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News Release from: CGTech | Subject: Vericut link with EdgeCAM
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 August 2003
One click enables CAM user to virtually
prove out
A single click makes a link to Vericut from EdgeCAM to offer major manufacturers the opportunity for 'virtual prove-out' of their NC code.
The latest release of Vericut software from CGTech offers users of Pathtrace's EdgeCAM software the ability to launch Vericut from within EdgeCAM At a single click the EdgeCAM user can launch Vericut 5.3 and verify dimensional accuracy and optimise CNC programmes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The link to Vericut from EdgeCAM offers major manufacturers the opportunity for 'virtual prove-out' of their NC code", says Raf Lobato, Pathtrace Technical Director.
"While EdgeCAM Simulator is ideal for collision checking of tool and holder against part and fixture, Vericut goes a step further by checking the kinematics of the whole machine tool and using the NC code output from the EdgeCAM post processor to drive the movement in this virtual world. Request a free brochure from CGTech ...
"Vericut provides an independent method of confirming that the NC code produced by EdgeCAM will machine the part as intended.".
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