What's New in BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS V10 SP3

Introduction

The third update to our BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS V10 includes an enhancement, and corrections to BobART along with CAM, Posting and the NC Editor.

Enhancement

Mill

3 Axis Mill Express

  • Updated the Engraving operation to speed up calculation time.

Corrections

BobART

  • Corrected an issue which caused a crash when defining a V-Tool with a non-zero Flat End Diameter.

  • Corrected an issue with BobART file save serialization.

CAM

Mill

Mill Express
  • Corrected an issue which caused the Tab key to move through items in the Wizard out of order.

  • Corrected an issue which caused patterned tap operations to show the wrong time on the setup sheets.

  • Corrected an issue which caused a crash when moving a feature in the CAM Tree after deleting another.

  • Corrected an issue which caused operations to disappear from the Operation Tree after re-ordering features in the CAM Tree.

  • Corrected an issue which caused issues when computing a zero value for the peck depth in hole operations.

  • Corrected an issue which caused toolpath to be removed from hole operations created with Hole Recognition when using Update All Geometries and recomputing.

  • Corrected an issue which prevented a patterned instance of a Chamfer Drill operation from appearing in the Operation Tree.

  • Corrected an issue in Laser, Plasma, Waterjet jobs which required a second update to the cutter diameter before retaining the value.

  • Corrected a file save serialization issue which could result in CAM Tree Failed in loading error.

  • Corrected an issue which caused the engraving toolpath to connect to the origin.


Mill 3 Axis Pro
  • Corrected an issue which prevented the corner peg options from displaying in a Flatlands operation

Wire EDM

  • Corrected an issue which caused crashes when actions in the CAM Tree caused reordering in the Operation Tree.

Posting

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  • Corrected an issue which prevented machine compensation from being output for Profile Finish spring passes set to Defined Depths.

  • Corrected an issue which caused a large Z axis move to be output when using Point, or Point Blend, leads beginning at the origin.

NC Editor

  • