Introduction to Milling in Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS®

Join our Applications Engineer Chad Chmura as he demonstrates some of the basic techniques that make Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS a unique and powerful CAM software. See how Model Associativity and 2D Region Chaining will increase your productivity while programming milling machines.
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[@bfelker4144]

the reason Mastercam for Solidworks is underutilized is because you need both seats on the same computer and that gets very expensive. i know the company i work for won't get a seat for me is because i'm just a dumb machinist, what could i possibly need Solidworks for. i suppose large companies have production engineers to program but most shops i know it is either a operator/programmer or a programmer that will not use Solidworks functionality. i believe this is an area Mastercam could do much better.

[@MO-zu9xq]

Nail on the head. I am a CSWP and a programmer. You betchya I use mcam4sw at work to write high volume production programs. Design fixtures etc and program all in one shot. It's a beautiful thing. 2021 is my recommended year btw. 2020 and 2019 had some glitches that caused me to lose work on a few occasions.

[@mastercam]

We are happy to hear 2021 cleared out some glitches. We appreciate our customers feedback on our products, please feel free to provide your feedback- good or bad- through one of these options listed on our blog www.mastercam.com/news/blog/top-3-ways-to-shape-the-future-of-manufacturing/

[@SuperAWaC]

This is why you have floating seats

[@bfelker4144]

@@SuperAWaC at my employer having floating seats would not work. the engineers are using soildworks all the time, after all that is there job.i'm sure i'm not the only one in this position.