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November 2008

Product News

Mastercam X3 Router CAD/CAM Software Now Includes Enhanced Part Nesting

High yields can be crucial to a job’s profitability. Mastercam Router includes essential nesting capabilities for parts and toolpaths that assure optimal material usage for highest possible yields.

Mastercam X3 Router now includes sophisticated interlocking nesting tools as standard part of the design and NC programming package. Highlights include:

•  Directly place CAD model placement from a variety of sources

•  Complete control over part-to-part distance, sheet margins, and more

•  Nest any toolpath so that each part is cut exactly as you want it

•  Part prioritization to make sure that the parts you need the most are nested first

•  Grain direction accommodate on any part

•  “Filler” part nesting to reduce waste

•  Custom sheet definition

•  Full control over part spacing and sheet margins

•  Automatic interlocking nesting for maximum material use

•  Group parts to ensure the entire set is always cut

Several upgrades to the sorting options have enhanced Mastercam’s toolpath nesting. You now have more control over how nested parts are machined. Typically the order in which the parts are nested is the order in which they are machined. Mastercam nests larger parts first, and then fills in the remaining space with smaller parts. It also offers more features for sorting, including advanced cluster sorting.

Mastercam’s nesting reports provide users a nested sheet report and individual part information. They have been reformatted from a text-based file to a PDF report that includes graphics.

Other features of Mastercam’s nesting include:

•  Separate toolpath nesting and geometry nesting

•  Simplified parameter pages

•  Infrequently used parameters segregated on a nesting configuration dialog

•  Easy access to batch nesting via a toolbar button

•  Added ability to import multiple external MCX files into toolpath nesting

•  Improvements to rectangular nesting including the ability to save defaults, save scrap, and more.

For more information on Mastercam’s nesting features, please visit http://www.mastercamrouter.com or contact your local Mastercam Reseller.

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