A Focus on Speed and Efficiency
Mastercam X4 is here with a new suite of CAD/CAM tools focused on delivering speed and efficiency for your machining jobs.
Nesting Enhancements 
Mastercam X4 allows you to perform automatic nesting with just enough manual intervention to achieve the best possible result in the least amount of time.
- New Drag button allows you to move parts around on the sheet.
- The Fill All Sheets option is back due to popular demand.
- Vertical/Horizontal Cut-Off options automatically generate a toolpath for vertical and horizontal cut-offs. This will preserve rectangular remnants for future use.
ATP (Automatic Toolpathing)
The generic Mastercam ATP will now process multiple materials.
Dynamic Cutting
Mastercam X4 introduces a new 2D High Speed Toolpath. This gives you the ability to utilize the entire flute length of the cutting tool while maintaining more consistent cutting conditions. This technique saves cutting time while reducing wear on your tooling and machines. It also offers:
- “Micro lift” retracts that avoid excess heat buildup.
- Powerful entry methods, including a custom entry method to program complex shapes.
- Custom feeds and speeds to enhance productivity and generate safe motion.
- Flexible retract options to keep the tool down in smaller parts and supports rapid retracts on larger parts.
Superior 3D Finish
Mastercam’s 3D surface toolpath refinement lets you achieve dramatically superior finishes on complex parts. This new utility gives you greater control over the toolpath finish motion, delivering smoother finishes and more optimized cycle times than conventional methods allow.
Multiaxis Improvements
- Drill 5-axis and Curve 5-axis dialogs are tree-style, stepping programmers through programming choices.
- Circle Mill 5-axis is a new multiaxis toolpath. This toolpath creates circular pockets normal to a surface for inserting fasteners and similar features. It can also generate round holes where drilling is not desirable.
- The new Minimum Tilt option lets you control tool motion when the tool or holder encounters a potential collision with a selected surface.
