Mastercam X5 Art

Now you can quickly bring your 2D sketches, clip art, photos, and CAD files to life with Mastercam X5 Art

Now you can quickly bring your 2D sketches, clip art, photos, and CAD files to life by crafting them on screen and cutting them with easy, specialized toolpaths. Creating basic 2D art to sophisticated 3D sculpture in minutes, Mastercam X5 Art is the ultimate tool for anyone trying to add that extra sculpted flair to their work.

Mastercam X5 Art provides you with more tools for your canvas including...

Sculpt Organic Surface. Art users can now create more sophisticated surfaces and have more control over those surfaces. An organic surface drives through two open contours, with the ability to have a dynamically adjusted cross section (Bezier curve) stretched or scaled between the drive curves.

B-Spline Dynamic Cross Sections. B-Spline has been added to the dynamic cross section library, allowing you to create a new category of complex cross sections. Many simple and complex shapes can be created with this new cross section tool available in Mastercam X5 Art.

Move Art Surface Operations in the Art Manager. Use the Up/Down arrows in the Art Manager’s third toolbar to move Art Surface Operations (ASOs) up and down the list. Select the ASO to highlight it, then select the Up arrow to move it up the list or the Down arrow to move it down the list. Regenerate the list when you have your ASOs in the correct position. This will help you in keeping large projects organized.

Using Colors and Bold Text. When entering an Art Surface Operation name, you can also select a color or bold the name in the Art Manager. For example, you can name the first operation in a group using blue, bold text, and the rest in that group will be blue. The next group would be assigned a new color. This will make it much easier to manage complex Art projects with many ASOs in Mastercam X5 Art.

Art Shading and Material Mapping Improvements. You can now map materials to Art surfaces, allowing you to show the Art model in the material specified by the customer. You can also simultaneously blend, show material, add reflection, adjust color and opacity, and see them all applied to the model in real time.

Vertex Buffers. If you have an OpenGL graphics card, selecting the Vertex buffer check box on the Surface Display Options Dialog increases your speed when working on large Mastercam X5 Art files.

To learn more about Mastercam X5 Art 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.