ATP Overview
Automatic Toolpathing (ATP) is a Mastercam Add-On that automates the process of assigning toolpaths to geometry for recurrent parts using a machining strategy. A machining strategy contains one or more level names that are associated or mapped to Mastercam operations. ATP automatically scans all named levels in the current drawing and when a level in the drawing matches a level in the active strategy, the applicable operation is applied to all geometry on that level. The process continues until all named levels have been processed for the drawing.
Once a strategy is created, you simply choose a cutlist or files to be processed. ATP then automatically batch processes each individual part file using the chosen strategy. It then nests the toolpaths and posts the results to one or more NC files (depending on the number of sheets created).
ATP is especially useful in large projects with many different pieces of geometry. With a modest amount of setup, you can save valuable time by letting the software automatically find, chain, and toolpath all the elements of a job.
You can start ATP by choosing Run Add-In on the Home tab, and then locating and opening the file, XATP.dll. You can also access ATP through the Machine tab.
Be sure to run ATP in the same product that you used to create the part files. Part files created using a Router machine definition must be processed by ATP with a Router machine definition. If you try to process them with a Mill machine definition, errors will result.
