Video Reference Library

How does it work?

Eapprentice.com offers a digital, online library of videos that teach and document the Mastercam and SolidWorks work flow. Membership costs $25 per month or $250 per year. Once you join, your membership will continue, you will receive an invoice via email and your credit card or paypal account will be billed once a month. If you wish to cancel your membership, just let us know before the end of the billing period via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or click on the contact link in the Resources Menu and type cancel. If you intend to cancel and a payment goes through, contact us within five days into the new billing period and we will refund your payment. You may cancel your membership at any time without incurring additional charges.

What do I get?

You get access to our complete online library, of over 200 educational videos. We presently offer Four courses.

Volume one concentrates on Mastercam specifics, in an in-depth way, showing you feature by feature how the tools can be used.

Subscribers begin by downloading the Mastercam Home Learning Edition of the software, and then watching the video tutorials and completing the Assignments.

The Assignments in Volume One take you on a path through:

Creating 2D Geometry
Solid Modeling

Configuring Mastercam
Creating 3D Geometry
Dimensioning
Applying Toolpaths; Contour, Pocketing, Drilling and tapping
Backplot, Verification and stl Compare
Work Coordinate System (WCS) and working on Multiple Sides of a Part

Volume Two moves directly into the Advanced Mastercam programming Features:

3D Surfacing
3D Toolpaths
2DHigh Speed Toolpaths
3D High Speed Toolpaths
Feature Based Machining (FBM)
Rotary Indexing on the Vertical Machine
Rotary Indexing on the Horizontal Machine
5 Axis Indexing
5 Axis Multi-Axis
Fixture Design
CNC Lathe and Live Tooling

SolidWorks has lessons on Drawing Parts and Assemblies in SolidWorks

Mastercam for SolidWorks is a program that "plugs in" to SolidWorks so that you never have to leave the SolidWorks environment to apply toolpaths.

Topics covered in the Videos and Assignments include:

Sketching 2D Geometry in SolidWorks
Dimensions and Relations
Extruding Sketches into 3D Models
Editing Geometry using Parametric Techniques
Applying 2D and 3D Toolpaths
Backplot and Verification in Mastercam for SolidWorks
Post Processing G-Code

Who should use this course?

Companies that want to unlock the power of Mastercam to reduce setup time, decrease cycle time, improve processes and quality, use part files from customers, Program Multi Axis Machine Tools and increase Productivity.
Programmers and Machinists who want improve their skills and earn higher wages

Students, I use these videos as the basis of my Mastercam courses at DeAnza College in Cupertino California.
Purchasers of CAD/CAM Technology who want to understand what differentiates Mastercam from the other CAM systems.
Anybody who wants to improve their skills, unlock the power of the software, take it to a higher level or use it as a desk top reference.

For Multi-Seat Licenses and Discounts contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Once you are ready to take it to the next level, please join our site.
Thank you,

Sincerely,

Derek Goodwin
(408) 767-0315