Mastercam X5 What's New Videos * View the "What's New in Mastercam X5" PDF file * View Mastercam archive videos * Detailed list of new additions since the release of Mastercam X Mastercam X5 MU1 is out! This maintenance update is available at no charge to all current Mastercam maintenance customers, and can be downloaded here. The updates and new tools available in Mastercam X5 MU1 include: Mill: * Enhanced collision checking and containment options for 3D HST toolpaths. * Improved Curve 5-axis and Swarf 5-axis cutting, allowing overlap. * Faster Mill tree-style dialog performance. Router: * Drag and drop parts from one sheet to another during geometry or toolpath nesting. * Output block drilling parameters for easy use on setup sheets and with certain point-to-point routers. New Dynamic Milling Techniques Dynamic milling constantly adjusts the toolpath to ensure the most efficient cut possible and allows use of the entire tool flute length, often eliminating the need for multiple depth cuts. New dynamic milling techniques include Dynamic Rest Mill and Dynamic Contour. Dynamic Rest Mill behaves in a manner similar to the current toolpath, only it uses dynamic milling motion instead of core mill or area mill motion for the rest operations. Dynamic Contour uses an intelligent, efficient, high speed contouring strategy to remove material along walls. It respects the user's stepover, taking extra passes where necessary, and can optionally include finishing passes. Dynamic milling includes additional specific support for ISCAR's High Efficiency Machining tools, ensuring that parts are programmed to get the absolute most out of the cutters. Easier Multiaxis Machining Mastercam’s multiaxis suite has new machining techniques and a new, easy, workflow-oriented interface. Mastercam lets you choose the basic type of work you’re doing using realistic illustrations, and then gives you a clear, step-by-step process for defining how you’ll cut the part. Mastercam Machine Simulation Machine simulation is a safe and cost-effective way of proving out multiaxis toolpaths. Machine simulation lets you build your machine’s virtual replica on your computer screen. You can safely simulate the cutting process to make sure that you created the most effective cut, that the part is located in the machines ‘sweet spot’, and that no fixtures, tools, or any machine components are meeting unexpectedly. It is an additional tool to help you make clean, efficient, and accurate programs every time. Design Enhancements Mastercam X5 includes a set of powerful new surface and solid analysis tools, giving you precise curvature information to help you in modeling and programming. Also with Mastercam X5, you can assign different colors to individual solid faces and features, and use these colors to more easily select solid areas for toolpathing and other operations. You can also create a pattern of solid features by selecting a source and producing multiple copies of it on a part in a grid, around a center point, or use the AutoCursor to place them manually. erful tools in Mastercam X5 . . . Mastercam® is a registered trademark of CNC Software, Inc. ©Copyright 1983-2010. All rights reserved. For more information about Mastercam X5, contact your Mastercam reseller or visit www.mastercam.com/enhancements. Please see the back panel for even more X5 highligh