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ASSIGNMENT
ON
MULTIAXIS
Inthisassignmentwewillstudyhowtoimplementvariousmultiaxistoolpathsongivencomponent.
Inthisassignmentwewillstudy3+2positionalMultiaxisTechnique.
Thisassignment iscompletedusingMastercam softwareandall the strategiesdefinedareasper
industrialstandards.MastercamisCAMsoftwareusedformachiningforvarioussimpleandcomplex
componentsinmanyindustries.Thesemachiningofcomponentsincludemanyapplicationssuchas
diemoulds,productionjobs,impellercuttingetc.
TobeginwithletusstudyGUIandotherfunctionalitiesofthisMastercamsoftware.Alongwiththis
letusalsostudywhatareobjectivesofthisassignment.
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AlltheaboveobjectivesarecoveredinMastercamsoftware.
ButbeforegoingtoactualdemonstrationletusfirststudyGUIofmastercamsoftware.
Letusnowdiscussalltheseobjectivesindetails.Inthisassignmentwehavedividedallthese
objectivesintovarioustasks.Oncompletionofthesetaskswewillbeabletostudyandunderstand
variousparameters,toolingwhicharerequiredforMultiaxis.
FollowingisthecomponentdrawingforwhichwehavetodevelopMultiaxistoolpath.
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Finalcomponentdrawing.
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Nowdrawthisprofileinfrontviewaspergivendimension.
Nowuseextrudecommandfromsoliddropdownmenutoextrudegivendrawing.
Thiswillbetheoutputthatyouwouldgetonceyouextrudegivenprofile.
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Afterthisgotofrontviewanddrawgivenpolygonwith5sideswithradiusof0.75inches.
Afterthis
we
need
to
create
anew
plane
so
that
atapper
surface
could
be
selected
for
machining.
Detailsofplaneselectionisasfollowsandalsoisdiscussedinfurtherpartofthisassignment.
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Aftercompletion&creationofnewplane,selectthatplaneforfurtherdrawingaspergiven
dimension.
NowextrudethisslotsothatyoucandevelopyourCADdrawing.
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TodrawellipseonbacksideofmodelfirstsetvalueofZ=3onstatusbar.Thenselectcoordinates
byusingfastpointtechnique.Andthuscreateyourownellipseasperyourrequirement.
Afterextrudingallthreeentitieslikeslot,pentagon&ellipsewegetourfinalCADcomponentforour
multiaxismachining.
Oncecompleting
CAD
drawing
let
us
move
on
for
CAM
processes.
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Oncesuchsurfacepocketoperationiscompleted,thissametechniqueisusedtocomplete
machiningofpentagon&ellipse.
IncaseofpentagonyourWCS,Gview&CplaneshouldbeselectedasTOP.Butaminorchangein
thistoolpathisthatintoolpathparametersyouwillhavetogotoplanesoptionanddofollowing
changes.WCSTOP,ConstructionplaneFRONT&Toolplane FRONT.Bythisyouwillgetyour
requiredresult.
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IncaseofellipseyourWCS,Gview&CplaneshouldbeselectedasTOP.Butaminorchangeinthis
toolpathisthatintoolpathparametersyouwillhavetogotoplanesoptionanddofollowing
changes.WCSTOP,ConstructionplaneBACK&Toolplane BACK.Bythisyouwillgetyourrequired
result.
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