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Mastercam Basics: Viewing Parts

The document discusses various viewing options in Mastercam such as showing gnomons, switching to top view, using right-click menus to change views, zooming in and out, and fitting the part to fill the screen. It also mentions practicing different zoom techniques like using the mouse wheel, page up/down keys, and the view tab.

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Mastercam Basics: Viewing Parts

The document discusses various viewing options in Mastercam such as showing gnomons, switching to top view, using right-click menus to change views, zooming in and out, and fitting the part to fill the screen. It also mentions practicing different zoom techniques like using the mouse wheel, page up/down keys, and the view tab.

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Mastercam Basics Tutorial—5: Viewing Your Part

5. On the View tab, select Show Gnomons. The WCS gnomon displays. The text indicates that the WCS is set to the
Top plane, and the Cplane and Tplane are also set to Top.

6. On the View tab, select Top.

The part changes to show the Top WCS view.

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Mastercam Basics Tutorial—5: Viewing Your Part

7. You can also use the right-click menu to change the view. Practice switching to other views using this menu.

8. When finished, return the part to Isometric (WCS) view.

9. Click Show Gnomons to turn off the display of gnomons in the graphics window.

10. On the View tab, select Unzoom 80% to reduce the size of the part on the screen.

11. On the View tab, select Fit. You can also press [Alt+F1].

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The part now fills the entire graphics window.

NOTE
Fit and several other Zoom commands are also available in the right-click menu.

Exercise 2: Zooming In and Out


In this exercise, you practice different techniques for viewing areas of detail in your part.

1. Place your cursor in the upper left quadrant of the graphics window.

2. If your mouse has a middle mouse wheel, spin it back and forth to dynamically zoom in and out. You can also
press the [Page Up] and [Page Down] keys on your keyboard to zoom in and out.

3. Click Fit or press [Alt+F1] to fit the part to the screen.

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