Build and Manage Lathe Tool Libraries – Advanced Lathe Tips and Tricks 10/12
Mastercam: Build and Manage Tool Libraries
Mastercam tool libraries help you organize your project’s tools and tool holders. Tools can be created when needed or imported into the active project from a library, and once active in the project, they are available for all toolpaths. Tools in any project can also be saved out into a new library or added to existing libraries to keep things organized and re-use the tool definition elsewhere. Shared libraries and project templates typically have all of the standard tools a shop uses available and ready to use to avoid duplication of effort or errors in defining the tools.
This Advanced Lathe Tips & Tricks Webinar continues where our Getting Started in Mastercam Lathe project left off. Learn best practices managing tools, part handling operations, and advanced editing of toolpaths to tweak the final finish on specific faces.
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Sherman Snyder been in the manufacturing industry with a majority of his background has been in the oilfield and aerospace industries programming and machining parts for companies such as Rolls Royce, Halliburton, GE Oil & Gas, and SpaceX to name a few. Sherman has a wide range of software experience from other CAD/CAM software on the market. Sherman joined the MLC-CAD Systems family July of 2019.




