PartMaker Inc. (www.partmaker.com), a subsidiary of Delcam Plc, is now shipping Version 8.6 of its PartMaker CAD/CAM software for CNC mills, lathes, wireEDM, turn-mill centers and Swiss-type lathes.
The focus of this release is an improvement in solids-based programming with the introduction of Face Planes and improved sectioning techniques. Other improvements include enhancements to the software’s Surface Machining Wizard module, improvements in tool selection, enhanced control over grooving tools and a number of improvements in the software’s Full Machine Simulation module. Partmaker will be demonstrated at IMTS 2008
