Link 2D

•  All the customers with at least 2 years Maintenance Contract could request all the links 2D their license lacks, free of charge. Please contact Support@PCam.com to get the links 2D:
  DXF, DWG, IGeS, Mec, Me10
   
• Charmilles2geo:
  This link has been modified to read special Charmilles code from CatiaV4.
  
• Agie2geo
  This import filter reads now NC code programs produced by EasyCut 

PCamSimulation (wire)

• Advanced simulation:

• NC code and graphic display are synchronized.
   
• External application.
   
• Break-point are included.

• Available to all the customers with at least 2 years Maintenance Contract and with a Complex Conic license (kit3). You could get it free writing to Support@PCam.com

PCamQuote

All PPs

• PostProcessor creates a list of thread points called threadpoints.txt and a geo called threadpoints.geo. The list is saved in the same folder as NC code.
   
• In threadpoints.txt and threadpoints.geo the profile length includes the entry length and total cumulated length has been added
   

• New PP.

AGIE:
100
100,200,300,
100,200,300 Dialog,
100,200,300 HSS,
100,200,300 Sprint

• The start taper angle of reversed profiles was sometimes wrong.

• It is possible to exit with a tilted wire.

• Now we can avoid unnecessary wire cut and rethread.

Vertex
(Agievision Cut V)

• These PPs allow now to override the Punch/Die and Left/Right offset side SBL command automatically generated until now. In the specific Tool dialog panel the user can select a box to activate this function. Requested by AGIE Losone
   
• These PPs can now be configured to set a taper value (standard conic) appearing in Agie code. This allows to modify the taper angle onto the machine. Requested by AGIE Italia.

• Pocketing (No Core Cut) group 2-wire parameters are generated for SBL group too. You see them on the group edit panel of AGIEVision.

•  This PP has now a new configuration option '-nauto' to avoid to automatically assign an AgieDB technology, if the quality target does not fully match the AgieDB technology. Requested by AGIE especially for PCamPocket onboard.

Agievision Cut Pro

• It can generate Taper sectors and Clearance by setting the related parameter in the tool.
   
• This PP generates now tangent entry and exit SBL commands.
   
• Minimum Radius Last Cut value now is saved correctly.
   
• Measurable point from workpiece data is now available in NCCode. Same as PP AgieVision Cut.
   
• New configuration option "Tangent entry and exit as real elements", to make it generate tangent entry and exit as contour elements and not only as SBL parameters.  
   
• It is now possible to define Positioning Sectors and indicate their motion speed. The sector can be created as usual with markers and INSERT.OPE used to change the tool the same way it is done for Clearance Sectors.

Charmilles
RF330F, RF440F (Millenium CNC)

• Low power entry and exit technology changes along the profile are now generated in NC Code.
   
• These PPs can now generate G51/G52 Ttt taper code if the profile fulfills Fanuc constant taper requirements.
   
• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.
   
• U and V axis are now forced back to zero on the next G00 or G01 motion after a tapered profile cut.
   
• With active file number reduction, the positioning motions now is correct.
   
• New test to automatically generate G51/G52 NC code has been improved.
   
• PP generates the right G51/G52 NC code for successive arcs.
   
• Surface elements with mixed G01-G02, G01-G03, G02-G01, G03-G01 are now generated with a series of G01XYUV.

• New PP option "G01 XYUV" to generate this type of NC code for tapered profiles.
   
• New PP option "M30 instead of M99" to generate M30 at subprogram end. Requested by our customer.
   
• H value for cutting height can now be generated if activated by the user in the tool.

•  Decimal values always have zero after the decimal point now. 

Charmilles
RF1000 

• New PP option "G00 on exit from closed contours" even if the wire is in.
   
• New function "Cutting Feed Mode" added on the tool for this PP.
   
• Flushing functions are now manage in the right way, when the reduction of ISO files is enable.

• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.

• Now it is possible to cut  360 deg arcs.
   
• Surface elements with mixed G01-G02, G01-G03, G02-G01, G03-G01 are now generated with a series of G01XYUV.

Fanuc
Alpha, W

• Low power entry and exit technology changes along the profile are now generated in NC Code.
   
• These PPs can now generate G51/G52 Ttt taper code if the profile fulfills Fanuc constant taper requirements.
   
• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.
   
• U and V axis are now forced back to zero on the next movement after a tapered profile cut.
   
• With active file number reduction, the positioning motions now is correct.
   
• New test to automatically generate G51/G52 NC code has been improved.
   
• PP generates the right G51/G52 NC code for successive arcs.
   
• Surface elements with mixed G01-G02, G01-G03, G02-G01, G03-G01 are now generated with a series of G01XYUV.

Fanuc  
Alpha

•  D and S registers are now accepted up to 10000.
   
• The SW cannot determine if an open contour is to be considered Punch or Die. This happens when operations CUT, ENTRY tangent, EXIT tangent, are applied to a closed contour. The tool of this PP allows now to indicate if open contours must be considered as punches or dies and the M27 M28 M37 M38 functions will be correctly generated. The closed contours continue to be automatically detected. It is clear that open contours cannot be at the same time punches and dies in the same JOB.

• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.

• The "Ref" parameter coming from the Conic.ope is used to generate the Reference level on the machine.
   
• The "Constant angle" parameter  coming from Conic.ope has been implemented with G51/G52.
   
• Implemented clearance. It is activated as usual by setting "Technological offset" property of Offset.ope.

Mitsubishi QA

• New PP Mitsubishi QA is now available.
   
• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.

Mitsubishi FX

• Modified to produce main NC Block numbering when numbering is not active in the PP configuration panel. Main NC block is the first line of each profile. This allows the user to easily find the start of the shapes at the machine screen.

•  Surface elements with mixed G01-G02, G01-G03, G02-G01, G03-G01 are now generated with a series of G01XYUV.

Seibu W5000C3
Seibu W Incremental 

• Modified to allow comments to be produced or not depending on their configuration.
   

• This is a new PP based on Fanuc wire EDM machines.

Sodick Wire EDM (Sodick WMark20)

• Modified to allow comments to be produced or not depending on their configuration.
   
• This PP has now a new configuration option "Main program without subprograms", to make it generate a single main NC program without subprograms. In this case, the contours are numbered with "Nn". The 'n' number is generated based on the original name found in the .geo file. same name will produce same number in NC code.
   
• These PPs can now generate G51/G52 Aaa taper code if the profile fulfills Sodick constant taper requirements.
   
• New test to automatically generate G51/G52 NC code has been improved.
   

• AGIE Vertex Tool: 2-wire dialog simplified according to the new Agie specifications.

• These operations define the groove type of profile entry and exit. This groove has been requested to avoid the wire mark by removing material around the entry point.
   

• The internal over cut rounding case, has been modified to allow positioning of rounding arc based on length. The length parameter can vary between 0 and the rounding value.

• If the requested taper angle is too large for the input profile and generates undercuts or intersecting taper profiles, a warning message is issued.
   
• New implementation of Conic OPE - Constant angle. It now accepts profiles containing non tangent lines.
   

 Revert, Cut (.OPE)

•  These operations have been modified to avoid the deletion of the commands generated by other operations. This bug has been particularly visible with the use of Conic.ope.

• Modified to accept non tangent profiles, if "Conic arc type: ISO" is selected.
   
• The modification of conic level will now look for undercuts in the upper profile. These are announced by a message. Returning back the the original level will restore the correct profile eliminating the undercuts. 
   
• This module has been implemented:

• LCL is no more required. The contour can contain a sequence of consecutive segments and arcs. But, segments MUST NOT be collinear and arcs must be tangent.
• Consecutive arcs can only have constant taper angle. To change the angle, select the segment preceding or following them and enter the desired angle value.
• Undercuts can appear in some cases due to the particular geometric situation. As usual they can be shown with pink points by activating the "Contour Direction" display function.
   

• New gear report in html format generated pressing the 'protocol' button

•  Solved problem with negative values in the polyline generation from TXT file.

• Modified to be closer to AGIEVision requirements. Allows now to enter Reference Point relative to the Measurable Point. The Reference Point is now shown with a blue point and Measurable Point with a red one. Requested by AGIE Italia.
   
• Added language localization and graphical description of parameters.
   

• Same circles are now correctly deleted in the Reorganise function of CAD. Same points are now deleted too.
   
• Now the toolbars layout can be saved explicitly by executing the "Save toolbars layout" command in the "View" menu. If, after disposing and saving toolbars layout, the toolbars are in the wrong position, closing and reopening the CAD window will restore the saved configuration.
   
• Corrected bug. Problem by absolute translations.
   
• New Features
  1. Incremental distance dimensioning: After selecting the reference point it is possible to measure following distances by click on the next point to measure.
  2. Angle dimensioning: New method to dimension an angle by selecting two segments (angle measured counter clockwise from the first selected line to the second selected line)
  3. Rounding arcs: New method to construct a rounding arc between two non intersecting lines. The arc will take his style from the second selected segment.
  4. Zoom: it is possible to zoom by pressing "Shift" and the middle mouse button.
  5. Pan: it is possible panning by pressing "Alt" and the middle mouse button
      
• Configurable tolerance in contour creation
  It is possible to configure the tolerance value used during the contour creation.
  A button on the PCam CAD toolbar opens a panel that allows the change of the tolerance value.
   
• Rectangle entity is now accepted as contour. A rectangle without point is accepted and its center will be automatically set as start point. If a point is selected with a rectangle, this point will be used as start point and the closest rectangle side as the start side. It is possible to select many rectangles and points together. The closest points to the rectangles are associated and used to build the contours. NO available on rectangles and circles.
   
• Contour elements color handling has been modified to avoid to lose default colors when broking the contour.

• The checkbox "skip trim cuts" value is persistent. This is important to create the right number of ISO files for AgieVision.
  Persistent values of the Generic wizard are stored in the "wizSettings.xml" file inside PCam folder.