SURFCAM Tech Tip: V5 SP0 Release Notes

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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
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