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For Immediate Release

November 2008                                                                                     

Contact: Graham Hargreaves

                                                                                  Phone:  (860) 875-5006

                                                                                      Fax:  (860) 872-1565

                                                                        grahamh@mastercam.com

                                                                                               

Mastercam X3 Router CAD/CAM Software

Now Includes Enhanced Part Nesting

 

Tolland, CT – High yields can be crucial to a job’s profitability. Mastercam Router includes essential nesting capabilities for parts and toolpaths that assure optimal material usage for highest possible yields.

 

Mastercam X3 Router now includes sophisticated interlocking nesting tools as standard part of the powerful design and NC programming package. Highlights include:

·        Directly place CAD model placement from a variety of sources

·        Complete control over part-to-part distance, sheet margins, and more

·        Nest any toolpath so that each part is cut exactly as you want it

·        Part prioritization to make sure that the parts you need the most are nested first

·        Grain direction accommodate on any part

·        “Filler” part nesting to reduce waste

·        Custom sheet definition

·        Full control over part spacing and sheet margins

·        Automatic interlocking nesting for maximum material use

·        Group parts to ensure the entire set is always cut

Several upgrades to the sorting options have enhanced Mastercam’s toolpath nesting. You now have 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 that includes graphics.

 

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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About Mastercam

Developed by CNC Software, Inc., Mastercam is Windows®-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis milling and turning; 2- and 4-axis wire EDM; 2D and 3D design, surface, and solid modeling; artistic relief cutting, and 2D and 3D routing. CNC Software is a privately owned corporation founded in 1984. The U.S.-based company provides Mastercam CAD/CAM solutions to more than 124,000 installations in 75 countries in industries including mold-making, prototyping, automotive, medical, aerospace, and consumer products. Mastercam runs under Windows 2000 and Windows XP and is compatible with all other CAD/CAM systems. For more information about CNC Software, Inc. and its Mastercam family of products, contact CNC Software, Inc., M - F, 8 AM - 6 PM EST at (800) 228-2877 or (860) 875-5006,    671 Old Post Road, Tolland, CT 06084. Or visit www.mastercam.com.