Indianapolis, IN – PRI 2013 attendees will get to experience the most powerful Mastercam machining software yet. Stop by booth # 5149 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN, December 12-14 for a look at Mastercam X7, the latest Mastercam release. Mastercam X7 introduces many significant new capabilities, including the new Mill-Turn product, Renishaw Probing, and much more.

New Mastercam Mill-Turn
Mastercam’s Mill-Turn product makes machining on today’s high-powered turning centers and full-function machining centers simpler and easier than ever before. Mastercam Mill-Turn streamlines the programming process with intelligent job setups that are keyed to the exact machine in your shop. Intelligent work plane selection makes it easy to select the proper spindle and turret, and program your part with Mastercam’s proven milling and lathe toolpaths.

Renishaw Probing
Mastercam X7 integrates Renishaw’s Productivity+™ for in-process gauging. This uses a measuring probe on a machine tool to determine fixture offsets, orientation, and critical dimensions. Probing eliminates the need for tool presetters, expensive fixtures, and manual settings with dial indicators. It allows for machine offsets to be automatically adjusted, even during the machining process, to further enhance the manufacturing process.

Blade and Port Expert Add-ons
Mastercam Blade Expert greatly simplifies the toolpath creation process for any multi-bladed parts, including fans, propellers, impellers, turbines, marine screws, and more. Blade Expert includes a variety of powerful and flexible multiaxis roughing strategies. Mastercam Port Expert creates accurate, efficient head porting toolpaths on port surface or solid data. Port Expert uses a tapered lollipop tool, and has collision checks for the entire tool (shank, arbor, and holder).

Also available in Mastercam X7:

•    The new Tool Manager, providing a whole new way to create and organize your tooling.
•    Improved Backplot and Verify utilities that offer a more efficient workflow, better analysis tools, and more comprehensive toolpath support.
•    Dynamic and OptiRough toolpaths with more efficient tool motion, including enhanced cut orders and faster calculation times.
•    Multi-threading support extended to most 2D high speed toolpaths, resulting in faster toolpath processing.
•    Oscillate motion for Curve and Swarf 5-axis toolpaths, improving your tool life by not always machining with the same area of the tool.

Mastercam's Mill-Turn product makes machining on today's high-powered turning centers
and full-function machining centers simpler and easier than ever before.

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