Inthisassignmentwewillstudyhowtoimplementvariousmultiaxistoolpathsongivencomponent.
Inthisassignmentwewillstudy3+2positionalMultiaxisTechnique.
This assignment is completed using Mastercam software and all the strategies defined are as per
industrialstandards.MastercamisCAMsoftwareusedformachiningforvarioussimpleandcomplex
componentsinmanyindustries.Thesemachiningofcomponentsincludemanyapplicationssuchas
diemoulds,productionjobs,impellercuttingetc.
TobeginwithletusstudyGUIandotherfunctionalitiesofthisMastercamsoftware.Alongwiththis
letusalsostudywhatareobjectivesofthisassignment.
AlltheaboveobjectivesarecoveredinMastercamsoftware.
ButbeforegoingtoactualdemonstrationletusfirststudyGUIofmastercamsoftware.
Letusnowdiscussalltheseobjectivesindetails.Inthisassignmentwehavedividedallthese
objectivesintovarioustasks.Oncompletionofthesetaskswewillbeabletostudyandunderstand
variousparameters,toolingwhicharerequiredforMultiaxis.
FollowingisthecomponentdrawingforwhichwehavetodevelopMultiaxistoolpath.
Finalcomponentdrawing.
Nowdrawthisprofileinfrontviewaspergivendimension.
Nowuseextrudecommandfromsoliddropdownmenutoextrudegivendrawing.
Thiswillbetheoutputthatyouwouldgetonceyouextrudegivenprofile.
Afterthisgotofrontviewanddrawgivenpolygonwith5sideswithradiusof0.75inches.
Afterthisweneedtocreateanewplanesothatatappersurfacecouldbeselectedformachining.
Detailsofplaneselectionisasfollowsandalsoisdiscussedinfurtherpartofthisassignment.
Aftercompletion&creationofnewplane,selectthatplaneforfurtherdrawingaspergiven
dimension.
NowextrudethisslotsothatyoucandevelopyourCADdrawing.
TodrawellipseonbacksideofmodelfirstsetvalueofZ=3onstatusbar.Thenselectcoordinates
byusingfastpointtechnique.Andthuscreateyourownellipseasperyourrequirement.
Afterextrudingallthreeentitieslikeslot,pentagon&ellipsewegetourfinalCADcomponentforour
multiaxismachining.
OncecompletingCADdrawingletusmoveonforCAMprocesses.
Oncesuchsurfacepocketoperationiscompleted,thissametechniqueisusedtocomplete
machiningofpentagon&ellipse.
IncaseofpentagonyourWCS,Gview&CplaneshouldbeselectedasTOP.Butaminorchangein
thistoolpathisthatintoolpathparametersyouwillhavetogotoplanesoptionanddofollowing
changes.WCSTOP,ConstructionplaneFRONT&ToolplaneFRONT.Bythisyouwillgetyour
requiredresult.
IncaseofellipseyourWCS,Gview&CplaneshouldbeselectedasTOP.Butaminorchangeinthis
toolpathisthatintoolpathparametersyouwillhavetogotoplanesoptionanddofollowing
changes.WCSTOP,ConstructionplaneBACK&ToolplaneBACK.Bythisyouwillgetyourrequired
result.