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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 […]

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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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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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Machining the 6-Sided Elevator Bearing Block

Lance Corporal Zachary Geragi, USMC (medically retired) from Farmington, MN, an Iraq war veteran and his team of RC hobbyists are on a historic mission. To be the first to build and fly an AMA flight certified radio controlled ⅛ scale replica of the B1 Lancer Bomber jet aircraft! Because of the technical difficulty, this […]

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