SURREY, UK, May 1, 2020 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division is pleased to announce the launch of RADAN 2021.0. CAD/CAM, tubes, bending, quoting and the specialist CAD for CAM modelling tool all benefit from a number of enhancements in the latest sheet metal software from Hexagon – RADAN.

 RADAN 2021.0 provides ultimate nesting for punching machines

CAD/CAM

RADAN 2021 takes an important step for manufacturers operating punching machines, and who want to optimize batches of nests. It is now possible to use Radnest Ultimate on punch.

Product Manager Olaf Körner says optimizing nests with the module can reduce the number of raw material sheets by eight per cent in a year. “Manufacturers spending hundreds of thousands of pounds a year will find that gives them massive savings.” He says many manufacturers would notice the material saving, but also, having more parts on a sheet takes less time to produce the batch. “Another welcome additional saving.”

Set-up sheets can now be automatically generated and sent to each machine, saving around 50 minutes in an average day of producing up to 80 nests. The NC code for the job goes to the machine, and the set-up sheet to the operator. “Now it’s done through a simple tick box, and the sheet is always up to date, with no chance of omissions or errors.”
Radm-ax/Radtube

The latest release overcomes the issue of hazardous holes – created when pieces of metal are left in a dangerous position after a hole has been cut in a tube. Extra cuts can now be carried out, dividing the slugs into smaller chunks which fall out more readily.

Three important updates to multi-part nesting:

1. The ability to import order and job numbers, which include details of which order the parts belong to, so they can be kept together for assembly. “It means everything can be tracked right through the shop floor.” This is achieved via CSV import or by manually modifying data in the multinester and displaying it.
2. It is now possible to start manufacturing automatically from a full assembly, without needing to take individual shapes, sizes or material into consideration. Everything is automatically calculated from the assembly, straight into the nesting engine with the order and job numbers.
3. A new Tube Purchasing Report has been added, detailing what materials are required for a job, either from stock, or that need to be purchased.

Common line cutting can now be carried out even if the ends have cutouts in the design. Two overlapping cuts can be converted to a common line cut sequence where two specific aspects are met; firstly, the end features must be produced with a single cut; and secondly, the end cuts must overlap by at least 25 per cent. This means that up to three quarters of all tube parts can now be considered for common line cutting.

Radbend

A new option improves collision checking during automatic sequencing. Olaf Körner explains this is particularly valuable when bending long, thin parts such as guttering. “If the channel is particularly deep and is bent in the wrong sequence, it could become jammed in the press brake, clamped around the tools. This type of part can be sequenced  in such a way as to guarantee that collisions won’t happen.”

Radbend now reduces handling when calculating sequences automatically, by lessening the need for tool and part rotations. “Every time operators have to turn a part around, either by themselves or with a colleague, it takes time. This new piece of functionality calculates a better sequence meaning it can be fed into the machine in little steps, improving the handling.”

And the tool editor now shows important additional information by default, making it more user-friendly.

Radquote

“Cutting strategies can now be specified on a part in Radquote.  It asks how the parts are to be cut – for example, whether oxygen or nitrogen is required for a laser part, and what finish is required – as these factors affect the costs,” he says. And RADAN 3D drawing files can be added to the quote, complementing its ability to read directly from CAD files created by systems such as SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, Creo and CATIA.

Also, a 2D shape can quickly be modified in Radraft now and updated in Radquote. “Some quoting systems on the market can’t easily change a part graphically. The benefit of this enhancement to Radquote, is that if you’ve received a file that’s not 100 per cent accurate it can readily be edited in Radraft and the updated file read by Radquote.”

Designer

A number of items of new and enhanced functionality have been added to the Designer module, including “dramatic improvements” to sending the finished design to CAM.
“For example, there are six different ways of sending Designer data into RADAN CAD/CAM, including sending flat patterns of all parts to be added to a nest project, and sending a single part for opening geometry in the part editor.”

Designer now indicates bends where the design radius differs from the expected result radius when using V-width as the unfolding method. This is important for the unfolding process, and the finished look of the component.

Feedback is now provided on overlapping unfolds. “Sometimes, when a 3D model is unfolded, it doesn’t work – faces clash on top of each other. The user is now notified of this and shown the issue graphically.”

Another new function adds watertight corner reliefs, showing in 2D what it will look like to make in 3D. And the Split Edge command can now deal with arcs, making it faster to open a closed edge.

In conclusion, Olaf Körner says: “RADAN 2021 achieves our target of bringing items of functionality off preview, and into the full release. It represents another state-of-the-art version of the software for sheet metal companies working on models they have designed themselves, or imported as CAD files from other systems.”

About Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Invitation

SURREY, UK , May 1, 2020 – The 2021 release of WORKPLAN, enhances automation and flexibility to further cement its integration into the sheet metal market.

WORKPLAN 2021.0: “A Solution Dedicated to Customers’ Needs”

Product Manager Christophe Mas says: “Industry 4.0, or Smart Manufacturing, isn’t just a goal for large manufacturers. We have more and more small companies turning to us, wanting a complete digital chain integrating specifications, and automating production management directly ingrated with their RADAN CAM solution, allowing them to get realtime views of their current workload, business profitability analysis, and full inventory control – all connected to their existing accounting system.”

A solution which was originally dedicated to mould makers, WORKPLAN, from Hexagon’s production software portfolio, has been able to mix a single database with multiple business requirements such as tools, sheet metal, prototyping, and mechanics.  “This means it shares new functions developed specifically for niche markets but which have now become real assets for all customers in many industrial sectors.”

Continuous improvement for sheet metal world

Initially used as a business calculator for sheet metal quotes, RADAN’s quoting module, Radquote, connects seamlessly with WORKPLAN, and now updates projects using referenced components present in a bill of material, optimising the price for the project.

