The newly-released version of WorkNC from Vero Software introduces a direct modelling CAD system and a Robot Module, alowing offline programming of robots.
WorkNC Designer enables machinist programmers to create designs or modify existing geometry from third-party CAD systems.
Built on Parasolid technology, WorkNC Designer brings hybrid modelling and direct modelling capabilities to preparing parts for manufacturing. It provides a quick, dynamic editing and modelling environment, where users simply sketch, drag, hold, push, or twist to create and modify models.
In the Robot Module, simulation and singularity resolution tools in WorkNC 2018 R1 free toolpaths from the limitations of milling, as the tool at the end of the robot’s arm can also be a grinder, laser head, welding nozzle, or other tools.
Robots also allow for the tool to be fixed, and the part to be moved around it, instead of the traditional method of a fixed component and moving tool.
Waveform Roughing includes support for new tools in trochoidal machining strategies, allowing for ramped lead-ins with high angles, typically between 10° and 20°.
Algorithms of the Z-step Auto Variable Strategy allow for a smoother toolpath distribution on the part. Tapping and Threading lets users define Surface Selection in the Machining Zone section of the toolpath menu. Previously, surface management was fully automatic, and it wasn’t possible to ignore surfaces or add optional surfaces.
A rougher, lighter, and simpler model lets Roughing Toolpaths speed up calculation times. In earlier versions of the software, one set of activation parameters was applicable for all types of toolpaths in each work zone. Now, two sets can be defined by users, and setting specific values for roughing toolpaths creates a different mesh model, cutting calculation times by up to half.
Stock Initialization generates a stock model for a specific area of a component, defined by selected surfaces, useful when only certain areas of a part need to be repaired.
