiesoftheentitiestonewpositionswithoutalteringthe
orientation,size,orshapeoftheentities.

Tips:fortheuppershapes:

Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbutton.IntheTranslatedialogboxenableCopy;
enterthenumber#2;enterthevaluesforDeltaXandY.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue.


Tips:forthemiddleshape:

Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbuttontoendtheselection.IntheTranslatedialog
boxenableMove;enterthenumber#1.ClickonSelectFrompointbutton andselectthepoint
totranslatefromthelowerleftcorneroftherectangle.Selectthepointinthecenterasthepointto
translateto.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue. 

Tips:forthelowershapes.

Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbuttontoendtheselection.IntheTranslatedialog
boxenableCopy;enterthenumber#2;entertheAngle=35andtheLength=2.0inthePolar
settings.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit. 

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EXERCISEUSINGBREAK

Resources–Downloadthefilefromwww.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectBreak.mcx

Breakcommandsgivesyouoptionforbreaking
curvesintomultiplesegments.Joincommandjoins
collinearlines,arcsthathavethesamecenterand
radius,orsplinesthatwereoriginallycreatedasthe
sameentity.

Edit
Trim/Break
BreakTwoPieces 

Tips:Selecttheentitytobreak,selecttheMidpointwhereyouwanttobreaktheselectedentity.

Tips:Selecttheentityneartheendpointthatyouwanttousetocalculatelength,andenterthelengthinthe
RibbonBar.

Edit
Trim/Break
Trim/Break/Extend 

Tips:Selectthelineinthegraphicswindow.Tobreakthislinebythespecifedamoutenterintheextension

lengthdialogbox0.25 .Thenselectthebreakicon .Selectthelineabovethe

midpointandthelinewillbebroken.

Edit
Trim
Trim/Break/Extend 

Tips:Selectthelineinthegraphicswindow.Tobreakthislinebythespecifedamoutenterintheextension
lengthdialogbox0.5,.Thenselectthebreakicon .Selectthelineabovethemidpointandthelinewillbe
extendedby0.5withaseparateentity.



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EXERCISEUSINGJOIN

Resources–Downloadthefilefromwww.emastercam.com/files/x4_ptgmilllevel1.html

File
Open
SelectJoin.mcx

Edit
Joinentities 

TheJoincommandisusedtojoincollinearlines,arcsthat
havethesamecenterandradius,orsplinesthatwere
originallycreatedasthesameentity.

Tips:Selecttheentitiestojoin.PressEntertoendthe
selection.







CREATEDRAWING#3

Usethefollowingcommands;

CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
CreateArcPolar
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint
Trim1Entity
Deletetheconstructionlines
XformMirroraboutXaxis
XformMirroraboutYaxis
XformTranslate(togivethepartdepth)

Tips:Createjusta1/4oftheentiregeometryandthen,Mirrorthegeometrytwice;onceaboutXaxis,then
aboutYaxis.



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CREATEDRAWING#4

Usethefollowingcommands;

CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
CreateFillet
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint

Tips:Afteryoucreatethe9.5by6.5rectangle,createtheparallellinesnecessaryforthefirstpocket.By
filletingthecornersthegeometrywillbecleanedup.Createtheparallellinesforthesecondpocketandfillet
itscorners.Fillettheoutsiderectangleandusethecenterlocationofthefilletarcstocreatethe9/16andthe
3/8circles.

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMOFFSET

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File
Open
SelectOffset.mcx













Offsetsasingleentitymovesorcopytheentityatadefineddistanceanddirection.Thedirectionis
perpendiculartothecurveateverypointalongthecurverelativetothecurrentconstructionplane.

Xform
Offset 

Tips:SelectthetypeofoperationtoperformCopy;numberofsteps#3;enterthevalueforOffsetdistance=
0.25;selecttheentityinthegraphicswindow.Clickononesideoftheselectedentitytoindicatetheoffset

direction.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue. 


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ChangetheOffsetsettingsandselectthearcandthesidetoindicatetheoffsetdirection.Select
theOKtoclosethedialogbox. 

Offsetschainsofcurvesdisplacesthembyadefineddistanceanddirectionandoptionallyadepth.The
offsetisperpendiculartothechainsofcurvesateverypositionalongthecurvesrelativetothecurrent
constructionplane.

Xform
OffsetContour 

Tips:SelectthecontourandthentheOKbuttontoexitChaining. EnableCopy;entertheDistance=
0.225andselecttheOKbutton .Inthegraphicwindowyoushouldseetheresultedcontourwillbe
displayedinmagentacolor.Makesurethatitisoutsidetheoriginalcontour(inred).Otherwise,select

Reversebutton .SelecttheOKbutton toexitOffsetContourdialogbox.


ThelastexercisesdemonstrateshowMastercamdealswithsharpcornersalongacontour.

EnableSharpintheOffsetContourdialogboxforthefirstrectangle.

EnableNoneintheOffsetContourdialogboxforthesecondrectangle.

CREATEDRAWING#5

Usethefollowingcommands;

CreateRectangle
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint
XformOffsetContour
Trim3Entities





Tips:Afteryoucreatethe15by12rectangle,createthe4.0“and1.5“diametercirclesbyselectingthe
rectanglecornersasthecentersofthecircles.UseXformOffsetContourwiththemoveoptionenabled,and
offsettheexitingrectangleoutside0.5.TrimtheoutsidegeometryusingTrim3entitiescommand.



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