PowerMill users will also recognise that PowerMill also had Vortex technology introduced a few years ago, which focused on much the same issue. This is to support the kind of highefficiency, high removal rate, full-carbide cutter depth type operation that’s become more widely available across a range of CAM systems. In terms of new machining operations for this release, the big news is that PowerMill is finally getting the ‘Adaptive Clearing’ capability seen in Autodesk’s HSM products – the same technology in Fusion 360. That will prove useful for many, but just as importantly, it lays the foundation for greater support for tombstones and the like in future releases.Īdvertisement PowerMill 2019 – adaptive clearing Using a ‘set-ups’ approach, you can now organise your project into individual folders and maintain associative links between them, whether you’re using the system to manage jobs across multiple machines, multiple set-ups for 5-axis positional work, or replicating the same parts across a bed using work offsets. In terms of learning, there’s a new web-based help system, which can be localised for those without web access and those who have security concerns.Īnother key general update for this release is the addition of tools to organise operations more clearly. While 2018 saw the introduction of the ribbon, 2019 continues the usability trend with additional help and tool tips for each command. Work on the user interface has continued.

So with that in mind, let’s explore what’s coming up in PowerMill 2019.

The PowerMill 2018 release cycle, for example, saw four updates, bringing new tools as well as the usual fixes to a system that is clearly going through a process of modernisation and expansion. PowerMill now features the Adaptive Clearing tech from HSM, found under the high-speed roughing operation, alongside existing Vortex strategies

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