Viewing Graphical Planes and Geometry Color with Toolpaths

A Display graphical elements button has been added to hole-making and multiaxis toolpath dialog boxes. This control allows you to show or hide graphical elements such as selected geometry colors and graphical planes, depending on the toolpath type.

Viewing Linking Parameter Planes

When you create a hole-making toolpath, Mastercam can now display on-screen indicators of plane types and values. Use the Display graphical elements button to turn on graphical elements. Then, in the Linking Parameters page, select the planes indicators you want to display in the graphics window, as shown in the following image.

When you change values in the dialog box, Mastercam updates the graphical planes in the graphics window. You can also change the position and value of a plane by dragging its graphical representation in the graphics window, as shown in the following image. During this dragging, you can type a value into the box that appears with the gnomon. Additionally, you can drag the plane indicator to an Auto Cursor point.

By turning off the Display plane labels option in the Display graphical elements drop-down, you can remove the labels from the plane indicators, leaving you with a simpler display. When the labels are off, you can hover your cursor over a plane to see its label.

Setting and Viewing the Color of Selected Geometry

You can now set the color of selected geometry in the graphics window for multiaxis toolpaths within the Cut Pattern Dialog box. The selected color remains in effect as long as you are in the dialog box. You can also use color with collision control groups and cut pattern rows. Change the color by clicking the color box and selecting a new color from the Colors dialog box.

The display of colors for selected geometry is controlled by the Display graphical elements button in the dialog box’s toolbar. To hide the colors, turn off the Display graphical elements button. This button is on by default.