Planit Releases Edgecam 2009 R2
 SOUTHFIELD,
MI, May 26, 2009 - Developed to build on the productivity enhancing
features introduced with its previous revision, the latest release of Planit
Software Limited’s market leading Edgecam computer aided manufacturing (CAM)
software, Edgecam 2009 R2, offers even more.
Featuring significant enhancements to all aspects of the product, R2 will
enable users to be even more productive with the introduction of time saving
and safer machining features.
Fixture Avoidance
For the efficient programming of turning, milling and mill-turning
machine tools Edgecam’s easy to use Operations provide significant benefits.
Based on the most useful and common options of the underlying cycles, they
enable both new and current users to quickly generate high quality toolpaths.
Edgecam 2009 R2 adds new Operations for rough and finish turning, as well as
for 5-axis applications.
Also in turning, the “Rest Roughing” option has been enhanced to remove
material more effectively. For more advanced turning centres, the Safe
Turret Parking options ensure the machining process is executed safely,
avoiding costly collisions.
New finish turning
Axis over travel is a common issue for head/table mill-turn centres.
Chief Technical Officer, Russell Franks, says: “In this release we have
introduced ‘Safe Zone’ options to ensure that approach moves do not over
travel the axis limits and the tool can approach the part safely after an
index move, making all approach moves much safer.”
The Automatic Feature Finder within Edgecam Solid Machinist has been
enhanced to detect every ‘hole’ feature contained in a model in a single
command. This is complemented by the new option to automatically remove
duplicate features and place them in the Feature Bin. In turning, features
can now be copied or moved between the main and sub-spindles easily to save
time.
New rough Turning
The introduction of Flat Face Features makes it quicker to machine and
automate the machining of flats with the facemill, flatlands and roughing
options. The new features are associative to the model and can be used in
Edgecam Strategy Manager.
An improved user interface is just one of many enhancements to Edgecam
Strategy Manager, an automation tool that captures the best machining
practices and re-uses them on future projects. A new ‘Run-Only’ license
introduces a cost-effective method for Edgecam users to view and run
processes without the ability to edit them.
The introduction of ‘In-Process’ stock for milling and mill-turn machines
produces an intermediate stock model as the machining sequences are
executed, enabling an accurate representation of the remaining stock to be
used for subsequent operations.
Edgecam 2009 R2 has been comprehensively endorsed by Autodesk, gaining
full certification for use with Inventor 2010.
Customer feedback is critical to the development process, and in addition
to many new features, Edgecam 2009 R2 includes many minor enhancements
requested by Edgecam users.
“Achieving the balance between new features, and satisfying the minor
enhancements requested by our Edgecam users is always a challenge, but in
this release we feel we’ve achieved that. I’m confident new and existing
users will enjoy greater productivity from Edgecam 2009 R2,” comments
Russell Franks.
About Edgecam
Edgecam, a market leading computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system for
NC part programming, offers a complete solution for milling, turning and
mill-turn programming with unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated
toolpath generation. Edgecam is a principal brand of the Planit group –
recently ranked by CIMdata as the world’s fastest growing CAM vendor, with
most industrial users.
For more information visit:
www.edgecam.com
About Planit
Planit is a global supplier of design and manufacturing software for the
engineering, woodworking and stone industries. The company provides its
customers with products and services that enable them to improve the
productivity of their machine tools, shorten design and manufacturing time,
optimize material usage and deliver high quality goods and services to their
customers. Planit’s solutions are best-in-class within their respective
markets and are integral to the success of thousands of companies of every
size around the globe.
For more information visit
www.planit.com
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