PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, May 1, 2020 – Samsung Foundry certified Ansys RaptorH electromagnetic (EM) simulation solution for developing advanced systems-on-chip (SoC) and two and a half dimensional/three-dimensional integrated circuits (2.5D/3D-IC). The certification enables Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) to help Samsung designers and Samsung Foundry customers more accurately analyze and mitigate risks from EM effects when adopting Samsung’s new signoff flow — significantly expediting the advancement of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC) and 5G semiconductor designs.

Samsung’s series of advanced nanometer silicon and 2.5D/3D-IC technologies require a signoff methodology for validating EM interference that negatively impacts complex multi-chip assemblies — a task that traditional tools are not designed to handle. Engineers require a high-capacity EM analysis tool to accurately model the signal integrity of very large SoCs and 2.5D/3D assemblies which process signals at very high data rates. The hard-to-quantify interactions among signals in 2.5D/3D-ICs are critical points of failure and limit the rate of new technology adoption.

Combining the high-fidelity, high-frequency electromagnetic solvers of Ansys HFSS with the tremendous speed and robust architecture of Ansys RaptorX, RaptorH’s highly integrated analysis solution helps Samsung designers model EM phenomena and push higher frequencies in their 2.5D/3D chip assemblies with confidence that parasitic effects will not compromise the system. This will drive a faster ramp to mainstream production for these new packaging technologies with significantly reduced risk.

“Increasing data rates, higher levels of electronic system integration and packaging density are leading to a greater demand for new EM analysis capabilities on an unprecedented scale,” said Dr. Jaehong Park, executive vice president of Foundry Design Platform Development at Samsung Electronics. “Leveraging Ansys RaptorH empowers our talented engineering team to overcome unwelcome EM phenomena, in order to shrink design cycles, decreases budgets and increase performance.”

“Continuing our deep relationship with Samsung, RaptorH provides an enhanced signoff flow for eliminating risks from EM interference and directly supports Samsung’s development of cutting-edge AI, HPC and 5G semiconductor designs. RaptorH will help Samsung designers and foundry customers shrink chip size, slash power demands, reduce costs and speed their products to market,” said Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos, vice president of engineering at Ansys. “This solution also demonstrates Ansys’ ability to not only integrate a new acquisition, like Helic, into our portfolio quickly but also accelerate growth and bring much needed solutions to customers around the world.”

About Ansys

If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a product where Ansys software played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. For more information, visit www.ansys.com.

KRAILLING, Germany, Apr 30, 2020 – EOS, the world’s leading technology supplier in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, is pleased to announced that 3T-am, a leading production additive manufacturing (AM) company, is utilizing EOS’ global partner ecosystem to 3D print face shield headbands for frontline health workers in the UK.

Unpacking of 3D printed headbands for face shields

3T is now producing 20,000 headbands per week, and will exceed 100,000 within the next few weeks. The face shields are being used by frontline workers, across the NHS and UK healthcare system, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

During times of such uncertainty, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to deliver essential products and services. It has arguably never been more important for a flexible and efficient supply chain. 3D printing allows for tens of thousands of high-quality parts to be produced in a matter of weeks, when people need them most.

3T is working directly with NHS trusts across the UK, as well as various medical distribution companies to supply face shields to UK health workers. 3T has also provided the CAD for free, available to download from 3T’s website.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Apr 30, 2020 – NUMECA is delighted to announce the official release of FINE/Marine major version 9.1. FINE/Marine is the leading CFD software for naval architects and marine engineers.

Features and new improvements in  FINE/Marine v9.1 :

Convergence booster

Dynamic evolution of non-linear iterations and under relaxation coefficients during the acceleration phase of the boat has been implemented to get 25% of speedup, without any penalty on accuracy.

Drag convergence with and without the convergence booster

Convergence checker now interfaced

To avoid useless CPU time when the computation is already converged, the solver automatically stops the simulations when the physical quantities are converged. This interesting tool is now interfaced with smart default values to save time.

Convergence checker interface

Documentation upgrade

4 new demo cases have been added to the documentation package to illustrate the maneuvring operations: roll damping, zig-zag, turning circle, and course keeping are now part of the standard simulations of FINE™/Marine. Also, 1 democase for seakeeping based on the Tokyo Workshop 2015 has been added.

