From the course: Learning Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS
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2D contours
- [Instructor] In this video, we're going to be looking about 2D contours in Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS. So a 2D contour is basically what you're going to be doing when you go around the outside of your part to get it to finished size. So most of the time you've already faced off the top of your part. Now you've got some stock material that you've got on your part, and we want to come in and kind of remove that material and get it to its finished size. Alright, and this part over here, let's go ahead and click on 2D Toolpaths, come down here to Contour. As far as my chain I'm going to choose these bottom edges. That edge there, that edge there, this one over here, and this one over here. Alternatively I could also choose that entire bottom face there but you'll get a couple extra lines or circles from the actual holes, so sometimes you can use just lines and it's a little bit easier. Alright, once I've got that chain, notice here's my chain, if I choose the chain itself, notice these…
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