Vero has acquired a number of leading CAM manufacturers over recent years, many of these packages already using MachineWorks software - products such as PEPS, Alphacam, Edgecam, and Surfcam were already benefiting from MachineWorks’ algorithms for CNC simulation and collision detection. And Vero was also using MachineWorks to support CNC simulation elsewhere.
Says Steve Youngs, technical and integration manager at Vero Software: “As more and more CAM applications joined the Vero Group, it made sense for Vero Software to reassess their use of component technology, and after extensive benchmarking, we came to the conclusion that MachineWorks APIs [application programming interfaces] were the right choice for the products within the group.”
Adds Mike Nicholson, sales and marketing director for MachineWorks: “We are thrilled that Vero Software, the largest CAM provider in the world, has chosen MachineWorks as the component software to be used within their numerous CAM packages for CNC simulation and verification.”
In addition to the CAM brands already mentioned, Vero Software also develops Cabinet Vision, Machining Strategist, Radan, Smirt, Surfcam, WorkNC and Visi, along with the production control MRP system Javelin.
Vero is part of Hexagon AB, well known for its dimensional measurement solutions but which has a broader reach in being a provider of “information technologies that drive quality and productivity across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications”.
MachineWorks software is a very widely used CNC simulation and verification CAM software component, with more than 60% of CAM developers in the world having integrated MachineWorks technology into their applications.
Most recently, MachineWorks unveiled new developments at Chicago’s IMTS exhibition in September. One of these supports cloud-based applications for CNC simulation and verification. This new feature allows networked devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktops, to visualise MachineWorks simulations running in the cloud.
MachineWorks functionality offers real-time simulation and verification for any type of CNC machining, including kinematics, multi-axis, mill-turn, robotics, Swiss-type turning, wire EDM, hybrid machining (subtractive + additive manufacturing), with features such as on-the-fly crash and gouge check, target part comparison, material removal and infinite zooming.