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MODELING AND PREP TOOLS Get your parts on and off the machine quickly. Whether you bring in a file from an outside CAD package or design one yourself, Mastercam’s powerful, easy-to-use CAD engine is included in each main Mastercam product and is also available separately.

DESIGN Focused CAD means machine-ready parts faster.

Work with your existing CAD files. Mastercam helps to preserve design intent with Model Based Definition (MBD) support and acceptance of varied file formats. These include IGES, Parasolid ® , SAT (ACIS solids), AutoCAD ® (DXF, DWG, and Inventor™ files), SOLIDWORKS ® (including history tree), Solid Edge ® , SpaceClaim, STEP, STL, and more. Add-On translators are available for Siemens NX, CATIA TM , Pro/E (PTC Creo), and more.

Quickly and easily separate and program solid assemblies.

Whether you are prepping customer files… Getting a part file from an outside source can pose unique challenges. You might need to repair a surface, cap or hide a feature, or create an electrode. You may need to streamline, fix, or modify a complex mesh, or just make sure your fixtures are represented on the part. Mastercam includes a powerful set of model prep tools to make sure the process goes smoothly. Focused mesh, surface, and solid model creation and editing tools let you bring a part from the designer’s desk to your machining process, fast.

…or designing your parts from scratch. Having powerful CAD at your fingertips makes your CAM system that much more effective. Mastercam includes a robust set of modeling tools, from complete wireframe to surface and solid modeling. A true hybrid modeling system, Mastercam lets you create, combine, and machine whichever CAD geometry suits your needs.

Automatically identify complex hole geometry including intersecting and non-conventional holes.

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