newb needs some help

[skarguy]

im trying to create tool paths for a yoke..the materials are either ash or cherry.

i import the part from a solidworks file.

when it opens in solidworks i cant set the stock properly and the grid is on a plane i cant work with.

can someone please help me get started on this

ive attached a picture of what i get when it opens. notice the grid. i need that on top to create toolpaths to mill the piece.

Please help!!!!!!

[skarguy]

canoe center stay 36 long.SLDPRT here is the solidworks drawing of the part im trying to build

[Guest]

Do people take training any more?

[Del.]

Is this what you want?

 

 

 

[morris211]

Do people take training any more?

maybe they're lazy?

[Lord Wukits]

maybe they're lazy?

 

I have to be honest, I pulled the short straw in replacing our cad-cam operator, and have 0 experiance. I come from Solidworks drafting/engineering background, and the training(Caminstructor, DVD from mastercam itself) is really lackluster. Sure I feel comfortable with the 2d, and some small 3d things, but when it comes to 5-axis.... The training/literature really lacks. 

 

In addition when companies like Autodesk, and Dassault (heck any software) have what one would consider a standard for hotkeys, and WCS(World coordinate System), Mastercam seems to have gone in their own direction. Truly frustrating, but something that must be re learned.   

 

[htm01]

you can set a WCS when you export from solidworks to match what you want in MC

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

How do you do that?

[htm01]