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If you are into CNC and CAM
Programming then you have found the right place.
Our latest news:
we just wanted to let you know that we have begun shipping the latest release
of our SmartCAM CAM system, Version 2016.
You can read about SmartCAM Version 2016 on our website …
We have created a summary of the
significant additions and changes to this release on our website. Please do
take a moment to read our material here
Knowledge is Power
We’ve extended the scope of the
SmartCAM Knowledge based Machining library. KBM functionality first began life
in the previous release, enabling SmartCAM programmers to store and retrieve
Toolpath Process parameters and so help provide consistent and preferred
settings.
We’ve added a great deal in this latest
release.
Tools, Steps - a step in the SmartCAM Process Plan - and
Groups of Tools & Groups of Steps can now all be stored and retrieved in
the KBM Library.
Steps for a family of parts or for a
specific feature can be configured in the KBM Library by the database
administrator at the SmartCAM user site.
What does the new KBM
functionality mean to you?
It means that SmartCAM programmers can benefit from preferred and standard data
in a way that was simply not possible in previous releases.
The User Interface
We’ve made some changes to a key component of the UI: our
List View previously displayed a long
list of the CAD and CAM elements that comprised the toolpath model.
We’ve changed that so that SmartCAM users can now display model data using one of four predefined ‘flavors’ appropriate to the task in hand.
The display of data can now also be
compacted if required - entities such as layers, steps, profiles, sequences of
holes and solid model bodies can be expanded or collapsed in the List View.
What does that mean to me? The new List View options enable far superior and much simpler navigation of the Process Model than ever before.
Base Roughing is Basic
no more
We’ve included some milling
technology changes for Version 2016. The Wireframe Group Pocket Toolpath
Process has long been considered a ‘base level’ function, generating roughing
toolpaths for groups of pocket boundaries-only.
We’ve added some great toolpath
smoothing options for HSM applications; we’ve enabled toolpath creation for
islands and ‘nested pockets and islands’, and we’ve thought about what our
customers want to do when pocket regions include ‘shelves’; island tops that
abut outer pocket boundaries.
Check it out on our web
page. We think you’ll rate all of the changes to our Wireframe Group Pocket
Roughing.
Come and visit us at www.smartcamcnc.com for more information
about our SmartCAM CAM systems. Talk to us about your CAM needs; we don’t bite
and you’ll discover that we don’t do hard sell. Naturally we want you to invest
in SmartCAM CAM software, but we like to work with you toward your solution in a
consultative manner.
Have a great day,
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