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Press Release Summary:
VERICUT v5.2 eliminates manually proving-out NC programs, reduces scrap loss and rework, and optimizes tool paths. It supports G-codes or native CAM output to simulate milling, drilling, turning, wire EDM, and mill/turn machining operations. Tool Path Review enables review/replay of sections of tool path simulations. Software also incorporates curve fitting, user interface, constant gouge checking, and support for DXF files.
Original Press Release:
New Version of VERICUT® - Full of Time-Saving New Features - on Display at WESTEC 2002!
Irvine, CA (January 15, 2002) - CGTech will demonstrate the upcoming release of VERICUT version 5.2 at WESTEC 2002 in booth #2529. VERICUT is NC verification/optimization software that enables users to eliminate the process of manually proving-out NC programs. It reduces scrap loss and rework. The program also optimizes NC programs in order to produce the most efficient tool paths possible that both save time and produce higher quality surface finish. VERICUT supports G-codes or native CAM output to simulate milling, drilling, turning, wire EDM, and mill/turn machining operations.
New features in version 5.2 include:
Tool Path Review
Like "picture-in-picture," Tool Path Review is a feature that enables NC programmers to review/replay critical sections of a tool path simulation. The user can watch the tool motion and the NC program (G-code or APT file) code side-by-side. When a mistake is detected, he/she can then manually edit the NC program on-the-fly for a more productive work flow.
Curve Fitting
Curve Fitting improves finishes on surfaces and reduces machining cycle time. This feature is a "pre-processor" that reads an NC program to detect sequences of planar motion and fits arcs to smooth linear motion, within a user-specified tolerance, along the machine's major axes (XY, YZ and XZ).
After it creates the new tool path file with the adjusted motions, it prompts the user to replace the current tool path file(s) with the new one(s). The original files are unchanged. The result is improved finish on surfaces and a reduction in the machining cycle time. It reduces or eliminates co-linear motion (multiple motions that form a line) so that NC program file sizes are smaller as well. Curve Fitting can be applied to an entire NC program, or to individual tools within the program.
Customizable User Interface
The Customizer feature enables the user to create (or modify) a custom interface for VERICUT. This is especially useful for shop-floor programming or specialized machining processes such as optimizing NC programs for mold tooling. By creating an interface that is tailored to the specific verification application, users are able to better streamline the NC programming and prove-out process. A custom interface also makes the product easier to learn and use - so that everyone in the shop can quickly verify the accuracy and integrity of NC programs, or optimize them for faster, more efficient machining.
Constant Gouge Checking
Another way to verify the accuracy of the machined part against the design model is through VERICUT's enhanced AUTO-DIFF(TM) module. This module enables the user to embed the design model inside the raw stock. The user then sets a tolerance level offset inside the embedded design model. When the tool contacts the design model enough to violate the tolerance setting VERICUT reports the error and highlights the gouge.
Optical Comparator Various circular and rectangular graduated grid layouts can be overlaid on a VERICUT view. The grid is automatically sized to the selected view, and the user controls the type of grid displayed, allowing quick visual measurements of the cut part.
Support for DXF Files and Thread Simulation
DXF drawings of tools can be imported into the VERICUT 5.2 tool library. Version 5.2 also simulates turn threading operations.
MasterCAM Interface
VERICUT 5.2 features a new MasterCAM interface. Utilizing MasterCAM's C-Hook technology, the interface runs VERICUT from within MasterCAM. Setup information, including tools, tool paths, and models are automatically sent to VERICUT in their proper orientation and location. Users can work in MasterCAM while VERICUT verifies the tool path.
VERICUT runs under Windows and UNIX. CGTech is the recognized world leader in NC simulation/verification/optimization software technology for manufacturing. The California-based company has subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, and France, and resellers throughout the world.
