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Serving the South African Manufacturing industry
Software Development (Pty) Ltd - CAD / CAM / CAE / Wireless CNC communication experts
Advanced CADCAM and Wireless CNC communication for the Manufacturing industry
VISI Machining 2D
Prismatic machining made simple
VISI Machining 2D provides a practical, intuitive and simple solution for CNC programming including 4
and 5 axis indexing. Knowledge based feature recognition will automatically select features directly on
the solid geometry and create reliable milling and drill cycle toolpaths.
Extensive range of CAD interfaces.
* Parasolid, IGES, DXF, DWG, STL and VDA.
* STEP, Solid Works and Solid Edge.
* CATIA v4 & v5, Pro-E, UG and ACIS.
Simple programming and comprehensive tool management
* Operation manager has a simple tree structure.
* Select tools from the comprehensive tool library.
* Calculate automatically feeds, speeds, stepover and depth of cut.
* Graphical interface for machining parameters, cutting conditions and holders.
* Easy and flixible origin creation.
* Easy set-up for multi-axis indexing.
Full range of drilling cycles
* Centre drilling
* Drilling
* Tapping
* Reaming
* Boring
* Helical milling
* Thread milling
* Diameters and depths directly from the model
* Optimised toolpath movements
Profile and face machining operations
* 2D mill with choice of machining direction, circular or direct approach.
* Cut down to a depth with a sequence of profiling moves.
* Cutter radius compensation capability.
* Auto create residual geometry where tool don’t fit.
* Re-machining residual geometry with a smaller tool.
* Spiral or zigzag face milling operations.
* Milling by successive passes.
Open and closed pocket machining
* Spiral and zig-zag pocketing operations.
* Multi depth islands nesting allowed.
* Define draft angles & base radii for pocket and island walls.
* Control the bottom and side tooling oversize.
* Automatic island face milling.
* Open sided pocket definition.
* Auto start outside open pocket features.
2.5 axis toolpaths for simple 3D forms
* Extrusion.
* Revolution.
* Sweeping a 2D profile along another 2D curve.
* Produce simple 3D toolpaths.
* Internal and external thread milling.
* Helicoidal milling.
* Fillet / chamfer machining on sharp edges.
Obstacle management and graphical toolpath checking
* Obstacle management ensures collision avoidance.
* Reduce cycle time by eliminating unnecessary Z retract moves.
* Graphical toolpath verification.
* Simulation tool path in solid to show surface finish.
* Show material being removed by each operation.
* Warning of any potential collisions.
Configurable postprocessors and set-up sheets
* Library of postprocessors is available to suit most machines.
* Post processors are fully configurable.
* Canned cycles for drilling.
* Sub routines to reduce program length.
* Circular interpolation.
* Cutter radius compensation.
* Configurable set-up sheets.
* Automatically generated as either HTML or XLS files.
* Information on datum position, tooling, cycle times and the cutting envelope.
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 "Milling 2d")
 "Face milling")
 "Pocketing")
 "Helicoidal milling")
 "2.5d Profile and section")
 "4/5 axis 2d operations")
 "Work on surfaces / solids")
 "Powerful graphics")
 "Feature recognition")
 "3+2 axis drilling")
Open and closed pocket machining
* Spiral and zig-zag pocketing operations.
* Multi depth islands nesting allowed.
* Define draft angles & base radii for pocket and island walls.
* Control the bottom and side tooling oversize.
* Automatic island face milling.
* Open sided pocket definition.
* Auto start outside open pocket features.
2.5 axis toolpaths for simple 3D forms
* Extrusion.
* Revolution.
* Sweeping a 2D profile along another 2D curve.
* Produce simple 3D toolpaths.
* Internal and external thread milling.
* Helicoidal milling.
* Fillet / chamfer machining on sharp edges.
Obstacle management and graphical toolpath checking
* Obstacle management ensures collision avoidance.
* Reduce cycle time by eliminating unnecessary Z retract moves.
* Graphical toolpath verification.
* Simulation tool path in solid to show surface finish.
* Show material being removed by each operation.
* Warning of any potential collisions.
Configurable postprocessors and set-up sheets
* Library of postprocessors is available to suit most machines.
* Post processors are fully configurable.
* Canned cycles for drilling.
* Sub routines to reduce program length.
* Circular interpolation.
* Cutter radius compensation.
* Configurable set-up sheets.
* Automatically generated as either HTML or XLS files.
* Information on datum position, tooling, cycle times and the cutting envelope.
