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To continue discussions about parametric - nonparametric CAD.
The guy that that I mentioned before - Adriaan T. swithed from MC to F360 for creating models.
I made 3 options:
1st - Area roughing - For High Feed cutters I prefer over OptiRough,
2nd - Classic Rough Parallel. It's not ideal - leaving big steps that needed to be removed.
3rd - Classic Rough Pocket.
For High Feed cutter you cannot drop your tool down like solid carbide.
I used .040" down and 70% stepover, change it to SECO catalog suggestion.
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I used Solidworks for years until started to work for the company which doesn’t have it.
it took me a while to get used to use MC for CAD and I hated it.
Now I do have SW but still use MC for modelling fixtures, clamps etc. It’s easy to make everything in one place. Still modelling and assembling is easier in SW.
Nobody asks MC to have full CAD functions like assembling many components or stress simulate,
Having parametric sketcher would only benefit us as programmers and safe our time.
I use 2024 and find it pretty steady, no annoying bugs so far.
There are some minor improvements to make your life easier and some improvements to make your life harder.
Updated stock is become easier since you can run simulation having updated Stock model at beginning of your ops.
Fixturing became stupidly harder to use.
Talk to CrazyMillMan about folders in levels. He asks for them for how long? 7 years?
We will get changes from TRIM to DYNAMIC TRIM and back 3 more times and then maybe (not promises) folders.
Thank you too.
I aware of this function and use it.
I just want it like in Solidworks - click the button and get section on other side that's it no more.
Thank you for suggestion.
The point it I knew it and use it every day.
Just wanted to get my life a little easier and keep my custom plane direction as it was created.
Laziness is in my blood.
You can use Mastercam in many ways, it just your own preferences. I use different Machine definitions on a part and a fixture within one file, even if they made from the same material. Flexibility it’s a prone of Mastercam, but also it’s a con.
I had an experience with SoliCam, Setup - how they call Machine definition is can be set the only one way for the whole part machining.
The reason why I hated Box is when Stock Model was used as a stock for Verification and became dirty, Stock for Verification creates this Box and not calling Stock Setup which makes more sense.
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