What's New?

New Functionalities

3/5-Axis Converter: Available in the dialog boxes of the Roughing, Sweeping, Pencil, ZLevel, Contour-driven, Spiral Milling, Isoparametric Machining and Profile Contouring operations, this is an extra process that can be included in the tool path computation of those operations. It allows the collision checking of the tool holder with different strategies to avoid these collisions (5-axis motion or tool path split and reconnection) and a global conversion of a 3-axis tool path in a 5-axis tool path.
Enable multi-editing of machining operations of the same type: It is now possible to perform multi-edition of certain parameters on two or more machining operations of the same type. This capability is available on Multi-Axis Flank Contouring, Multi-Axis Curve Machining, Isoparametric Machining, and Profile Contouring.

Definition of the tool axis, machining direction or line or axis direction, ...: An icon has been added in the dialog box to set those directions directly to the normal to the screen, in Manual mode.
Split on Collision Points: You can now select several tools to perform the Split on Collisions Points.
Options are proposed to allow splitting the tool path between an approach and a retract motion and to close automatically the resulting tool paths.
Defining macros: PP words can be added.
ZLevel: TSlotter tool is now available and may be used as a torical tool,
Enhancement of the management of undercut areas of a part,
The TSlotter tool checks collisions with the shank of the tool (allowance value).
Machining with tool tip in constant plane perpendicular to the tool axis is now possible.
Variable distance between planes has been added.
It is now possible to add Axial + Radial motions in approaches and retract movements to avoid collisions.
Between path HSM macro is now composed by 3 elementary motions.