ONRT Turning circle

Extension of the self-propulsion plugin to double screwed ships

The plugin dedicated to self-propulsion with modeled propellers in sliding grids has been extended to double screwed ships.

Several C-Wizard improvements

1. Impose vertical center of gravity and let the C-Wizard calculate the longitudinal one
2. Successive restarts now handled with relative time
3. Convergence checker incorporated to save CPU time
4. Seakeeping improvements to decrease number of cells and use ITTC inertia matrix

That’s not all!

1. A new time step law to automatically define the time step in case of sliding or overset grids
2. The possibility to handle ducted propellers from our Rhino3D plugin
3. The improvement of the forces by section plugin in CFView to handle radial, tangential and axial forces distribution like for instance on propellers.

About NUMECA International

NUMECA International is a leading developer and provider of Grid Generation, Multi-physics – CFD software systems for analysis, design, and optimization of industrial products and processes, with an emphasis in the domains of turbomachinery, marine, aeronautics, aerospace, energy, chemical processes and multi-physics. NUMECA offers an extended suite of software systems covering a broad range of applications for both internal and external flows, including fluid-structure, fluid thermal, aero-acoustic interactions.

Driven by creativity, innovation & quality, we proudly turn our passion into innovative software toolsets that support the world’s leading industries. For more information, visit www.numeca.com.

EVRY, France, Apr 30, 2020 – TOPSOLID SAS, former Missler Software, the French leader in CAD/CAM software for the industry is pleased to announce the release of the new version of TopSolid 2020 (v7.14).

TopSolid 7 is the most integrated CAD/CAM software on the market, with an intuitive interface and an integrated and transparent PDM. All its applications are fully compatible with each other and communicate associatively. TopSolid 7 covers all the needs of the market in general mechanics, tooling, machining, sheet metal processing and metalworking.

Highlights: 

TopSolid’Design 2020

TopSolid’Design 2020 has been enriched with more than 100 new features including:

1. A new “Work” document which allows you to prepare and execute multiple tasks (bills of materials, drafting, unfolded parts, machining programs, etc.). This concept is integrated into the kernel and common to all other applications. The “Work” document allows a significant gain in productivity when generating the technical documentation of a project.
2. An innovative and automated mechanism to identify parts and assemblies to be produced. TopSolid 2020 calculates and assigns manufacturing and mounting indexes to each part of an assembly and maintains this information throughout the design process.
3. A new and innovative concept of “workspace” which allows the optimization of collaborative work on large assemblies.
4. A new standard translator to FBX format which allows you to export your projects to the main Virtual Reality (VR) software on the market.
5. IFC import and export translators which allow you to interact efficiently with the BIM (Building Information Modeling) environment.
6. TopSolid’Design 2020 further improves the recovery and processing of PMI (Product and Manufacturing Information) from various native formats.
7. TopSolid’Design 2020 introduces an essential innovation: Manufacturing Features (MFs). These are entities that keep manufacturing information from the design stage. MFs are carried throughout the design cycle and up to the manufacturing stage where they allow you to automate the programming of your parts.

TopSolid’Cam 2020

TopSolid’Cam 2020 has also been enriched with more than 100 new features including:

1. BoostMilling: a new high-performance machining algorithm wherein which the calculation of toolpaths is extremely fast and the gain in productivity is increased by a factor of up to 70%. The tools are preserved and the efforts on the machine are limited.
2. To optimize productivity, TopSolid’Cam 2020 extends the use of the Roll-in approach.
3. The use of Manufacturing Features  (MF) makes it possible to automate the machining of holes and pockets of parts designed with TopSolid.
4. For 5-axis machining, TopSolid’Cam 2020 introduces a new blisk machining command and a more powerful 5-axis roughing command.
5. TopSolid’Cam 2020 takes SwissTurn machining one step further by allowing the simulation of simultaneous operations and synchronization. The simulation supports real-time collision management and stock updates. Programming SwissTurn machines has never been so safe!

TopSolid’Mold 2020

TopSolid’Mold 2020 integrates numerous improvements to increase productivity. It is now simpler and more visual to create complex parting surfaces.

