June 2010


All SmartCAM
V17.0 applications have been
released for full distribution.
Notification of the release to
customers with active software
maintenance agreements (SMA) have
been sent.
Version 17.0 delivers a variety of new
enhancements and capabilities to the SmartCAM suite of
computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system software,
including new Z-level Roughing processes and improved solid
pocket milling processes (for Advanced Milling™, Advanced
Turning™ and FreeForm Machining™), an extension of the Named
View capabilities that allows a variety of view parameters
to be saved for easy switch between views for easier model
interrogation as well as for generating customizable job and
shop floor reports, and a new web-based report generator
that improves the flexibility and quality of job and process
documentation.
“SmartCAM version 17 yet again provides a
giant leap forward in toolpath generation and the use of
surface and solid data,” said Douglas Oliver, SmartCAMcnc’s
Senior Product Manager. “We are confident the additional
core improvements will be appreciated by all users, and will
provide significant time savings every day.”
"We’re are also very happy with these new
core improvements,” Douglas went on to say. “The new Named
View capabilities are an enormous time saver for all
SmartCAM users, allowing complex viewing states to be
recalled with just a single click of the mouse. And the new
customization options in our report generation make it easy
to create complete reports with graphics, and simple to
distribute them via the web. These core improvements are
some of our best yet"
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