Create your own keyboard shortcuts.Choose Settings > Key mapping.• Savesetsofshortcutstodifferentkeymapfiles

(.KMP). • Open.KMPfilesinanytexteditor.

Change toolbar layouts.Choose Settings > Customize.• Namesetsoftoolbarsandsavethemtodifferent

toolbarfiles(.MTB).• ChooseToolbar Statestohideordisplaytoolbars.

Customize the right-click menu.Choose Settings > Customize > Dropdowns/Right mouse buttontoaddyourownfunctions(.MTBfile).

Use drop-down menus.Choose Settings > Customize > Drop-downs tabtoadddrop-downmenustotoolbars.

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Customizing Mastercam

Function Keyboard Shortcut

Analyze entities F4

AutoSave Alt+A

C-Hook or user app Alt+C

Configure Mastercam Alt+F8

Copy to clipboard Ctrl+C

Cut to clipboard Ctrl+X

Delete entities F5

Drafting global options Alt+D

Exit Mastercam Alt+F4

Fit geometry to screen Alt+F1

Gview–Back Alt+3

Gview–Bottom Alt+4

Gview–Front Alt+2

Gview–Isometric Alt+7

Gview–Left Alt+6

Gview–Previous Alt+P

Gview–Right Alt+5

Gview–Top Alt+1

Help Alt+H

Hide entities Alt+E

Level Manager Alt+Z

Main attributes, set from entity Alt+X

Function Keyboard Shortcut

Mastercam version, SIM serial number Alt+V

Motion controller rotation point Alt+F12

Pan Arrow keys

Paste from clipboard Ctrl+V

Previous view Alt+P

Redo an event that has been undone Ctrl+Y

Regenerate screen Shift+Ctrl+R

Repaint F3

Rotate Alt+Arrow keys

Select all Ctrl+A

Selection grid options Alt+G

Shading on/off Alt+S

Show/hide all axes (WCS, Cplane, Tplane) Alt+F9

Show/hide coordinate axes F9

Show/hide displayed toolpaths Alt+T

Show/hide Operations Manager pane Alt+O

Undo the last creation or event Alt+U, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Z

Unzoom to 80% of original Alt+F2

Unzoom to previous or 50% of original F2

Zoom around target point Ctrl+F1

Zoom with window selection F1

Zoom/unzoom by 5% Page Up, Page Down

AutoCursorAutoCursorisautomaticallyactivatedwheneveryouneedtospecifyalocationinthegraphicswindow—forexample,whencreatinggeometry.UseAutoCursorto“snap”togeometrypositions,tosketchpointsinspace,ortotypecoordinatepositions.

FastPoint mode.Typethecoordinatepositionandpress[Enter].

AutoCursor settings.Setthekindsoflocationsyouwanttosnapto,andactivatepowerkeyshortcutsforselectionmodes.

Toselectasinglelocationbasedonpartgeometry,choosethetypeoflocationfromthedrop-downlist,andthenclickontheentityinthegraphicswindow.

AutoCursor Tips• Press[Spacebar]toenter

FastPointmode.• Hold[Ctrl]totemporarily

releaseallsnapsettingsandfree-sketchpointlocations.

• [Shift+click]alocationtoenterrelativecoordinates.

• Right-clickaselectionoptiontolockitastheselectionmode.Press[Esc] tounlock.

• Double-clickAutoCursortoundockit,ordragitanywhereinthewindow.IfyoucloseAutoCursor,Mastercamautomaticallydisplaysitagainwhenitisneeded.

AutoCursor Visual CuesAutoCursorusestheiconsatlefttotellyouthetypeoflocationitissnappingto.

Data Entry Shortcuts

Dynamic Gnomon1Origin-Placetheaxisorigin;translateXYZ/polar.2Firstleg–Move/translatealongtheselectedaxis.3Axislabel(X,Y,Z)–XrotatesaboutY;YandZ

rotateaboutX.4Secondleg–ZrotatesaboutY;XandYrotate

aboutZ.5Axisarrowhead–Alignaxiswithexistinggeometry.

Displayedwithcertainfunctions(DynamicPlane,DynamicXform)tooriententitiesorplanesinthegraphicswindow.Selectspecificpositionsonthegnomontocontrolfunction.

Built-in calculatorFieldsthattakenumbervalueshaveabuilt-incalculator.Enterformulasormathematicalexpressions;Mastercamwillusetheresult.

