SURFCAM Tech Tip
V5 SP0 Release NOtes

SURFCAM V5 SP0 b??? will ship to all Users with a Maintenance Contract Expiration Date of 11/30/2009 or greater.
You can check your Maintenance Expiration Date by opening SURFCAM and clicking Help | About SURFCAM.
Product Naming Changes
- The SE product name is being replaced with Base Edition
- The VELOCITY product name is being replaced with Advanced Edition
- The TrueMill product is no longer bundled with software and will be sold as an add-on
What do these changes mean to me?
- Users with the 2-Axis SE product will become 2-Axis Base Edition
- Users with the 2-Axis VELOCITY product will be become 2-Axis Advanced Edition with TrueMill
- Users with the 3-Axis SE product will become 3-Axis Advanced Edition
- Users with the 3-Axis VELOCITY product will be become 3-Axis Advanced Edition with TrueMill
- Users with the 4-Axis VELOCITY product will be become 4-Axis Advanced Edition with TrueMill
- Users with the 5-Axis VELOCITY product will be become 5-Axis Advanced Edition with TrueMill
As an additional bonus
- Users with the Design SE product will be Upgraded to Designer that includes Surfacing capability
- Users with 2-Axis SE will be upgraded to 2-Axis Base Edition that includes Surfacing capability
New features include:
- 3-Axis TrueMill Enhancements
- Improved slicing produces better quality and faster toolpath calculation
- Pocket ordering improved to reduce rapid moves
- Ability to turn off open pockets, forces TrueMill to only calculate internal pocket areas
- Depth first, cuts each region to full depth before moving to next area
- Separate spindle speeds for Helical vs Plunge moves
- Pilot Hole support
- 3-Axis Z-Finish
- Supports new HSM cutting style
- 4-Axis Enhancements
- Active Cview gnome to show the axis or rotation
- Set Axis is now retained upon regen
- 5-Axis Enhancements
- Multi Passes, can now create multiple passes on any 4-5 Axis toolpath
- Plunge Roughing support
- Morph Pocket
- Additional Lead/Links options
- Set Y Axis machine limits, Smooth Surface normals and round corners
- Lathe Modifications
- Custom Tool and Holder support
- Updated Tool Database
- Cview Turning
- Automatic material boundary trimming to end of part
- Plus other corrections
- Operations Manager
- Check Boxes for Projects, Setup Sections and Toolpaths, allows you to select only the operations you want to Verify or Post
- Other Enhancements
- Transparent Work Plane
- Silhouette Boundaries improvements
- V5 SP0 - complete list of details here - 5.3 MB PDF
- New Installation Tech Tip
- Upgrade Installation Tech Tip