Working with Files 71
Exercise 1: Opening Non-Mastercam Part Files 72
Exercise 2: Exporting a Single File 75
Exercise 3: Using Zip2Go 78
Viewing Your Part 83
Exercise 1: Changing Standard Views 83
Exercise 2: Zooming In and Out 87
Exercise 3: Rotating Your Part View 90
Exercise 4: Panning Your Part 91
Exercise 5: Analyzing Your Part 92
Exercise 6: Using viewsheets 97
Exercise 7: Using Materials 100
Exercise 8: Managing Section Views 104
Working With Levels 109
Exercise 1: Exploring the Levels Manager 109
Exercise 2: Showing or Hiding Levels 112
Exercise 3: Changing the Active Level 113
Exercise 4: Creating a Level and Assigning Entities 115
Exercise 5: Moving Entities to a Different Level 118
Understanding Views and Planes 123
Views and Planes 123
Exercise 1: Exploring the Planes Manager 124
Exercise 2: Creating a New Plane Using the Dynamic Gnomon 126
Exercise 3: Creating a New Plane Using Planes Manager 130
Exercise 4: Using a Custom Plane for Drawing Geometry 134
Working With Chain Selection 139
Exercise 1: Creating Wireframe from a Solid 139
Exercise 2: Exploring Wireframe Chaining 143
Exercise 3: Exploring Solid Chaining 148
Introduction to Toolpaths 155
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Exercise 1: Selecting a Machine and Setting Up Stock 156
Exercise 2: Choosing a Toolpath and Geometry 159
Exercise 3: Programming a Toolpath 162
Exercise 4: Backplotting and Verifying 166
Exercise 5: Post Processing 169
Conclusion 173
Mastercam Resources 173
Contact Us 173
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