Overview
madCAM Level 3X: from 2 1/2-axis to 3-axis milling. Contains what is needed for 3-axis milling inclusive roughing, waterline finishing, planar finishing, pencil tracing, engraving and more.
This version includes advanced, automatic separation of toolpaths. With a suitable strategy for milling of relatively steep and flat areas, calculated from surface normals. We believe this is necessary to obtain high quality and efficient processing.
It is possible to mill inside or inbetween one or more smaller areas by using region curves.
Key Features and Benefits
- Roughing – Removes all the unnecessary material from the workpiece in an effective way. madCAM Level 3X cuts the part in z-levels. The operator can choose a ramp angle to create a smooth approach of the cutter after every retract and traverse.
- Finishing – Gives the final surface finish of the part. madCAM Level 3X effectively calculates cuts for both planar and z-level finishing. The operator controls the limit with an angle for relatively horizontal and relatively vertical surfaces. The limit is calculated from the surface normal.
- Remachining – This method offers an opportunity to remove material that remains where the previous cutter could not reach due to size of cutter. madCAM Level 3X has strategies for removing material calculated from the true stock model, inside boundary curves and with surface dual contact (pencil trace).
- Curve Milling – This includes methods for machining from curves. The curve milling offers opportunities for Engraving and strategies for toolpath projection inside boundary curves and between two curves.
- 2 1/2 D Machining – This includes methods for machining from curves or surface edge curves. Profiling, Pocketing, Facing and Drilling.
madCAM Level 3X includes:
2 1/2 axis Milling
- Profiling
- Pocketing
- Facing
- Drilling
- Engraving
3 axis Milling
- 3 axis Milling
- Z-level Pocketing
- Z-level Facing
- Parallel Roughing
- Z-level finishing
- Planar finishing
- Pencil Tracing
- Surface angle limit control
- Along Curves
- 5Xtraject curves
- Between two curves
- From boundary curves
- 3-axis Tool holder collision simulation
- Customizable post processors
- Box work piece
- Region Curves
- Tool path Clipping planes
Toolpath editing
- Edit as ordinary Rhino curves
- 3-axis Material removal simulation
Specs
In order to work properly, this product requires:
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2 1/2 axis Milling |
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Pocketing |
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Facing |
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Drilling |
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Engraving |
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3 axis Milling |
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Parallel Roughing |
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Planar finishing |
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Planar contour finishing |
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Pencil Tracing |
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Surface angle limit control (Steep or flat surface machining) |
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Along Curves (Engraving) |
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Project curves (Engraving) |
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From boundary curves |
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Roughing from 3D Stock Model |
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Re-roughing |
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4 axis Milling |
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Indexed 3 + 1-axis (Including all madCAM toolpath functions) |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Profiling |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Radial-level Pocketing |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Radial-level finishing |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Planar finishing |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Planar contour finishing |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Pencil Tracing |
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Surface angle limit control (Steep or flat surface machining) |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Roughing from 3D Stock Model |
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Simultaneous 4-axis Radial-level remachining |
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5 axis Milling |
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Simultaneous 5 axis from axis of revolution (Including all madCAM toolpath functions except re-roughing) |
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Simultaneous 5-axis Drive Surface Offset-level Pocketing |
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Simultaneous 5-axis Closed Drive Surface spiral finishing |
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Simultaneous 5-axis SWARF Profiling from surface edge curves |
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Simultaneous 5-axis Part trimming from curves and vectors |
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Regions and Boundaries |
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Tool path Clipping planes |
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User defined 3D stock models (Except simultaneous 5-axis drive surface) |
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Drive Surface calculation height and depth option |
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Drive Surface tool path clipping levels option |
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Simultaneous 5-axis vertical angle limit option |
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Toolpath editing |
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Transform and copy as ordinary Rhino curves |
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Simulation |
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3-axis Material removal simulation |
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3-axis Tool holder collision simulation |
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4 axis machine parts simulation |
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5-axis machine parts simulation |
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Custom machine |
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4-axis machine setup |
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5-axis machine setup |
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Custom STL files support for machine parts simulation |
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External DLL support for machine kinematics |
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Custom machine |
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Customizable post processors |
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4-axis output |
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5-axis output |
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