What's New in BobCAD-CAM V30 SP4 (Build 2815)

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Introduction

Release Date: May 21, 2018

The fourth update for BobCAD-CAM V30, build 2815, includes the updates and corrections in CAD, CAM, and Posting.

Corrections and Enhancements

General

• Updated several strings in the UI that could not be translated.
  
  
  

CAD

• Corrected instances of the OK, and Cancel buttons not appearing in the Text function for a Japanese installation.
  
  
  
• Added support for a new parasolid entity type in the file reader which caused some SolidWorks 2018 and Parasolid files to be read in without a model.
  
  
  
• Corrected an instance of a crash when a model was rotated, the function was exited, then immediately entered, and used to rotate the part again.
  
  
  

CAM

Mill

• Corrected a tolerance issue that caused instances of arc moves failing to be output for indexed operations.
  
  
  

• Corrected an instance of a multiaxis arc lead-out using the wrong direction when in TCP mode.
  
  
  
• Corrected an issue with custom feeds and speeds assigned to a tool in the library not showing up in the feature automatically.
  
  
  
  

Lathe

• Corrected an issue with custom inserts and holders being oriented improperly.
  
  
  
• Corrected an issue with custom inserts utilizing the mounting point of the holder as the reference point for toolpath calculation.
  
  
  
  

Wire

• Corrected an issue, which appeared in the SP3 release, which prevented cutter compensation from being shut off when used on circular geometry.
  
  
  

Posting

• Updated the API MILL_GetProgramNumber() to allow for the output of values larger than 32767.
  
  
  
• Corrected an issue with the variables thread_z2, and thread_x2 failing to output due to a modality issue.
  
  
  
• Updated the post variable comment1 to output the tool label for lathe tools.