Slug Retention

A special page has been added to the technology points dialog in V19 which allows the user to add slug retention grooves at user digitised points around an aperture. These slug retention grooves are particularly useful for press tool die apertures where 'slug pulling' can sometimes be problematic.

Matrix Operation (Taper & Land)

The Feature Recognition engine has been enhanced to detect taper and land geometry from a solid model as a single feature. The feature can also be created manually using the additional 'Land height' parameter within the feature properties dialog

Operation Snapshots

New snapshot capabilities have added to the operations dialogs to allow snapshots to be saved on a 'per tab' basis. For example, if technology is selected from the standard database but the user wants to change an offset value, then the modified settings can be saved only for the 'Technology' page of the dialog and can be loaded at a later date. This applies to settings in all pages of the operations dialogs e.g. Tagging, Approach/Retract etc

CT Expert Integration

Charmilles Technologies offer their customers a PC version of the technology selection application found on the Charmilles, Millennium and Fanuc controls. This application is called CT Expert for PC. VISI PEPS Wire 19 allows the user to select technology from this application directly thereby loading the exact technology in the form of offsets, power settings, feed rates etc, directly into the operation dialog

Pocketing With Finishing Allowance

A new pocketing option has been added to VISI PEPS Wire V19 to allow the user to partially pocket an aperture by specifying the remaining stock left to cut. This dramatically improves wire usage by keeping 'fresh air' cutting to a minimum.

Defaults Management

The frequently requested Save as Default functionality at the 'Project' and 'CAM Setup' levels has been added for V19. This functionality will allow the defaults to be saved based on the machine family e.g. Fanuc, Agie, Makino etc. This is very important as each machine family will almost certainly have different project level Wires and Materials and as such should be saved and loaded independently

Global Nozzle Heights

The heights of the lower and upper nozzles can now be specified at the 'Project' dialog level as well as at the operation level. These values can be Saved as Default on a 'per machine' basis. If the Nozzle heights require overriding at the operation level then this can be achieved by un-checking the new 'Use project settings' option.

Pocketing Starting Outside a Feature

It is now possible to pocket (destruct) a pocket with a start hole position defined outside of the feature. This is useful where the pocket aperture is so small that it's problematic to drill or sink a start hole for the Wire to thread through inside the feature itself

Use CAD Circles as Automatic Approach Point

Some drawings, e.g. imported DXF files, define start hole positions using CAD entities such as circles. VISI PEPS Wire V19 now optionally detects circles within closed profiles and uses them as the default approach point when adding the machining.

Post Process Single Operations

VISI PEPS Wire V19 allows the user to post process not only from the Project level but also from individual or multiple selected operations (functionality in-line with CAM).

Project Material and Wire Conversion

If a job is programmed for a particular machine, e.g. Agie, and a particular material is selected, when switching to a different machine family, e.g. Makino, it is preferable to select an equivalent material from it's database. In V19 if you choose 'Cu' in the Makino project dialog and then switch the machine to an Agie the project will now show 'Copper' as the equivalent material.

Pathlab Simulation from the Project

So that the correct order of cuts, tag removal strategy and so on can be simulated incorporating multiple operations/CAM set-ups the user was required to run a full 'Kinematic Simulation'. In V19 a project level pathlab simulation has been added that simulates the correct order in the same way as the kinematic simulation. This is particularly useful for customers who purchase the low cost 2 Axis Wire package which does not include the kinematic simulation as standard.

Open Sided Features

Closed features (with open sides) as well as open CAM profiles can now be machine using VISI PEPS Wire.

VDM File Import

VISI PEPS-Wire V19 can now import for native PEPS (vdm) files. Please note the import is geometry only including text, 2D wireframe and 3D solids.

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