CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
23 July 2009
Product News
Schott Systeme Significantly Reduce CAM Toolpath Calculation Times
German CAD/CAM developer Schott Systeme GmbH have announced the inclusion of parallel processing functionality within the latest release of their CAD/CAM software 'Pictures by PC 3.4', providing significant reductions of up to 60% in toolpath calculation times.
With machining strategies becoming ever more complex, especially when employing high end 5 axis simultaneous milling and engraving techniques such as those offered by Schott Systeme, toolpath calculation times naturally become longer. However the Schott Systeme team has recently rewritten their software to ensure that the latest 32 and 64 bit versions can parallel process toolpath calculations. By dividing the processing of toolpaths over multiple cores in a computer's CPU, the software has instant access to the extra processing power offered by dual and quad core PC's. Totally transparent to the user, Schott Systeme cite immediate speed gains of between 30-50% for their 32 bit version running on a dual core processor, and anticipate additional gains of up to 60% when running on a quad core. As a result, this is generating immediate savings on every single job machined, without the user having to change the way they work. This compliments Schott Systeme's existing innovation of 'background calculation' enabling users to calculate complex toolpaths while simultaneously working on other parts within a different drawing.
For a demo of some of the latest machining techniques, see http://www.schott-systeme.com/en/new3dmillvideo-en.htm
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