Delcam launches PartMaker Modeling 2014 ‘CAD for CAM’ software
Delcam's PartMaker division has released PartMaker Modeling 2014, a 3D 'CAD for CAM' application which gives users the ability to create 3D solid models from scratch as well as repair and modify 3D engineering data of any origin.
The software features a host of enhancements, including what Delcam describes as the "utterly unique" Radial Cut Wizard for creating cylindrically-wrapped part features. Other improvements include:
• Automated functionality for snapping both geometry and solid features to existing faces.
• Enhancements to direct modelling functionality for altering 'dumb' solid models or 3D models with no feature history that have been created in other solid modelling systems.
• Functionality for extruding multiple regions with hollow shapes automatically.
• The further automation of feature-recognition functionality through Smart Feature Manager, which allows solid features to be extracted automatically from dumb solids.
The software is a particularly focused on users that make parts on turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes.
