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News Release from: VX Corporation | Subject: VX CAD/CAM Version 6.5
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 30 August 2002
Software gains complete milling solution
VX CAD/CAM Version 6.5 will be shown for the first time in the UK at Interplas 2002.
VX CAD/CAM Version 6.5 will be shown for the first time in the UK at Interplas 2002 to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, from 30th September to 4th October Building on the strengths of Version 6.0, launched earlier this year, enhancements in Version 6.5 include new process management capabilities to increase control, interoperability and collaboration throughout the entire design-through-manufacturing process
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Among the new manufacturing tools to be seen in VX Version 6.5 is also a complete milling solution known as the VX Quick Milling suite, an enhanced five-axis milling utility to handle more complex manufacturing situations and - for mould makers - a flexible mould design assistant with automatic, multiple parting line utility.
The Quick Milling suite in VX offers dramatic speed and toolpath improvements for tool and die machining applications - yet has been designed for exceptional ease of use to minimise training and support.
A full range of material handling and cutting techniques is supported to allow extremely complex milling in 3D.
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Even difficult steep and shallow mould situations are easily performed in VX CAD/CAM with advanced limiting, which eliminates milling problems in moulds with steep walls or where a part needs to be progressively milled with a variety of tools and holders.
Karl Schubert, Managing Director at VX Corporation Europe is positive about this improvement: "Thanks to the new user interface and the introduction of innovative, high speed machining routines, our Quick Milling suite simplifies operations and can deliver as much as an 8:1 speed improvement for tool and die machining applications".
VX CAD/CAM now features a mould design tool to automate the creation of electrodes and inserts.
The mould design tool presents an easy-to-use on-screen form covering the essential choices guiding mould production.
VX Version 6.5 will be fully integrated with SmarTeam's product data management (PDM) solutions to provide controlled, real-time access to information and files that follow the life cycle of a product.
Included are easy-to-use search, archive, check-in and check-out features that give users the ability to bring data in and out of VX and more easily manage shared data.
Surfacing enhancements first introduced in VX Version 6 include the new, visually oriented graphical curve editor that makes it easy to grab any point on the curve and dynamically edit the shape.
Lofting has been simplified and new options produce unusually smooth and seamless lofts not typical in CAD/CAM software.
A new elliptical fillet function provides a much smoother look across large product surfaces.
The new point cloud function in VX will yield exceptionally smooth surfaces without sacrificing precision.
Product designers frequently rely on a point cloud, or three-dimensional array of points sampled across existing products or physical prototypes, as the basis for more refined computer models.
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