This also means that SolidWorks users always work under the same user interface. The result is a high degree of transparency and error prevention throughout the entire machining process.

Both the CAD and CAM systems use the same data model.

Thanks to the seamless integration of hyperMILL ® for SolidWorks, continuous processes can be easily implemented using a unified database. Seamless integration for continuous processing These features are especially useful when machining large models, which require a large number of job steps and toolpaths. hyperMILL ® users thus benefit from further time savings in their day-to-day work. This means that many calculations can be carried out considerably faster. New contour milling features allow for better control when using large milling tools.Ħ4-bit support means that users have more memory at their disposal. Improved 5axis swarf cutting results in better surface quality. The new shape offset roughing and finishing function offers a strategy for the 5axis machining of surfaces with a uniform offset, with simple programming and while avoiding the formation of ‘stair-steps’ that would be common with Z-level roughing approaches. New functions and optimised strategies further lower the programming burden and help to obtain better milling results. Highlights like intelligent macros, new 5axis shape offset machining and the hyperMILL ® API offer several new ways to program and manufacture more efficiently. General functions, such as enhanced stock definition and rest material display, or the job-list-based editing of tool paths, simplify daily work. New strategies and optimisation functions are available in 2D machining as well as 5axis simultaneous milling and turning.

hyperMILL ® 2011 is based on automated programming and the clever utilization of existing manufacturing know-how, by offering various functions that help you gain simple, user-friendly and time-saving workflows. The current version includes many new features and functions to achieve more performance and less programming time. HyperMILL ®, one of the world’s most modern CAM programming systems, is available to all SolidWorks users in their own familiar software environment.

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