Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software

Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software gives your shop the best possible foundation for fast and efficient milling.

From general purpose methods such as optimized pocketing to highly specialized toolpaths like 5-axis turbine cutting, Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software ensures that you’re ready for any job. And Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing softwarecan grow with your business. Start with what you need, and upgrade to new machining techniques as your needs grow.

Dynamic Mill. Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software can provide you with a complete suite of milling tools including a 2D High Speed Toolpath, Dynamic Mill. This gives you the ability to utilize the entire flute length of the cutting tool while maintaining more consistent cutting conditions. This technique saves cutting time while reducing wear on your tooling and machines. Dynamic Mill also offers:

• “Micro lift” retracts that avoid excess heat buildup
• Powerful entry methods, including a custom entry method to program complex shapes
• Custom feeds and speeds to enhance productivity and generate safe motion
• Flexible retract options to keep the tool down in smaller parts and supports rapid retracts on larger parts

Superior 3D Finish. Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software's 3D surface toolpath refinement lets you achieve dramatically superior finishes on complex parts. This new utility gives you greater control over the toolpath finish motion, delivering smoother finishes and more optimized cycle times than conventional methods allow.

Multiaxis Improvements

• Drill 5-axis and Curve 5-axis dialogs are tree-style, stepping programmers through programming choices
• Circle Mill 5-axis is a new multiaxis toolpath. This toolpath creates circular pockets normal to a surface for inserting fasteners and similar features. It can also generate round holes where drilling is not desirable. 
• The new Minimum Tilt option lets you control tool motion when the tool or holder encounters a potential collision with a selected surface. 

Multi-Threading. Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software was one of the first multi-threaded CAM applications on the market. This gives you the power to segment complex tasks in a multi-core computer, delivering faster processing as well as letting users continue to work while toolpaths are processed in the background.

More Powerful Feature-Based Machining (FBM). Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software adds more automation to its FBM suite that the competition with large hole milling, automated pre-drilling, hole mapping and slug cutting.

Dynamic Planes. And finally, Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software's Dynamic Plane creation streamlines and simplifies all plane creation with easy click-and-drag tools.

To learn more about Mastercam X5 Mill CNC manufacturing software, contact MLC CAD Systems at 800-364-1652, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact your local MLC CAD Systems location for more information.