Release
2.07.X
- New milling path "cutout or outside pocket"
- Blank as link to existing outline (useful for clipping)
- Button for manual update added (e.g. for the topology automation groups)
- New parametric figure Polyround - similar to Torx profile
- Toolpaths are displayed in the color of the machining group, if this is explicitly set
- For rectangles and oblong holes, the anchor point can change with the Tab key when all dimensions are set numerically
- Cutting data can now be calculated locally directly from the machining, these then do not end up in the tool memory
- The keyword for CADasCAM internal macros has been changed from '#' to '@', because in some controls the '#' is already occupied.
- The sequence of the tool change command is now selectable (M6 T1 or T1 M6)
- For the oblong hole figure, the distance between the centers or the circumferential length can be specified as desired (for belt constructions)
- Additional finishing is now possible when face milling
2.06.X
- For chamfers and undercuts, the contours are automatically extended in the direction of the corner if necessary
- When reading a file, the used aeroprofiles will be checked, if necessary an error message will be displayed.
- The zero point can be shifted in Z (e.g. to the machine table, z= -workpiece thickness)
- In the footer the current snap coordinates are displayed
- Technology data can be imported (merging of several tool storages)
- An insertion point is displayed in the tree during drag'n drop, insertion below and above objects possible
- Fixed bug with position of mouse info in rotated view
- Fixed an error when repeating the auxiliary line function with direction dragging
- Fixed an error when selecting background images after importing them
- Fixed a bug in the user guidance for linear multiple copies (patterns)
2.05.X
- G-code macros can be created for more flexible adaptation to exotic machine controls
- Closed single contours (circles, ellipses, splines, polylines) inherit the fill color of a parent group
- The grid is displayed in front of the background images and is not hidden by them
- Fixed a bug when printing background images
- Via the sales partners there is the possibility to obtain free 'Lite' licenses with strongly reduced functionality
- The toolbar can also be displayed in the 'Lite' option, which shows only the functions of the free Lite licenses.
- Lite = reduced but unlimited use, saving, printing and DXF import possible.
- Demo = full scope, but only trial operation without saving and printing
- Fixed a bug when creating parallel guides
- Various minor bug fixes
2.04.X
- Hidden objects are now selectable in the tree
- The toolbar is slightly changed, the curve conversions are now in the Trim block
- Dimensioning options are now directly accessible in the toolbar and also change the selected dimensions
- There is a simpler toolbar 'Basic', switchable in the 'View' menu
- Graph paper available as optional raster display
- Milling path calculation is optimized again
- New processing method for beam cutting (laser, plasma, waterjet) ATTENTION: Beta stand!
- Geometry is no longer hidden by the raster images
- Help menu remains even if no model is loaded
- The last 12 models are available in the file quick access (instead of 8)
- When milling insulating boards, a group can also be selected without prior selection
- The print settings/page view are saved with the model
- Fixed error when re-reading manually created outlines
- Error when merging overlapping contours removed
- Various minor bug fixes
2.03.X
- new parallel algorithm for milling path calculation
- Print dialog has double buffering in preview
- Print dialog Printer properties are correctly preassigned and accepted again
- added missing english translations in print dialog and for sprocket and spoke structure
- DXF export/import: color 'unspecified' added
- DXF import texts and text angles added
- Aeroprofile dialog added in English
- Aeroprofiles can be preset in angle and length during generation
- Fixed error when saving empty models
- Bounding boxes of invalid objects are no longer evaluated
- Fixed error when moving fully selected radius dimensions
- automatic file versioning can be activated in the options
- even hidden objects can be selected in the tree
- new selection function for geometrically connected contours
- Fixed error when saving auxiliary circles
- Fixed error when creating parallel auxiliary circles
- Fixed error when selecting/grouping splines
- When a new tool is selected in the machining dialog, the infeed parameters are now automatically adjusted as well
2.02.X
- Fixed bug when restarting after autosave when the original models were deleted or renamed
- Fixed bug when creating parallel auxiliary lines on groups with topology automatic
- Fixed bug in the positioning of ring gears on spur gears (tooth offset)
- Fixed bug when reading closed polylines in DXF
- Fixed bug on slot object editor
- Added slot center to slot as explicit snap position
- Crop settings when printing are retained during the session
- Empty groups can optionally be automatically deleted before saving
- new feature to remove duplicate or overlapping contours
- CNC function for drag knife cutting added
- parametric aero profile figure with connection to user-specific profile database added
- Topology flag visible in the tree via a small red T on the icon
- Topology automatic now also as automatic for open contours (also works for trimming, parallel etc.)
