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Mastercam is the most widely used CAM software worldwide* and remains the program of choice among CNC programmers. Mastercam Wire X4 is the next generation of our popular program, delivering the most comprehensive wire EDM package with powerful wirelpaths and techniques.

The Core of your Wire EDM Needs

Mastercam gives your shop the best possible foundation for fast and efficient wire cutting. From basic 2-axis contouring to complex 4-axis motion, Mastercam ensures that you’re ready for any job.

Powerful EDM Programming

Mastercam’s suite of 2-axis and 4-axis wirepaths lets you choose the best method for the results you need. With Mastercam, you have complete control over the wire motion, angle, entries and exits, and much more. And you get that control in a clear, easy to understand way.

Wire Features

• 2-axis contour, with or without taper angle.
  

  Fast 2-axis contouring

• No-core cutting.
• 4-axis synchronization with automatic or manual input and automatic skim and reverse cuts.
• 4-axis surface finish by chordal deviation.
• 4-axis interpolation support (G2/G3).
• Graphical programming with options for straight cut, tapered cut, or tapered cut with land from either direction.
• Automatic lead-in and lead-out strategies.
• Contour multiple parts using a single window selection.
• Automatic maximum taper/UV travel detection.
• Special Sharp Corner option creates an outside loop to ensure corners are not rounded off.
• Automatic wirepath corner filleting.
• Translate wirepaths for easy part repetition without creating new geometry.
• Modify control settings, corner types, and taper angles at any point in a contour.
  

  Powerful 4-axis contouring with automatic reverse and skim cuts

• Define separate lead-ins and lead-outs for wirepaths with trimming of leads to improve efficiency.
• Apply tapers before or after a vertical wirepath.
• Click and dynamically drag a machining start point to anywhere on your model.
• Wirepath filtering significantly reduces the size of a program. The filter automatically turns small, multiple linear moves into single line or arc moves.

Efficient Tab Creation

The right tabs can be crucial on any job, whether simple or complex. Mastercam delivers fast, easy, and complete control over your tab creation.

• Quickly add multiple tabs to any piece of geometry.
• Automatic tabs with user-definable stop types.
• No Drop Out tab option helps avoid slivers.
• Tab cutoff passes can be run after each part, or after all parts are done.
• Easily create tabs on open contours.

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Efficient NC Tools and Wirepath Management

The actual cutter path is only a portion of what makes a good NC program. The overall toolpath management and controls make each operation as optimized and efficient as possible.

• Full control over all aspects of wire approach and retract.
• Significantly reduce the size of a program with toolpath filtering.
• Automatically generate customizable setup sheets.
• Subroutine support.
• User-customizable wire and material libraries automatically calculate feeds and speeds.
• Mastercam’s Toolpath Manager stores all your job’s operations in one place. Quickly create, edit, and verify your wirepaths, or copy and paste parameters from one operation to another. Use machine groups to organize your operations, and easily copy and paste wirepaths and definitions from one machine group to another.

What’s New in Mastercam 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.

Agievision Control Support

Mastercam X4 Wire has all new support for Agie EDM with Agievision controls. This new Agievision support includes a new interface and a complete set of machine definition / control definition / post processor files. Simply choose an Agievision AWF Wire Machine Definition, and you’ll see the parameter pages that anyone familiar with Agievision will instantly recognize.

More Information

For more information please visit the Mastercam Wire Mini-site

or you can view the brochure PDF by clicking the link below.

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* Source: CIMdata, inc.