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28 May 2008

Events News

Gibbs to Demonstrate Advanced 3D with HSM Enhancement at IMTS 2008

Gibbs and Associates announced that the new Advanced 3D with HSM enhancement for GibbsCAM SolidSurfacer will be demonstrated at IMTS 2008. The enhancement introduces a complete range of advanced 3-axis milling functionality with support for high-speed machining (HSM). IMTS is being held at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois on September 8th – 13th, 2008.

“The new 3-axis surface machining capabilities provide more control and flexibility in toolpath generation with integral high-speed machining support,” states Bill Gibbs, founder and president of Gibbs and Associates. “We continue to expand on GibbsCAM’s world class production machining capabilities. The new functionality is keeping with GibbsCAM’s tradition of uniquely blending ease-of-use and powerful functionality, a combination that can’t be beaten in production machining.”

Advanced 3D with HSM enhancement for SolidSurfacer® includes:

•  Support for 3D Material Only

•  Support for more advanced tool shapes (tapered tools)

•  New types of finishing processes (e.g. Surface Step-over Cut and Steep/Shallow Combination)

•  Improved toolpath quality

•  Options to provide toolpath that better supports High Speed Machining

•  Improved use of boundaries

•  Enhanced entry/exit control

•  Ability to directly machine Faceted bodies, including imported STL files

•  Automatic Core/Cavity detection for inside out or outside in determination

•  Operation splitting for tool wear and for optimal length out of holder

•  Multi-threaded for multi-CPU machines and to support batch toolpath generation

•  Automatic filleting of a surface to avoid sharp concave corners

Enhancements introduced across the entire product line with the latest release of GibbsCAM will also be demonstrated at IMTS 2008.

For more information about GibbsCAM, GibbsCAM’s production machining capabilities or to see the capabilities introduced with GibbsCAM 2008, go to the GibbsCAM booth, #D-3001. Information about GibbsCAM is also available at http://www.GibbsCAM.com. For information about CimatronE, Cimatron’s solution for tooling manufacturing, please visit the Cimatron booth at IMTS, D-3037, or go to http://www.Cimatron.com.

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