The efficiency of the cooling circuits can be visually monitored so that the risk areas can be anticipated.

TopSolid’Mold 2020 

TopSolid’Mold 2020 completely automates the electrode machining process with the help of the “Work” document. The “Work” document integrates the automatic positioning of the parts on the machine, the generation of toolpaths, as well as the generation of the ISO code and the shop floor documents.

TopSolid’Progress 2020 provides more detailed drawing layouts, automation of the machining of input points, as well as more complete and configurable drilling tables.

About TOPSOLID

TOPSOLID SAS, headquartered in Evry, France, is the publisher of the TopSolid software, which provides CAD/CAM and ERP solutions for the mechanical manufacturing, tooling, wood and sheet metal work industries. With a headcount of 320, the company turned over €45 million in 2018. Every year, TOPSOLID invests some 30% of its turnover in research and development for its integrated range of software. The company was founded in 1984 and has been present on the international stage since 1997. Today, about 70% of the software is exported through a network of 60 value-added resellers all over the world. For more information, visit www.topsolid.com.

IRVINE, CA, USA, Apr 30, 2020 – MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of AlibreCAM 2020, a fully integrated CAM add-in for Alibre Design and Atom 3D from Alibre Inc.

Release highlights include:

1. New G-code editor module for previewing and editing G-code files
2. New Profile-Nesting module for nesting profile toolpaths
3. New Mill-Turn module for C axis mill programming on a lathe
4. Fixtures – Ability to define fixtures in all CAM toolpaths
5. Numerous features and feature improvements in 2 ½, 3, 4 & 5 Axis machining
6. Simulation – Taper tool holder collision as well as fixture collision detection
7. Other Productivity and User Interface enhancements

Click on the link for a detailed documentation of What’s New in AlibreCAM 2020.

Free demo software downloads of AlibreCAM 2020 can be requested here.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS, AlibreCAM and VisualCAMc for Onshape. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163. For more information, visit https://mecsoft.com.

IRVINE, CA, USA, Apr 30, 2020 – MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAM 2020 for SOLIDWORKS, the latest version of MecSoft’s fully integrated Gold Certified CAM solution for SOLIDWORKS.

Release highlights include:

1. New G-code editor module for previewing and editing G-code files
2. New Profile-Nesting module for nesting profile toolpaths
3. New Mill-Turn module for C axis mill programming on a lathe
4. Fixtures – Ability to define fixtures in all CAM toolpaths
5. Numerous features and feature improvements in 2 ½, 3, 4 & 5 Axis machining
6. Simulation – Taper tool holder collision as well as fixture collision detection
7. Other Productivity and User Interface enhancements

Click on the link for a detailed documentation of What’s New in VisualCAM 2020 for SOLIDWORKS.

Free demo software downloads of VisualCAM 2020 for SOLIDWORKS can be requested here.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS, AlibreCAM and VisualCAMc for Onshape. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

NEW YORK, NY, USA, Apr 30, 2020 – Continuing to support the alleviation of global shortage of medical and consumer personal protective equipment (PPE), Gerber Technology is now empowering manufacturers to accelerate PPE production by offering a PPE Retooling Package. The package includes an end-to-end suite of software and a specially configured PPE Edition Gerber Paragon cutter with optimized cutting parameters that allow manufacturers to produce up to 150,000 medical gowns and 6 million non-medical masks per week. The package also includes PPE patterns, tech packs, and a regulatory consulting package for rapid conversion of conventional sewn goods production to PPE. The Gerber PPE Retooling Package will help manufacturers seamlessly convert their supply chain allowing them to quickly, efficiently, and sustainably manufacture quality PPE.

“We are dedicated to making our customers successful in every way possible as they navigate through these unprecedented times, to save lives and jobs,” said Leonard Marano, Vice President of Product Management & Marketing for Automation Solutions at Gerber Technology. “Since PPE materials are technical and complicated to work with, we want to ensure our customers have everything they need to make their transition to PPE production as smooth, efficient, and fast as possible.”

