Características ALPHACAM

Geral

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
NC File Output	•	•	•	•	•
List NC Code	•	•	•	•	•
Post Processor Selection	•	•	•	•	•
Printer/Plotter Output	•	•	•	•	•
Insert Existing Drawing File		•	•	•	•
Input NC Code as Geometry or Tool Paths		•	•	•	•
Input Raster Image Files		•	•	•	•
Report Creator and ALPHACAM \| Designer ( * ALPHACAM \| Designer requires a valid ALPHACAM maintenance contract )		*•	*•	*•	*•
Convert Raster to Vector		•	•	•	•
Open/Save Drawing Template				•	•
User Definable ALPHACAM Text Fonts				•	•

CAD File Input Translators

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
DXF, DWG	•	•	•	•
IGES as Surfaces	•	•	•	•
IGES Healing	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT
Rhino		•	•	•
STL		•	•	•
STEP		•	•	•
IGES as Solids			•	•
ACIS, CADL, VDA, ANVIL			•	•
3D XYZ Points			•	•
Part Modeler			•	•
SolidWorks			•	•
Solid Edge			•	•
Autodesk Inventor			•	•
Parasolid			•	•
VISI			•	•
Spaceclaim			•	•
NX			OPT	OPT
Catia 4			OPT	OPT
Catia 5			OPT	OPT
Creo Parametrics			OPT	OPT

CAD File Output Translators

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
DXF, IGES	•	•	•	•
WMF, EMF			•	•
STL, VDA, Parasolid, Rhino, ACIS			•	•

Vistas

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Dockable Project Manager	•	•	•	•	•
Dynamic 3D View	•	•	•	•	•
Reverse View	•	•	•	•	•
Shading/Wireframe Mode	•	•	•	•	•
Zooming (All, In/Out, Window, etc)	•	•	•	•	•
Zoom In/Out with Scroll Wheel	•	•	•	•	•
Panning	•	•	•	•	•
Panning with Middle Mouse Button	•	•	•	•	•
Set Limits	•	•	•	•	•
Change Background Color	•	•	•	•	•
Savable View Perspectives	•	•	•	•	•
Selectable View Perspectives	•	•	•	•	•
New View Window	•		•	•	•
Multiple/Dockable View Windows	•		•	•	•

Opções de Display

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Show Material Cut	•	•	•	•	•
Show Breaks	•	•	•	•	•
Single Step Mode	•	•	•	•	•
Draw Rapid Moves	•	•	•	•	•
Draw Tool Holder		•	•	•	•
Draw Material/Fixtures as Solids			•	•	•
Draw Surfaces in Layer Color			•	•	•
Draw Solid Bodies as Wireframe				•	•
Show Tool Angles					•

Geometria CAD

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Fast Geometry	•	•	•	•
Edit/List Geometry	•	•	•	•
Construction Mode	•	•	•	•
Text Creation and Editing	•	•	•	•
Digitizing (On Screen and Tablet)	•	•	•	•
Line, Rectangle	•	•	•	•
Arcs, Circles	•	•	•	•
Polygon, Ellipse	•	•	•	•
Bolt Hole Circle	•	•	•	•
Involute Curve	•	•	•	•
Slot	•	•	•	•
Equal Spaced Holes	•	•	•	•
Enclosing Rectangle	•	•	•	•
Spline Creation and Editing	•	•	•	•
Convert Spline to Lines/Arcs	•	•	•	•
Assign Image to Geometry	•	•	•	•
3D Polyline		•	•	•
Geometry Macro Recorder			•	•

Criação/Edição de Superfícies

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Surface from Sections	•	•	•
Swept Surface from 2 Curves	•	•	•
Swept Surface from 3 Curves	•	•	•
Coons Patch from 3 Curves	•	•	•
Coons Patch from 4 Curves	•	•	•
Ruled Surface	•	•	•
Surface of Revolution	•	•	•
Fillet Between 2 Surfaces	•	•	•
Tri-Corner Fillet	•	•	•
Extruded Surface	•	•	•
Flat Surface	•	•	•
Break Intersecting Surfaces	•	•	•
Edit Surface Control Points	•	•	•
Un-Trim Surfaces	•	•	•
Extend Surface	•	•	•
Surface Finder	•	•	•
Extract Edge from Surfaces	•	•	•
Convert to STL Facets	•	•	•

