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ProfessionalCourseware

MastercamXMillLevel1


Toordermorebooks:
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Visitwww.inhousesolutions.comor
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MastercamXTrainingTutorialsProfessionalCoursewareMillLevel1
Date:June15,2009
Copyright19842009InHouseSolutionsInc.Allrightsreserved.
Author:MarianaLendel
ISBN:9781926566306

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itsqualityandperformanceiswiththebuyer.Shouldthemanualprovedefectivefollowingitspurchase,
thebuyer(andnotInHouseSolutionsInc.,itsdistributor,oritsretailer)assumestheentirecostofall
necessaryservicing,repair,orcorrection,andanyincidentalorconsequentialdamages.Innoeventwill
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Acknowledgements:

SpecialThanksto:
ChrisLangforhishelprevisingthisbook.
InHouseSolutionsteamfortheirrecommendationsandinput.

Sincerely,
MarianaLendel

ProfessionalCoursewareMillLevel12DGEOMETRYCREATION


2DGEOMETRYCOURSECONTENT

STARTINGMASTERCAM ................................................................................................................................................3
OVERVIEWOFTHEGRAPHICUSERINTERFACE.............................................................................................................3
SETTINGTHETOOLBARSTATEFORMILL ......................................................................................................................4
SETTINGTHEGRID .........................................................................................................................................................5
NAVIGATETHROUGHMASTERCAM ..............................................................................................................................6
THERIGHTMOUSECLICKMENU.................................................................................................................................10
EXERCISECREATINGPOINTPOSITIONS .......................................................................................................................12
EXERCISECREATINGRECTANGLES...............................................................................................................................13
EXERCISECREATINGLINES...........................................................................................................................................13
EXERCISECREATINGFILLETS........................................................................................................................................15
EXERCISEUSINGTHETRIMCOMMANDS ....................................................................................................................16
CREATEDRAWING#1 .................................................................................................................................................18
CREATEDRAWING#2 .................................................................................................................................................20
EXERCISECREATINGARCS ...........................................................................................................................................20
ANGLEMEASUREMENT ...............................................................................................................................................21
EXERCISECREATINGARCSPOLAR ...............................................................................................................................21
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMMIRROR ...............................................................................................................................22
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMTRANSLATE ..........................................................................................................................23
EXERCISEUSINGBREAK ...............................................................................................................................................24
EXERCISEUSINGJOIN ..................................................................................................................................................25
CREATEDRAWING#3 .................................................................................................................................................25
CREATEDRAWING#4 .................................................................................................................................................26
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMOFFSET.................................................................................................................................26
CREATEDRAWING#5 .................................................................................................................................................27
CREATEDRAWING#6 .................................................................................................................................................28
EXERCISEUSINGXFORMROTATE................................................................................................................................28
CREATEDRAWING#7 .................................................................................................................................................29
CREATEDRAWING#8 .................................................................................................................................................29
CREATEDRAWING#9 .................................................................................................................................................30
EXERCISECREATINGTANGENTARCS ..........................................................................................................................31
EXERCISECREATINGTANGENTLINES..........................................................................................................................32
EXERCISEUSINGPOLYGON..........................................................................................................................................33

ProfessionalCoursewareMillLevel12DGEOMETRYCREATION


CREATEDRAWING#10 ...............................................................................................................................................33
CREATEDRAWING#11 ...............................................................................................................................................34
CREATEDRAWING#12 ...............................................................................................................................................34
CREATEDRAWING#13 ...............................................................................................................................................35
CREATEDRAWING#14 ...............................................................................................................................................35
CREATEDRAWING#15 ...............................................................................................................................................36
CREATEDRAWING#16 ...............................................................................................................................................37
CREATEDRAWING#17 ...............................................................................................................................................37
EXERCISEUSINGANALYZE ...........................................................................................................................................38
EXERCISECHANGEATTRIBUTES ..................................................................................................................................39
MANAGINGLEVELS......................................................................................................................................................40
REVIEWEXERCISECHANGINGATTRIBUTES ................................................................................................................42
CREATEDRAWING#18 ...............................................................................................................................................43
CREATEDRAWING#19 ...............................................................................................................................................43
CREATEDRAWING#20 ...............................................................................................................................................44
CREATEDRAWING#21 ...............................................................................................................................................44
CREATEDRAWING#22 ...............................................................................................................................................44
DIMENSIONTHEGEOMETRY.......................................................................................................................................45
OPTIONALSOLIDDRAWING#2 ................................................................................................................................46
EXERCISEANALYZINGTHECHAINS..............................................................................................................................47
CONVERTINGDRAWINGSFROMDIFFERENTCADPACKAGES.....................................................................................50
CUSTOMIZINGTHEBUTTONSANDKEYMAPPING......................................................................................................56