Materials used for PPE are complex and often require several materials to be layered together to meet regulations and compliance. In order for manufacturers to successfully transition to efficient PPE production at scale, they will need to make significant changes to the setup of their workflow. The Gerber PPE Retooling Package will simplify the transition through a pre-packaged set of options including vacuum regulation and cutting parameters, essential spare parts, 2D/3D CAD and PLM software to ensure accuracy and efficiency, and support from Gerber’s knowledgeable experts. By leveraging the Gerber consulting package, retooling your production can take less than one week and results in less wasted material than ‘learning by doing’.

“Since March, we have helped over 1,200 companies worldwide optimize their supply chains for PPE production by providing production-ready patterns and files, sharing best practices and connecting our global network of manufacturers and suppliers,” said Michelle Steenvoorden, Vice President, Professional Services and Technical Lead on Gerber’s PPE Task Force. “We know exactly what it takes to produce high-quality, sustainable products that are effective, and help companies retool as quickly as possible for maximum impact.”

People all around the world are currently at high risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the shortage of PPE for both medical and consumer use. Earlier this year, Gerber created the PPE Task Force and Manufacturer Matchmaking Program which is helping manufacturers produce 150+ million masks and several million gowns per week, saving hundreds of millions of lives and securing countless jobs around the world. The Gerber PPE Retooling Package will help further increase manufacturing capacity.

About Gerber Technology

Gerber Technology delivers industry-leading software and automation solutions that help apparel and industrial customers improve their manufacturing and design processes and more effectively manage and connect the supply chain, from product development and production to retail and the end customer. Gerber serves 78,000 customers in 134 countries, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies in apparel and accessories, home and leisure, transportation, packaging and sign and graphics.

Based in Connecticut in the USA, Gerber Technology is owned by AIP, a New York based, global private equity firm specializing in the technology sector and has more than $3.0 billion assets under management. The company develops and manufactures its products from various locations in the United States and Canada and has additional manufacturing capabilities in China. For more information, visit https://www.gerbertechnology.com.

PLANO, TX, USA, Apr 29, 2020 – Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the latest release of its Simcenter FLOEFD software, a CAD-embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool. Simcenter FLOEFD is part of the Simcenter portfolio of simulation and test solutions that enables companies optimize designs and deliver innovations faster and with greater confidence. Simcenter FLOEFD helps engineers simulate fluid flow and thermal problems quickly and accurately within their preferred CAD environment. The latest version offers new modules and improvements that can improve accuracy and solve rates.

An insulated-gate bipolar transistor thermal simulation with Simcenter FLOEFD, ready for a BCI-ROM extraction.

Featuring unique intelligent technology to enable fast and accurate simulation, Simcenter FLOEFD helps users frontload CFD simulation early into the design process to understand the behavior of their concepts and eliminate the less attractive options. Due to its unique technology, Simcenter FLOEFD can reduce the overall simulation time by as much as 65-75 percent and offers up to 40 times user productivity enhancement. Part of the Xcelerator portfolio, Simcenter FLOEFD helps design engineers increase productivity and contribute to the creation of a highly accurate digital twin.

The new Electronics Cooling Center module in Simcenter FLOEFD combines existing best electronics-specific capabilities and integrates new ones from Simcenter Flotherm software inside the user-friendly CAD-embedded interface to enhance electronics cooling functionality. A second new module helps users create a compact Reduced Order Model (ROM) that solves at a faster rate, while still maintaining a high level of accuracy. Its package creator helps users create thermal models of electronics packages easily and quickly. The Power Electrification module can now simulate an electrical device as an electro-thermal compact model, which can save significant user and computational time.

For more information on the latest release of Simcenter FLOEFD, please see here.

About Siemens Digital Industries Software

Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.

BROOMFIELD, CO, USA, Apr 29, 2020 – Spatial Corp, the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for design, manufacturing, and engineering solutions, and a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, announces the production release of 2020 1.0.1. The release  2020 1.0.1 enables hybrid manufacturing workflows, improved application responsiveness, and enhanced robustness for simulation workflows.

Enable super-fast review of large models

Selective import for optimal performance

3D InterOp’s selective import ability lets you optimize your data preparation application for handling large CAD models.

Your application can start by just importing the data required for visualization of the large CAD model, which with latest improvements typically takes a few seconds (see details below). This means that your users can start reviewing large models within seconds of uploading them in your application.

