ModuleWorks releases 2022.12 digital manufacturing software

Rotary machining and turn milling enhancements

ModuleWorks announces the 2022.12 release of its digital manufacturing software components with new and enhanced features across the company’s entire CAD/CAM/CNC portfolio, including a new deburring preview, new cycles for rotary and turn milling, multi-regions for fused deposition modeling, and simulation and post processing for U-Axis turning operations.

For multi-axis subtractive machining, there is a new option to preview the automatically detected deburr edges before calculating the toolpath. Users can also include/exclude drive curves in/from the toolpath calculation to speed up programming.

The rotary machining component now offers a floor finishing cycle to complete the ModuleWorks basic finishing portfolio of wall and floor finishing. In addition, users can now use the cusp height to adjust the stepover on rotary and turn milling operations. It works for all supported tools and incorporates the axis offset to eliminate complex manual calculations.

The ModuleWorks Machine Simulation now supports U-axis turning where the part is static and the turning tool is mounted on the spindle and rotates around the workpiece. The Machine Simulation now also includes flexible machine components such as cables or elastic bellows that are used as machine covers. These components are attached to a fixed point and connect to a movable component.

For the Cutting Simulation, enhanced triangulation algorithms accelerate the generation of the simulation model. This also speeds up mesh export which significantly enhances the performance of stock management where the stock is exported after each operation.

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