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
settings.
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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.
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