Automatic inch/metric conversionIninchmode,typeametricvaluefollowedbymm,cm,orm;Mastercamwillconvertit.Inmetricmode,followaninchmeasurementwithinorfttoconvertit.

Reading values from geometryMastercamcanreaddimensions,coordinatepositions,andothervaluesdirectlyfromgeometryinthegraphicswindow.• Right-clickinthefieldortype?toseethecompletelistofshortcuts.• Selectashortcutfromthemenuortypethehotkey.• TypeX,Y,Z,press[Tab]or[Enter],selectpoint.

Selecting GeometryUsetheGeneralSelectionribbonbartoselectorpre-selectgeometry.

Selection masks. Setselectioncriteria:Onlytheentitiesthatmatch,orAllmatchingentities.

Solid selection. Activatessolidselectionmode.Select edges,faces,orsolid bodies.

Standard selection. Clickanentitytoselect

itordragaselectionwindow.[Shift+click]toselectachain.[Shift+click]againtoendapartialchain.[Alt+click] todragaselectionvector.

Invert selection. Toggle

betweenselectedorunselectedentities.

Choose Select from backtoselecthiddenedgesorfaces.

Chain. Selectentitiesthatformachain.

Window. Dragarectangletoselectalltheentitiesinsideit.Choosehowboundaryentitiesareincluded.

Polygon. Drawanirregularshapeandchooseboundaryoptions.

Single. Selectoneentityatatime.

Area selection. Selectentitiesinsideaclosedboundary.Vector. Dragalinetoselectallentitiesthatintersectit.Createacompoundvectorbyclickingeachcorner;double-clickwhendone.

Selecting multiple entities

Select last. Reselectselectionsfromthepreviousoperation.

Verify selection. Whenmanyentitiesareclosetogether,highlightoneafteranother.Clickwhentheoneyouwantisdisplayed.

Cancel selection. Unselectallentities.

End selection. Acceptselection.

Usethesetoolsinallselectionmodes:

QMPoints

QMLines

QMArcs

QMSplines

QMSurfaceCurves

QMSurfaces

QMSolids

QMWireframe

QMColor

QMLevel

QMResults

QMGroup

QMDrafting

ClearMasking

Invert

1Chainwireframegeometry.2Chainsolidedgesorfaces.3C-plane-Chainentitiesinthe

sameplaneasfirstchainedentity.3D-Manuallyselectwhenmultipleentitiesshareanendpoint.

4Selectallcontinuousentities.5Chainallentitiesinsidewindow.6Createachainfromasingleentity.7Chainallentitiesintersectinga

vector(simpleorcompound).8Chainasinglepoint.9Chainallentitiesinsideaclosed

boundary.

Chaining Geometry

10Drawpolygonandchainallentitiesinside.

11Partialchaining.Selectfirstandlastentitytochaineverythinginbetween.

12Re-selectchainfrompreviousoperation.

13Endcurrentchainandbeginanother.(Onlyusedincertainmodes.)

14Cancelselection,onechainatatime.15Reversechaindirection.16Setattributesforfeaturechaining.17Chainfeatureswithspecifiedattributes.18Accessadvancedoptionsand

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Quick MasksUseQuickMasks(QM)tomaskbyentitytype:

• Bydefault,QMfunctionsaredockedverticallytotherightofthegraphicswindow.

• Left-clickaQMfunctiontotoggleselectionofallmatchingentities.

• Right-clickaQMfunctiontoallowselectionofonlymatchingentities.Right-clickagaintoclearthelist.

Enabledynamicstartandendpointselection.

Toolpath information (on expanded dialog box)

Clickthistabtoseeinformationaboutthecurrenttoolpathmove.Seethetypeofmove,coordinates,feedrate,andcuttercompensationdirection(forcompincontrol).

Clickthistabtoseecycletimeandpathlengthforthetoolpathsorsegmentscurrentlybackplotting.

Clickthe buttontosavethedisplayedtoolpathasgeometry.Clickthebuttontosavethetoolgeometry.Youarepromptedtoselectalevel,sothebackplotentitieswillbeseparatefromthepartgeometry.

BackplotUseBackplottoexamineindividualtoolmoves.ClickthebuttonintheToolpathManagertoolbartobackplottoolpaths.

Playtoolpathcontinuously,orstop/pause.

Advance/rewindtoolpathtonextconditionalstop.

Advance/rewindtoolpathtonextstepormove.

Displayentiretoolpathatonce.

Displayonemoveatatime.

