PRESS RELEASE
Illustrations available upon request
For Immediate
Release
August 2006
Contact:
Phone: (860) 875-5006
Fax: (860) 872-1565
michellen@mastercam.com
Mastercam
Maintenance Enhancements
Spotlight on “Nesting”
Several upgrades
to the sorting options have improved Mastercam’s toolpath nesting. The user now
has more control over how nested parts are machined. Typically the
order in which the parts are nested is the order in which they are
machined. Mastercam nests larger parts first, and
then fills in the remaining space with smaller parts. It also offers
more features for sorting, including advanced cluster sorting.
Mastercam’s nesting
reports provide users a nested sheet report and individual part information. They
have been reformatted from a text-based file to a PDF report with graphics.
With the latest
release of Mastercam, significant speed improvements have been obtained in
certain cases by breaking the Automatically
attach geometry option into two separate options. One option automatically
attaches just the chains used in the toolpath cluster, while a second option includes
additional geometry contained within the outer boundary of the nested part.
This can greatly improve Mastercam’s nesting speed.
Other features of
Mastercam’s nesting include:
·
Separate toolpath nesting and geometry nesting
·
Simplified parameter pages
·
Infrequently used parameters segregated on a nesting
configuration dialog
·
Easy access to batch nesting via a toolbar button
·
Added ability to import multiple external MCX files into
toolpath nesting
·
Improvements to rectangular nesting including the ability to
save defaults, save scrap, and more.
For more
information on Mastercam’s nesting features, please visit http://www.mastercamrouter.com or
contact your local Mastercam Reseller.
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