Mastercam Signature Parts Series: Optical Mount
- January 13, 2020
- Courtney Riley
- Posted in Manufacturing Lab

Our Signature Parts Series uses specially selected parts to demonstrate many of the capabilities of Mastercam to streamline and advance CAD/CAM for manufacturing. In several video segments, applications engineers (AEs) from the Mastercam Manufacturing Lab® present various new, popular, and important features in Mastercam.
In this article, the Signature Part we are using is a optical mount presented by AE Chad Chmura.
Chad introduces the optical mount in Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS here:
Explore OptiRough and Stock Model functionality with Chad here:
Swarf functionality in Mastercam 2020 is on display here:
In this video, Chad walks you through Region Chaining with 2D High Speed Toolpaths:
Topics in this video include Thread Milling, Override Arc Diameter, and selection view functionality:
Chad demonstrates Rest Roughing, Holder Checking, and Z Depths in this video:
Learn how to break sharp edges safely and effectively using Deburr:
Here is the machining video of the optical mount:
To learn how you can make better parts faster, contact a Mastercam Reseller near you!