Drawing in Mastercam

[bigtown]

does Mastercam have a function to draw construction lines like Auto cad?

[Michael82]

Hello,
This is Michael82 ,If you go to the bottom of the screen there is a dialog box that says line style click there and those are all the diffrent line that Mastercam makes .Iam not sure what kind of line style ur looking for but thats all the line in that box.

[bigtown]

Thank you for the suggestion but that is not what I am looking for.

What I am looking for is a line horizontal or vertical that I can make with 1 input.

If I wanted to make a "1,2,3 block" I would make a horizontal line at 0 and a horizontal line at 2. than I would make a vertical line at 0 and 3. than I would just trim the corners and I am done.

I used this function in Auto-cad and also in surfcam and I like to draw this way.

Thank you..

[tobyaxis]

Use the rectangle function, Xform Translate Copy Z-1.0.

If you have solids use Extrude Boss, then get Geo from Solids and edges.

[Matt Berube]

I am not familiar with auto-cad so I am having difficulty imagining how to create what you describe in a single click or keystroke...

The best way I could describe how to do this in MC would be to start the Create Line Endpoints function and select either "horizontal" or "vertical" in the ribbon bar and roughly pick a start and end point for the line. Then type the actual X or Y coordinate in the ribbon bar. Pretty fast once you get used to it...

I think Toby's suggestion of using the rectangle function makes even more sense. That has to be even faster than sketching and trimming in autocad.

[albyrne]

MasterCam has very minimal drawing capabilities, I use Autocad to do all of my design work then import to Mastercam to generate my route files.

[weirdharold]

I don't have a problem with it. I can draw what ever I wan't. 2D, 3D, wire-frame, solid's , surface's. Very easy once you learn the function's.

Harold C.

[albyrne]

Have been using Autocad for 20 some odd years hard to change. Old dog syndrome.

[eartaker]

What version of mastercam are you running, diffrent versions have diffrent abilities.

[ghostlx]

Originally Posted by albyrne Have been using Autocad for 20 some odd years hard to change. Old dog syndrome.

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[Andre' B]

Originally Posted by albyrne Have been using Autocad for 20 some odd years hard to change. Old dog syndrome.

I see ya. I have been using CadKey, KeyCreator for about 15 years and MasterCam for a little more then a year. I am having a hard time seeing how drawing in mastercam could ever be as fast and effiecent. Could just be 15 years of customising keyboard shortcuts, tool bars, and macros but??

I have yet to figure out trim lines to the current view when they are not on the same plane.

[Matt Berube]

I have yet to figure out trim lines to the current view when they are not on the same plane.

Try setting the 2D/3D mode to 2D