DELCAM has launched version 8.6 of its PartMaker family of software, for programming turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes, plus supporting software for milling, turning and wire electrical discharge machining (EDM).
The new version of the software is said to have a number of productivity-enhancing improvements in solids-based programming, tool selection, surface machining and simulation.
The software also sees the introduction of the concept of “Face Planes”. When programming a part from an imported solid model, the feature will indicate clearly the plane in which machining is occurring. These simplify the programming of parts with multiple faces from solid models, and improve visualisation for the areas that need to be machined on a model.
Using the new feature, the user can perform surface machining more easily across multiple parts on multiple sides of the same part. For cylindrical surfaces, a Face Plane can be displayed "wrapped” or "unwrapped”.  The user can then specify the transfer of just slots and holes for indexing, or unwrapped geometry for cylindrical milling.

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