I agree with the other guys on the forum, go through the books. Yeah it may seem a little stupid and you might not be able to see why they are doing some things but you will learn how the program is setup and how most things work. Once you've gone through the books draw something up in mastercam and put some toolpaths to it. You may not know what to do at first but then you'll get an idea of the toolpaths and the lessons in the book are always there for reference. Verify is a great feature for seeing what the tool is going to do on the work, use it often and see what your changes do on it before you break bits on real material. It doesn't catch all things though just to warn you. I had an 1/8" endmill blow up on me on a rapid. I've been using the program for about 4 months at school and I've got it down pretty good. Give it time and the rest will follow.
Carl |