[Mike Mattera]

The focus of this CD is the core concepts for Mastercam Lathe. Rough, Finish, Groove, Face, Thread & Cut off. I could probably do a whole CD just on Groove. But the idea is to give a complete understanding of the important "core" lathe functionality. These are this things you have to know before moving on to Multi-axis lathe functionality.

Most people that want to purchase my CD's will ask questions about the geometry input. "does it show me how to use DWG/DXF files" or "does it show how to use Solidworks files". This is the other focus of the Cd. How to deal with different geometry types, as well as drawing in Mastercam for use on a lathe. We show you how to bring in a DXF file and clean it up for use with Mastercam. We show several ways of using a Solidworks file to get your profiles. If you dont know how to get the geometry right, you'll never get the right toolpath.

This cd will be good for a new user and any one that has been using Mastercam for a while. Everyone thinks they know Mastercam until you start showing them some of the tricks. All it takes is 1 or 2 tricks and you could save 100's of hours in programming time per year. The next CD will get into C axis, Y axis, Face Contour, Cross Contour and more advanced work.

Mike Mattera