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2DTOOLPATHCREATIONCONTENT

CHAININGOPTIONS.....................................................................................................................................................64
DRAWING#1...............................................................................................................................................................66
MACHINEDEFINITION .................................................................................................................................................66
PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................................................................66
CONTOURTOOLPATH..................................................................................................................................................67
ABOUTOPERATIONSMANAGER .................................................................................................................................72
USINGBACKPLOTTOVERIFYTHETOOLPATHS. ..........................................................................................................72
CHECKINGTHETOOLPATHSUSINGVERIFY. ................................................................................................................74
MODIFYTHETOOLPATHPARAMETERSADDINGMULTIPASSESANDDEPTHCUTS. ...................................................75
POSTPROCESSINGTHEFILE. .......................................................................................................................................76
DRAWING#3.MCX ......................................................................................................................................................76
POCKETTOOLPATH......................................................................................................................................................76
ROUGHPOCKETUSINGALARGETOOLTOREMOVETHEMATERIALINTHEPOCKET ................................................77
FINISHTHEPOCKET .....................................................................................................................................................78
REMACHININGTHEPOCKET ........................................................................................................................................79
SPOTDRILLTHEHOLES................................................................................................................................................80
DRILLINGTHEHOLES ...................................................................................................................................................81
TAPPINGTHEHOLES....................................................................................................................................................81
FACINGTOOLPATH ......................................................................................................................................................83
RENUMBERTHETOOLS ...............................................................................................................................................85
CONTOUR.MCX............................................................................................................................................................85
LEARNINGMOREABOUTINCREMENTALVALUES.DEPTHSETTOINCREMENTAL ....................................................85
MACHININGTHETOPSTEP..........................................................................................................................................86
MACHININGTHEBOTTOMSTEP .................................................................................................................................87
TOPOFTHESTOCKSETTOINCREMENTAL..................................................................................................................88
MACHINEALLTHREEPOCKETS....................................................................................................................................88
CHAMFERPART2D.MCX ...............................................................................................................................................90
SLOTMILLING ..............................................................................................................................................................90
CONTOURRAMPTOMACHINETHETHROUGHSLOT .................................................................................................92
CIRCLEMILLTOOLPATH...............................................................................................................................................94
SETUPANEWPLANEANDORIGINTOMACHINETHEBOTTOM.................................................................................95
REMACHINETHEOUTSIDECONTOUR .......................................................................................................................100

ProfessionalCoursewareMillLevel12DTOOLPATHCREATION

CONTOURCHAMFER .................................................................................................................................................100
REVIEWINGEXERCISEDRAWING#4.MCX ..............................................................................................................102
SPOTDRILLINGTHE9/1612TAPHOLES ..................................................................................................................107
DRILLINGTHE9/1612TAPTHROUGHHOLES..........................................................................................................108
TAPPINGTHE9/1612TAPHOLES ............................................................................................................................108
ADDASPOTDRILLINGOPERATIONBEFORETHEDRILLINGOPERATION ..................................................................109
USETABSINCONTOUR .............................................................................................................................................110
MACHININGAPOCKETWITHISLANDSOFDIFFERENTHEIGHTS...............................................................................114
DRAWING#18.MCX ..................................................................................................................................................116
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTOREMOVELARGEAMOUNTSOFMATERIAL.............................................................117
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTOREMOVEMOREMATERIAL ....................................................................................118
REMACHININGTHEPOCKETTODOAFINALCLEANUP.............................................................................................119
ENGRAVINGINHOUSESOLUTIONSANDMASTERCAMUSINGACONTOURTOOLPATH .........................................120
CIRCMILL.MCX ...........................................................................................................................................................121
SOLIDSELECTION.......................................................................................................................................................121
CIRCLEMILLTHE2DIAMETERHOLES......................................................................................................................123
CONTOURTHEOUTSIDECONTOUR ..........................................................................................................................124
REVIEWEXERCISE2DPOCKET.MCX .........................................................................................................................126
SPOTDRILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERHOLESBYADDINGTHEMTOTHESPOTDRILLINGOPERATION......................133
DRILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERTHROUGHHOLES .....................................................................................................133
CIRCLEMILLINGTHE0.52DIAMETERTHROUGHHOLES...........................................................................................134
CONTOURWITHRAMPPLUNGETOOLPATH.............................................................................................................136
RAMPPLUNGE&OPENPOCKETTOOLPATH.............................................................................................................138
FINISH&ROUGHTHECORNERUSINGRAMPPLUNGE ............................................................................................138
ROUGH&FINISHTHEOPENPOCKET ........................................................................................................................139
SOLIDDRAWING#2.MCX ..........................................................................................................................................140
EXPORTTOALIBRARYTHEDRILLING&TAPPINGOPERATIONS ...............................................................................151
IMPORTFROMALIBRARYTHEDRILLING&TAPPINGOPERATIONS .........................................................................152
IMPORTFROMANEXISTINGPARTALLTHEOPERATIONSTOMACHINEANEWPART ............................................153
2DHIGHSPEEDPEELMILLTOOLPATH ......................................................................................................................153
MACHINETHEINSIDESLOTBYSELECTINGTWOCHAINS. ........................................................................................154
MACHINETHEOPENSLOTBYSELECTINGONECHAIN..............................................................................................156
2DHIGHSPEEDTOOLPATHS......................................................................................................................................158
2DHIGHSPEEDCOREMILLTOOLPATH .....................................................................................................................158