Edição de Geometria/Caminhos de Ferramenta

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Undo	•	•	•	•
Redo	•	•	•	•
Fabricate (Cut, Crop, Delete Area, Subtract, Unite, Overlapping, Intersecting, Loop, Paneling)	•	•	•	•
Break, Join	•	•	•	•
Break at Distance	•	•	•	•
Trim, Extend	•	•	•	•
Extend by Distance	•	•	•	•
Fillet, Chamfer	•	•	•	•
Offset (Element and/or Path)	•	•	•	•
Grouping/Ungrouping	•	•	•	•
Definable Cutting Start Point	•	•	•	•
Manual/Automatic Cut Ordering	•	•	•	•
Geometry Query Manager	•	•	•	•
Change Object Types	•	•	•	•
2D Array, Scale, Stretch, Skew	•	•	•	•
2D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate	•	•	•	•
3D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate		•	•	•
Auto 2D/3D Mode		•	•	•
AutoQueries			•	•

3D

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Set Materials	•	•	•	•
Set Work Volume		•	•	•
Make Local Axis Horizontal		•	•	•
Specify Panel		•	•	•
Show Panel Edges		•	•	•
Select Panel Edge		•	•	•
Set Geometry Z Levels		•	•	•
Create Sections		•	•	•
3D Part Rotation		•	•	•
Project 3D to 2D		•	•	•
Reverse Tool Side (On Surfaces)		•	•	•
Edit 3D Polyline		•	•	•
3D Project to Suface, STL or Plane - 3 Axis		•	•	•
Wrap on Surface - 3 Axis		•	•	•
Wrap Around Geometry - 3 Axis (Around Cardinal Planes)		•	•	•
Edit Geometry Z Point by Point			•	•
3D Project to Solid - 3 Axis			•	•
Wrap on Solid - 3 Axis			•	•
3D Project to Surface, Solid, STL or Plane - 4/5 Axis				•
Wrap on Surface/Solid - 4/5 Axis				•
Wrap Around Geometry - 4/5 Axis				•

Planos de Trabalho

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Browse/Select Work Planes	•	•	•	•
Slice Through Work Volume		•	•	•
2 Lines for X and Y Axes		•	•	•
Exiting Geometry		•	•	•
Parallel to Current Work Plane		•	•	•
Perpendicular to Current Work Plane		•	•	•
Reverse Current Plane		•	•	•
As Current Plane, Different Origin		•	•	•
By Name		•	•	•
Best Fit Plane Through Points		•	•	•
By Line Element Vector		•	•	•
Normal to View		•	•	•
Set Work Plane Origin		•	•	•
Work Plane Properties		•	•	•
Order Work Planes		•	•	•
Cancel Work Plane		•	•	•
From Solid Model Face			•	•

Utilities

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Distance/Angle between Points	•	•	•	•	•
Report Coordinates of a Point	•	•	•	•	•
Radius of a Arc/Circle	•	•	•	•	•
Snap to Same X, Y or Z as…		•	•	•	•
Snap Points		•	•	•	•
Auto Snap Points		•	•	•	•
Points to Lines/Arcs		•	•	•	•
Auto-Close Contours		•	•	•	•
Common Line Removal		•	•	•	•
Fold/Unfold				•	•
Develop to Flat				•	•
Join Parts with Bridge				•	•
Link Adjacent Circles				•	•
Undo	•
Redo	•

CAD Utilities

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
User Layers	•	•	•	•	•
ALPHACAM Layers	•	•	•	•	•
Dimensions	•	•	•	•	•
Hatch		•	•	•	•
Set Line Type		•	•	•	•
Edit Line Type		•	•	•	•
Line Properties		•	•	•	•
Hide Parts		•	•	•	•
Show All Parts		•	•	•	•
Move Dimensions			•	•	•
Magnify			•	•	•

Constrained Parametric Sketching

	Advanced	Ultimate
Fix	•	•
Horizontal	•	•
Vertical	•	•
Length	•	•
Radius	•	•
Coincident	•	•
Perpendicular	•	•
Tangent	•	•
Distance	•	•
Angle	•	•
Equal Distance	•	•
Equal Length	•	•
Parallel	•	•
Concentric	•	•
Midpoint	•	•
Drag	•	•
Constrain Z Levels	•	•
View Constraints	•	•
Constrain Work Plane	•	•
Delete All Constraints	•	•
Delete All Variables	•	•
Auto Constrain	•	•
Edit Variables	•	•
New Parameter	•	•
New Equation	•	•
Import Variables	•	•
Insert Constrained Drawing	•	•
Parametric Rules	•	•

