Delft Spline Offers DeskProto v5 for Subtractive Prototypes
 UTRECHT,
The Netherlands, Oct 16, 2008 - Delft Spline Systems announced that
DeskProto Version 5.0 has been released. Free trial licenses are available
at website. The new version will be demonstrated at the 2008
Euromold show:
you can find the DeskProto stand in Hall 8.0: Stand B 111.
DeskProto toolpaths for bitmap of Austrian field
marshal Radetzky. Bitmap data used by courtesy of HTL-Steyr, Austria
The new Version 5 of the DeskProto software for Subtractive Rapid
Prototyping contains exiting improvements, like:
- Machining bitmap data using a gray-value to Z-height conversion
- Free formed segments now can be nested
- User configurable wizards based on scripts
- Support for 64 bits Windows, making it possible to machine STL files
sized several GigaBytes
- Easier user interface using an improved project tree
- Some special wizards for jewelers, like the 123WaxRing wizard
- New strategies, like Circular and Radial toolpaths.
For complete list of improvements,
click here.
"We are glad to we have been able to implement many user's suggestions."
says Lex Lennings, sales manager for DeskProto. "Having active users who
provide feedback is a great asset for a software developer."
The DeskProto CAM software is aimed at designers, not (as most other CAM
software) at CAM specialists. Despite it's low-end price DeskProto includes
high-end features, like automatic feedrate reduction at high chiploads,
collet collision check, full rotation axis support, the Two-sided milling
wizard, and much more. Current users range from one person design and models
shops to multinational A-brand companies like Unilever, Lancôme,
Sony-Ericsson and NASA.
About EuroMold:
Euromold is worldwide the leading trade fair for Model making, Mold
making, and Design. Presented are technologies and innovations for Design,
Prototyping and Series Production. Euromold 2008 is the 15th Euromold,
expecting over 60.000 visitors and over 1.600 exhibitors, from 85 countries.
The Fair is held in Frankfurt (Germany), 3 to 6 December 2008. For more
information see www.euromold.com
About DeskProto
DeskProto by Delft Spline Systems is the 3D CAM program that has made CNC
milling a competing technology for Rapid Prototyping. The software can
import STL files from any 3D CAD system, and can export NC program files
suited for any 3-axis or 4-axis CNC milling machine. Key features are the
ease of use (the software is aimed at designers, not at CAM specialists) and
the low price.
For more information see
www.deskproto.com or (in German)
www.deskproto.de
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