20th August 2024 – MachineWorks Ltd, a leading supplier of software components to the engineering industry, is pleased to announce the release of MachineWorks 8.6.
Toolpath solid (gold) created by merging several five-axis swept volumes.
Highlights include:
- Toolpath solids - a single solid representing the swept volume of a tool for an entire toolpath, or portion of it
- Computation of the end-position engagement surface, for cutting force analysis
- Improved support for U-axis machining with d'Andrea tool heads
- Improved support for broaching operations
- Support for a wider range of eccentric turning operations
- Snapshot / bookmark support in MachineWorks' tri-dexel engine
- Transparency for design part comparison in Rapidcut
- Support for region highlighting in MachineWorks' lightweight web client
- Support for additive simulation in the application framework and full machine simulation libraries
- Hard clash tolerances in sheet metal bending
You can find out more about features of MachineWorks 8.6 on the new MachineWorks' blog...
About MachineWorks Ltd (
www.machineworks.com,
www.polygonica.com)
MachineWorks Ltd has been providing advanced 3D software engines to manufacturers and engineering software developers since 1994.
MachineWorks is the leading toolkit for CNC simulation and verification and is supplied embedded within a wide range of brands from major machine tools and CNC controller manufacturers and CAM software vendors.
Polygonica is the leading engine for polygon-mesh modelling and is widely used in a range of markets, including CAD, CAM, CAE, and AM, along with Medical, Dental, EDA, Metrology, AEC, Construction, Mining, and other large capital asset industries.
With over a hundred major OEM licensees, companies who integrate MachineWorks’ components into their software solutions include Dassault Systemes, Autodesk, Hexagon MI, ANSYS, Synopsys, 3D Systems, Oqton, Stratasys, OpenMind, CAMBRIO, Xometry, Desktop Metal, Nexa3D, B9Creations, Velo3D, ETEC, Heidenhain, DMG Mori, HCL, SolidCAM, Convergent Science, SimScale, Topsolid, ZWSoft, Diota, Theorem Solutions, Starrag, Liechti, CASTOR, CADS Additive and Go2CAM.