All WORKNC users now have on-demand access to CAD functionality to heal missing faces, extend surfaces, and cap holes and pockets in preparation for manufacturing. The software’s newest enhancement is the integration of a ‘manufacturing aware’ computer-aided design (CAD) application called DESIGNER. Hexagon will also highlight the latest version of WORKNC computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software designed for mold and die makers. WESTEC visitors can see these late-breaking EDGECAM features and more demonstrated at regular intervals during the show. Users can dynamically interact with a toolpath and pinpoint exactly which line of code is being simulated.

NCSIMUL is Hexagon’s high-end CNC simulation software for G-code verification. Also integrated with EDGECAM is a new component called NCSIMUL Essential providing full simulation of 3-axis milling parts.

The software also supports 3+2 machining and complex 5-axis simultaneous milling in all configurations. EDGECAM 2022’s newly-added support for 6-axis milling and turning machines enables programming of the cutter head into positions previously out of reach in just one set-up, which in the past required a series of sequences.

In Hexagon Booth #945, attendees will find CAD/CAM software technologies offering future-ready features for trending advancements in manufacturing. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced it is exhibiting the newest releases of EDGECAM and WORKNC at WESTEC 2021, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA, from November 16 -18, 2021.

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