CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
November 2005
Events News
Mastercam X and Direct for SolidWorks® on Display at SolidWorks World
Mastercam® Direct and the newly released Mastercam X CAD/CAM software will be showcased at the SolidWorks World 2006 Conference in booth # 321 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The Mastercam Direct for SolidWorks add-in offers SolidWorks users a new way to boost their productivity.
Mastercam Direct, free to the Mastercam and SolidWorks communities, allows users to open a model in Mastercam while in a SolidWorks session, and then apply existing toolpaths to that model. Users can import the model into Mastercam, complete with the solids history tree intact. The Direct interface can detect changes made to the original file when re-imported into Mastercam and alert the user, allowing them to modify any associated data such as geometry or toolpath information.
Mastercam Direct can be added directly to the SolidWorks toolbar. When the add-in is selected, the current SolidWorks part will be opened directly into Mastercam where the user can immediately update existing toolpaths for the part, or easily select an entire set of operations from another part to apply to the CAD model.
CNC Software, Inc. will also have the new Mastercam X software on display. Mastercam X delivers "smart" functions, a streamlined interface, powerful new cutting techniques, and much more.
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