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COREMILL .................................................................................................................................................................159
MACHINETHELEFTPOCKETUSING2DHIGHSPEEDAREAMILLTOOLPATH............................................................160
COPYTHEOPERATIONANDRECHAINTHEGEOMETRYSELECTINGTHERIGHTSIDEPOCKET..................................161
MACHINETHEMIDDLEPOCKETATADEPTHOF1.0" ...............................................................................................161
REMACHINEALLTHREEPOCKETUSING2DHIGHSPEEDRESTMILL.........................................................................162
MACHINE0.25DEEPSTEPUSING2DHIGHSPEEDBLENDMILL................................................................................163
MACHINETHEOPENSLOTBYSELECTINGONECHAIN..............................................................................................164
TRANSFORMMIRRORTOOLPATH ..........................................................................................................................165
IMPORTTHETOOLPATHFROM2DPOCKET.MCX ......................................................................................................166
TRANSFORMMIRROR.............................................................................................................................................167
WIREFRAMESWEPTTOOLPATH................................................................................................................................168
POCKETWITHTAPEREDANGLEISLANDTOOLPATH .................................................................................................170
WIREFRAMERULEDTOOLPATH ................................................................................................................................172
WIREFRAMERULEDTOOLPATH;WITHOUTCONSTANTZCUTTING .........................................................................174
FEATUREBASEDMACHINING....................................................................................................................................175
FBMDRILL..................................................................................................................................................................177

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Tips:TrimtoPointtrimsorextendsacurvetoapointoranydefinedpositioninthegraphicswindow.Ifthe
pointthatyouenterdoesnotlieontheselectedentity,Mastercamcalculatestheclosestpositiononthe
entityandtrimstheentitytothatpoint.


EnableTrimtoPointbutton

.













Selecttheentitytotrim/extendandthenselectthepoint.SelecttheOK
command.

buttontoexitthe

CREATEDRAWING#1


FullSizeDrawingscanbefoundatthebackoftheBook

Usethefollowingcommands;


CreateRectangle
CreateLineEndpoint
CreateFillet
Trim1Entity
TrimDivide

CreateRectangle


EnterthevaluesasshownandenableAnchortocentericon

SelecttheOrigin(middleofthegrid)astherectangleanchor.
ScreenFit

Applybuttontofinishtherectangleandcontinuewiththesamecommand.
Repeatthestepforthe6by4rectangle.
PressEsctoexittherectanglecommand.

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CreateLineEndpoint


EnabletheHorizontaliconanddraw(sketch)thefirsthorizontalline.
EntertheYvalue=0.75
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
Drawthesecondline
EntertheYvalue=0.75
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
EnabletheVerticaliconanddraw(sketch)theverticalline.


EntertheXvalue=1.0
PressEntertwicetofinishtheline.
PressEsctoexitthecommand.

CreateFillet


EntertheRadius=0.5
Selectthetwolinesbetweenwhichyouneedtocreatefillet.
Repeatthestep3times.
Notethatthelinesareautomaticallytrimmedwiththearc.Thisis
becausethetrimbuttonwasbydefaultenabled.
PressEsctoexitthecommand.


Trim/Break/Extend


EnabletheTrim1entityicon

Firstselectoneofthehorizontallinesastheentitytotrim/extend.
Secondselecttheverticallineuptowhichyouaretrimming
/extendingthefirstline.

Notetoselectalwaysthelinetotrimonthesidethatyouarekeepingafterthetrimming.


Repeatthesteptotrimthesecondhorizontalline.


EnableDivideicon.

