The contest, which has secondary and postsecondary divisions, is designed to encourage student interest and participation in manufacturing.

Engraving that can give you the effect of classic hand-carved art using your CNC machine.įor more information, visit Software Inc., developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software, has announced the 2018 winners of its Wildest Parts Competition.Advanced nesting gives a variety of additional tools, including TrueShape nesting and nesting in scrap material.Standard nesting delivers fast and efficient way of nesting parts.Complete tab control, including Full Tabs and Partial Tabs.Specialized add-ons for multi-bladed parts (Mastercam Blade Expert) and cylinder head ports (Mastercam Port Expert).

Complete control over toolpath type, tool motion, and tool axis.

Automated leftover material identification and removal, providing finer finishes.

A variety of techniques to rough machine all your parts, including rough cut multiple surfaces, solid models, STL files, or any combination.

Feature Based Machining, which evaluates a part’s features and automatically designs an effective machining strategy.

Tools for control over 2D machining, including contouring, drilling, and pocketing.

Automatic Toolpathing (ATP), which automates the process of assigning toolpaths to geometry for recurrent parts using a machining strategy.

Mastercam 2018 for SOLIDWORKS support, including saw toolpaths, block drilling toolpaths, and drawing door and stair geometry.

CNC Software (Tolland, CT) has released Mastercam 2018 Router, a new suite of programming tools focused on delivering speed, automation, and efficiency for all machining jobs.

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