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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 […]

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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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Machining Mother-of-Pearl Inlays

The fretboard of an Appalachian dulcimer crafted by McCafferty Dulcimers can include from up to 25 different standard patterns and growing, and also have the option for custom patterns as requested. In the following sections we discuss how Terry approaches the machining of the mother-of-pearl inlays as well as the inlay pocketing. Two of Terry’s […]

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Get your Free 2020 Resource Guides!

Get your Free 2020 Resource Guide available for each MecSoft desktop CAM solution including VisualCAD/CAM 2020, RhinoCAM 2020, VisualCAM 2020 for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM 2020. Each guide contains 18 pages packed full of resources with direct download links to What’s New guides, Quick Start Guides, Best Practices Guides, References Guides, free tutorials and more! This […]

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VisualCAMc at West Penn Manufacturing Technologies!

West Penn Manufacturing Technologies (WPMT) located in Cresson, PA is a 40,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and fabricating facility with 80+ years of combined manufacturing experience on site. Their services include a full range of metal and nonmetallic cutting from .005 thick to 6 inches thick using waterjet, LASER, HD Plasma, MIG and TIG welding, CNC […]

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Tutorial: Using MecSoft’s G-Code Editor (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this tutorial we covered G-Code Editor basics, typical workflow, quick editing, and how cutting tools are used by the editor. In Part 2 below we will cover g-code analysis and more advanced editing.

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Tutorial: Using MecSoft’s Profile-NEST

Profile-NEST is an add-on module that is included in each of MecSoft’s desktop CAM products VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM.

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Tutorial: Using MecSoft’s G-Code Editor (Part 1)

G-Code Editor is a software module included with MecSoft’s desktop CAM plug-ins including VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM.

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Tutorial: How to Automate Onshape Configurations using VisualCAMc

Learn how to perform G-Code automation from Onshape design configurations using VisualCAMc.

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Indexed 5 Axis Machining in VisualCAMc

This post originally appeared on Onshape.com. Original Link There is a class of components that cannot be machined using standard 2-Axis and 3-Axis toolpath methods alone. For example, the component might have a negative draft that the cutting tool cannot reach using a 3-Axis toolpath method, or it may have a group of machinable features […]

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