Selecttheverticallinesomewherebetweenthetwohorizontal
lines.
SavethefileinyourStudentfolder.

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CREATEDRAWING#2

Usethefollowingcommands;


CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
TrimDivide
CreateFillet


Tips:Aftercreatingthetworectangles,createtheparallellinesforthebottomhalfonly.Trimdividethe
bottomlineandtheninsertthefillets.


Createtheparallellinesfortheupperhalf,andthenfilletthecorners.


EXERCISECREATINGARCS

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File
Open
SelectCreate_Arc.mcx

Create
Arc
CircleCenterPoint







EntertheRadius=1.0andselectthepointasthecenterlocation.SelecttheApplybuttonto
continueinthesamecommand.

EntertheDiameter=1.0andselectthepointasthecenterlocation.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit.


Create
Arc
CreateArcEndpoints




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EntertheRadius=0.25.Selectthefirstpoint,selectthesecondpoint.Thesystemgivesallpossible
results.Selectthearcthatyouwanttokeep.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinueinthesame
.Followingthesamestepscreatetheotherarc.Selectthe

command.


OKbuttontoexit.

ANGLEMEASUREMENT

MastercammeasurespositiveanglesinCounterClockwisedirectionasshowninthefollowingpicture.It
alsogeneratesarcsinCCWdirection.




Thesameanglecanbegivenasapositiveangle335deg.
orasanegativevalue25deg.










EXERCISECREATINGARCSPOLAR

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File
Open
SelectCreate_Arc_polar.mcx

Create
Arc
ArcPolar





EntertheRadius=0.5;entertheStart
Angle=0andtheEndAngle=125.SelecttheOriginasthecenterpoint.SelecttheOKbuttonto
exit.

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TosettheotherparametersofthearcuseTabkey.Notethatthediametervalueisautomaticallychangedby
thesystembasedontheradius.


Create
Arc
ArcPolarEndpoints


Tips:EnableEndpointicon

.SelecttheEndPointasshown,EntertheRadius=0.5;EntertheStartAngle

=180andtheEndAngle=270+55.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinueinthesamecommand.


Tips:EnableStartpointicon

.SelecttheStartPointasshown,EntertheRadius=0.5;EntertheStart

Angle=0andtheEndAngle=180.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit.


Create
Arc
ArcPolar


Tips:Selectthepointasthecenterpoint,EntertheRadius=0.5sketchtheinitialanglebyselectingthe
midpointofthelowerlineandsketchthefinalbyselectingthemidpointoftheupperline.SelecttheOK


buttontoexit.

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMMIRROR

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File
Open
SelectMirror.mcx

Xform
XformMirror


Mirroringistheprocessofcreatingreverseimagesofentitiesbyreflectingthemsymmetricallywithrespectto
adefinedaxis.Youhavetheoptiontomoveorcopytheoriginalentitieswithinthedrawing.


TipsfortheuppershapeSelecttheentitiestomirrorusingwindowselection.ToenableWindowSelection
holddowntheCtrlkeywhenyouselectthefirstcorner.




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Mirrorthegeometrytwice;onceaboutXaxis,thenaboutYaxis.

TipsforthemiddleshapeSelectbothcontourstomirrorusingchainselection.ToenableChainSelectionhold
downtheShiftkeyandselectoneentityofthecontouratatime.EnabletheSelectLinebuttonintheMirror
andselecttheredcolorlineinthegraphicarea.

dialogbox.


TipsforthelowershapeSelectbothcontourstomirrorusingChainSelectionandenableSelect2points
intheMirrordialogbox.Selecttwooftheopenendsofthecontours.

button

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMTRANSLATE

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File
Open
SelectTranslate.mcx

Xform
Translate


Translatemovesselectedentitiesoroneormorecopiesoftheentitiestonewpositionswithoutalteringthe
orientation,size,orshapeoftheentities.


Tips:fortheuppershapes:


Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbutton.IntheTranslatedialogboxenableCopy;
enterthenumber#2;enterthevaluesforDeltaXandY.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue.


Tips:forthemiddleshape:


Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbuttontoendtheselection.IntheTranslatedialog
boxenableMove;enterthenumber#1.ClickonSelectFrompointbutton
andselectthepoint
totranslatefromthelowerleftcorneroftherectangle.Selectthepointinthecenterasthepointto
translateto.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue.


Tips:forthelowershapes.


Selecttheentitiestotranslate,thenhitEnterbuttontoendtheselection.IntheTranslatedialog
boxenableCopy;enterthenumber#2;entertheAngle=35andtheLength=2.0inthePolar
settings.SelecttheOKbuttontoexit.