While your users review the model, your application can start loading exact BRep data in the background. It can also allow your users to isolate and selectively import exact BRep for just a few parts in the large assembly, and continue the workflow without having to re-start the process.

Solidworks and CATIA together make up the majority1 of the PLM suppliers for C-Design (CAD/CAM/CAE/ECAD). Hence, in the 2020 1.0.1 release, we have radically enhanced the performance of visualization2 import from SolidWorks and CATIA parts and assemblies by up to 17 times. See the performance chart below for more details.

*1 – 2019 ARC PLM Market Results
*2 – SPAlopVisu… interfaces

To replicate these gains, set these CATIA and SOLIDWORKS import options.

Expand the scope of your application to enable hybrid manufacturing 

Expand the Scope of a 3D Modeler

Operate on hybrid sets of data and perform both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes by leveraging CGM’s exact and polyhedral geometry modeling capabilities.

Enable your users to work with data designed in a CAD tool or generated by scanning a real 3D object. Prepare geometry for 3D printing by leveraging wall thickness analysis and offset operators to produce light-weight yet printable parts.

With the 2020 1.0.1 release, the following CGM operators can be used in hybrid workflows:

Customize a scanned part with hybrid geometric operators for Additive manufacturing.

Hollowing using rolling ball offset

Add simulation to your application

Modular Workflow Solutions

Spatial’s modular SDKs enable you to add simulation to a new or existing application with minimal development effort.

Save time to focus on your differentiators by leveraging Spatial’s robust Booleans and meshing solutions for your data preparation needs. Spatial’s solution gives your application automatic CAD Associativity to the mesh, as well as the ability to automatically identify interfaces (contacts) between different domains, so your users can focus on their simulation.

In 2020 1.0.1, we have enhanced the robustness of CGM’s non-regularized unite for exact geometry. It is now better suited to support interface generation and identification between different bodies in a CAD model thus allowing for automation in data preparation for CHT (Conjugate heat transfer), CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) etc. simulations.

Automatic interface generation and identification

ACIS, a proven modeler, further enhances booleans

Enhance the Experience of Existing ACIS Applications: Proven Modeler

ACIS applications are the most proven and robust on the market. With 30 years of continuous development, ACIS provides its customers a stable, flexible and performant experience.

With 2020 1.0.1, 3D ACIS Modeler is more stable at performing incremental Booleans (iterative Booleans that offer a higher rate of success than 1-step Booleans) when dealing with bad geometry like sliver faces, edge-face near coincidence etc. With a more robust preparation step, incremental Booleans deliver consistent success rates for complex and noisy data sets. This is especially relevant for ACIS based Simulation applications that perform multi-body Booleans.

Sliver Face Interaction: Sliver Face Can Be Present in Tool or Blank and It Is Interacting Other Body

Spatial is a solution advisor, not just a component provider

Enhance the Experience of Existing ACIS Applications: Solution Advisor

2020 1.0.1 release includes ACIS enhancements delivered as a result of direct engagements with ACIS customers. By leveraging Spatial’s 3D experts in the customer success team, you can get custom implementations done for your needs and strategies or schedule on-site trainings. To get started, contact your Account Manager or reach us at the support portal.

Some such 2020 1.0.1 enhancements include:

Up to 65% performance improvements in wrapping a large number of wire bodies on a face (api_wrap) by enabling multithreading. This can allow for real-time marking, engraving or etching of 3D objects.

Reverse engineer point segments to generate line and arc segments.

This functionality can enable applications focused on converting scanned data to BRep or exact geometry.

Applications:

1. Easy editing downstream
2. Speed up 3D printing or robotic arm movement

Other highlights in 2020 1.0.1

3D InterOp:

1. CATIA V5 threads are now supported for all 3 modeler flavors of 3D InterOp.
2. The demo tool, 3DScript has been enhanced to support new 3D InterOp interfaces:
   1. Multi-process import
   2. Activation of minimal data import policy to get high performance, and more
3. New UConnect focused portal in documentation to help you adopt the new interface. More enhancements to this page will be coming soon. We will also continue to maintain and enhance the former Connect interface focused portal.
4. Updated CAD version support:
   1. CATIA V5-6 R2020
   2. NX 1872 and 1899
   3. Parasolid 32.0.152
   4. JT 10.3 & 10.5
   5. Revit 2019
   6. PMI from Solidworks 2020

Refer to the 3D InterOp release notes for a complete list of updates

CGM:

1. An updated list of hybrid operators is available here. Now you can perform splits, intersections, disconnect a group of wires, extract boundaries, create silhouette etc. on both exact BRep as well as polyhedral inputs.
2. 3D Precise mesh, bridge between CGM and Distene MeshGems, supports any MeshGems version from 2.4 to 2.10.

