What's new in Fikus Visualcam version 16

Metalcam S.L., the leading developer of CAD/CAM solutions for the workshop, announced the new Version 16 of its flagship product Fikus Visualcam. The new version provides a user-friendly and efficient CNC programming solution for WireEDM as well as for Milling, Lathe, Millturn and NC Cutting & Routing applications. To speed up the user productivity, Fikus Visualcam 16 incorporates more than 120 enhancements in all modules.

Work Environment

Developments in the Fikus environment have focused on the support of SpaceBall® devices for the control of dynamic movements on screen and in two new options for dynamic zoom, center the cursor or a fixed point, this latest option following the SolidWorks® style, for users familiar with this CAD system.

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CAD

New features are added to the CAD application or supplement the functionality of existing functions:

  • The options to create elements tangent to or from NURBS curves have been completed.
  • New function to create sync lines between two curves.
  • New option "Offset N times ".
  • Interactive path generator.

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CAM Application

The Tool Table for the for the Milling, Turning and Mill-turn technologies enables now the creation of tool data based on the machine and the stock material. When creating a new toolpath, we choose the machine and the material. The technological tool data applied when a tool is selected will correspond to the machine and the material.

Find more information on the tool data depending on the material and machine

The simulator can now show "T" and conical tools, showing the result that produces the material for such a tool. There are also added options to save the resulting material in STL format and for information on the volume of chip removed.

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WireEDM

  • New options allow the treatment of constant taper corners (filleting, ...)
  • New options for partial clearance
  • New process "2XA" (Advanced 2 axes) to define one or more 2X parts with different draft angles in each face.
  • New Wizard for Ona Arion
  • Improvements to assisted Sync
  • Improvements in Wizards
  • Automatic Entry Motion in XY Selection
  • Automatic Entry Motion for No-Core-Cut
  • Possibility to select sync lines created in CAD

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Milling

  • Machining with conic and "T" tools
  • Option to machine punches and cavities from separate or joint heights
  • Option to calculate the initial drill in the slotting process
  • Automatically capture the level and height of a punch or cavity if we select the upper and lower contours
  • Restructuring of the contour selection
  • 3D slotting
  • Check punchs in drilling processes
  • 3D Profiles with variable down step
  • Punch roughing without finishing
  • Slot by midline
  • New options in roughing cycle
  • New options for the bounding contour in surface machining
  • Surface machining with bidirectional / unidirectional option
  • Machining of STL files
  • General improvements in Drill Wizard and possibility to use pocketing and contouring.

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Lathe

  • Round toolpath corners in finishing and profiling
  • New option in Wizard to define the stock as relative (length) + absolute (diameter)
  • New option to choose the roughing order of the subzones generated by treating the material
  • Entry radius in roughing
  • Restructuring of the Tool table

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Mill-Turn

  • All the improvements in Lathe
  • All the improvements in Milling
  • Machine selection when creating the toolpath
  • Specific Gantt function according to machine to optimize the program
  • Creation of a preset machining strategy (Lathe - Milling - Lathe - Milling) in the Lathe Wizard
  • Symmetry about the rotating axis

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Laser and other 2D cutting technologies

  • Automatic entry points

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