MachineWorks releases MachineWorks 8.6
Software developer MachineWorks Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK, has announced the release of MachineWorks 8.6. MachineWorks is a toolkit for simulation and verification and is supplied embedded within a wide range of brands from major machine tools and CNC controller manufacturers and CAM software vendors.
MachineWorks 8.6 includes:
- Toolpath solids – a single solid representing the swept volume of a tool for an entire toolpath, or portion of it
- Computation of the end-position engagement surface, for cutting force analysis
- Improved support for U-axis machining with d’Andrea tool heads
- Improved support for broaching operations
- Support for a wider range of eccentric turning operations
- Snapshot / bookmark support in MachineWorks’ tri-dexel engine
- Transparency for design part comparison in Rapidcut
- Support for region highlighting in MachineWorks’ lightweight web client
- Support for additive simulation in the application framework and full machine simulation libraries
- Hard clash tolerances in sheet metal bending
