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January 2005
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Mastercam X on Display at NDES 2005; Mastercam's Direct Add-In Boosts Productivity For SolidWorks Users
Mastercam® Direct and the much anticipated Mastercam X will be showcased at the National Design Engineering Show at McCormick Place on March 7-10 in SolidWorks Pavilion. The Mastercam Direct for SolidWorks add-in offers SolidWorks users a new way to boost productivity.
Mastercam is a SolidWorks certified CAM solution partner product. Certified solution partner products are ones which have been evaluated by SolidWorks and are determined to be the best software products that work well with SolidWorks.
Mastercam Direct, free to the Mastercam and SolidWorks communities, allows users to open a model in Mastercam while in a SolidWorks session, and then apply existing toolpaths to that model. Users can import the model into Mastercam, complete with the solids history tree intact. The Direct interface can detect changes made to the original file when re-imported into Mastercam and alert the user, allowing them to modify any associated data such as geometry or toolpath information.
Mastercam Direct can be added directly to the SolidWorks toolbar. When the add-in is selected, the current SolidWorks part will be opened directly into Mastercam where the user can immediately update existing toolpaths for the part, or easily select an entire set of operations from another part to apply to the CAD model.
CNC Software, Inc. will also be showcasing the new Mastercam X CAD/CAM software. "Mastercam X marks an exciting new chapter for our software," says CNC Software president Mark Summers. Mastercam X delivers "smart" functions, a streamlined interface, powerful new cutting techniques, and much more.
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