re:teaching myself 3d wireframe in mcam

[ev]

does any one know of a good book(s) that will show me how to do draw in 3d wireframe in mastercam.

yes i'm new at this.

ev

[sideliner]

What are you doing up at this time?

Me...well just got back frum an Xmas party.

YAH! I know http://www.inhousesolutions.com/training/books.php

If it doesn't link just cut & paste

[DaveR]

http://www.tipsformanufacturing.com/html/v9_mastercam.html

 

These are good vids. I have not seen the one on design but I really like the others I have.

[billystein]

Dave,

Don't do it!

In my career I spent too many years using wireframe. I couldn't draw to my own satisfaction and the fillets took way to long to create.

Learn to use solids! It is the only way to go. I learned in a couple of months how to draw better than years of wireframe.

 

Billy

[billystein]

last post to ev, not dave. sorry

[Bpin]

Billy

that only works if ev has solids right. Learning to manipulate wireframe and applying surfaces is a well learned art for those who can't afford the solids key. I have the only solids key in

"the back" of the shop so guess whose puter gets cut in on when the surfaces won't work ?

[Brendan P]

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for those who can't afford the solids key.

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It is not as expensive as you might think.

Have your dealer give you a quote.

[Hardmill]

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Learn to use solids! It is the only way to go. I learned in a couple of months how to draw better than years of wireframe.

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Learn the wireframe, it will make you a much better

well rounded programmer.

Don't scrimp, educate yourself properly.

 

PEACE

[JazzBass]

Solid model your parts. Convert to wireframe on a different level. It's fast and easy,

[Hardmill]

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Solid model your parts. Convert to wireframe on a different level. It's fast and easy,

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What happens the day you need to create a surface??

I use them both daily, one does'nt always net the

results i want, so I can use the other.

 

learn the wireframe/surf creation, you'll be glad

you did in the long run.

 

 

PEACE

[JazzBass]

Solid level,

Wireframe level,

Surface level,

 

A friend told me to do this and its worked so far.

[Fig sign]

Surfaces sometimes are only way to build something ,I recommend to learn surfaces and then solids

I use them both and can name some good bunch of cases were surfaces is the only way to go .

like solid filletting ,were sometimes the only way to go is to build filletting surface

[billystein]

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Learn the wireframe, it will make you a much better

well rounded programmer.

Don't scrimp, educate yourself properly.

 

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Very good point but where did you learn complex 3d wireframe drafting?

[Hardmill]

Thats the funny part for me. With 5 kids I never

had time to go to school. So it was up to me

teach myself. Been a MC user since ver 3.

Can draw just about anything.

 

 

PEACE

[jimspac]

It pays dividends to know both wireframe and solid. As Iskander stated, not everything can be constructed by solid modeling. Custom 3D contours are a prime example where you are not creating precise curves and solids requires definative numbers to work. You can learn wireframe in the surfacing section in Mastercam books. Learning the basics well first is essential.

[Bpin]

+1 to hardmill. I never had a lesson and still have ver 3.12 loaded on the old computer I use to drip feed from. There is a lot I don't know but I get by. Have a good week-end all..... its michelobe time

[Thad]

ev,

 

A while back, I uploaded a bunch of practice files to the FTP. Look in the Drawings folder. They are zip files listed in order of difficulty, IIRC.

 

Thad

[sob7514613]

i have been taking mastercam in school and have completed the first semester which was all wireframing how do i take these drawings and make them solids thanx......

[P_Scott]

sob7514613,

 

Welcome to the forum. Follow Degmc's advice however it will only work if the Solids module for Mcam has been activated on your sim. Are you using a student version of the software? You can check to see if you have Solids active by simply selecting the word Solids from the Main menu of Mcam. There will be a message on the screen if you don't have it. If you do, the Main menu will change to reflect that you can do many things with solids such as Extrude, Revolve, Sweep... HTH

 

ev,

 

Welcome also to you. Wireframe geometry is just as important as Solids. Learn all you can about all the types of geometry you can make with Mcam. I recommend the HLK (Home Learning Kit) from In House Solutions, the hosts of this website and forum. You can order this kit from the Books link at the top of this page, or from your Mcam reseller.

[medaq]

Knowing the more in depths of mastercam is what makes me good at my job imho. I have been using mastercam since version 3.0. And in that time you make creative solutions to the problems of the past. But all to often an old problem will re occur, and with history I am able to pull off some cool moves. While the guys I am teaching never knew the certain function existed.

 

All to often I get complacent with certain tasks, And once in a while. I will go through the trees in mastercam. To practice all the functions of mcam.

 

Knowing solids is excelent, I can not live with out them personaly. But solids while knowing the more in depths of mastercam is straight on deadly.

 

I laugh when people come into mastercam and cry about not making a surface or what not, and promptly saying mastercam sucks. Since I can create some wicked geometry with mcam

 

Here is a example of my work.

 

All parts are created in mastercam. My buddy was kind enough to render it for me. I really wish mastercam had some cool features like rendering.

 

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

You have to have an understanding of wireframe in order to do any Solid modeling. The Wireframe CD at the http://www.tipsformanufacturing.com web site covers Wireframe first and then show you how easy it is to turn that into 3D Solids.

 

Mike Mattera