Solid Model Extraction

	Advanced	Ultimate
Automatic Extraction	•	•
Drillable Hole Extraction	•	•
Hole Chamfer Extraction	•	•
Contour from Picked Edges	•	•
Contour Around Picked Edges	•	•
Contour Through Current Work Plane	•	•
Edge for Sawing	•	•
Surfaces from Faces	•	•
Projected Face Outline to Work Plane	•	•
Z-Level Section	•	•
3D Edge Extraction	•	•
Edges from Face Outlines	•	•
Profiles from Extended Edges	•	•
Extract Solid Body Outlines	•	•
Spun Outline Extraction	•	•

Solid Model Utilities

	Advanced	Ultimate
Offset Faces	•	•
Cap Holes	•	•
Create Bounding Work Volume	•	•
Remove Contours Defined as Holes	•	•
Reset Geometry Z-Levels	•	•
Reverse View	•	•
Set View Down Normal	•	•
Auto-Align Part	•	•
Align Part	•	•
Set Face Color	•	•
Paint Faces	•	•
Face/Edge/Point Details	•	•
Check/Repair Part	•	•

STL Utilities

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Convert STL Facets to Polylines	•	•	•
Delete STL Facets	•	•	•
Chop STL into Sections	•	•	•
Reverse Face Colors	•	•	•
Extract 3D Edges	•	•	•
Project Edges to Current Work Plane	•	•	•
Create Enclosing Rectangle	•	•	•

Nesting

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
On Screen True Shape Nesting	•	•	•	•
On Screen Rectangular Nesting	•	•	•	•
Nesting of Geometries	•	•	•	•
Nesting of Tool Paths	•	•	•	•
Manual Nesting	•	•	•	•
Onion Skinning	•	•	•	•
Create/Edit Nest Lists		•	•	•
Nesting from Nest Lists		•	•	•
Display Nesting Information		•	•	•
Sheet Database		•	•	•
Save Off-Cut to Sheet Database		•	•	•
Area Estimate from Part or Sheet		•	•	•
Nesting Zones		•	•	•

General Machining

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Machining Styles	•	•	•	•
AutoStyles	•	•	•	•
User Definable Tool/Tool Library	•	•	•	•
Set Tool Directions (On Geometry)	•	•	•	•
Set Start Point Automatically on Closed Geometries	•	•	•	•
Route All Geometries	•	•	•	•
Route Selected Geometries	•	•	•	•
Route Partial Geometry	•	•	•	•
Route Using Vertical Sides	•	•	•	•
Pocket Using Z Contour Roughing Strategy, Including Waveform	•	•	•	•
Pocket All Geometries	•	•	•	•
Pocket Selected Geometries	•	•	•	•
Pocket Using Vertical Sides	•	•	•	•
Residual Pocketing	•	•	•	•
Pocket with Additional Rough/Finish Pass	•	•	•	•
3D Engraving	•	•	•	•
Manual Tool Path	•	•	•	•
Lead-In/Out Moves	•	•	•	•
Drill/Tap Holes	•	•	•	•
Chamfer Holes	•	•	•	•
Multidrilling (Multiple Spindle Drill Block)	+	+	+	+
Insert User Defined Code		•	•	•
Route Using Sloping Sides		•	•	•
Route with Auto Z		•	•	•
Pocket with Auto Z		•	•	•
Residual Routing		•	•	•
Helical Interpolation		•	•	•
Sawing Vertically		•	•	•
Sawing Around Arcs Vertically		•	•	•
Drill/Tap Holes with Auto Z		•	•	•
Chamfer Holes with Auto Z		•	•	•
Pocket Using Sloping Sides		•	•	•
3-Axis Spline/Polyline Machining		•	•	•
Route Using Definable Profiled Sides		•	•	•
Pocket Using Definable Profiled Sides		•	•	•
Set/Unset Open Elements		•	•	•
Set Overlap on Open Elements		•	•	•
Solid Tooling			•	•
Machine Holes			•	•
Machine Holes with Auto Z			•	•
Pocket Holes			•	•
Pocket Holes with Auto Z			•	•
Sawing at Definable Tilt Angle			•	•
Set Saw Angle on Geometry Element			•	•
3D Lead-In/Out Moves			•	•
3D Approach Moves			•	•
4/5-Axis Spline/Polyline Machining				•
Cut Between Two Geometries				•

3D Surface Machining

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform	•	•	•
3-Axis	•	•	•
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Fixed Vertical Tool Angle)	•	•	•
Along Intersection		•	•
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Tilted Tool Angle Support)			•
5-Axis			•
Machine Surface with Tool Side			•

3D Surface Machining Strategies

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Parallel	•	•	•
Cylindrical Parallel	•	•	•
Parameter Lines		•	•
Horizontal Z Contours		•	•
Projected Contour		•	•
Radial		•	•
Spiral		•	•
Rest Machining		•	•
Drive Curves		•	•
Flat Area Offset		•	•
Helical Z		•	•
Constant Cusp		•	•
Z Contours + Flat Area Offset			•
Z Contours - Steep Slopes			•
Parallel - Shallow Slopes			•
Parallel - Steep Slopes			•
Cylindrical Profiling			•

