Worknc

On average, twice as fast. For some projects, four times faster. Those figures have been recorded for the enhanced Parallel Finishing toolpath in WORKNC 2021, which lets manufacturers use high speed cutters of any shape… especially circle segment tools such as barrel, lens and oval cutters.

This strategy is now on average twice as fast as the previous equivalents, Planar Finishing and Z-Level finishing. In certain projects, the calculation time difference was four times faster.

Another important feature in the latest release of the software is the New Part centering / probing function, which generates pointset nodes for any inspection machine or direct CNC part inspection on a milling machine. And a new Probe Inspect command creates and exports control points in the CAM project to feed a probing system. There are also specific improvements to part centering, tailored for CNC machines with table palletization.

Improvements to corner finishing with 5-Axis rolling include being able to improve surface quality by using a cutting tool’s larger circle segment. This 5-axis strategy can now change the contact point on the tool, ensuring optimal corner finishing with the tip of an oval tool.

A new strategy – 5-Axis ISO Guiding – not only guides the toolpath by curves, but also by an underlying drive surface. It supports profiled cutters with  advanced toolform technology; and new 5-axis blade finishing functionality allows profile cutter management, based on new algorithms.