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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
DMT D087P
Course Title (CB02)
CAD/CAM Based CNC 4 and 5 Axis Mill/Lathe Programming Using Mastercam
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2024
Course Description
This course is an advanced CAD/CAM program using Mastercam. Students will learn multiaxis toolpaths for horizontal milling machines, vertical milling machines with rotary fourth axis, five-axis indexing machining centers, and CNC lathes with live tooling. Tooling, process, fixture design, work holding techniques, and toolpath applications with rotary axis will also be introduced in this course.
Faculty Requirements
Discipline 1
[Manufacturing Technology (Quality control, process control)]
FSA
[FHDA FSA - MACHINE TOOL TECH]
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This advanced CAD/CAM class is a major employment preparation CTE course for our Design and Manufacturing Technologies day and evening programs. It is a CSU transferable course. This course is intended to better prepare students for work in the manufacturing and machining industry in the area of 4 and 5-axis machining centers, Horizontal machining centers, and CNC lathes with live tool programming as advised by our industry advisory committee. This course is also part of the CNC Machinist certificate and degree in the Design and Manufacturing Technologies program.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to CSU only

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
5.0
Maximum Credit Units
5.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours3.06.0
Laboratory Hours6.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
36.0
Laboratory
72.0
Total
108.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
72.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
72.0

Prerequisite(s)

DMT D087E

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Homework and extended projects

Observation of sample projects machined by the instructor.

Assignments

  1. Construct 4th and 5th axis programs for CNC vertical / horizontal mills and lathes based on lecture and on line video tutorials.
  2. Take home worksheets involving calculations.
  3. Reading from textbooks and references.
  4. Complete projects which incorporate 4th / 5th axis and lathe machining techniques learned from laboratory demonstrations.

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Examinations covering lecture material, in class programming exercises and lab demonstrations related to CNC multi axis machining centers and CNC lathes.Exams will be evaluated for tool path efficiency, cycle times and machinability.
  2. Evaluation of take home worksheets for correctness and completeness.
  3. Completion and correct use of importing files and optimization of 4th / 5th axis and lathe tool paths in programming exercisies.
  4. Final exam which requires students to analyze and apply the modeling and machining techniques learned throughout the course.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None
Essential College Facilities:
  • DMT CNC programming and machining lab

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
CamInstructor Inc.Mastercam 4&5 AxisCamInstructor Inc. Ontario, Canada2023

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

None.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Evaluate and use imported CAD files.
  • Develop workflow and writing programs using a vertical milling machine with rotary 4th axis.
  • Develop workflow and writing programs for horizontal machining centers.
  • Develop workflow and writing programs for 5 axis machining centers.
  • Apply commands to write 2 axis programs for lathes, including live tooling.

CSLOs

  • Construct and import advanced part geometry using Mastercam.

  • Produce tool paths from advanced part geometry to create word address programs for lathes and multi-axis machining centers.

Outline

  1. Evaluate and use imported CAD files.
    1. Identify common file types and characteristics.
    2. Explain the use of positioning and transform-rotation operations.
    3. Construct CNC programs using geometry from files.
    4. Post process and verify programs.
  2. Develop workflow and writing programs using a vertical milling machine with rotary 4th axis.
    1. Describe typical 4th axis uses and applications.
    2. Explain the use of positioning and transform-rotation operations.
    3. Explain the use of indexing and simultaneous helix operations.
    4. Utilize axis substitution to convert 2 axis to 4th axis rotational tool paths.
    5. Select work coordinate systems.
    6. Post process and verify programs.
  3. Develop workflow and writing programs for horizontal machining centers.
    1. Apply work coordinate systems.
    2. Apply work offsets.
    3. Recognize workflow and work holding procedures related to horizontal machines.
    4. Describe machining multiple sides of a work piece.
    5. Incorporate multiple fixtures and operations in one program.
    6. Create and edit tool libraries.
    7. Post process and verify programs.
  4. Develop workflow and writing programs for 5 axis machining centers.
    1. Apply work coordinate systems.
    2. Apply work offsets.
    3. Recognize workflow and work holding procedures related to 5 axis machines.
    4. Describe machining multiple sides of a work piece with additional axis using 3+2 indexing.
    5. Describe continuous 5 axis machining use and application.
    6. Post process and verify programs.
  5. Apply commands to write 2 axis programs for lathes, including live tooling.
    1. Describe basic user graphic interface and menu structure.
    2. Select and set the lathe work coordinate system.
    3. Produce construction and tool plane.
    4. Face, rough and finish, boring, threading, grooving and drilling.
    5. Cutoff operations.
    6. Apply live tooling techniques for cross milling, face milling, C and Y axis milling on lathe.
    7. Post process and verify programs.

Lab Topics

  1. Import CAD files
  2. Rotary 4th axis programs
  3. Horizontal mill programs
  4. Five axis machining programs (3+2)
  5. Lathe programs
  6. Live tooling lathe programs
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