Software

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CAM Program Adds Machine Simulation Option

Surfware’s Surfcam version 5.2 features a machine simulation option.

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Hardware/Software Solution Automates 3D Parts Inspection

Master3DGage, a portable 3D inspection tool from Verisurf Software and select Mastercam resellers, integrates a six-axis portable CMM with the company’s 3D model-based inspection software to automate the 3D inspection process and verify manufactured parts directly to 3D CAD models.

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CAM Update Includes Variety of Applications

Vero’s Visi 19 software for the mold and die industries features an updated GUI with improved user interaction, blending capabilities, improved annotation, advanced profile offset, graphical texture mapping and support for the JT Open File format.

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CAD/CAM Solutions for Milling, Turning, Wire EDM

Dolphin CAD/CAM USA’s PartMaster software includes a variety of solutions for milling, turning and wire EDM, among others.

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Tracking Software Manages Inventory

Dynamic Systems’ CheckMate Stockroom software is designed to track inventory in the main stockroom as well as at other locations.

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CAD/CAM

Composite Applications Simulate Fiber-Placement Machinery

Version 7.1 of CGTech’s Vericut Composite Programming (VCP) and Vericut Composite Simulation (VCS) applications are designed to program and simulate automated fiber-placement machinery from various machine tool builders.

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Toolpath Engine Reduces Cycle Time, Tool Load

Celeritive Technologies’ VoluMill 4.0 toolpath engine includes an Active Chip Thickness Control (ACTC) interface, which is designed to reduce rough milling cycle time, and non-concentric milling technology, which is designed to reduce tool load and improve chip clearance.

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Software Adds 3D Modeling Capabilities

Several modeling capabilities have been added to version 5.8 of Third Wave Systems’ AdvantEdge FEM, a material-physics-based software designed to optimize metalcutting by providing machine process information about chip formation, temperatures, stresses and forces.

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CAM System Adds Flowline Machining Option

The 2012 version of the PowerMill CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining features a flowline machining option that divides the tool path between a pair of drive curves in a constant number of passes rather than having a varying number of passes with a constant stepover.

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Software Offers On-Demand Tool Management

ToolPal offers small- and medium-sized manufacturing operations a cost-efficient, on-demand approach to tool management, the company says.

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