Mastercam Bible

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Books are very important but experience with the program even more ,IMHO .

Use it day and night ,travel through commands and options ,use quick help and MC help and look on samples .

If you will learn basics ,the further steps will be fast .

I haven`t read no books except MC ver7 books you get from CNC software but catched basics fast enough .

Better to do once than 100 times to read , and even better first read and then do .

 

Iskander teh lazy trick .

[Code_Breaker]

Please note:

 

There are several different personalities and all have different methods of learning. Finds the one that works for you, don't put down other forms of learning, and stay on the forum.

 

Just a thought

 

Code_Breaker

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I personally like books. I read EVERYTHING. Cereal boxes, ingredients, magazines, anything I can get my hands on ... I am just partial to current CORRECT information that's all.

 

Of what is out there for MC Stuff, the IHS stuff is good and the Mastercam Handbooks as well.

 

JM2C

[Jayson Kramer]

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Cereal boxes

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Ok what in Caption Crunch sir.

[jspangler]

Hi

this forum is the best MC Bible you could ever need.

You can ask a question here, and sometimes get 2-3 responses / solutions to your problem in just a few minutes.

 

You can also make friends with people on the forum who are willing to help you out when you REALLY get stuck. Thanks again, James, Scott, and everyone!!

 

Honestly, Out of all the books I've bought (alot), none has ever even come close to this place.

 

Thanks

 

John

[Gail Plush / Amcast Automotive]

Thanks alot for the help guys....I am still practicing, still having problems with solids, but I will get it.

 

Thanks again,

 

 

Mr. Plush

[Jack Mitchell]

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Ok what's in Caption Crunch sir?

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Jeez Jayson, everybody knows there's two scoops of raisins

- get with the program big guy

 

 

Regards, Jack

[TREV]

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Ok what's in Caption Crunch sir?

 

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Jeez Jayson, everybody knows there's two scoops of raisins

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you got raisens in you capt crunch. mam o man i'm movin north of the border,canada has it all

trevor

[Müřlıń®]

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still having problems with solids, but I will get it.

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Hang in there. Solids are tricky to master but once it clicks, you will find they make life alot easier.....

 

 

Murlin

[robk]

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Solids are tricky to master but once it clicks, you will find they make life alot easier.....

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+1 Murlin

I've only had solids for about 2 years now. Don't know how I got by without them prior to that time. In my opinion solids are easier to work with than the 2d stuff once you will understand them. Give it time and experience.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Mr. Plush

 

Solids - Key #1, Draw your geometry SHARP and add fillets later. Add larger fillets first then move to smaller fillets.

 

HTH

[Code_Breaker]

Gail,

 

It is good to plan out your strategy before attacking the part. Sometimes, it is 'order' of the feature that will get you. Keep in mind which came first, "the chicken or the egg."

 

 

Have a wonderful trip in solids.

 

Code_Breaker

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

... going along with what Code said, often, when I get a part I'll spend a fair amount of time just looking at it. Those extra 30-40 minutes on the front end save hours on the back end.

 

 

James teh fail to plan, plan to fail...

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

Using solids does take a little bit of time. Leaving the corners sharp is the best advise. Filletting is the last thing you should do. I couldn't live without solids anymore.

 

As for the original topic of "Mastercam Bible", I dont think there is any true Mastercam bible. If you put everything that Mastercam can do and every possible way to do it, the book would be to big to find anything. My customers like the In House books. The problem I have is the older I get the less my eyes like to read.

 

I prefer video training that teaches a process. Most books tell you what to do but not why your doing it. This leads to and action without an understanding of the result. Instructor based video training gives the oppertunity to explain why we did it and also what not to do (exceptions to the rule) in a way that communicates logical selections to the user.

 

Most people dont like to read any more. I can learn by seeing, then by doing with video. Plus I never have to take my eyes off of the screen like you have to do with books. My customers have had great success with video training.

 

Mike Mattera

[Brendan P]

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My customers have had great success with video training.

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Exactly what I was trying to say!

Plus,I gave ya a free plug.

 

BTW....

Mike has a very pleasant voice on the cd.

 

Stop by more often.

[herbert west]

My last job didn't pay for solids. And I miss them really bad. Just think of them as clay and you are the sculptor. Put the clay knives in your hands and carve away. Pretty easy I think. Perhaps my next job will actually pay the licensing fees this time.