The Core of Your Routing Needs
Mastercam gives your shop the best possible foundation for fast and efficient routing. From general purpose methods such as optimized nesting and block drilling to highly specialized toolpaths like 5-axis trimming, Mastercam ensures that you’re ready for any job.
Contouring, Drilling, and Pocketing
2D machining ranges from the very simple to the very complex. Mastercam delivers all the tools you need for precise control over all aspects of 2D machining.
Powerful Roughing
Fast, efficient bulk material removal is essential to efficient NC programming. Mastercam gives you a variety of techniques to rough machine all of your parts.
Versatile Finishing
Mastercam’s suite of 3D finishing tools lets you choose the best method for the results you need.
Tabs, Webs, and Breakthrough Control
 Easy-to-use selections for a wide variety of tabs |
Efficient flat panel cutting relies on easy control over tabs, webs, and cutting specifics. Mastercam Router gives you quick and easy control over these important elements.
- Leave a web that holds parts securely until you are ready to remove them.
- Complete tab control including Full Tabs and Partial Tabs.
- All tabs are fully editable and moveable, and have adjustable ramp angles.
- Manually place the tabs or allow Mastercam to do it automatically.
- Tab cutoff passes can be run after each part, or after all parts are done.
- Breakthrough control lets you easily define how deep past the part your tool will go.
Nested Parts
 Mastercam’s standard nesting delivers a fast, efficient, and easily identifiable way of nesting your parts. |
- Fast, efficient interlocking part nesting maximizes material use.
- Complete control over part-to-part distance, sheet margins, and more.
- Easily “drag” parts around on your sheet.
- Directly place CAD models from a variety of sources.
- Group sets of parts and assign part nesting priorities.
- Double-sided and common-edge nesting.
- Custom sheet definition and “filler” parts reduce waste.
- Automatic vertical/horizontal cut-offs preserve rectangular leftovers.
- Save sheet scrap for later use.
- Create custom labels and reports.
Mastercam’s advanced nesting gives a variety of additional tools, including TrueShape nesting and nesting in scrap material.
Engraving
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Mastercam gives you the effect of classic hand-carved art using your CNC machine. Sharp inside corners give the finished piece a crisp edge which is unattainable with conventional machining. Mastercam’s engraving gives you a wide variety of choices:
- Standard chiseling.
- Embossed images.
- Combined chiseled/embossed images.
- Open pixel-based artwork as engravable geometry (.BMP, .GIF, .TIF, .PCX, .EPS, and more).
- Easily engrave any TrueType® font.
- Inverse embossing for mold work.
- Use V-groove cutters with any angle.
- Engrave remachining allows you to cut an area with a large tool and automatically remove remaining material with a smaller tool.
- Use constant-volume depth cuts for more consistent tool load.
What’s New in X4
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A Focus on Speed and Efficiency
Mastercam X4 is here with a new suite of CAD/CAM tools focused on delivering speed and efficiency for your machining jobs.
Nesting Enhancements 
Mastercam X4 allows you to perform automatic nesting with just enough manual intervention to achieve the best possible result in the least amount of time.
- New Drag button allows you to move parts around on the sheet.
- The Fill All Sheets option is back due to popular demand.
- Vertical/Horizontal Cut-Off options automatically generate a toolpath for vertical and horizontal cut-offs. This will preserve rectangular remnants for future use.
ATP (Automatic Toolpathing)
The generic Mastercam ATP will now process multiple materials.
Dynamic Cutting
Mastercam X4 introduces a new 2D High Speed Toolpath. This gives you the ability to utilize the entire flute length of the cutting tool while maintaining more consistent cutting conditions. This technique saves cutting time while reducing wear on your tooling and machines. It also offers:
- “Micro lift” retracts that avoid excess heat buildup.
- Powerful entry methods, including a custom entry method to program complex shapes.
- Custom feeds and speeds to enhance productivity and generate safe motion.
- Flexible retract options to keep the tool down in smaller parts and supports rapid retracts on larger parts.
Superior 3D Finish
Mastercam’s 3D surface toolpath refinement lets you achieve dramatically superior finishes on complex parts. This new utility gives you greater control over the toolpath finish motion, delivering smoother finishes and more optimized cycle times than conventional methods allow.
Multiaxis Improvements
- Drill 5-axis and Curve 5-axis dialogs are tree-style, stepping programmers through programming choices.
- Circle Mill 5-axis is a new multiaxis toolpath. This toolpath creates circular pockets normal to a surface for inserting fasteners and similar features. It can also generate round holes where drilling is not desirable.
- The new Minimum Tilt option lets you control tool motion when the tool or holder encounters a potential collision with a selected surface.
More Information
For more information please visit the Mastercam Router Mini-site
or you can view the brochure PDF by clicking the link below.
