In the Mastercam Advanced Configuration window, select License Search at Startup Open the Start Menu, Programs, Mastercam 2019 for SOLIDWORKS, Advanced Configuration Close all running instances of SOLIDWORKS If Mastercam still fails to open, then try the following: You do not need to be an admin even though the message states 'to continue, enter an admin user name and password.' If you click No or cancel the prompt, it will keep reappearing until you type your password and click Yes. If at any time a User Account Control window for 'CodeMeter Runtime Server' appears when launching Solidworks or MasterCam, please enter your password and click Yes. If it is, uncheck both checkboxes, click OK to apply the settings, close and reopen SOLIDWORKS, then confirm that SOLIDWORKS CAM 2019 is not running. The renders could simply be images, or as you can see throughout this site, I create animated sequences as well.In SOLIDWORKS Add-Ins, please ensure that SOLIDWORKS CAM 2019 is not active and not set to start up. These are derived from images manipulated in Photoshop, to bring out certain wood grains, and to simulate wood stains and colors. Using the integrated Solidworks renderer, I then create many wood textures, which I use to render my models. As such, I have also taken the time to model many guitar parts, like tuners, bridges and humbuckers.

This allows one to get a real-world perspective if you will, on how the finished instrument will look like. Rendering the created models integrates extremely well into this process. Obviously the methods here can be applied to anything. As such, the entire series allows one to learn 3D modeling and CNC machining (specifically as it pertains to guitars). The Archtop video details the process of 3D Modeling an Archtop Acoustic Guitar, from Benedetto plans. The machining videos detail the process of creating tool paths in MasterCam, for machining Guitar Bodies and Guitar Necks.

I have created a series of Instructional Videos that detail the process of Machining and the 3D modeling of Guitars.

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