Efficient, Automated Processes

Mastercam X3 Mill offers expanded machining flexibility and an increased emphasis on speed and automation. Feature Based Machining, new high speed tool motion, and faster toolpath generation combine with dozens of additional new enhancements in a package intended to improve shop floor productivity.

A significant highlight of the X3 Mill includes feature-based machining (FBM). FBM can detect solid machining features for pocketing, contouring and drilling routines. FBM will machine pockets using new 2D HST roughing, rest mill and finish operations; automatically create drilled, tapped, counterbore and countersink holes; automatically perform spot drilling and predrilling based on user controlled settings;and much more. All toolpaths are fully associative and editable after creation.

Another highlight is X3's 2D high speed toolpaths. The success of Mastercam's 3D high speed toolpaths leads to new high speed machining expressly for 2D machining. Although optimized for high speed cutting and hard milling, these new 2D toolpaths offer many additional benefits including superior finish and longer tool life.

X3 also offers enhanced multiaxis functions and Mastercam in SolidWorks. This package brings the most popular Mastercam toolpaths directly into SolidWorks. Mastercam in SolidWorks includes a suite of cutting strategies, including FBM, high speed machining and a set of automated cleanup toolpaths. This package will be released shortly after Mastercam X3.

Other new enhancements include the ability to import full SolidWorks history trees, expanded support for cutting STL files, CAD enhancements, 3D high speed toolpath enhancements and many more.