Contouring, Drilling, and Pocketing
 Fast, easy contour machining |
2D machining ranges from the very simple to the very complex. Mastercam delivers all the tools you need for precise control over all aspects of 2D machining.
Contouring
- Choose separate lead-in and lead-out for contours and pocket finish passes.
- Choose multiple roughing and finishing passes and multiple depth cuts for any contour.
- Easily machine 2D and 3D contours including parametric and NURBS splines.
Drilling
 Fully optimized drilling, including block drilling |
- Automatically identify and pre-drill multiple operations at their plunge points.
- Automatic drilling countersink depth calculation.
- Optimize drill routines to minimize tool travel.
- Automatically create bolt circles or grids of points.
- Auto drilling creates complete cycles of drill operations on sets of holes, even with different diameters.
Pocketing and More
 Multiple pocketing techniques including open pocketing |
 Automated "cleanup" machining with a smaller tool |
 Aggregate tooling support |
- New 2D high speed toolpaths deliver efficient, lower-stress motion even without a high speed machine.
- 2D high speed Peel Milling peels away material, layer by layer. It delivers efficient constant climb milling with trochoidal type motion and accelerated back feed moves when the tool is disengaged.
- 2D high speed Core Milling cuts from the outside in, using high speed-friendly transitions.
- 2D high speed Area Milling is excellent for more complex shapes and uses high speed-friendly transitions.
- 2D high speed Rest Milling evaluates all previous toolpaths and removes remaining material with high speed motion between cuts.
- 2D high speed Blend Milling gradually morphs the toolpath between two shapes, using high speed.
- Pocketing styles include high speed, zigzag, one way, true spiral, constant overlap spiral, and "morph" pocketing, each with optional finish passes.
- Machine open pockets without creating additional geometry.
- Choose plunge, helical, or ramp entry.
- Special spiral pocketing options eliminate material when the tool turns a sharp corner.
- Contour and pocket remachining use a smaller tool to automatically clean out material left from previous operations.
- Wear compensation for contour and pocket finish passes lets you adjust for tool wear at the machine tool without creating a new toolpath.
- Choose multiple machining areas with a single selection.
- Click and drag a machining start point to anywhere on your model.
- Automated slot, circle, and thread milling.
- Choose separate taper angles for contours, pocket walls, and pocket islands, including islands of different heights.
- Smart pocket depth control for thin-walled pockets lets you machine depths without retracting, or machine all cuts in a single area before moving to the next.
