Who draw their parts in MasterCam

[ostie01]

I just would like to know who draw the part they work on directly with MasterCam design.

 

Or you use another cad system and transfert the part in MasterCam.

 

The more I work with MasterCam design, the more I like it, not that it could replace a cad system but often I can ear some claiming that they have trouble transfering the part in Mastercam even if they have MasterCam direct with SolidWorks, Catia or Inventor.

 

Thanks for your reply

 

Jeff

[gcode]

I design in Solidworks then bring the part into

Mastercam as a parasolid with orientation controled by a SW coordinate system

[cadcam]

95% of what I draw is in MC and a little in SW.

 

But I get files from most Cad systems and bring them in with min of issues.

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

I do and draw some pretty complex solids with it. I tell people that if you can machine it then you can draw it in Mastercam. A lot of my geometry to make solids is done like I am machining it. I make forgings and solids just like they are being machined and then use that to spot check operations using Verisurf. I have had only one part I could not draw and no one with a CAD system could have since it was missing dimensions to draw it.

 

I have no problem bringing in Solidworks, Catia, or other files with X4.

 

HTH

[bigjohn]

I've been drawing in MC since V4

 

 

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[john316]

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I use Mcam design for anything I create but import from a number of formats if models are available.

 

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[ostie01]

Thanks all for your replies, very interesting.

[Goldorak]

i draw 100% of my parts in mastercam

 

but we don't make very complex parts

[Tony35]

i draw in inventor and if there is a change on the part i modify it in MC unless i have to start over

[X-L Engineering Corp]

We get ProE models from our customers then I add what I need to get the job done in Mastercam.

[kujo763]

We draw pretty much nothing with Mastercam, everything is imported some good some bad. Pro-e, UG, and Cadkey. We only draw in Mastercam to help support the machining process. We build plastic injection molds, and the customer dictates the software that is used for the design process a lot of the time.

 

Erik

[chris m]

I create much of the geometry we machine in Mastercam; for simple geometry I find that I am faster in MC than I am in AutoCAD [which I have been using for 20 years, so I'm not a neophyte] and Mastercam's trimming [of everything but circles, for which it sucks IMO] works better than anything else I have used. I import Inventor, AutoCAD, and Solidworks files as well with no real issues. We do not typically work with especially complex geometry here anyway.

 

C

[Thee Rickster ™]

Same as John316 and Cadcam. I also use the MC solids package and Moldplus.

[Hardmill]

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95% of what I draw is in MC and a little in SW.

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PEACE

[Ocean Lacky™]

100% in Mastercam

[jonahelisio]

I import mainly Autocad 2007 drawings into mastercam, but have the capacity to draw and import Inventor 2008 ipt files directly, and do so for a lot of 3D stuff. Also some models come in from Rhino 4.

 

Sometimes for surface finish flowline toolpaths

I have begun to actually redo the surfaces in Mastercam to get flowlines to work correctly.

 

I have reviewed the excellent examples of some of the more advanced surface modeling techniques

from the mcxdesignsamples folder and am very impressed with tool set.

 

Also, I have automated some of my geometry drawing by utilizing Mastercam VB Scripts, and have been happy with the results ... stuff gets drawn on specific layers and then ATP'd.

[LaszloK]

100% in Mastercam solids, even the stuff we do not generate toolpaths for.

[Toonz]

10-15% in MC the rest is imported from three different CAD programs.

[Chris Rizzo]

If I design something (parts, fixtures, etc.) 95% of the time I will use solidworks.

 

I avoid mastercam design whenever possible.

 

If I want to use a clunky interface and make parts/assemblies that are non-parametric, well then I'll use design. A "real" cad package is so far superior.

 

This is for my application, and is my opinion about mcx's interface.

 

Sometimes I will put certain solid model features native to mcx, so I can suppress or change them when programming. errr slightly parametric I suppose then

[YoDoug®]

I use ProE for almost all of my solid modeling. However, because of the extensive use of wireframe and surfaces in MCX toolpaths I spend a lot of time creating those off of imported ProE solids.

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I use SolidEdge more than I use MCAM, but I use both.......just depends what I'm doing

[BBOwen]

I draw 95% in MasterCAM but that is slowly changing.

I am starting to do a good bit of work in Rapidform. It is much more user friendly with the "organic" shapes I have to draw for architectural metals we make.

I can sculpt some organic parts, scan them with the 3D scanner, then export to MC to set tool paths.

[Midwest]

Mastercam and some Solidworks

 

 

 

 

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[specv]

We draw all our fixturing in MC and if we get a 2d print we will make a solid model in MC as well. Most models come in pro-e or step format.

[MotorCityMinion]

Anything but Mastercam if possible. There's almost always some tweaking of drawings and solids/surfaces imported into MC to accommodate machining, so learning the Design side of MC is a plus. If you do surfacing, sooner or later you have to create check surfaces or fill gaps and holes. Fixturing on occasion in MC if the parts already drawn.