PartMaster Milling is a system designed to create complete programs for NC and CNC milling machines and machining centers. PartMaster Milling is completely icon driven with easy to understand dialogs to input all program information - no programming language needs to be learned, all required geometry can be automatically extracted from a PartMaster CAD drawing or read directly from a DXF file. PartMaster Milling is ideal for those new to CNC machining, whilst offering many advanced features for the experience user.
Program verification is made easy by fast, clean tool path display in top, side, front or isometric views
Example of the Merge command to create a ruled surface between 2 contours at different Z heights
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Support for 2, 2.5 and 3 axis milling and rotary axes A and B. |
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Tooling database. |
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Display of component and tool path in Plan, Side and front Elevations and Isometric Views. |
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Display tool centre-line, tool path envelope or full tool animation. |
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Canned cycles for milling, drilling, drilling, peck-drilling, deep-hole drilling, reaming, boring, tapping and pocketing. |
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Subroutines. |
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Simplified 2D contouring control with automatic generation of lead-in and run-off. |
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Z axis profiling which allows machining in the ZX & ZY planes. |
Example of Z-Profile for shapes with non vertical sides
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Tool offsetting for ball-nose and square ended tools. |
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Merge top and bottom 2D contours to produce and machine a ruled surface (square ended tools). |
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Automatic area clearance of any contour with up to nine islands, with many machining options. |
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Engraving facility that allows any text to be machined, with size, angle and mirror image options, also radial text. |
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Ramping with arc (helical) or straight line approach. |
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Machining of surface patches defined by two profiles. |
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ruled surfaces defined by profile along line or turned around point |
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Cycle time estimates. |
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Output to virtually any machine tool controller, with the built-in post processor. |
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Operator set-up sheets which show tooling required and machining sequence. |
Example of surface patch defined by two profiles
Example of raised lettering
Choose from over 50 Post Processors including Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens, Rambo, Hurco etc.