Jetcam International has launched updates of its two flagship products – Jetcam Expert CADCAM and nesting software for sheet metal and composite users, and the premium version of Jetcam Order Controller (JOC), which provides remote ordering, geometry creation and nesting for Jetcam Expert
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The 2012 R2 version of Delcam's PowerMill CAM system for high speed and 5-axis machining includes new and enhanced strategies for both roughing and finishing.
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French CADCAM software company Missler has launched TopSolid'Cam 7. With the release of TopSolid'Design 7 two years ago, it offers a complete and transparent integrated CADCAM solution, says the company.
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Jetcam has released CAD interfaces to AutoPOL for Windows and AutoPOL G2 3D CAD that allow users to easily unfold and import CAD files from within Jetcam Expert nesting software. They can choose which CAD files are used with the interface – useful for customers running multiple CAD systems – and can also specify whether to import or discard additional information stored in separate layers such as bend information. With two clicks the component can be unfolded, exported and created within Jetcam Expert, ready for tooling and nesting.
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NCCS has released NCL V9.9 of its multi-axis machining software which, it says, offers further time savings in the generation of complex toolpaths. It now has the ability to swap views between visible and invisible entities and to open many different file types from a single File Open menu and supports 64 colours, allowing users to select their own custom colour range.
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Mastercam's Blade Expert add-on simplifies the toolpath creation process for any multi-bladed parts, including fans, propellers, impellers, turbines and marine screws. Its aim is to eliminate guesswork and minimise the need for extra geometry creation.
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PSL DataTrack has introduced DataTrack 2012 production management and business administration software. It is designed for batch production applications by engineering subcontractors which, with their often complex supply chains, require a management system that allows them to control their businesses with maximum efficiency.
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Open Mind Technologies has developed machining strategies for its 2011 version hyperMill CAM system, so integrated hyperCAD/hyperMill now supports tool and mould makers right from importing item data to NC program post-processing.
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Citizen Machinery's CNC Wizard, a low-cost NC programming aid, can now be used to program Miyano fixed-head machines, as well as Citizen CNC sliding-head turn-mill lathes.
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3D modelling software specialist SpaceClaim and SigmaTEK Systems, the leading CADCAM nesting software for plasma, laser, punch, oxyfuel, waterjet, router, knife, tube/pipe and combination cutting machines, have announced that SpaceClaim Engineer can be directly integrated with SigmaNEST.
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PSL DataTrack has introduced its new DataTrack 2012 production management and business administration software.
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SigmaNEST Version 9 nesting software significantly enhances the user interface and provides key functionality to get to production faster with fewer steps. This release introduces a highly intuitive user interface, while reducing screen clutter and number of clicks to an action.
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ZW3D 2012, formerly VX CAD CAM, promises significant improvements in many areas, with a special focus on increased modelling efficiency and advanced CAM operations, as well as the new ribbon interface.
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Delcam's 2012 R2 release of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system includes strategies for roughing and turn-mill operations, alongside a range of more general enhancements to allow faster toolpath generation.
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Seiki Systems is launching NMS 2012 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The special edition of its core shopfloor production management system module draws upon the company's 20 years' experience of working with manufacturing organisations and technologies. Seiki describes NMS 2012 as "the culmination of valuable contributions from customers and partners that have informed the design and functionality enhancements of earlier versions, to make daily tasks easier and faster for users to perform".
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SolidCAM's InventorCAM 2012 iMachining module, it is claimed, will reduce cycle times for Autodesk users by up to 70% while dramatically increasing tool life.
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The customised process feature, or CPF, enhancement to the 2011 version of Open Mind Technologies' hyperMill CAM system allows users to define and program complex individual customer-specific features. The method is based on process-oriented linking of characteristic geometry sequences with freely defined machining steps.
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A range of 3D modelling tools has been added to Delcam's ArtCAM Insignia software for volume production of artistic items by signmakers, furniture manufacturers, engravers and sculptors of materials from wood or metal to ice. The price of the program is £1,700 (€2,000).
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Seiki Systems has extended its industrial hardware solutions with the addition of the Senor touch-screen computer. This can deliver full screen applications to the shopfloor, enabling the user to view production information while also supporting factory data collection tasks and DNC operations.
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Esab Cutting Systems has added EasyNest automatic true-shape nesting capabilities to its Vision T5 CNC controller. Parts can be added from the shape library or imported from CAD files or existing part programs. The operator simply enters the sheet size and the desired number of each part. The Vision T5 then generates as many sheets as necessary to meet requirements.
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Delcam's PartMaker division has released PartMaker 2012 which supports a number of the architectures found on today's latest bar-fed mills and turn-mill centres and has been developed in co-operation with a number of the industry's leading machine-tool builders. It includes support for such novel machine tool architectures as the Star SF and Mori-Seiki NTX, where the sub-spindle can work at articulated positions in addition to the articulation of these machines' tool head in the B-axis plane.
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Geomagic, developer of 3D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has launched 2012 versions of Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Wrap, Geomagic Qualify, Geomagic Qualify Probe and Geomagic Wrap OEM Edition.
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Delcam has added a range of direct modelling options to the 2012 release of its PowerShape CAD software that have a manufacturing focus, in particular, the development of moulds and other types of tooling.
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Profiling machine supplier ESAB Cutting Systems has launched the Data Leap program, a production management software system that provides information on the performance of cutting machines. It can be used to improve machine performance, ensure production flows are optimised and be used as part of a fully automated manufacturing installation.
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Siemens highlights the extensive enhancements that have been made to CAE simulation within its fully integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CADCAM/CAE) solution NX 8.
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