Additive manufacturing is the poster child of the engineering world right now. There are other posts on the web and on the ANSYS blog talking about this and what the opportunities are that it brings. But we need to talk about the changes that must be made to the whole product development process. It’s pretty well understood that product development is pretty well down the path to shift away from a time when simulation was [...]
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/fpymot9eb4?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 This new option in Mastercam Simulator allows you to save full 3D executable presentation files.
There are several improvements to Viewsheets in Mastercam 2018. In previous versions, the Viewsheet tools could at times be hard to set up, but now in Mastercam 2018 the new Quick Add button makes them easy to create and the bookmark tools on the view ribbon help save changes quickly. Look in the configuration file to see all the settings that Viewsheets can capture. Viewsheets can be extremely helpful if you do multi-plane milling or [...]
Verisurf Software provides complete software and hardware solutions for computer-aided inspection, tool building, and reverse engineering to manufacturers around the world. The Verisurf Inspection Suite tackles any inspection challenge head-on. It offers a unique, CAD-based architecture that can read all file formats, interoperate with any common mobile or stationary CMM (including arms, trackers, and scanner systems) and has the best reporting capabilities of any application on the market. The suite integrates beautiful, color images [...]
This blog article will illustrate how to extract the centerline of a 3D pipe with compound angles. Extracting the centerline of a 3D pipe that contains angles in 2 dimensions is not that complicated. However, when you have compound angles, and the tube is bending in the X, Y, and Z directions simultaneously, extracting the centerline can be quite challenging. For example, below we have a prototype of ½ of a bicycle handle, printed on [...]
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/0mvsg8gfgz?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 A combination of SolidWorks along with Geomagic Control X has streamlined the process from Design to Inspection, allowing you to import PMI (Product Manufacturing Information) directly, and generate a report within minutes.
There are some new options available in the plane and view systems of Mastercam 2018. In previous Mastercam versions, there were only seven default system planes and their corresponding graphics views available to choose from. Now in Mastercam 2018, two new selections have been added which can be picked instantly and they can also be commanded relative to a custom WCS or added in the relative creation menu. Let’s compare the plane managers of Mastercam2017 [...]
A featured exhibitor at this year’s Advanced Manufacturing Expo, ProShop is a leader in Manufacturing ERP and shop management software. ProShop, a modern web based ERP that can manage every aspect of your front office and shop floor. Known for its interface and web-based navigation, ProShop links all corners of a company together to allow seamless management and decision making. It includes a collection of features for ERP, MES, and QMS modules is the only [...]
