CAD/CAM Developments Streamline Manufacturing Process

CNC Software, Inc. has announced the release of Mastercam 2021. Mastercam 2021 is designed to increase machining productivity and reduce overall production costs with faster and more flexible multi-axis improvements, advancements in turning and turning-related applications, enhancements in speed, safety and much more.

Faster, More Flexible Multi-Axis Programming

As more shops continue to rely on streamlined multi-axis cutting for single-setup precision, Mastercam 2021 adds new techniques and strategies. Expanded Multiaxis Pocketing combines efficient pocket cutting with a focus on finishing with Accelerated Finish tools, automatically maintaining the correct tool contact within defined parameters. Mastercam now gives users the ability to analyze and modify the UV direction on surface models, expanding the power and flexibility of multi-axis flowline milling toolpaths. The new 3+2 Automatic Roughing toolpath automatically makes multi-plane 3-axis roughing toolpaths by evaluating the model and stock, creating a cut, calculating what remains and repeating the process until roughing is complete.

Advances in Turning and Turning-Related Applications

Mastercam 2021 expands the support for modeling chucks and chuck jaws; users can now define them by selecting a solid model. Mastercam Mill-Turn supports collet chucks as individual component types, which expands the range of machines that can be directly supported. Mill-Turn Simulation has been added to the Mastercam Simulator interface so users can experience Mill-Turn simulation with the same interface tools as Mastercam Simulator. And, the company's Swiss machining solutions combine Mastercam Mill and Mastercam Lathe with specialized post-processors. This adds machine-specific controls inside the Mastercam interface, delivering accurate G-code for a wide variety of Swiss machines.

NC Programming Speed, Safety and Precision

A new toolpath in Mastercam 2021, Advanced Drill, is a customizable multi-segment drill cycle that is useful for spot drilling, deep hole drilling and back spot facing and each segment of the drill cycle can be defined and customized. When using tools with a tip angle, the new Chamfer Drill toolpath chamfers holes after calculating the correct depth based on the desired width or depth, and lets users select holes of different diameters or sizes, or that lie in different planes, and machine them in a single operation with a single tool. When creating a bounding box in Mastercam 2021, the new Wrap option allows users to create the smallest bounding box possible. The new Check Tool Reach function lets users check their tool and holder against the selected model geometry to view where the tool can and cannot reach.

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CNC Software, Inc.

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Tolland, CT 06084

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