Refer to the CGM release notes for a complete list of updates

ACIS:

1. ACIS-HOOPS Bridge has been updated to support HOOPS Visualize 3DF API v24.10 on all platforms
2. Generate miter faces when thickening connected sheets to create manufacturable parts
3. Continued effort to prevent generation of zero-length edges from most ACIS algorithms as well as successfully handling them in legacy models

Refer to the ACIS release notes for a complete list of updates

About Spatial

Spatial Corp, a Dassault Systèmes subsidiary, is the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for technical applications across a broad range of industries. Spatial 3D modeling, 3D visualization, and CAD translation software development toolkits help application developers deliver market-leading products, maintain focus on core competencies, and reduce time-to-market. For over 30 years, Spatial’s 3D software development toolkits have been adopted by many of the world’s most recognized software developers, manufacturers, research institutes, and universities. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, Spatial has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, China, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.spatial.com.

AACHEN, Germany, Apr 29, 2020 –  ModuleWorks announces the release of its 2020.04 CAD/CAM software components. This is the first major release of 2020 and is available now for download from the ModuleWorks website.

Each ModuleWorks release contains new and enhanced features across the product range. This latest release contains new quality-enhancing features for 5-axis and 3-axis machining as well as improved visualization for the MultiXPost post processor.

5-Axis Machining

Automatic tilting to avoid collisions

It is not always possible to create a collision-free lead for the machining process. The new automatic tilting feature uses an intelligent algorithm to automatically tilt the tool to avoid the collisions, thereby improving the safety and efficiency of the machining process, particularly when working with complex tool shapes such as barrel mill cutters.

Limits relative to surface normal

Setting the constraints on the lead tilt angle and side tilt angle enables you to adjust the machining process in different ways depending on the tool’s contact point and the machining surface. To provide even more application flexibility, the user-defined contact point and angle limits can now be measured relative to the surface normal instead of the initial tool orientation. When working with barrel mill cutters, this feature gives you better control over the cutting conditions upon tool engagement.

More accurate tool definitions

The shoulder length is a cylindrical part located directly above the flute. ModuleWorks now incorporates the shoulder length into its tool definitions, resulting in more accurate definitions.

3-Axis Machining

Floor finishing for wireframe-based toolpath calculations

Floor machining for pocket/boss areas is now available to complete the basic product portfolio of roughing and finishing cycles based on a wireframe geometry.

Number of slices for engraving

To optimize tool loading, you can now create a specified number of engraving toolpath slices with variable depths.

Multi-Axis Post Processor (MultiXPost)

Keep the table and head in fixed positions

Posting 3-axis toolpaths on a machine usually requires constant adjustments to the position of the table or head, which may not always be desired when viewing the simulation. To provide an improved user experience, MultiXPost is now able to eliminate the continuous movement and keep the table or head axis in a fixed position while ensuring the whole toolpath is simulated within the machine limits.

For further details about the ModuleWorks 2020.04 release, see the latest ModuleWorks YouTube videos: What’s New in ModuleWorks 2020.04

About ModuleWorks

ModuleWorks is the leading software component provider for the CAD/CAM industry. With over 170 employees and 800 man years of software development, ModuleWorks’ expertise in toolpath creation and simulation is recognized throughout the industry and its software components are already optimizing the performance and quality of over 500,000 installed seats of CAD/CAM software around the world.

From standard products to exclusive development projects, we work in close cooperation with you to bring your own vision of Industry 4.0 to life. Our comprehensive product portfolio and cutting-edge software components enable you to optimize your CAD/CAM solutions and connect to CNC/MTB systems to increase your competitiveness and help you Get There Faster. For more information, visit https://www.moduleworks.com.