CAD/CAM Software

News • March 11, 2022

CNC Software appoints sales director

CNC Software LLC, the developers of Mastercam, named Nicolas Le Moigne as its director of sales for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Products • March 9, 2022

PlateSaver

PlateSaver is available through Hypertherm's ProNest and other authorized software for fabricators cutting mild steel on a CNC table using X-Definition plasma. It combines the arc stability of X-Definition plasma with specialized software parameters to dramatically increase material utilization. Those parameters cause PlateSaver to use shorter leads when starting and finishing a cut for less wasted space between parts. In addition to shorter lead-ins and lead-outs, PlateSaver takes molten metal into account by using moving pierces that cause molten splatter to fall within a predictable "splash zone."

Videos • February 14, 2022

Optimize machining to protect your tools

As this video testimonial shows, Sandvik Coromant, Mebane, North Carolina, trusts CGTech's VERICUT Force to optimize their toolpaths for better results through complicated cuts while preventing tool deflection, spikes in load, and breakage.

Products • January 29, 2022

ModuleWorks 2021.12 CAD/CAM Software Components

This is the third ModuleWorks release of 2021 and contains new and enhanced features across the entire product range, including new multi-axis hole making cycles with independent feed rate control, a new morph pattern for laser aided manufacturing and a collision-free solution for robotics post processing.

Videos • January 27, 2022

Technologies to reduce machining cycle time and increase tool life

Utilizing the latest machining options is important for shops to remain competitive and profitable. Join Cutting Tool Engineering and CAMWorks for this webinar to see revolutionary technologies and toolpath generation that reduce machining cycle time and increase tool life.

Products • January 26, 2022

HyperMILL 2022.1 CAD/CAM Software Suite

Highlights in hyperMILL® 2022.1 include a new break-edge function for contour milling, combined pocket milling together with a finish path allowing cutter compensation, and increased efficiency for 3D plane machining. The new automated 3D plane machining strategy improves machining quality by searching for suitable, high performance path layouts according to parameters including when adaptive pockets are present.

Products • January 6, 2022

ESPRIT Additive Powder-Bed Fusion (PBF)

PBF is the most mature additive manufacturing technology for industrial production and represents 86 percent of the worldwide machine install base. PBF is used to build 3D parts by heating successive layers of powder, typically at the micron-level, and generally produces parts that require finishing with conventional CNC machine tools to achieve a high-quality surface finish.

Products • January 6, 2022

Production Manager for ProNest CAD/CAM

Production Manager seamlessly integrates with Hypertherm's EDGE Connect CNC, to automatically capture machine data without the need for operator intervention. In addition, it displays real-time production data so team members across an organization can track the status of job orders, the production schedule, and pending inventory requirements.

Products • December 7, 2021

Flexium Software With Enhanced RTCP (Rotation Tool Center Point) Function

NUM's basic RTCP function, invoked by ISO code G151, offers a number of user-specified variants. The function can be activated with an inclined coordinate system or after a positioning move. In either case, the CNC system automatically calculates the mechanical offset to ensure that the tool center point is always in touch with the defined workpiece surface while the rotary axes are moving. The RTCP function can also be activated by the actual positions of the rotary axes.

News • November 26, 2021

Open Mind Technologies and Haimer machine a sleek panther

Open Mind Technologies AG, a developer of CAD/CAM software solutions, teamed up with Haimer to perform 5-axis machining of a panther out of aluminum.

News • November 18, 2021

Mastercam tops worldwide list of CAM suppliers

Mastercam is the most widely used CAM for the 27th year in a row.

Products • November 5, 2021

Robotmaster Version 7.5

Robotmaster, a Hypertherm brand, is an offline robot programming software that helps manufacturers maximize their robot's productivity with easy and efficient robot programming for a variety of applications such as cutting, trimming, milling, welding, spraying, polishing, sanding, grinding, deburring, and more. Robotmaster uses integrated CAD/CAM functionality to make robotic programming easy and intuitive for everyone, even first-time users.