2.01.X
- Fixed a bug in thread machining, all objects except circle and point are ignored as thread positions
- Fixed bug in CNC input dialog for edge processing, checkbox now reacts correctly
- Fixed a bug in the scaling of the operators Thickening and Wall as well as the figure N-gon
- Fixed a bug when drawing tangents for circles and arcs
- The incorrect character descriptions for some fonts in the '.' has been fixed
- There are two new parametric figures: spoke opening and sprocket
- When creating a machining for a contour that is already assigned to another machining, the contour is automatically copied, figures are linked
- Parallels to standard contours (not figures) are now created as a group of objects, no longer as outlines
- With the [SHIFT] key, the parallels with sharp corners are created, otherwise rounded as usual
2.00.X
User Interface
- optional English-language interface (depending on the Windows system language)
- Submenus for figures, CAM and drawing elements to create space for new functions
- Input command visible on the mouse info (in the Preferences menu)
- Spindle settings distributed between the 'Mechanics' and 'G-Code Postprocessor' dialogs
- Icons scale automatically for high-DPI displays
Geometry functions
- Groups can be created directly as a figure or folder
- Long hole with two different eye radii
- Convert curves/contours into polylines
- Split curves/contours at element/point
- Import/export of SVG files
- Layer with visibility, color or dimmed status
- Moving objects (using the button from the toolbar) also allows the input of X-Y coordinates
Raster images as background (construction templates)
- Raster images can be read in in the following formats: * .jpg, * .bmp. * .tiff, * .png
- Can be changed in position, size and rotation
- Opacity of the raster images can be reduced
- Align the raster images to the reference line and scale them to scale
- Distort raster images (height/width ratio)
parametric figures (parameters can be changed at any time via dialog)
- Circular cap
- Circular sector
- Trapezoid (symmetrical)
- Rectangle (2 or 3 points) with corner parameters (corner, chamfer, radius, undercut)
- Regular n-gon with corner parameters (corner, chamfer, radius, undercut)
- Long hole with the same or different eye radii
- Row of holes and bolt circle
- Gear, ring gear and rack with configurable involute profile (Module metric/dp, profile shift, flank angle, flank play, head play, head shortening, root radius)
- Positioning function for the correct meshing of the gears
- Conductor tracks can be added interactively as required
parametric operators (creation logic in the tree can be changed later)
- Boolean operations
- Thickening
- Wall function
- Fillets
- Reflections
- Scaling
- Multiple copies
CAM functions
- Additional edge processing can be programmed
- one or more machining zero points can be freely positioned
- Approach position on a contour can be freely positioned
- Multiple tabs
- Thread whirling of internal / external threads as left or right-hand threads, internal threads including pre-machining
- Circular arcs can also be output as lines in G-code, analogous to the helix movements
1.06.X
- New input mask for relay control
- Two independent process parameters can be selected per tool (e.g. cooling + extraction)
- the n-corner replaces the hexagon function, so it is easy to draw eight-cornered corners, triangles, etc.
- G02 / G03 can now also be configured with absolute IJK parameters
- further optimized milling path generation (more stable with offset generation)
- Fixed bug with snap to texts with only one letter
- The path correction for the outer radius and the chamfer cutter is now calculated using the tip diameter, not the outer diameter
1.05.X
- Simplification of the spindle settings
- Improved milling path calculation.
- Bugfixes
1.04.X
- Immersion strategies ramp and commuting added
- CNC path input optimized, 'Depth from ... to' and height 'Spindle start over material' introduced.
- BZT look introduced as an additional option
- Fixed bug with full circles within pocket machining, now two semicircles in G code
- Fixed bug when starting the machining of pockets with finishing allowance in Z depth
- Fixed bug when trimming ellipses and splines
- Display of the sources for import files in the drawing tab after saving, e.g. 'File (dxf)'
- DXF polylines are now read in as an outline or contour if it contains arcs
- DXF files in Unix format are now also imported
1.03.X
- Formulas can now also be entered in the input fields
- Printing with specified scales is now possible (e.g. 1:10)
- Integrated tool changer
- Sub-objects of figures, contours, outlines and areas are no longer displayed in the tree
- Fixed a bug when saving rotated texts
- Groups are now only differentiated between figures and folders
- Fixed bug when saving closed polygons
- Fixed bug with variable-speed spindles
- Optimization of the automatic contour finder to eliminate duplicate contours
1.02.X
- Numerical pre-assignment for auxiliary circles is now retained
- Fixed bug when trimming polylines
- When the objects are moved interactively, they can now be gripped at intersections
- automatic backup copy at configurable time intervals
- In the demo version, a maximum of 100 lines of G code can now be saved
- Groups are now only differentiated between figures and folders
- new icons for groups and folders in the tree
- Selection of the individual elements of folders has been improved
- The feed per tooth is now interpolated with three support points
- Material selection via a selection box directly in the toolbar
1.01.X
- Error when printing != 1: 1 eliminated (printer was always controlled 1: 1)
- Errors with object names and multiple copies (are now also incremented)
- Fixed bug with graphic attributes when changing groups (was always reset)
- Engraving fonts and true-type fonts have been adjusted in terms of functionality
- Modified models are marked in the tab with a following *
1.00.X
- New look
- Added preferences for dimensions
- Approach bends of length 0mm are now possible to define the immersion position
- Bug fixes for manual contour generation
- Bugfixes, Bugfixes, Bugfixes …