CAD/CAM

CAD/CAM

CAM Update Includes Variety of Applications

Vero’s Visi 19 software for the mold and die industries features an updated GUI with improved user interaction, blending capabilities, improved annotation, advanced profile offset, graphical texture mapping and support for the JT Open File format.

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CAD/CAM

CAD/CAM Solutions for Milling, Turning, Wire EDM

Dolphin CAD/CAM USA’s PartMaster software includes a variety of solutions for milling, turning and wire EDM, among others.

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CAD/CAM

Composite Applications Simulate Fiber-Placement Machinery

Version 7.1 of CGTech’s Vericut Composite Programming (VCP) and Vericut Composite Simulation (VCS) applications are designed to program and simulate automated fiber-placement machinery from various machine tool builders.

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CAD/CAM

Toolpath Engine Reduces Cycle Time, Tool Load

Celeritive Technologies’ VoluMill 4.0 toolpath engine includes an Active Chip Thickness Control (ACTC) interface, which is designed to reduce rough milling cycle time, and non-concentric milling technology, which is designed to reduce tool load and improve chip clearance.

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CAD/CAM

Software Adds 3D Modeling Capabilities

Several modeling capabilities have been added to version 5.8 of Third Wave Systems’ AdvantEdge FEM, a material-physics-based software designed to optimize metalcutting by providing machine process information about chip formation, temperatures, stresses and forces.

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CAD/CAM

CAM System Adds Flowline Machining Option

The 2012 version of the PowerMill CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining features a flowline machining option that divides the tool path between a pair of drive curves in a constant number of passes rather than having a varying number of passes with a constant stepover.

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CAD/CAM

Flexible CAD/CAM Supports Flexible Machining

Programming offline using Mastercam CAM software supports the flexibility that accounts for much of this shop’s success.

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Aerospace

Making the Most of Rotary Axes

Shops new to advanced rotary machining are sometimes held back by fundamental misunderstandings.

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Automation

CAD/CAM Maintenance Update Expands Flexibility

CNC Software says its Mastercam X5 MU1 maintenance update provides expanded machining flexibility and an increased emphasis on speed and automation.

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Five-Axis

Software Streamlines Model-to-Mold Production

At Marland Mold, CimatronE CAM software’s modeling tools, postprocessors and other features streamline manufacturing operations from initial design to finished part.

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