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Jul 05,  · roughing is a whole another issue. ya, they use Volumill engine, but they also do a lot of different things with it. i dont remember % correctly at the moment, but things like you werent able to do step ups if you had volumill enabled, shit/unnecessary retract moves, no way to do backfeed moves vs retract, i could go on and on. Mastercam (also MasterCAM) is a suite of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and CAD/CAM software applications. Founded in MA in , CNC Software, LLC is one of the oldest developers of PC-based computer-aided design / computer-aided manufacturing are one of the first to introduce CAD/CAM software designed for both machinists and engineers. Jun 12,  · I did play around with hypermills new roughing, it’s actually pretty slick, but it needs work. As it currently exists it gets a lot of material off, but you need to follow up with a better 3d roughing path like volumill to get closer to net shape. That being said, I get the impression they are working towards getting rid of volumill entirely.
 
 

Mastercam 2018 3d roughing free.Another mastercam vs hypermill discussion… Emphasis on Volumill.

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Another mastercam vs hypermill discussion Emphasis on Volumill. T Start date Jun 10, Replies 57 Views 2, Prev 1 2 3 Next. First Prev 2 of 3 Go to page. As a relatively long-time hyperMILL user, my 1 complaint for years was the quality of roughing. They have invested heavily in their proprietary roughing strategy, and it has become exponentially better than it was.

I don’t think it’s the best on the market, but it’s no longer an obvious limitation. I start just about every program with 3D adaptive roughing, and have probably only used volumill a couple of times in the last year.

I actually preferred the programming workflow in Esprit by a lot , but training MCAM programmers on Esprit was always a painful ordeal. It’s not a big deal. With templates setup, importing an assembly for multiple operations and assigning layers takes about 60 seconds.

Modifying the assembly in Solidworks and re-importing part of it is only a few clicks. Last edited: Jun 12, Click to expand Joined Oct 27, Location On Tour Mastercam went to court over the highspeed toolpath algorithm and won. I can’t remember who it was against I’m also thinking that the person who wrote it was employed as a contractor who then left and created their own business with it BluishInventor Aluminum.

Joined Jul 7, We recently switched over to Hypermill from CamWorks. Both use volumill. And you’d be correct when mentioning how implementation matters. Volumill just works in hypermill. It’s calc times are much faster for the same feature, plane detection is great.

It’s probably the best implementation of Volumill you will get. I have also used Edgecam which uses the same roughing path as Mastercam’s opti-rough from module works.

I personally prefer that roughing path over volumill. The main reason being that if you’re roughing out a 3 walled pocket, the MW path goes side wall to side wall all the way to the back, then gets the corners. Where Volumill will rough out a channel into the pocket until it can take a cut that would travel in a U shape around the interior of the pocket. I think this is because Volumill is going for less time in rapid, more time in the cut.

The down side for Volumill here is if the pocket wall is thin on all 3 sides, your final roughing pass on each wall will be whatever your stepover is. The huge advantage with Hypermill is the automatic collision detection that OP mentioned. You define your model and it’s considered in most toolpaths. Hemstitching is a breeze cause you just click the surface and go. No avoid surfaces or boundaries to make as to avoid the waterfall or get path extensions right.

It does it pretty much how you want it to do it by default. I gave mastercam a shot when I was evaluating CAM systems and it wasn’t impressing me at all. It eventually came down to Esprit and Hypermill which both have similar collision detection mentioned above. Hypermill just had a few extra tools that worked with our needs a bit better, so that’s what we went with.

The only thing that it is lacking is a stronger lathe package. It works, but it’s not anything to write home about. From simple 2. The depth of the software is also quite nice.

You can keep things surface level for simplicity, or you can automate the hell out of everything if you put the time in to build it of course. It’s not hard, just time consuming. Either way, send me a PM if you want some more input about our experience in HM. We are about 10 months into using it. I also have a contact that is using it to the absolute maximum that I have been talking to for a couple years now. Mike Diamond.

Joined Nov 5, Location Tampa area. JPG Joined Dec 20, Location UK. Joined Sep 8, Can you share licenses for individual toolpaths like you do in hyperMILL? My first seat of HM was about the same price as your NX quote, but the rest have been trimmed down quite a bit. We only have two seats for most of the 5X paths, even though we have 4 seats of HM.

Sharing is relatively painless since any seat can pull the 5X license as needed. On paper NX definitely checks a lot of boxes. We have expensive tastes over here, and it’s not easy to satisfy on a budget. I haven’t used but they now have v sketch which is dimension driven and can be constrained as well. I have been a HyperMill user for about 10 years now, and have no complaints what so ever. I can’t say I have used Volumill or HyperMaxx much for a few years, but the new optimised roughing that replaced the arbitrary roughing strategy is very good.

Great when using high feed tools. Last edited: Jun 13, Mike not sure how to quote your reply directly, but what are you trying to say with that pic? With hyperMILL different seats can share advanced licenses. For instance, you could buy one loaded seat of hyperMILL, and one that is just 3 axis. Then with network licensing, both seats could share one set of 5 axis toolpath licenses.

Or for something really special like port machining, you can buy one license for that, and all of your hyperMILL seats can use it, as long as multiple programmers aren’t calculating port machining at the same time. It’s a really nice way to reduce costs that I haven’t seen utilized in other CAM platforms. You only pay for what you need, and don’t have to buy every single option “just in case”. Mike said:.

You can double click and edit parameters. Joined Jun 14, I’m curious why no one has brought up PowerMill? Mtndew Diamond. Joined Jun 7, Location Michigan. Mtndew said:. TK, why aren’t you at your post? I’d be surprised if they didn’t. Does Hypermill have a 5 axis roughing strategy? BluishInventor said:. Sure does! It’s called 5x Shape Offset Roughing.

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This tool combines Dynamic Motion technology with advanced 3D model awareness. OptiRough replaces multiple less efficient roughing techniques. Learn how to use Mastercam and prepare for manufacturing with video Learn how to manipulate geometry and set up roughing and finishing for 3D toolpaths. A roughing operation is used to remove large amounts of material rapidly and to produce a part geometry close to the desired shape. 3D.