VX CAD/CAM v13 Released
 MELBOURNE, FL, Jan
18, 2008 - VX Corporation, specializing in CAD/CAM for consumer products and
molds, announces availability of VX Version 13. This version contains an
unprecedented number of enhancements that continues to strengthen VX’s
position in the product design and mold & die markets.
Most Important and Innovative Release in VX History
With nearly a thousand customer and market driven enhancements, most of
which provide dramatic productivity gains and new capabilities, Version 13
promises to be one of the most important, innovative releases in VX history.
Mechanical designers can get up-close segmented and
internal views of parts and assemblies with the new dynamic clipping planes
tool in VX CAD/CAM Version 13.
Product designers will benefit from a new filleting engine that helps
them get more “style” into products. Product designers will also realize
increased productivity gains for adding digital images to products with the
enhanced embossing tool that automatically smooth out irregular surfaces. A
new capability for branding and packaging is where text can be made to
follow a circle or spline curve where the text floats above the curve as the
curve’s profile changes and optionally stretches or shrinks as the curve
length changes. This allows manufacturers to quickly and easily add company
and other information to complex shaped products and containers. Another
performance enhancement for designers is the ability to model with real-time
analysis thus giving instant feedback on aspects such as curvature and draft
angles.
Other features to help product designers visualize new products are a new
photo-realistic rendering engine that brings an “industrial design” level of
rendering to VX. Likewise, textured objects, also new for Version 13, lets
designers get real-time realistic views of products while they’re being
designed.
Mechanical designers will benefit from motion simulation where animations
can be created for studying moving parts in assemblies. Moreover, assembly
interference can be visually checked with dynamic clipping offering up-close
segmented and internal views of parts and assemblies.
Mechanical designers can now get section views on layouts with different
hatching options that provide a much better view of assemblies without a lot
of manual editing. Mold designers will now be able to design electrodes
faster with the auto-electrode tool that speeds creation and machining of
multiple electrodes. Automatic region recognition for picking connected sets
of faces speeds electrode design by reducing the number of picks to just a
few for complex electrodes with many surfaces.
Enhancements to VX’s QuickMill for mold machining include new SmoothFlow
technology that ensures smooth finishes for reducing polishing time while
maximizing machine tool efficiency and reducing machine wear and tear. Other
CAM enhancements include Offset3D Feature Aware Machining where tool path
motion is automatically adjusted to preserve fine sharp edged detail;
Variable Z Level machining for containment of simple tool paths for better
finishes with no wasted motions; and XML output to help streamline shopfloor
communication.
"VX Version 13 is an astounding release that provides tremendous
productivity enhancements and new capabilities to product designers and mold
makers, " says Bob Fischer, VX Vice President Sales and Marketing, "Version
13 is certainly one of the most important and innovative releases in our
history."
About VX Corporation
VX Corporation is a pioneering developer of CAD/CAM solutions for
industrial designers, engineers and CNC programmers. VX enables speedy
design with fully integrated, accurate manufacturing. Using a blazing fast
hybrid modeling engine, engineers can take advantage of the speed of solids
with the flexibility of Class A surfaces. Designers can create, modify,
visualize, document and machine a vast array of parts and assemblies. From
the entry-level Modeler, to the complete End-to-End, VX delivers power,
performance and productivity.
For more information visit at
http://www.vx.com
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