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EXERCISEUSINGBREAK

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File
Open
SelectBreak.mcx

Breakcommandsgivesyouoptionforbreaking
curvesintomultiplesegments.Joincommandjoins
collinearlines,arcsthathavethesamecenterand
radius,orsplinesthatwereoriginallycreatedasthe
sameentity.


Edit
Trim/Break
BreakTwoPieces


Tips:Selecttheentitytobreak,selecttheMidpointwhereyouwanttobreaktheselectedentity.


Tips:Selecttheentityneartheendpointthatyouwanttousetocalculatelength,andenterthelengthinthe
RibbonBar.


Edit
Trim/Break
Trim/Break/Extend


Tips:Selectthelineinthegraphicswindow.Tobreakthislinebythespecifedamoutenterintheextension
lengthdialogbox0.25
midpointandthelinewillbebroken.

.Thenselectthebreakicon

.Selectthelineabovethe


Edit
Trim
Trim/Break/Extend


Tips:Selectthelineinthegraphicswindow.Tobreakthislinebythespecifedamoutenterintheextension
lengthdialogbox0.5,.Thenselectthebreakicon
extendedby0.5withaseparateentity.

.Selectthelineabovethemidpointandthelinewillbe




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EXERCISEUSINGJOIN

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File
Open
SelectJoin.mcx

Edit
Joinentities


TheJoincommandisusedtojoincollinearlines,arcsthat
havethesamecenterandradius,orsplinesthatwere
originallycreatedasthesameentity.


Tips:Selecttheentitiestojoin.PressEntertoendthe
selection.









CREATEDRAWING#3

Usethefollowingcommands;


CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
CreateArcPolar
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint
Trim1Entity
Deletetheconstructionlines
XformMirroraboutXaxis
XformMirroraboutYaxis
XformTranslate(togivethepartdepth)

Tips:Createjusta1/4oftheentiregeometryandthen,Mirrorthegeometrytwice;onceaboutXaxis,then
aboutYaxis.




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CREATEDRAWING#4

Usethefollowingcommands;


CreateRectangle
CreateLineParallel
CreateFillet
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint

Tips:Afteryoucreatethe9.5by6.5rectangle,createtheparallellinesnecessaryforthefirstpocket.By
filletingthecornersthegeometrywillbecleanedup.Createtheparallellinesforthesecondpocketandfillet
itscorners.Fillettheoutsiderectangleandusethecenterlocationofthefilletarcstocreatethe9/16andthe
3/8circles.

EXERCISEUSINGXFORMOFFSET

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File
Open
SelectOffset.mcx













Offsetsasingleentitymovesorcopytheentityatadefineddistanceanddirection.Thedirectionis
perpendiculartothecurveateverypointalongthecurverelativetothecurrentconstructionplane.


Xform
Offset


Tips:SelectthetypeofoperationtoperformCopy;numberofsteps#3;enterthevalueforOffsetdistance=
0.25;selecttheentityinthegraphicswindow.Clickononesideoftheselectedentitytoindicatetheoffset
direction.SelecttheApplybuttontocontinue.

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ChangetheOffsetsettingsandselectthearcandthesidetoindicatetheoffsetdirection.Select
theOKtoclosethedialogbox.


Offsetschainsofcurvesdisplacesthembyadefineddistanceanddirectionandoptionallyadepth.The
offsetisperpendiculartothechainsofcurvesateverypositionalongthecurvesrelativetothecurrent
constructionplane.


Xform
OffsetContour


Tips:SelectthecontourandthentheOKbuttontoexitChaining.

EnableCopy;entertheDistance=

0.225andselecttheOKbutton
.Inthegraphicwindowyoushouldseetheresultedcontourwillbe
displayedinmagentacolor.Makesurethatitisoutsidetheoriginalcontour(inred).Otherwise,select
Reversebutton

.SelecttheOKbutton

toexitOffsetContourdialogbox.


ThelastexercisesdemonstrateshowMastercamdealswithsharpcornersalongacontour.

EnableSharpintheOffsetContourdialogboxforthefirstrectangle.


EnableNoneintheOffsetContourdialogboxforthesecondrectangle.

CREATEDRAWING#5

Usethefollowingcommands;


CreateRectangle
CreateArcCircleCenterPoint
XformOffsetContour
Trim3Entities





Tips:Afteryoucreatethe15by12rectangle,createthe4.0and1.5diametercirclesbyselectingthe
rectanglecornersasthecentersofthecircles.UseXformOffsetContourwiththemoveoptionenabled,and
offsettheexitingrectangleoutside0.5.TrimtheoutsidegeometryusingTrim3entitiescommand.




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