-- Version 12 adds new capabilities and enhancements for Mold and Industrial Designers --
Melbourne, Florida – January 15, 2007 – VX Corporation, the pioneering developer of advanced, integrated CAD/CAM solutions for engineers, designers and CNC programmers, announces the release of VX CAD/CAM Version 12. Significant enhancements in VX Version 12 include new capabilities for mold and industrial designers, enhancements in light-source rendering, raster-to-vector conversion, surface analysis, assembly modeling, drawing layout and extended capabilities of VX’ integrated 2-5 axis CAM.
Better Tools for Mold
Designers
VX Version
12 introduces a new design-centric, intelligent, parametric mold library that
includes all of the common mold tool component types and cooling channels. The library sports a very intuitive interface
designed by mold designers for mold designers. Also included is a new electrode design wizard
that makes the 3D definition and 2D layout of electrodes fast and easy. Other mold enhancements include better parting
line gap checking with auto-zoom and wire frame-supported parting line entities.
Industrial Designers
work Faster and Smarter
For
industrial designers, VX CAD/CAM just got better with the release of Version 12. A new “Visualize” toolbar is added with “easy-to-use”
texture mapping that allows designers to map external image files as textures
on 2D or 3D surfaces. This tool supports
all popular image formats. A new
image-to-geometry (raster to vector) translator allows designers to import
pictures and convert them to sketch geometry.
For engraving on solids and surfaces, a fast new “Inlay” command applies
a face inlay based on any wireframe geometry.
Reverse
engineering with VX took a major step forward with many “Point Cloud”
enhancements. 360 degree surfaces are
now supported. A command to trim/divide
point clouds to planes or surfaces has been added as well as the ability to slice/trim
multiple point clouds simultaneously. VX
can also sub-divide large STL files to make the data easier to manipulate for
reverse engineering or machining.
Version
12 continues to extend the capabilities of its integrated 2-5 axis
manufacturing solution referred to as VX CAM.
A new 5-axis isocut tool path tops the list as well as added side cut
depth for the current 5-axis swarfcut operation. 3-axis
Rest
milling was added to the 2-axis
suite of tool paths as well as direct 3D curve machining. Other CAM enhancements
include individual CAM output files, Fixture
Offset Registers, Inter Path Move
operations, Profile/Containment
preview options, Solid Verify CL
data or CNC code, and support for open surface boundaries
and silhouettes in
Other
Enhancements
VX
CAD/CAM Version 12 includes so many user enhancements that only a few can be
mentioned here. With new Assembly Light Sources,
designers can create libraries of lighting fixtures that are inserted and
positioned as assembly components. A new
method of creating assemblies using in-place modeling is also introduced. VX
can automatically extract each shape in a part as a component, turning the
original multi-shape part into a multi-component assembly. For many designers, this is an especially comfortable
way to model assemblies.
On-the-fly
gap detection and reporting builds confidence when designers need to clean up
imported data. Enhanced surface merging
with better tangency control across boundary edges of merged faces promotes smoother
and more ergonomic designs. The many
drawing layout enhancements include automated title block text using model
attributes or variables, improved support for True Type Fonts, aligned
cross-sections of trimmed parts and the ability to associate User-defined
entities.
About VX Corporation
VX Corporation is a pioneering developer of CAD/CAM solutions for industrial designers, engineers and CNC programmers. VX enables speedy design with fully integrated, accurate manufacturing. Using a blazing fast hybrid modeling engine, engineers can take advantage of the speed of solids with the flexibility of Class A surfaces. Designers can create, modify, visualize, document and machine a vast array of parts and assemblies. From the entry-level Modeler, to the complete End-to-End, VX delivers power, performance and productivity.
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For further information, contact:
Vince Mercurio (321) 309-1008
VX Corporation
Melbourne, Florida USA
VX® is a registered
trademark of VX Corporation.