Mastercam Delivers Powerful New CAD/CAM Tools for Woodworking Industry
CNC Software unveils the first Maintenance release for Mastercam X2 Router
CNC Software announces the release of Mastercam X2’s Maintenance Release (MR1). Available to customers in March, this release is available to all Maintenance customers and all new Mastercam customers. This release introduces significant new capabilities, including double-sided nesting, ”onion skin” cutting, viewsheets, and much more.
Onion Skin Option
Small parts can be a problem on a CNC router if the area of the final piece being produced is not big enough to maintain adequate vacuum during a cut (and keep the part from moving). Mastercam Router’s new Onion Skin option automatically adjusts the depth of the outside profile cuts so that the tool does not cut all the way through the sheet. This maintains full vacuum during the heavy cutting. Mastercam creates a separate toolpath operation for the final return cut. You can even specify a different router bit and adjust feeds and speeds for the return cut.
Double-sided Nesting
Mastercam’s double-sided nesting functionality allows the flexibility of nesting parts with front- and back-side operations. Operations can be performed on one side, and the entire sheet can then be “flipped” over to finish the parts prior to cutting them out. Double-sided nesting reduces expensive secondary operations without requiring changes in product design and construction methods.
.jpg)
Viewsheets
New to Mastercam, viewsheets will save time when working with multiple views or working with different levels at the same time. Viewsheets let you create different user-defined sheets consisting of the view orientation, zoom scale, and visible levels of the part. Bookmarks allow you to save a specific state inside the viewsheet and recall it later. Mastercam saves the current view orientation, zoom, and visible level information each time you move from one viewsheet to another.
Z Oscillation
Z Oscillation contour type has been added to minimize tool wear. Z Oscillation is especially useful when cutting thinner materials or laminated materials.
|