Vero Software (www.verosoftware.com) will be highlighting four of its brands on
stand R86 — the Edgecam, Radan and VISI CAD/CAM brands plus the Javelin production control system — with live demonstrations.
Edgecam’s new Tombstone module for assembling pre-existing parts on a defined mounting device is expected to prove particularly popular, as a simple dialog window allows users to add pre-machined part files, specifying the positions they are to be mounted on a tombstone or other multi-component work-holding device.
Once they are assembled, Edgecam automatically merges and rationalises all machining sequences by tool or index position and optimises the NC output into sub-routines.
There are just under 50 items of new and enhanced functionality in Edgecam 2017 R1, covering turning, milling, wire EDM, machine configurations and ‘user experience’.
CAD updates in VISI 2017 R1 are also focused on the user experience, with enhancements that allow customers to speed up their design process. For example, the speed of the picking process and support for dynamic ‘drag and drop’ have been improved, as has the ‘intelligent chaining’ for joining wireframe elements together.
Meanwhile, for VISI’s CAM users, an update to geometry management means that individual pieces are no longer limited by a specific project, so there is greater freedom when picking a piece, obstacle or stock. Everything is now linked to the operation — not the project — and all geometry is managed interactively.
The 2017 release of the sheet-metal CAD/CAM software Radan addresses the danger of scrap flying off, sliding under the sheet, or damaging the tools on punching machines, by flagging up where floating scrap will occur.
It also configures punch presses with all available cutting tools, so that new customers have commonly used tools immediately available. Furthermore, improved algorithms have enhanced Radan’s nesting capabilities for a potentially
better material yield. It is now also easier to create nest projects.
Advances in the Javelin production control system mean that its Advanced Scheduling function can work to the nearest second, giving an accurate sequence of operations, instead of the daily ‘capacity bucket’ of earlier releases.
The company says the more-accurate planning that is now available can save up to half an hour a day on each work centre.