AlphaCAM V6.AlphaCAM V6, the latest release of Licom's CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. system, was launched at the EMO International Machine Tool Exhibition at Hannover with enhanced support for' one- hit' machining operations, as well as faster and more intuitive CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication programming. The provision of combined milling and turning operations within an integrated programming package is a key addition to AlphaCAM V6. When combined with the software's improved feature recognition functionality, customers can create complete libraries of user-configurable machining strategies for all their components. Operators need only input the part geometry to be worked on, select the required machining style--including multiple roughing, turning, drilling and finishing routines, complete with nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. tooling and associated speeds and feeds--and AlphaCAM will produce fully specified CNC machining programmes at the touch of a button. AlphaCAM's ability to combine any number of stored machining routines provides true'drag and drop' compilation Compiling a program. See compiler. of new machining strategies, which can be checked quickly and easily using the system's advanced visualisation (graphics) visualisation - Making a visible presentation of numerical data, particularly a graphical one. This might include anything from a simple X-Y graph of one dependent variable against one independent variable to a virtual reality which allows you to fly around the data. tools. Further enhancements in AlphaCAM V6 include importing of product data from a variety of CAD systems, including Parasolid, SolidWorks and both Catia V4 and V5 parts files. In addition, the system's parametric See parametric modeling, parametric symbol and PTC. module has been upgraded to further streamline the specification and manufacture of families of products--by enabling new machining programmes to be created from existing parts simply by entering numerical values for product variables. www.licom.com |
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