December 2022 Newsletter
Announcements
Happy Holidays from MCAM Northwest
From our families to yours, we wish you a very merry holiday season!
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Allan Jones is Retiring!
Our resident post developer Allan Jones is retiring this month after 24 years with MCAM Northwest. We thank Allan for loaning his time and humor to our team throughout the years and wish him the best in his post-MCAM journey.
What is G-Code?
Learn exactly how a CNC machine's
G-code is created, what it does, and why
it’s important.
Product Spotlight:
Post Processing Services
We have fantastic resources for post processing that we have worked with for many years. If you are new to requesting a Mastercam post from MCAM Northwest, here is an explanation of how our post request process works.
We want to feature YOU in our next customer spotlight! Send an email to marketing@mcamnw.com
Sometimes figuring out how to fixture a part is the hardest part of being a programmer or machinist. This presentation will focus on interesting ways to hold various part shapes or deal with special considerations such as thin material, fixturing for multiple setups in one, and clamping with existing features. Join us and be inspired by inventive
solutions from excellent machinists.
For high quality Mastercam video lessons for all skill levels,
check out Streamingteacher!
A Brief Explanation of Post Switches
Ever wondered how to change your posted G-code output automatically? We will show you a couple of examples of where you can effectively make edits yourself—and where to leave it to the post experts.
Check Your Mastercam!
Update 3 (Version 25.0.15625.0) for Mastercam 2023 was released on 11/29.
Log into your My.Mastercam account
to download.
Questions? Contact us:
(503) 653-5332