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EdgeCAM introduce un enlace directo con Sandvik CoroguideIt presents the innovations of the version 8.0
EdgeCAM introduces a direct link with Sandvik Coroguide
The international collaboration agreement signed between Pathtrace and Sandvik Coromant, EdgeCAM users enjoy numerous benefits that brought the signing of this agreement.
The latest version of EdgeCAM, 7.75, provides direct integration with Sandvik Coroguide, the electronic catalogue of Sandvik tools, allowing users of EdgeCAM import directly the tooling parameters, thereby reducing programming time and the configuration of the tooling.
In this line, the catalog of tools of Coroguide, which has around 25,000 component, lets you select and assemble tools looking for them either by your application or product category.
David Boucher, director of research and development has said: "our long relationship with Sandvik allows users of EdgeCAM be at the forefront of technology." This latest version of EdgeCAM gives our users the benefits of integration with the catalog of tools from Sandvik, allowing them to load directly into the storage of tools of EdgeCAM the tooling of Sandvik. "."
In relation to the overall progress of the business relationship says that "our collaboration continues towards the development and use of EdgeCAM at all training centres of Sandvik to jointly promote the benefits in the development of the machining techniques used along with the latest tools of Court of Sandvik."
Improvements of association with the designs of CAD in Solid Machinist
The improvements of association include the Union of geometries, the highlights in the browser, the checking of features / sequences and the recognition of color from CAD design attributes.
Improvements in the roughing cycle
Some of the improvements of the new system is the vertical advance in holes of pretaladrado, the option of staying in depth for cashiers profiles using multiple movements of positioning / approach, the optimization of pre-drills and the option of staying in depth to achieve a lower cycle time
Additional improvements
Among the improvements of the new version are to move / rotate models STL; the Simulator supports multiple sequences; the profile of open cashiers or the link with Sandvik Coroguide
CAD solid support
The machining of EdgeCAM Solid supports loading of solid models from the latest versions of:
- Pro/ENGINEER 2001 and Wildfire
- 2001 Pro/Desktop and Pro/Desktop Express 2001
- SolidWorks 2003 SP2.1
- SolidEdge V12 and V14
- Autodesk Inventor R6 SP2
- EdgeCAM Part Modeler version 2.11
- Parasolid version 14.00.143
The improvements of association include the Union of geometries,
the highlights in the browser, the checking of features / sequences and
the recognition of color from CAD design attributes
Recommended hardware and operating systems
It is recommended to have an Intel Pentium or compatible current e.g. Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor, a minimum of 512 mB RAM (1 Gb for advanced systems) and 1 Gb of free space on hard disk (including allocated to paging file). It is also preferable to have a 1024 x 768 high color resolution and 32 Mb graphics card memory; a color monitor 17-inch (minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768), a mouse with wheel (Intellimouse), a unit cd-rom, internet Explorer 4 or higher and a parallel port for the EdgeCAM security key.
Optional mode is recommended the SapaceBall and SapaceMouse. Ultimately, EdgeCAM also work on PCs with lower processor for example, on a Pentium 3 800 Mhz which meet the other requirements indicated above.
Supported operating systems
In this context, the tool will run on Windows 2000 (service pack 2 and higher) and Windows XP.
Not osbtante, we recommend you install the latest service packs for the operating system. EdgeCAM 8.0 does not work under Windows NT.4.
Related Companies or Entities
Dassault Systèmes España, S.L. - SolidWorks
Sandvik Coromant Ibérica, S.A.
