• Role of CAM in manufacturing
• CAD vs CAM concepts
• Mastercam interface overview
• Workflow fundamentals
• Industry applications
• File management
• Coordinate systems
• Display settings
• Customization options
• Project setup basics
• Drawing circles and rectangles
• Trim and extend tools
• Fillet and chamfer
• Offset geometry
• Editing geometry
• Contour toolpath
• Pocketing operations
• Drilling cycles
• Lead-in and lead-out
• Toolpath verification
• Defining cutting tools
• Tool parameters
• Feeds and speeds
• Tool compensation
• Toolpath adjustments
• Wireframe modeling
• Surface modeling basics
• Solid modeling overview
• Importing CAD files
• Editing 3D models
• Geometry preparation for machining
• Parallel toolpath
• Scallop toolpath
• Flowline machining
• 3D pocketing
• Finishing operations
• Dynamic milling
• Multi-axis basics
• Roughing strategies
• Finishing strategies
• Toolpath optimization
• Turning operations
• Facing and grooving
• Thread cutting
• Drilling in lathe
• Lathe simulation
• 4-axis machining basics
• 5-axis overview
• Tool orientation
• Simultaneous multi-axis
• Practical applications
• Generating G-code
• Editing NC code
• Machine-specific configurations
• Verifying output
• Code optimization
• Machine simulation
• Collision detection
• Toolpath verification
• Error detection
• Optimization techniques
• Process documentation
• BOM basics
• CNC setup instructions
• Exporting reports
• Shop floor communication
• Tool breakage issues
• Surface finish problems
• Cycle time reduction
• Performance tuning
• Best practices
• 3D mold machining project
• Lathe component project
• Multi-axis project example
• End-to-end CNC workflow
• Production case study







