Cheltenham-based Vero Software says that the 2017 release of VISI (
www.visicadcam.com) features significant developments in CAD and CAM functionality, giving users additional speed and quality throughout their design and machining processes.
For CAM, an update to geometry management means individual pieces are no longer limited by a specific project, which gives greater freedom in picking the piece, obstacle or stock.
This update is also used for picking faces and face lists, all managed by a more user-friendly interface and driven inside the operation itself.
Everything is now linked to the operation, not the project, and all geometry is managed interactively.
Furthermore, Vero Software’s Waveform roughing technology is now included in VISI Machining. Waveform’s cutting strategies are said to increase material removal rates and productivity, while prolonging tool life.
This high-speed machining strategy maintains a constant tool cutting load by ensuring consistent tool engagement with the material.
With regard to rest-roughing, instead of having to create separate dynamic incremental stock based on the previous operation, VISI 2017 R1 handles the process automatically; the user simply picks the previous operation, and the system automatically creates this stock within the operation.
This is useful for 3+2 work, knowing that the correct stock will be used in tilted operations.
With regard to CAD functionality, several auto-ballooning enhancements have been made within Assembly Manager, while the creation of manufacturing-drawing data has been improved by the addition of a number of further ‘view property’ settings.
New functionality has also been added to the Mould Design module, allowing the user to validate the effect of a cooling-channel circuit; for the VISI Flow modules, the precision of warpage calculations has been enhanced by adjustments within the filling and holding algorithms.