Integrated CAM System for a Range of Applications
The newest addition to the company’s range of CAM solutions is Delcam for SolidWorks, which is said to extend the company’s ability to offer a CAM system to machine a range of materials and components on equipment such as simple lathes and mills to complex five-axis and turn-mill machines.
PartMaker 2011 include more powerful milling functionality; a more flexible tooling library; improved programming and simulation of bar-fed mills; more detailed mid-process documentation; and additional productivity enhancements. In addition, multi-axis milling functionality continues to be added.
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