Jay, I was defining the boundary using the stock setup like it is in the photo you attached. That's when I couldn't get it to work correctly. I stil have the boundry lines set up in the stock set up. But, I also drew a rectangle around the top of the whole object and I was able to select the edge like I needed to. When I learned to use mastercam 3 years ago, it was on a standalone, learning edition for X4. I still have the book from the class. If you wouldn't mind to msg me your email, that would be great! I am sure that I will have alot of questions. Hopefully, not too many. LOL! I see that you are located in California. How far are you from San Marcos? That's where my Dad lives. Thanks!

I got it. I decided to sketch a box around it and that was all I needed to do. Apparently the box I created in the stock setup has no effect on the setup? I don't really understand it's purpose then. You will have to look past my ignorance with the software. It's been 3 years since I took the class and it wasn't a very good class. First year collage instructor was getting his feet wet teaching and learning the software at the same time so it was a learning experience for the instructor as well as the class.

Jay, what is your email address? I can send the file to you if you want to check it out. Thanks!

The problem I am having is selecting the lines on the part when I want to face or contour or do anything to the part. On post#12 in the "How to approach this" thread, there are links to 2 videos. I was watcing video 1. It lookes to me as if there is some difference in the boundary box in the video and the one I created because when I am setting up the toolpath, the boundary box is there. The boundary box has construction lines, not solid lines. I don't know if that matters. In the video the lines are solid. When it is time to select a surface or edge, you can see the boundary box disappear. Do I need to draw a box around the part? I thought the boudary box did that? Thats what it appears to do in video #1. I attatched a screen shot but it might be hard to see. I forgot that my screen shot picks up both monitors. Sorry abour that. As far as videos for MC4SW, I have found a few on you tube but nothing pertaining to what I need help with. Edit: I am setting up my boundary box in the design tree on the left under the stock setup. In the video they set up the boundary box using the toolbar.

OK, thanks everyone. I'll be sure to check them out!

Hello everyone! I'm new to the forum. I haven't used Mastercam in about 3 years. I was trained on X4 in college. I am currently using the Mastercam X7 for Solidworks at work. I am running into a few problems when trying to select my lines for chainging. I haven't had any probllems with the tutorials. I can do that just fine but for whatever reason, I am running into trouble when I try to select one of our parts that has been created with Solidworks. I'm sure that it is something simple I am overlooking. Is there a Gotomeeting webinar that covers toolpath setup and part selection(chaining)? Is there a list somewhere with all the mastercam webinars? Thanks for all the help everyone!