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10 May 2012

Events News

CNC Software, Inc. Showcases Mastercam X6 at IMTS 2012

IMTS 2012 will feature the latest in the line of powerful Mastercam machining software. Stop by booth # E-3340 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, September 10-15 for a look at Mastercam X6, the latest release, which introduces significant new capabilities, including Mastercam Blade Expert, Mastercam Swiss Expert, new stock models, and so much more.

Accurate, fully-associative Stock Models

A precise machining stock model delivers a variety of benefits—viewing and verifying work as it progresses, performing stock model comparisons, and easily choosing existing stock for rest machining. Mastercam gives you the power to create accurate, fully-associative stock models at any point in your machining process.

The New Blade Expert add-on

Mastercam Blade Expert greatly simplifies the toolpath creation process for any multi-bladed parts, including fans, propellers, impellers, turbines, marine screws, and more. There is no limit to the number of blades, splitters, or sub-splitters that can be programmed. Blade Expert includes a variety of powerful and flexible multiaxis roughing strategies. Automatic tool axis control ensures smooth machine motion.

The New Mastercam Swiss Expert

Mastercam Swiss Expert is designed to control a variety of Swiss-style NC machines, and is popular with watch-making, medical device, dental, automotive, and electronics companies—all known for the requirement of extremely small but very precise parts. Swiss Expert is known for supporting an unlimited number of axes and channels, and for realistic simulation of the entire machine and its tools.

New 3D High Speed Toolpath

Mastercam’s latest 3D High Speed Toolpath performs Rest Milling operations to remove remaining material with optimized roughing motion. This powerful new toolpath can use the new stock model functionality for defining stock removal areas.

Hybrid Finish Filler Passes

3D high speed Hybrid toolpaths now maintain all of the Z level cuts in the steep areas of your parts while filling in the shallow areas with scallop motion within a single Z section. These toolpaths combine the best of both worlds with waterline (constant Z) motion and scallop where needed. Now you can have both waterline and scallop motion at the same Z section, section after section. The result is a much better finish and more efficient use of the tool.

To see more powerful tools in the Mastercam X6 release, or to see Mastercam videos, please visit www.mastercam.com.

 

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