Rize Receives Two Prestigious Technology Awards
RIZE, the makers of the Rize One 3D printer, has received two prestigious technology awards from industry analysts. RIZE was selected a 2018 IDC Innovator for 3D Printing and they also received The Frost & Sullivan 2018 Award for Best Practices in Technology Innovation – Zero-Emission Polymer Material Additive Manufacturing. Their receipt of these two distinctions results from the dedication of many individuals, including their technical team, their customers, and their partners. We are proud to represent them and enthusiastically acknowledge and celebrate their achievements. For more information on the Rize One 3D printer, please click the button below. More info
Mastercam Remains Top Ranked CAD/CAM Worldwide
According to CIMdata’s latest report, Mastercam is the number one CAM software used worldwide. CIMdata also ranked Mastercam’s global support network as the largest in the field of CAM. Mastercam topped the list in both the educational and industrial categories, with nearly twice as many installed seats as the nearest competitor*. Meghan West, President and CEO of CNC Software, Inc., stressed the importance of Mastercam’s leadership in both categories. “Mastercam provides incomparable access and support for shops and programmers. As a manufacturer, if you’re looking to expand, you can find experienced talent, and as a programmer, you can always find a shop that uses Mastercam. “With more shops using Mastercam and more schools teaching Mastercam, students are being prepared for a fluid transition to the job market with practical skills and reduced learning curve. This is a win-win situation for education and industry to contend with the skills gap and fill the glut of jobs available in manufacturing.” West also shared that Mastercam’s dominance in the educational market, more than the next two competitors combined*, is a strong indicator of continued leadership in the field of CAM software. “When we say that Mastercam is Shaping the Future of Manufacturing™, we are talking about [...]
Mastercam 2019 Dynamic Gnomon Settings
There have been some enhancements to the tools that make use of the dynamic gnomon in Mastercam 2019. In previous versions, some visual attributes could be altered, but the display would not preview your changes. Now in 2019, all changes preview instantly and a new plane grid viewing option has been added. After you launch the Dynamic Planes tool, left-click once to set the tool down in space. Right-click on a segment of the gnomon and the Gnomon Settings dialog box opens. Dragging on the Gnomon size slider will instantly show a preview in the graphics window. If you activate the new Show Plane option and toggle its secondary option to Show Grid you will see how these functions also offer a real-time preview on changes. Since these are global settings they can be adjusted anytime in any tool that uses the dynamic gnomon, like Dynamic Planes, Dynamic Transform, and Edit Plane from the Planes tab. These new features make an already powerful tool even more user-friendly and adaptable. Please be sure to sign up for our 2 Minute Tuesday video series to receive tips and tricks like this one in video form every week. More info at the button below. Sign Up [...]
We are Growing Our Team
Cimquest is growing and will be looking to hire several more candidates over the next year in the roles of: 3D Printing Application Specialist (Ohio), Marketing/Events (NJ), 3D Printer Sales (NJ/NY), 3D Printing Field Service (MA), 3D Printing Outside Sales (MA), 3D Printing Outside Sales (OH/MI), Inside Sales (NJ), Software/Hardware Maint Sales (NJ) and 3D Printing Outside Sales (VA/MD). We currently have the following position open . . . SERVICE TECHNICIAN (3D PRINTERS) OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION: This position is for a technician for our growing line of 3D Printer solutions including HP and Desktop Metal. The technician will be based out of our Branchburg, NJ headquarters but will travel 85% of the time in our territory that spans from Maine down thru Virginia as well as out to the Ohio Valley region. As our printer business continues to grow the travel will become more localized as we add remote technicians to the team to handle the more southern, northern and western regions. Full training will be provided for the technician both internally and by our vendors. Provide 3D Printer installation and training services at customer sites Service 3D Printers Provide professional and customer service oriented telephone support for customers Help with demonstrations of the [...]
Inches To Metric Conversion in Mastercam
There is a new easy way to scale Mastercam solids, surface, and wireframe models from Metric to Inches and vice versa. This article will explain how to do it. Let’s start out with a basic Parasolid file in inch units (shown above). After using Analyze Distance, we can see the part size is 19.7. Now, we can go to the Transform tab, select the Scale function and select our model. There are two settings that help make the conversion. First, we should make sure that our style of scaling is set to Uniform. This applies the scaling uniformly across the part instead of different values for different axis. Next, under the Uniform section, there are three icons across the bottom of our scale. The first one is for Metric Conversion, the second is for Scaling to Inch Units, and the last one opens up the Scale Calculator. These options are only in the Uniform style of scaling. In older versions, we would have to type 25.4 into the scaling to convert the size to metric for us. Now, all we have to do is select the Metric Scale option and now this part automatically converts from 1.97 inches to the correct overall size [...]
Autodesk Netfabb – Sending a Part to the Form 2 Printer
This blog post will show you how to use Autodesk Netfabb Standard to orient, lattice, add supports, and send a part to your Formlabs Form 2 3D printer. Autodesk Netfabb is Additive Manufacturing software that connects directly to many AM systems. There are three tiers of Netfabb: Standard, Premium, and Ultimate. In order to connect to the Formlabs Form 2 workspace Standard tier is required. When using the latest version, Netfabb 2019 you will be able to drag and drop a file into the program. Since Netfabb has a CAD importer built in, you do not need to purchase any specific file types in order to bring in a native CAD file. A dialogue box will appear with information on the file and, most important, the green check mark that states the file does not have any errors and can be sent to the workspace. When you open the Form 2 workspace you will see the build platform for the Form 2 and the outline of the build volume. After bringing in my part you can orient the part by selecting through the recommendations. Upon accepting the orientation and choosing the Lattice Assistant, it will hollow out the part and add a lattice [...]