Product Feature

2D CAD Module

3D CAD drawing – basic shapes

Import DXF

Import IGES & STEP for 2.5D Machining

Import IGES, STEP and STL for 3D Machining

Area Clear with islands

Profile Milling

Drilling - Peck, Deep, Bore, Ream, Tap

Text Engraving

Text Engraving onto Surface

V Carve True Type fonts & Profiles

Face Milling

Z Profiling

4th Axis wrapping

Rotary A or B axis Roughing & Finishing

Merge between top and bottom contours

Tool radius compensation

Tool length compensation

Tool Libraries

Ramp Helical

Ramp Linear and Zigzag

Lead in & lead out control

Cycle time estimates

Copy n Paste between drawings & programs

RS232 Communications module

Advanced Machining
Roughing - Parallel, Offset, Adaptive, REST, Flatland

Finishing – Parallel, Waterline, Constant cusp, Flatlands
Vertical Wall detection, Project curves
Pencil line, REST, Silhouette boundaries
Detect Steep/shallow boundaries

Surfacing – Parallel cuts, Cuts along curve, Project curves,
Blend between 2 curves, Blend between
2 surfaces, Parallel to Surface, Flowline

Trochoidal – Rough and Finishing

Rotary Roughing
Rotary Finishing
V Carve True Type fonts & Profiles
Advanced Face Milling
Chamfering
Adaptive Toolpaths – Roughing & Finishing
Adaptive Feed rates
Residual Stock machining (REST) – Roughing & Finishing

Mill Express

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Mill Standard

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Mill Pro+

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Product Feature

2D CAD
Import DXF files
Automatic Gouge free machining
Constant Surface Speed Control
Canned cycles for Drilling
Supports 2 axis lathes with either a rear or front turret or tool post, also ……lathes with a cross slide configuration. Sliding head machines
Multiple Tooling databases with user configurable tools
Tool types: Turn, Face, Groove, Trepan, Boring bar, Thread, Drill, Ream, Bore, and Tap
Display tool center line or complete tool animation with tool holder
Automatic area clearance between billet and finished profile
Facility for defining stock such as a casting or forged blank
Canned cycles for drilling, tapping, boring, reaming, and threading (parallel or tapered)
Separate finishing allowance in Z and X
Constant surface speed control
Grooving cycles for face and diameter
One hit machining with grooving tools, the groove tool can be used to rough and finishing in a single operation
Output to your machine tool controller via standard post processors.

Cycle time estimates
Operator set-up sheets
Part surface programming
Supports Bar feeders and pullers and Part catchers. Chuck open / close
Programmable tailstocks
Canned cycles for Facing and Turning (G71 & G72) Grooving
Built in RS232 communication package with full drip feed capability
Output to virtually any machine tool controller, with free built-in post
processors
Import IGES and STEP files
Full Machine Tool Simulation

Lathe Express

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