FIKUS
Visual CAM
GENERAL
FEATURES
Ø GENERAL
FUNCTIONS
- 32 Bit Windows native application.
- Graphics
based on OpenGL with shaded surfaces.
- Interface
based on menus, icons and dialogue boxes.
- Printing
with preview.
- Toolpath
printing with preview.
- Dynamic
3D Zoom, Pan and Rotation.
- Calculator
incorporated in all data inputs.
- Multiwindow
graphic environment.
- 3D
dynamic, wireframe or shaded simulation of the toolpath with the possibility
of moving or rotating the scene.
- Post-processors
optimized for all major CNC's .
- Post-processing
using machine cycles, and with the possibility of making types of cycles which
are not implemented in the CNC.
-
Post-processors optimized for all major CNC's.
- 32
Bits CNC editor for Windows 98 / NT / 2000 with direct connection to CNC.
- CNC
program listings by printer.
Ø GEOMETRY
FUNCTION DEFINITION
- All
the necessary functions for 3D geometries creation and modification.
- IGES
and DXF interfaces.
- Read
PLT format.
- Direct
interface with CIMATRON.
- Automatic
generation of regular polygons, rectangles and ellipses.
- Automatic
generation of inner or outer gears.
- 3D
Bounding box calculation for selected geometries.
- Graphical
layers
- Multi
UCS.
- 3D
Scale factor.
- Generation
and transformation of NURBS curves.
- Rectangular
and polar arrays.
- Intelligent
curve trimming.
- Special
functions for the geometries analysis and modification, either generated from
Fikus or imported from other CAD systems.
- Work
planes.
- Hide/Show
entities.
- Color
and thickness line attributes.
- Unlimited Undo/Redo geometry.
Ø MACHINING
FUNCTIONS FOR LASER
- Independent
management of geometries and machining cycles.
- Customized
technologies for the different machines in the market, allowing for the best
CNC performance.
- Geometries
definition in 2D or 3D contours .
- Dynamic
Stop points insertion.
- On-Screen
definition of the entry and exit movements. Possibility of modification at
any time.
- Direct
translation cycle of geometry to CNC language.
- Roughing
and skimming passes in 2 and 4 axis.
- Remnant
cut definition by distance.
- Material
Destruction cycle linear or sipral.
- Use
of Windows standard keys in combination with the mouse right button: drag/drop,
cut, copy, paste, move, create, rearrange, erase trajectories, geometries
and processes.
- Multiprocesses
(templates) saving and using. Allowing saving well known machining strategies
and reusing them later on different parts.