RhinoCAM Does Nantucket!
Our friends at PolyFab Corporation (Wilmington, MA) just shared this cool RhinoCAM project they recently completed for designer Alvin Winant (PlaceUniqueForms.com) and the Nantucket Historical Association.
Introduction to 2½ Axis Machining in MecSoft CAM
This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with how to load the MILL module from your MecSoft CAM plugin and that you have previously completed the MILL Quick Start Guide. You can find this guide by selecting Learn … from the MecSoft CAM Main Menu (in VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS or AlibreCAM). You should […]
How to Define a Setup for 2½ / 3 Axis Milling in MecSoft CAM
This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with how to load the MILL module from your MecSoft CAM plugin and that you have previously completed the MILL Quick Start Guide. You can find this guide by selecting Learn … from the MecSoft CAM Main Menu (in VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS or AlibreCAM). The Setup […]
Stock from Selection & 3 Axis Curve Machining
We recently caught up with Max Allstadt, entrepreneur and independent CNC contractor out of Brooklyn New York. Max is an avid Rhinoceros modeler and has been using RhinoCAM Professional with his ShopSaber CNC router since 2017. This project is part of the stage for the United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York. […]
RhinoCAM and the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit!
We recently caught up with Max Allstadt, entrepreneur and independent CNC contractor out of Brooklyn, New York. Max is an avid Rhinoceros modeler and has been using RhinoCAM Professional with his ShopSaber CNC router since 2017. Prior to starting his own shop Max was a carpenter and an administrative assistant to Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, […]
RhinoCAM Constructs Realities at Michael Blase Photography
Michael Blase has been in the photography business serving the theatrical advertising market from lower Manhattan since 1995. Today Blase Photography creates photographs of constructed realities for performers, directors, designers and event organizers. Here’s the catch. Michael does not rely on CGI. He builds complete sets and props for the models, actors or performers to […]
ART-MILL Workflow Part 2: Milling the HCS Bulldog!
In Part 1 of this tutorial we showed you how the Create Puffed Volume command in MecSoft’s VisualART module was used to transform Doug McIntosh’s 2D drawing of the Hancock Central School’s Bulldog mascot into a 3D mesh that is suitable for machining. In Part 2 below we show you how the VisualCAD/CAM MILL module […]
CAMJam 2020 is Here!
MecSoft Corporation is proud to announce the release of CAMJam 2020, the Video & Document Training Companion set for our popular VisualCAD/CAM®, RhinoCAM®, VisualCAM® for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM® CAM modules. This year CAMJam again lives up to its name by being jammed full of both video and document based training materials for new and experienced […]
ART-MILL Tutorial Part 1: Raising the HCS Bulldog with VisualART!
In this project from Doug McIntosh, volunteer instructor at Hancock Central School, Hancock MI, a plaque of the HCS Bulldog is first machined in wood and then in aluminum from stock measuring 8” x 8” x 5/8”. This aluminum core is then used to press a hollow cavity into sand that has been treated with […]
Using Z Levels in Parallel Finishing
3 Axis Parallel Finishing is the most commonly used toolpath strategy in the MecSoft CAM Milling plugin. It can be used either as a pre-finishing operation or as a finishing operation. In this cut method, the cutter is restricted to follow the contours of the 3-dimensional surface or solid in the Z axis while being […]
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