Conditionalstopspauseatapredeterminedstep,coordinateposition,toolchange,ornewoperation.

Dragtocontrolplaybackspeed

Hot keysS Stepforwardonemoveatatime.

B Movebackonemove.

R Togglecontinuousrunmode.

P Gobacktopreviousstop.

N Advancetonextstop.

Slidethebartoadvancethetoolpath.Clickalocationtojumptothattoolposition.Clicktheslidertoactivatethemousewheelforadvanceandrewind.

• Coloredareasshowtoolchanges.

• Whitebarsindicatenewoperations.

• Blackticmarksindicateconditionalstops.

Solids ManagerTheSolids Managerlistseachsolidbodyinthecurrentpartfile.Expandthesolidbodytoseethesolidoperationsusedtocreateitandthetoolpathoperationsthatmachineit.Clickanoperationtoselectit.Mastercamhighlightsthefeatureinyourpartmodel.

• Whenyoucreatenewsolidoperations,MastercaminsertsthembeforetheStop Opicon.

• DragtheStop Op icontopreventregenerating operationsfollowingit.

• Regenerateregeneratesallinvalidoperations.

• ClickParameterstoedittheoperationsettings.• ClickGeometrytoreselectthegeometry.

• Right-clickasolidbodytochangeitscolororotherattributes,checkitforerrors,orcreateaduplicate.

• Solidoperationsthathavebeenchangedneedtoberegenerated.

Art ManagerTheArt Manager listsallArtoperationsinthecurrentpartfile.TheToolpath ManagerlistsArttoolpaths.

Operations Manager

Using the insertion pointTheinsertionpointshowswherethenextoperationwillbeplaced,whichalsodeterminestheactivemachineandcontroldefinition.

Working with geometryClicktheGeometryicontoeditorreselectgeometryforanoperation,ordragittoanotheroperation.

Toolpathusessurfacesorwireframegeometry.

Toolpathusessolidsorsurfaces.Selectdrive/checksurfaces,startpoints,andcontainmentboundaries.

Hot keysEExpandorcollapsealloperations.

LLockorunlockselectedoperations.

PTogglepostingonselectedoperations.

TToggletoolpathdisplayforselectedoperations.

[Ctrl+X], [Ctrl+C]Cutorcopyselectedoperations.

[Ctrl+V] Pasteoperationsattheinsertionpoint.

Right-click menu • Createnewmachineand

toolpathgroups.

• Selectoperationsthatmatchcriteria,suchasthesametool.

• Sortorrenumberoperationsandtools.

• Displayoptionscustomizeoperationsandproperties.

• Recalculate/updatefeedsandspeeds.

• Import/exportlibraryoperations.

• Postbatchjobs.

• Createjobsetupsheets.

• Runcollision/gougecheckutilities.

Selectalloperations.

Selectallinvalidoperations,whichmustberegeneratedbeforeposting.

Regenerateallselectedoperations.

Regenerateallinvalidoperations,whetherornottheyhavebeenselected.

Backplotselectedoperations,orclicktheiconintheoperationlisttobackplotasingleoperation.Showstoolmovementsandpositions.

Verifytheselectedoperations;showsthestockmodel.

Postselectedoperations.

Highfeedmachining;optimizeformachinedynamicsandconstantchipload.

Startanewoperationslist;deletealloperationsandtoolsfromthepartfile.

Locktheoperationfromchanges.Editgeometrybutprotectthetoolpathfromchanging.

Toggleselectedtoolpathdisplayinthegraphicswindow.

Disableselectedtoolpathposting.

Displaytoolpathsonlywhenselected.

Displayonlythegeometryassociatedwiththeselectedtoolpaths.

Toolpath ManagerTheToolpathManagerlistsalltoolpathoperationsinthecurrentpartfile,groupedbymachinedefinition.

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TheToolpath, Solids,andArt ManagerssharetheOperations Managerpaneontheleftsideofyourwindow.Usethemtoreview,edit,andmanagetoolpath,solid,andArtoperations.Dragtherightbordertoresizeit,orclickanddragtheOperationsManagertitlebartoundockitanywhereonyourdesktop.Press[Alt+O]tohideitcompletely.Mostfunctionswillworkonmultipleoperationsifmorethanoneisselected.

Moveinsertionpointupordown.

Positioninsertionpointimmediatelyafterthecurrentlyselectedoperation.

AutomaticallyscrollToolpathManagersothattheinsertionpointisvisible.