3-axis
milling
3-axis
milling
CAD system
data
transform
CAD system
data
transform
Industrial
robots
Industrial
robots
Additive
technology
Additive
technology
Collisions
detection
Collisions
detection
5-axis
milling
5-axis
milling
Lathe
machining
Lathe
machining
NC-code
simulation
NC-code
simulation

Pencil millingPencil milling Corners cleanupCorners cleanup
The rest machining operation
generates passes along inner corners
of the part. There are single passes
and series of parallel passes.
The rest machining operation takes the
diameter of the previous tool as a
parameter and generates passes where
the previous tool would leave
unmachined material.

The operation generates continuous
helical passes with the given vertical
stepover between the top and the
bottom level.
Helical operationHelical operation Scallop operationScallop operation
The operation generates the path of
finishing machining of separately taken
surfaces regardless of their curvature.

• Grooving in multiple layers
• The toolpath is built taking into an account the remaining material
• Toolpath calculation on the left, the right or at once to two edges of the cutting insert
• The automatic determination of the narrow grooves on the workpiece
• Machining of the narrow grooves by the size of the width of cutting edge incisor
Grooving cycleGrooving cycle

Including the remaining materialExcluding the remaining material
RoughingRoughing
VersionVersion 1111VersionVersion 1010

Roughing rotary operation generates NC program, taking
into account the remaining material. It can be compared with
the «waterline roughing» operation, but not in the plane and
on the cylinder around the axis of rotation of the part.
The job zone is defined by:
• the minimal and maximal axial positions
• the angular sector
• top and bottom levels of machining
Strategies:
• circular
• spiral
• linear
Step depth is defined separately.

Along the isoparametric
curves
Along the curves on the
surface
Along the edges of the
workpiece
ContouringContouring
Surfacing operationSurfacing operation
The finishing operation allows machining of surface
models with a variety of strategies and tool axis
orientation modes.

StrategiesStrategies
Parallel to vertical plane
Parallel to 3d plane
Parallel to horizontal plane

StrategiesStrategies
Across curve
Around rotary axis
Between two curves

Job zoneJob zone
Start margin
Limit by points
Zone width

ToolTool axisaxis orientationorientation modesmodes
Fixed
Automatic
calculation of the
tilt angle
FlankNormal to surface
Gouge avoidance

Through the point
To rotary axis
Through the curve
ToolTool axisaxis orientationorientation modesmodes

In tool plane
Along tool axisBy surface normal
Perpendicular to tool axis

ElementsElements
ModesModes
Straight Zig-zag Spline
On a plane At the surface

ModesModes
Check holder Check workpiece Check fixtures
• Visualization of reach in the graphics area
• Reach inspector at change the diameter of the
mandrel and the tool length
• Finding the optimal angle tilt of the tool axis at
which the greatest possible volume of the material
machining

StrategiesStrategies
Trim toolpath Frontal tilting Side tilting
• Automatically detect dangerous sites of the path
• Removal of dangerous path sections of NC
• Flexible mechanism for setting collision avoidance
• Tool axis position control while avoiding collisions

Max. tilt angle Additional tilt angle
Blend distance
ParametersParameters
Clearance Check tool
Smooth factor

Visualization of robot axes map:
•Accelerated and work movement zones
•Inaccessibility zones
•Singularity zones
•Collision zones
•Permissible displacement zone
• Automatic construction of the optimal
path of the robot
• Handling process simulation based on
the kinematics of the robot
• Use of additional axes (linear and rotary)

Power SHAPE
1. Addins from new versions of
CAD systems are updated
2. New file formats are added:
• PLY (Polygon File Format) –
for 3D scanner using
• AMF files (Additive
Manufacturing File) – is an
open standard for describing
objects for additive
manufacturing processes
(such as 3D printing)