Alphacam Showcases its Latest CAD/CAM Developments at Wood & uPVC Machinery Exhibition

Leading CAD/CAM specialist Alphacam will be highlighting its latest technology on Stand E22 at the forthcoming Wood and uPVC Machinery Exhibition – to be held in Dublin between 10th-13th October.

The centrepiece of the company’s presentation will be a preview of Alphacam V7.5, the latest in its advanced CAD/CAM software for joinery applications. The new version will be released worldwide at a later date this year.

Alphacam V7.5 will for the first time feature electronic licensing and builds on enhancements to the system’s geometry creation, feature recognition and machining style capabilities. Further dedicated applications ensure the fast and accurate manufacture of doors, windows, cabinets and panels, making Alphacam V7.5 the benchmark CAD/CAM system for joinery applications ranging from 2D fascia doors to complex 5-axis furniture parts. Among modules to be featured will be Alphastair, a comprehensive application that enables staircases to be designed, costed, quoted and manufactured using a single software program,

The system calculates all the possible solutions to meet specified spatial dimensions and is based on up-to-date building regulations, while Alphastair’s flexibility ensures that modifications can be incorporated at any stage into the final design. In addition, automatic generation of code to drive most modern CNC machines saves valuable time and reduces waste – without compromising finished product quality.

The latest addition to the Alphacam range is its new Part Modeller option. This easy-to-use 3D solid modeller enables constraint driven and parametric designs to be created in an ideal 3D format for furniture design and other wood applications. Likewise, its integration with Alphacam V7.5 offers new and existing customers a wealth of additional functionality and design opportunities.

V7.5 builds on the strengths of earlier releases. It also provides direct links to Cabinet Vision – the leading design system for kitchen, bedroom and office cabinet furniture.

Visitors to Alphacam’s stand will see how Cabinet Vision provides photorealistic 3D representations of finished products – or even complete room sets – and then automatically converts them to NC code for hundreds of nested parts on hundreds of sheets, if required. Cabinet Vision integrates Alphacam within its Intelli-CAM software to provide the most advanced NBM (Nested Based Manufacturing) system on the market today, along with post-processors to support virtually any CNC machine. Furthermore, components with complex designs can be transferred quickly and seamlessly from Cabinet Vision to Alphacam for intricate detailing operations to be carried out, such as the engraving of logos, motifs or graphical designs.

Also on show will be Jobsite Companion, a software tool specifically designed to run on hand held PDA devices. This novel application enables manufacturers to input room and furniture dimensions on site, take notes, mark electrical outlets, attach digital photographs and subsequently download the information directly into their Cabinet Vision design to manufacturing system.

It is a practical and effective software tool that speeds the design to manufacture process, allowing information to be gathered at source, and using a single point of entry of data to eliminate costly errors and duplicated effort.

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