What's New in AlphaCAM V11

Version 11 makes the management of sheets, and the use of sheets to divide up your work a much more central part of the software's workflow:

• The new sheets tab lists all of the current sheets and allows you to create, update, and delete them.
• Sheets of different sizes, thicknesses, and even machine settings can be used.
• Sheets can be managed individually, or collectively, making it simple to resize or update a specific collection of sheets

Spelling errors will be underlined in red in the Create Text Form. right-click menu. Suggestions for corrections are shown on the right click menu, and can be selected to automatically replace the incorrect word. Additional words can also be added to the dictionary using the right click menu.

Starting with Version 11 it will be possible to add and configure different machines through the Machine Configuration Management dialog. Each machine can have a set of post-processors defined, and separate feeds and speeds in the tool database, so that machine settings, post-processors, and tool feeds and speeds can be kept in sync.

Post-Processors can now be updated independently of the software using our online post-processor database. This can be accessed through the new Machine menu.

There is also the opportunity to get up and running quickly with a particular machine by using our Kickstarter Wizard which runs on first use, or later through the Online Search dialog, to help you choose the right post-processor, and the right tool database.

The set size form has been updated to allow the possibility of resizing a selection of vectors individually. Whereas previously all selected vectors were resized as part of a single transformation, they can now be treated as individual vectors. Each object in the selection can either be:

• Resized absolutely. This sets the size of each vector to the specified value. This might be useful for geometry that has to be a specific size, e.g circles, or slots.
• Resized by Percentage. This resizes the selected object by the specified percentage.

The relief slicing feature has been extended to make it possible to choose the sizes of individual slices. Slice thicknesses can be tweaked and visualized in the 3D view to ensure that there are no thin slices. The resulting slices should be simpler to machine and assemble.

Individual slices can be visualized

Once a 3D model has been imported it is now possible to reimport that model if you want to adjust its sizing, position, or even re-segment it using the new Segmenting feature (Aspire only).

To reimport right-click on the the component from within the software to take you back to the model orientation form where the software will remember the last used settings.