Im new to MC, please help?

[KenMettyCustoms]

Im not going to ask a stupid question that will make you guys groan and move on. Instead Id just like to know if anyone of you has a link to a website or source that has a very complete breakdown of the planes and how to use them? Im having problems understanding how to change my C-planes and T-planes with respect to my view. Basically knowing my refrences on the screen while im drawing. I have grasped the rest of the program fairly well and have no real problems with the toolpaths, just the drafting. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you all for your time.

[Guest]

Welcome to the Forum

 

 

 

There is a good video available here

Look at the second to last post

 

 

A search on WCS or planes should reveal a TON of information as well

[KenMettyCustoms]

Thanks! I really appreciate the help. Im very interested in this program and have a faint manual background but am trying to get to what I see as the future of this field. I just dont want to get a position with a company and then not know what they expect me to know.

[Thad]

Welcome to the forum, Ken.

 

Feel free to ask any specific questions. There are no dumb questions and the people here are very willing to help.

 

Thad

[Colin Gilchrist]

+1 thing that will help you from the start:

 

Configuration ~ Cad Settings ~ Disable "update Cplane and Tplane when changing graphics view" and "reset to top plane in ISO gview".

 

These two check boxes will give you fits if you don't know that they are turned on.

[Karen Graf from CNC Software]

Hi Ken,

 

Welcome!

 

In the Help menu at the top of your Mastercam screen, there's a link to a document called "Reference Guide." There's a bunch of info in there under the "Setting Planes/Views/WCS" chapter that might be helpful.

 

There are also many topics in the Help that cover planes and views....like the "Views, planes, and coordinate systems" topic. Just open the Help (Help>Contents) and use the Search tab to search for words like "views", "planes", or "WCS" and you'll get a list of topics to choose from.

 

Hope these tips help!

Karen Graf

Senior Technical Writer

CNC Software, Inc.