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April 2024
The Impossible Becomes Reality With 3D Scanning
When should you perform 3D scanning?
As with other tech novelties, the unbridled enthusiasm for scanners makes it difficult to differentiate the hype from the valuable applications.
Should you decide to seek out the answer in the vast online wilderness, you’ll discover some interesting passion projects and creative feats of engineering. Scanning body parts and boats seems to be a particularly popular pastime!
Fun and games aside, […]
Mastercam Drill Change at Point
Mastercam includes a feature in the Drill toolpath that lets you edit toolpath motion for any single selected entity in that operation. Typically when using Drill, and working with a solid, you can use the Calculate incremental values from holes or line option.
This allows you to have multiple depths in a […]
Introducing Kimya PEI Support: Simplifying Your 3D Printing Process
Introducing Kimya PEI Support, a new high-performance breakaway support filament meticulously designed to elevate your 3D printing experience. Tailored for use with Kimya PEI-9085 and Kimya PEI- 1010 filaments, both based on ULTEM by Sabic, this innovative support material brings a new level of functionality to your printing of ultramaterial parts.
Perfect Synergy with ULTEM-based PEI 3D printed parts
Crafted with precision, Kimya PEI Support establishes a perfect […]
Using the Mastercam Zip2Go Feature
In this post we will explore the Mastercam Zip2Go feature, how it’s helpful, and how to create one. A Zip2Go or Z2G file is a file created by Mastercam’s Zip2Go wizard. This file allows you to easily consolidate the files necessary for sharing programs with others.
For example, if you have an issue with a tool while creating or using it, you may have to share a […]
Xact Metal Announces Partnership with Uddeholm to Offer Corrax Tool Steel Powder
With an aim to expand access to affordable metal 3D printing for small-to-medium size companies and decentralize additive manufacturing, today Xact Metal™ is excited to announce its partnership with Uddeholm, a voestalpine company, to supply Corrax tool steel for additive manufacturing, in support of the company’s expansion into the tooling and molding space.
Xact Metal’s goal to break down barriers into powder-bed fusion […]
Introducing Verisurf Universal CMM
Attention all Mastercam users who inspect parts using a CMM . . .
You no longer need to tolerate the programming system that came with your Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). If you have multiple CMM’s, each with their own clumsy programming system, you can now program them all using a single simple-to-use software product that runs from within the user-friendly Mastercam programming environment.
While CMM’s are a necessity in most […]