Mastercam X Art Brings Efficiency and Speed to Artistic Relief Cutting

CNC Software announces the release of Mastercam X Art CAD/CAM software. Built from the ground up, Mastercam X Art delivers artistic relief design and cutting and includes new features like an improved Art Manager, wrapping capabilities, new toolpaths, and much more.

Mastercam X Art lets users quickly bring 2D sketches, clip art, photos, and CAD files to life by crafting them on-screen and cutting them with easy, specialized toolpaths. Users can quickly shape and change their model on-screen until it looks the way they want it. Mastercam X Art includes great visualization tools and instant editing features. Mastercam X Art tracks your model step by step, allowing for quick and easy modifications at any time.

Some new additions to Mastercam X Art include:

• Art Manager - A new tab located in the Operations Manager puts all the major Art commands right at your fingertips and makes Art easier to use than ever before.

• Wrapping - Mastercam X Art lets you wrap your art around a cylinder and cut it. Specify your cylinder dimensions and Mastercam X Art automatically creates an unwrapped cylinder for you to create on.

• Toolpaths - A new toolpath includes roughing and finishing options for the Cylinder Milling Spiral toolpath.

• New Modeling Tools – Mastercam X Art adds new tools to the wide variety of modeling techniques in Art, including new “celtic weave’ creation and extremely flexible texture generation.

Also new to Mastercam X Art are surface generation speed improvements, surface quality improvements, the ability to process large files, Art chaining, and much more.

Watlow's New EHG SL10 Integrates Safety Limit and Temperature Controller into a Heater 

Watlow announces the introduction of the EHG SL10 process controller and safety limit, an integrated/adjustable agency recognized safety limit, temperature controller and heater all in one system. The compact design, inherent reliability and integrated limit functions make this system a tremendous value.  

Watlow developed the EHG SL10 because customers wanted the ability to adjust a controller's set point in the field. In addition, they were seeking flexibility in upgrading the device without replacing the entire system. Watlow's EHG SL10 system includes a compact temperature controller, two thermocouple sensors, power switching device and alert lights for at-temperature notification, power and an out-of-range (high/low temperature) alert all connected to a heater.  

The EHG SL10 process controller and safety limit also features three modules - display only, communications only or display and communications. The display module allows for changes to the controller settings (set point, alert setting, alert settings, on-off or PID control function), while the communications module allows for remote monitoring and adjustment of control settings.

This new integrated temperature controller is ideal for foodservice, life sciences, packaging and semiconductor applications.  

UGS Ships Velocity Series’ Solid Edge Version 19  

PLANO, Texas – UGS Corp., announced Solid Edge® Version 19 software is now shipping to customers worldwide.   

Solid Edge is the core CAD component of the UGS Velocity Series™ for the PLM mid-market.  Version 19 offers hundreds of customer-requested enhancements, complementing new capabilities for motion simulation, assembly and disassembly videos, 3D design annotation, as well as visual collaboration tools that leverage the open JT data format, the world’s most widely used lightweight format for sharing 3D product data.  

New features improve creating, sharing and managing design information, including:

• Full motion simulation - quickly and easily define relationships between different motion drivers.

• Animated and dynamic documentation - generate high-quality videos for clearer manufacturing instructions and technical manuals.

• Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) – produce 3D-annotated designs in accordance with world standards.

• JT™ file sharing – enable anyone in the supply chain to exchange intelligent 3D data regardless of the CAD system used to create the file.

• New suite of manufacturing solutions – leverage manufacturing solutions that coordinate product design, tool design and NC programming.

• AutoCAD® data workflow – shorten the learning curve with a smoother workflow for 2D AutoCAD users.

• Support for Microsoft® Windows® 64-bit OS architecture – developing massive assemblies and their associated drawings on a new 64-bit edition.
   

A complete V19 highlights PDF is available online.

Accu-Mold Inc. Starts New Design Center of Excellence

AMBA member Accu-Mold Inc. of Portage, Michigan, announced the start-up of a new division, the Design Center of Excellence, to meet the needs of mold and tool shops for 3Dimensional Mold Design and Detailing. The goal of the Design Center of Excellence is to be a resource for a variety of mold/tool manufacturing companies to help them improve their time to market.

Brian Jackson will be heading up the Mold and Part design services using the latest releases of Cimatron 3D software. Services include 3D part designs that are more easily tooled and molded, mold design and detailing along with support fixtures and gauges.

The Design Center of Excellence was stimulated by the new business model for Tool and Die shops initiated by the State of Michigan and The Center for Automotive Research. Tool shops that use similar processes can achieve workload balance and increasing efficiency, specialization and decreased costs to manufacture.

Esko, SolidWorks Team Up

Esko, the market leader in packaging pre-production solutions, announced that it has entered into an Embedded Technology Distribution Agreement with SolidWorks Corporation of Concord, MA, USA. The agreement gives Esko access to SolidWorks technology as a data translator for the import and export of native SolidWorks files. In addition, the agreement supports the use of SolidWorks as a 3D modeling application. Packaging designers are now able to work more precisely and faster as product design and packaging design becomes an integrated process.

ArtiosCAD 7.10, the upcoming October release of Esko’s market leading structural design software, will draw on SolidWorks technology to import and export native SolidWorks files, creating a seamless workflow between SolidWorks and ArtiosCAD. To illustrate the workflow possibilities, consider a consumer product, like a mobile phone, that is created using SolidWorks. With the new version of ArtiosCAD, the SolidWorks 3D model of the phone can be imported directly into ArtiosCAD’s 3D environment. In ArtiosCAD, users now can use a variety of tools to “automagically” create packaging that uniquely fits the product. Internal fitments, protection, and supports can be created using cross-sections of the phone model. And, that entire assembly can then be directly inserted into a folding carton that is automatically sized to fit. Interactive 3D viewing and interactive application of graphics elements can be executed with other Scope software tools. Operating directly with the 3D model not only dramatically speeds up the packaging development process; it also removes much of the manual trial-and-error process to get packaging to fit correctly.

PC Series Portable Chillers Built for Performance 

Available in Air Cooled, Remote Air Cooled or Water Cooled, these portable chillers are built for top performance and engineered for bottom-line control with an array of advantages. 

The PC Series Portable Chillers from H2O Engineered Water Systems offer high throughput cooling with precise, 1º control. Suitable for work environments of 20ºF to 80ºF, the PC Series portable chillers deliver from 2- to 30-ton cooling capacity.  The microprocessor controls feature advanced 14-point computer diagnostics at a glance, job-status monitoring and temperature precision within 1º of setpoint for exceptional quality control throughout the cooling process. Dependability and reliability is built into every PC Series chiller with standard features that include Freezestat protection, advanced scroll and discus compressors, and 100% nonferrous water circuit construction to minimize corrosion.