“It’s also possible to mix WORKPLAN base items and new parts requiring a specific calculation in Radquote on the same quote lines,” says Christophe Mas. “Material prices are automatically updated between the two solutions, and the system can now generate a request for a quote through the sheet estimation, directly based on RADAN’s nesting engine.”

Activity Basket Group

Enhancements to the activity basket, which was launched in WORKPLAN 2020.0, make it possible to automatically create all baskets for the same project in just a few clicks…or from a nest with a simple drag and drop. And the activity baskets can now be controlled via the barcode system with specific manufacturing ranges, or via touch screens. “This revolutionises the management of time tracking, and promotes automation and flexibility in the workshop. It also simplifies the management of assembly activities, heat treatment and finishing operations.”

GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation

A new set of measures has been introduced to guarantee maximum protection for storing  both customer and employee data. “We have also implemented best practice guidelines related to the fundamental rights of GDPR such as consent management, right to be forgotten, right to change, and data portability.”

In conclusion, Christophe Mas says that WORKPLAN  continues to integrate into all Hexagon solutions, with more and more projects in preparation, in order to be an increasingly essential part of the full digital chain.

“Our objective is no longer just to propose a production management solution, but to implement the solution dedicated to our customers’ needs, connected to their CAD/CAM tools.”

About Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

SURREY, UK, May 1, 2020 – Easier highlighting of individual parts in an assembly, and refurbishments to the Client Viewer both feature in a number of enhancements in the latest release of WORKXPLORE – the powerful high-speed CAD viewer and analyser from Hexagon’s production software portfolio.

A number of enhancements in Hexagon’s latest high-speed CAD viewer and analyzer, WORKXPLORE 2021.0

The software was originally created to efficiently import and analyse all file types and sizes at high speed. It often takes less than half the time to open a file compared to the original CAD application.

Amongst the new and enhanced functionalities in WORKXPLORE 2021.0 is the ability to easily highlight individual parts in an assembly. And the selected component is now displayed in a vibrant colour, while the rest of the assembly appears transparent in the background. The purpose of this visualisation is to show the position of a certain part in an assembly.

Product owner Luca Clerici says the new item of functionality is simple to operate: “Just select the component, or the branch to be displayed, from the Assembly tab and check the ‘Highlight Selection in 3D’ box. The transparency level can also be set, by simply entering the desired value in General Parameters.”

The Client Viewer – the tool that enable users to communicate 3D parts and assemblies to sub-contractors, customers or colleagues using a stand-alone, lightweight application that can easily be transmitted through the internet, has been reviewed and enhanced.

“Firstly, it’s now possible, via the export window, to choose between creating 32- or 64-bit Client Viewer executables. Selecting 64-bit allows large models or assemblies to be correctly exported. And secondly, WORKNC toolpaths can now be exported.”

Also:

1. It is now possible to import Designer files from each of Hexagon’s CAD/CAM production solutions – the benefit of that, being the direct exchange of data between the two packages.
2. The ability to read SAB files in binary format has been added to the ACIS interface. Luca Clerici says versions up to 2019.1.0 are currently supported.
   Finally, WORKXPLORE 2021.0 continues the software’s tradition of providing updated format support and continued enhancements to further improve its robustness and performance by fully supporting the latest versions of a number of translators, including Inventor, Creo, Catia V6, IGES, PC-DMIS, Solid Edge and SOLIDWORKS.

About Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilize data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

SURREY, UK, May 1, 2020 – The Prague service center of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division now officially offers full ISO 17025 re-certification services for laser tracker systems. This newly accredited laboratory adds to Hexagon’s existing global capacity for ISO 17025 certification and furthers their goal of developing their localized service and support infrastructure for laser tracker users around the world.

The well-established Hexagon service center in Prague, Czech Republic, now offers complete ISO 17025 certification for Absolute Tracker systems from its newly accredited laboratory

Equipment re-certification is a complex but vital service for users of all coordinate measuring systems (CMS), allowing them to ensure the continued accuracy of their data against a globally recognized and fully traceable standard. The ISO 17025 certification for laser tracker systems includes a variety of tests that challenge every capability of the device, including traceable precision probing and optical scale-bar tests, distance meter standard frequency comparisons and ultra-high-accuracy measurements using installed linear systems.

“We’re very happy to be able to offer this new service to users of Absolute Tracker systems from all over the world,” said Tomáš Podlešák, Service Manager of the Prague Tracker Service Center. “We’ve worked very hard to meet the stringent requirements necessary to become an ISO-certified lab, and now we’re very proud to be operating one of the few facilities in the world able to deliver the ISO 17025 certification for laser trackers.”

The ISO 17025 certification is available for Hexagon’s range of laser tracker CMS equipment, including the Leica Absolute Tracker AT960 with Leica Absolute Scanner LAS and LAS-XL, Leica T-Scan 5 and Leica T-Probe, as well as the Leica Absolute Tracker AT403 and Leica B-Probe and the Leica Absolute Tracker AT930.

“This new evolution of our Tracker Service Centre in Prague is just the next step in our roadmap to deliver more high-level service opportunities to our customers around the world,” said Colin Osborne, Hexagon’s Technical Service Director for Tracker Products. “As a company we’ve made it a priority to have high-level technical expertise on the ground in as many of our markets as possible instead of relying on a central hub for that expertise like many other suppliers. That philosophy is what allows us to deliver such high-quality services on a local level, and it’s what allows us to make advancements such as this impressive new development in Prague.”

Tracker recertification services in Prague are available to laser tracker customers globally through contacting any local Hexagon representative. The centre is also open for direct business for local third-party businesses in Central Europe. The accreditation for the laboratory in Prague was provided by the Czech Accreditation Institute.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

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.