CAM Software Improves Milling, Modeling and Toolpath Editing
SmartCAMcnc has added improved milling functionality and several modeling and toolpath-editing enhancements to the latest iteration of its CAM software, SmartCAM V18.0.
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Layer mapping and filtering options improve part geometry organization when importing CAD data, the company says. Layers can be pre-named, and specific CAD layers can be directly mapped to the CAM layers. Additionally, specified layers not required for the manufacturing process can be filtered out of the import entirely.
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