PRESS RELEASE
Illustrations available upon request
For
Immediate Release
January 2011
Contact: Michelle Nemeth
Phone: (860) 875-5006
Fax: (860) 872-1565
Michellen@mastercam.com
Newly
Released Mastercam X6 in Action at WESTEC 2012
Los
Angeles, CA – WESTEC 2012 will feature the latest in the line of powerful
Mastercam machining software. Stop by booth # 2612 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, March 27-29 for a look at Mastercam X6, the
latest release, which introduces significant new capabilities, including new
stock models, Mastercam Blade Expert, the new OptiRest toolpath, Hybrid Finish
Filler Passes, and so much more.
Stock Model
A
precise machining stock model delivers a variety of benefits—viewing and
verifying work as it progresses, performing stock model comparisons, and easily
choosing existing stock for rest machining. Mastercam gives you the power to
create accurate, fully-associative stock models at any point in your machining
process.
Blade Expert Add-on
Mastercam
Blade Expert greatly simplifies the toolpath creation process for any
multi-bladed parts, including fans, propellers, impellers, turbines, marine
screws, and more. There is no limit to the number of blades, splitters, or
sub-splitters that can be programmed. Blade Expert includes a variety of
powerful and flexible multiaxis roughing strategies. Automatic tool axis
control ensures smooth machine motion.
OptiRest Toolpath
Mastercam’s latest
3D High Speed Toolpath performs Rest Milling operations to remove remaining
material with optimized roughing motion. This powerful new toolpath can use the
new stock model functionality for defining stock removal areas.
Hybrid Finish Filler Passes
3D
high speed Hybrid toolpaths now maintain all of the Z level cuts in the steep
areas of your parts while filling in the shallow areas with scallop motion
within a single Z section. These toolpaths combine the best of both worlds with
waterline (constant Z) motion and scallop where needed. Now you can have both
waterline and scallop motion at the same Z section, section after section. The
result is a much better finish and more efficient use of the tool.
More
powerful tools in Mastercam X6 include:
·
2D HST Region Chaining
·
2D HST Dynamic Toolpath Improvements
·
Mastercam Lathe Variable Depth Roughing
·
64-bit support
·
OptiRough strategy now offers OptiCore and
OptiArea
·
Facing and Canned Groove toolpaths
·
New Autosync Rails
·
Wirepath Editor improvements
For
more information on Mastercam X6, and to view videos on the new software
features, please visit www.mastercam.com.
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