Official release of FeatureWIRE module:
Introduction FeatureWIRE for FeatureMILL users
Default attributes are now saved with the FeatureCAM file.
Control over hole retract planes
Holders can now be permanently associated with a milling tool on the holders tab.
Multiple tools can be assigned to the same tool slot
STEP Import
Export of layers in IGES files
New interface for easily setting tools for multiple operations
New interface for color. Now set a current color for all objects.
Customized functions can now be created and added to FeatureCAM. Examples available so far include:
Use color to assist feature recognition
Select surfaces with a common height
Center indexed stock
Create lines to represent the stock outline
Create a hexagon
Find the best tool available based on exposed length
Change feed/speed databases and interpolation methods (coming soon)
Separate finish allowances for walls and floors of milling features
Multiple passes for chamfer and round features
Helical ramping now applies to finishing the bottom of milled features
Use of any canned cycle for any drilling operation
Better control over retract planes including G98 and G99 support
Form tools for milling
Milling import wizard
Ball-end and bull-nose tool support for Z-level roughing. Z-level rough now provides the appropriate finish allowance when using these tools.
Spiral with computed slope-based boundary
Z-level semi-finish. Now use multiple roughing operations in FeatureMILL3D similar to the multiple roughing diameters in FeatureaMILL. (Available as in beta in version 9.0. To be released in v 9.1)
New combo remachining operation
Performance improvements
Faster ball-end cutter animated simulation. Check the view independent attribute of the simulation options and you can animate ball-end tool much faster.
Indexed or turn/mill feature recognition
Automatic recognition of a turned axis and Feature recognition of turned features
Automatic recognition of pockets including bottom radii and islands from solid models
Customizable recognition via the external API.
Turn import wizard with extraction of turned profiles
Index drills can now be used for boring
Withdraw angles have been reworked for finishing passes. Now the default of 45° result in the same withdraw angle for both roughing and finishing.
Threading using G92
Two tools can now occupy the same tool slot
Feedrate optimization now applies to tombstone and multiple fixture documents
Clamps now work in multi-fixture documents