3D STL Machining

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform		•	•	•
3-Axis ( * Aspire for ALPHACAM required for this feature witin Essential )	*•	•	•	•
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Fixed Vertical Tool Angle)		•	•	•

3D STL Machining Strategies

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Parallel ( * Aspire for ALPHACAM required for this feature witin Essential )		*•	•	•	•
Cylindrical Parallel			•	•	•

3D Solid/STL Machining

	Advanced	Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform	•	•
3-Axis	•	•
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Fixed Vertical Tool Angle)	•	•
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Tilted Tool Angle Support)		•
5-Axis		•

3D Solid/STL Machining Strategies

	Advanced	Ultimate
Horizontal Z Contours	•	•
Parallel	•	•
Projected Contour	•	•
Radial	•	•
Spiral	•	•
Rest Machining	•	•
Drive Curves	•	•
Flat Area Offset	•	•
Helical Z	•	•
Cylindrical Parallel	•	•
Constant Cusp	•	•
Z Contours + Flat Area Offset		•
Z Contours - Steep Slopes		•
Parallel - Shallow Slopes		•
Parallel - Steep Slopes		•
Cylindrical Profiling		•

Machine Data Editing

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Order/Renumber Operations via Project Manager	•	•	•	•	•
Order Operations in Nested Sheets	•	•	•	•	•
Tool Path Data	•	•	•	•	•
Quick Edit Machine Data	•	•	•	•	•
Edit Operations via Project Manager		•	•	•	•
Special Edits Manager via Project Manager		•	•	•	•
Tool Path Updating (Associativity)		•	•	•	•
Update Individual Operations via Project Manager		•	•	•	•
Copy an Existing Operation via Project Manager		•	•	•	•
Move Machined Geometry to Own Operation via Project Manager		•	•	•	•
Adjust Rapid Positioning Moves		•	•	•	•
Add/Remove Support Tags (Manual and Automatic)		•	•	•	•
Reverse Tool Path		•	•	•	•
Adjust Feed Rate Around Corners		•	•	•	•
Edit Feed Rate at Point Along Tool Path			•	•	•
Edit Z Point by Point Along Tool Path			•	•	•
Set Pocketing Start Point(s)			•	•	•
Automatic Tool Oscillation			•	•	•
Convert 3D Tool Path to Helical Arcs				•	•
Automatic Rapid Manager	•			•	•
Automatic Support Tags on 5-Axis Tool Paths					•
Edit Tool Angle					•
Edit 5-Axis Tool Path					•
Smooth 5-Axis Tool Path					•

Tool Axis Conversion

	Advanced	Ultimate
Convert to Vertical or Work Plane	•	•
3-Axis	•	•
4-Axis (XZ/YZ rot)		•
5-Axis		•
Through Point		•
Through Axis		•
Confine with Boundary		•
Normal to Curve(s)		•
Normal to Surfaces		•
Normal to Solid Model Bodies		•
Normal to Solid Model Faces		•

Clamps/Fixtures

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Define Fixtures	•	•	•
Move Fixtures		•	•
Edit Fixtures		•	•
Set Initial Position		•	•

Configuração de Máquinas

	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Open/Save Machine	•	•	•
Clear Machine	•	•	•
Set/Reset Default Machine	•	•	•
Define Machine Configuration	•	•	•
Set Tool Home Position	•	•	•
Define Lines for Rotational Axes	•	•	•
Define Machine Component		•	•
Set Safe Area		•	•
Move Part on Machine		•	•
Rotate Part on Machine		•	•

Simulação

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Shaded Simulation	•	•	•	•	•
Solid Simulation	•		•	•	•
Sectioning in XY, Z	•		•	•	•
Full Machine Simulation				•	•

CAD to CAM

	Shop Floor	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
CAD to CAM		•	•	•	•

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Turn Add-Ins On/Off	•	•	•	•
Run Macros	•	•	•	•
Open VBA Project for Running	•	•	•	•
Open VBA Project for Editing			•	•
Create New VBA Project			•	•
Open VBA Post for Editing			•	•
Integrated VBA Editor			•	•

Outros

	Essential	Standard	Advanced	Ultimate
Aspire for ALPHACAM	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT
Automated Parametric Manufacturing (APM)			OPT	OPT
Cabinet Door Manufacturing (CDM)	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT

OPT: Opção com custos extra
+: Add-In