Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division is pleased to announce the release of EDGECAM 2020.0.1. The introduction of a specific 5-axis 'Tilt' control strategy, combined with a 'Barrel Cutter,' is said to be the most significant enhancement in the latest release of EDGECAM, from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence's Production Software division.


GLOUCESTER, UK, Apr 25, 2019 - EDGECAM 2020 Press release:


GLOUCESTER, UK, Apr 25, 2019 - Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division is pleased to announce the release of EDGECAM 2020.0. The introduction of a specific 5-axis 'Tilt' control strategy, combined with a 'Barrel Cutter,' is said to be the most significant enhancement in the latest release of EDGECAM, from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence's Production Software division.

Barrel cutters are recognized as one of the fastest tools when 5-axis machining, and are now fully supported in the EDGECAM Toolstore.

As well as the new 'side tilt by contact point' capability, the Advanced 5-axis cycle also offers further gouge checking in the Swarf command, along with extra "ink" control in all strategies.

The number of new and enhanced features in EDGECAM 2020.0 provide increased productivity for both milling and turning users. And the recently introduced EDGECAM Inspect module includes 13 upgrades.

First...mindful of the need to generate quick toolpaths to reduce production costs, EDGECAM 2020.0 offers a significant performance boost when either roughing or profiling a solid model. "Essentially, the machining engine will only compute data constrained within the boundary, ignoring the rest of the model. This significantly decreases the cache size, while generating faster toolpaths."

Formerly introduced in the Hole cycle in the 2018 R1 release, the 'Deep Hole" strategy has been enhanced, justifying the creation of its own individual cycle. The original modifiers have been improved, and further control tabs have been added to the cycle, giving greater control over the toolpath.

The Turning environment offers a new machining cycle - Thread Profiling. "Reacting to a high frequency of enhancement requests from customers in this area, EDGECAM 2020.0 allows users to effortlessly machine complex form threads such as VAM and Acme," says John Buehler. "The cycle provides both roughing and finishing strategies, allowing users to specify their own thread forms."

The ever-popular Waveform Machining Strategy has been enhanced with 'Chip Prevention' control. Under certain conditions, a toolpath can generate a thin island of material (chip), which, as it gets thinner can cause machining stresses, and potentially break the tool.

Supporting the growing number of machine tools possessing an 'Auxiliary Z' (Quill), EDGECAM 2020.0 introduces a Code Wizard enhancement, letting users add a secondary working spindle. This supports a multi-task machine, along with any combination of Table/Head Milling machines. Coupled with that, a new 'Quill Command (Move menu), offer greater control when commanding the second working axis.

When using the Finish Grooving cycle, users can now control the 'Break Edge' angle. In previous EDGECAM releases, the break angle was set at 45-degrees.

In the Finish Turning cycle a 'stand off' value can now be defined when using 'Up Cut' control.

An XY Offset can be set when deploying the Hole Cycle's 'Helical' strategy, allowing users to control both surface finish and tool wear. "It also leads to reduced CAD preparation time, while guaranteeing that the cycle is associative to the solid model."

Two new tool types - Dovetail, and Double Angle - have been added to the Toolstore. This does away with the need to create custom graphics for them, saving time and programming costs. And the tools work automatically with the Slot Cycle.

In EDGECAM Inspect developers have responded to numerous customer requests by expanding the ability of Inspect components in both the Turning and Mill-Turn environments.

The overall interface has been upgraded to adopt the work-flow ribbon toolbar, improving interactivity. The 'Probing Options' menu has been split into two separate dialogs, meaning users can concentrate on Output and Inspect preferences individually.

Safe Retract controls have been added to the inspection cycles, for users to state multiple positions while controlling the probe's movement. The 'Index' command now contains the ability for further positional manipulation, where an alternative angle may now be specified in order to view the components on the machine tool.

The new 'Angle To Line' feature merges three previous commands into one function, allowing the Angle Direction to be specified in the Data Report.

Amongst other enhancements to the EDGECAM Inspect module: Constructed features have been updated, so that 'Straightness' can now be specified while editing the 'Constructed Line' feature. And both the Circular and Arc features can now be converted and re-specified when edited.

Finally, around 50 enhancements have been made to the optional EDGECAM Designer module, which bridges the gap between CAD and CAM, focusing on the specific needs of machinist programmers.





About Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence Division. Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division helps industrial manufacturers develop the disruptive technologies of today and the life-changing products of tomorrow. As a leading metrology and manufacturing solution specialist, our expertise in sensing, thinking and acting - the collection, analysis and active use of measurement data - gives our customers the confidence to increase production speed and accelerate productivity while enhancing product quality.

Hexagon acquired Vero Software, a specialist in CAD CAM software, in 2014 and has continued to expand and diversify its offering.

Hexagon is a global leader in digital solutions that create Autonomous Connected Ecosystems (ACE). Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.5bn EUR.

Product: Vero EdgeCAM
Version: 2020.0.1917.20172 with Part Modeler*
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page :
www.edgecam.com

Language: english
System Requirements: PC
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7even (SP1 required) or newer
Size: 3.9 Gb

* This release will be the last version of Part Modeler to be supported or sold. We recommending that our customers move on to Designer.

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