Alphacam 2016 R2 features automation updates

The latest 2106 R2 version of Alphacam includes improvements to automation, machining and feature extraction, along with newly developed user interface commands.

Enhancements include:

  • Alphacam Clipboard, a function that enables entities to be cut, copied and pasted in the drawing area between different versions of the software open on the same PC
  • A newly developed method for extracting contours in work planes – by selecting faces to create the work plane for the extraction direction
  • Machining dialogues that now have a tab containing specific options for either 2D or 3D lead-in and lead-out paths
  • An option that achieves tool angle direction entry into a part when machining features such as grooves and slots
  • A surface machining pattern that has been added to the 5-axis cycle
  • Changes to the Automation Manager application that include job settings, machining order, layer mapping and added support for nesting small parts into defined zones