MASTERCAM NEWS - X6 INFORMATION

To all customers on current Mastercam maintenance as of 10/31/2011.

Mastercam X6 will be released soon. As a valued S4A-Cimquest customer and as part of the services we offer you, we ask that you wait for our technical support staff to review the installation. After we have fully reviewed the installation, S4A will email you step by step instructions to install Mastercam X6 properly. Thank you

We have added more X6 Rollout dates in January to accommodate the

overwhelming interest Click her to sign up for one of the condensed Sessions

January 10th @ Sterling MA Session 1 9am-12noon

Session 2 1pm—4pm

January 25th @ Mazak, Windsor Locks CT Session 1 9am-12noon

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Mastercam - Act Now and Protect Your Investment

Keep Your Shop Running at Peak Productivity You may not have realized that your Mastercam X was released nearly a

decade ago. Computers have vastly evolved during this time and today’s

CAD/CAM technology has taken advantage of those improvements. By not

keeping your Mastercam system current, you are missing out on all the ad-

vances — not the least of which are dramatically increased processing

speed, ease of use, shorter cycle times, and machining flexibility.

Mastercam X, which was created almost a full decade ago? Just imagine

the technological advances in those ten years. Although Mastercam X will

still get the job done, you're missing out on dramatic enhancements and time saving

features that weren't available at that time.

Update before December 23rd and receive:

25% off the Update Price

FREE 1 Day Mastercam X Transition Class being held in

January on 01/9/2012 in Sterling MA and 01/11/2012 in Win-

dsor Locks CT

Contact S4A at 978-728-0009 or sales@s4a.us to see how easy it is to update to Mas-

tercam X6

With the upcoming release of Mastercam X6, Mastercam X will no longer be supported

and you will not be able to update without buying at full price. By updating now, you have

the limited opportunity for incredible savings.

Here are just a few of the thousands of enhancements since Mastercam X that can save

your shop time and money:

Dramatically faster solids programming with Feature Based Machining

Better finish and longer tool life with new High Speed Toolpaths

Smart Hybrid Finishing that intelligently blends two efficient cutting techniques in a

single toolpath

New Dynamic Milling toolpath techniques

The power to open virtually any CAD file, including SolidWorks files, complete with history

New roughing toolpath strategies that can increase productivity by 75% or more

And so much more

Find out about the numerous exciting and time-saving tools added to Mastercam since Mastercam X here

Contact S4A at 978-728-0009 or sales@s4a.us to see how easy it is to update to Mastercam X6

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What’s New In Mastercam

What’s New in Mastercam X6 64-bit Support -Mastercam X6 is available as a 64-bit application, which lets

you take full advantage of your 64-bit hardware and operating systems.

Level Manager Improvements -These improvements focus on level manipula-

tions that are especially useful on parts imported from other systems where lev-

els were not used. These enhancements will assist you in organizing the data so

you can create toolpaths or perform other edits to the model. On the Change

Levels and Attributes dialog boxes, you now have control over the visibility of

new levels you create for geometry. You can force new levels to be visible or

invisible once the geometry is moved or copied.

In addition, you can control which level is the Main level using the arrow keys in the

Level Manager. Select the Arrow keys set main level checkbox and use the arrow

keys to move

through the level

list and change your

Main level.

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2D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) - Basic

Overview of HST. This will cover 2D HST showing you

a step by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

3D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) - Basic

Overview of HST. This will cover 3D HST showing you

a step by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

Date & Time Place

January 11, 2011 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

Date & Time Place

February 7, 2012 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

Feature Based Machining - FBM & FBD

- Basic Overview of how to use FBM & FBD to assist in

your machining process, this will cover set up and a step

by step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.

Date & Time Place

December 12, 2011 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

February 29, 2012 1pm-3pm Windsor Locks, CT

Upcoming Events From Services 4 Automation

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Mastercam Setup Sheet - Basic introduction

into Mastercam's new set up sheet and active reports.

Transform Toolpaths - The Transform Toolpaths

function creates copies of operations in different orienta-

tions. You can use this function to translate operations

into multiple copies arranged in a matrix, or a vertical,

horizontal, or diagonal row.

Date & Time Place

TBD TBD

Date & Time Place

January 25, 1pm-3pm Windsor Locks, CT

February 7, 2012 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

Date & Time Place

December 12, 2011 9am-11am SFA - Sterling, MA

New Toolpaths - Basic understanding of the new tool-

paths in Mastercam X6 including the new Opti Rough, 3D

Hybrid Finish, Dynamic Rest Mill, Dynamic Contour, Island

Facing and the New Plunge Turn toolpath in Lathe and

Roughing and Cutoff toolpath enhancements.

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Fast prototyping? Only uPrint makes 3D printing so

affordable, accessible and hassle free. It brings your ideas

into the real world for collaboration and testing.

uPrint Plus - Your Personal Color 3D Printer

Made by Dimension, the leader in 3D printing, uPrint Plus

is perfect for making concept models, functional proto-

types, and even manufacturing tools.

Compact enough to fit on your

desktop

Simple enough for no-hassle

setup and operation

Affordable enough for most users

- whether you're a large company

or a single designer.

Modeling material available in eight

colors with uPrint Plus

For more information click here

Understanding Machine & Control

Definitions - Basic understanding of how Machine

and Control Definitions' interact with Post processors

Work Coordinate System (WCS) - Basic Overview of how WCS's work and how to create,

name and save them.

Date & Time Place

TBD SFA - Sterling, MA

Date & Time Place

December 28, 2011 1pm-3pm Windsor Locks, CT

January 11, 2011 1pm-3pm SFA - Sterling, MA

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To learn more about Cimco Software contact SFA at 978-728-0009 or email

sales@s4a.us

Cimco News - Calculator for Speeds and Feeds

Cimco Integration offers a free feed and speed calculator. With this you can Calculate feed and

speed parameters for mills, drills and thread taps. This program is freeware.

Download CIMCO Feed and Speed - Freeware

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Services 4 Automation Tech Tip

Mass change of surface normals

Solid modeling represents the state of the art in CAD today. It is at times still necessary

to use surfaces for a variety of reasons. If normals direction can affect your process this

may be of interest. Surfaces have a normal (i.e. positive side) and a back (i.e. negative)

side.

Mastercam has a tool in the edit menu called Set Normal

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Mastercam Basic Mill - December 5th-8th , 2011@ SFA Sterling MA Design, interface & configuration. project setup, 2D Toolpaths & NC output.

Mastercam Intermediate Mill - December 19th & 20th, 2011 @ SFA Sterling MA

2D HST, 3D geometry, Workplanes, Fixture Offsets, 4-Axis Indexing

Mastercam Advanced Lathe– December 21st & 22nd, 2011 @ SFA Sterling MA

Advanced Turning Applications including C-axis and Mill -Turn

December 13th, 2011 @ SFA Sterling MA - Session 1 - 9am-12noon

December 13th, 2011@ SFA Sterling MA - Session 2 - 1pm-4pm

December 28th, 2011@ Windsor Lock, CT - Session - 9am-12noon

Upcoming Mastercam Training