PRESS RELEASE
Illustrations available upon request
For Immediate
Release
September 2007
Contact:
Phone: (860) 875-5006
Fax: (860) 872-1565
michellen@mastercam.com
Mastercam’s
Maintenance Release Delivers
New and Enhanced
Toolpath Control
CNC Software unveils the second Maintenance release for
Mastercam X2
Peel Milling Toolpath
Delivering powerful
high speed cutting to 2D projects, this new toolpath moves the tool in and
“peels” away material, layer by layer. It supports efficient constant climb
milling by using a trochoidal type of motion with accelerated “back” feed moves
when the tool is not engaged in material.
Operations Manager
The Operations
Manager pane can now float to a different area of the graphics window or to a
separate screen when you are working with dual monitors. Even in its remote
location, the Operations Manager remains dockable.
Create Boundary Function
The Create Boundary
function greatly expands Mastercam’s toolpath boundary creation, restricting
the toolpath to highly specific areas. You can now calculate the boundary using
shallow areas, theoretical rest areas, cutter contact areas, and enhanced
silhouette boundary controls.
Multiaxis Enhancements
Many powerful
enhancements are included in the advanced multiaxis toolpaths. Examples include
new “by region” machining, which allows the toolpath motion to be optimized by
completing one region before moving on to another, and expanded entry and exit
macros that greatly simplify contacting and leaving the material.
Swept Surfaces Improvements
New techniques and
options provide more sweep orientation control options, greater flexibility in
the use of multiple along and cross curves, and better accuracy for matching
those curves while using less data to define the resulting NURB surface.
Additional MR2 Enhancements
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The Level Manager can now be moved to a second monitor and
left open. You can also hide all geometry except what is on the main level, or
display a range of levels in the Level Manager grid.
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You can define horizontal block drill stations in the
machine definition rather than using an aggregate. You can set up different
views for each station.
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Common edge optimization in nesting is now supported.
Nesting toolpaths so that they have common edges saves both time and money.
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