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No Such Thing as Luck: A One-Person Shop Owner’s Success Story

You could say he’s a lucky Guy. He has the ideal setup for a moonlighting at-home-machinist: The perfect location, the perfect day job, and a double-threat skill set that allows him to hire himself for prototyping and low-volume production work. But Guy Driscoll’s biggest talent might be creating his own luck.

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Open Mind Introduces Updated HyperMill CAD/CAM Software

Eastec 2021: Open Minds’s CAD/CAM software suite update reportedly offers enhancements for applications ranging from 2.5D to five-axis.

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CAD/CAM

Mastercam 2022 Streamlines the Job Process

Eastec 2021: Mastercam 2022 adds the Unified Multiaxis toolpath, 3D High Speed Dynamic OptiRough toolpath and new mesh creation and editing capabilties.

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ModuleWorks and Rafinex Synchronize Systems

In effective synchronization, topology optimization and toolpath planning enable more effective design-to-manufacture processes.

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Use CAM Templates to Automate Programming — The One-Person Shop #3

Capture knowledge and speed programming time by equipping the software to generate some of the routines that are used routinely.

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Sandvik Acquiring CAD/CAM Company Cambrio

Sandvik has agreed to acquire CAD/CAM company Cambrio. This purchase will add additional automated workflow capability to Sandvik’s software portfolio.

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Siemens Updates Software Solutions for Manufacturing

Updates to NX for Manufacturing, Siemens’ software package for part manufacturing, include PrimeTurning, automated deburring and other enhancements.

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Open Mind Upgrades CAD/CAM Software Suite

HyperMill 2021.2 CAD/CAM software suite reportedly offers enhanced features for machining in applications ranging from 2.5D to five-axis.

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ModuleWorks, Sandvik Coromant and HCL Technologies Collaborate on PrimeTurning

This collaboration has produced one of the first commercial implementations of the new PrimeTurning methodology in a CAM system.

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CAM's Simulation Capability Boosts OEM's Spindle Uptime

CAMWorks and CAMWorks ShopFloor have boosted Anchor Danly’s spindle uptime by 15-20% through simulation and automatic G code updates.

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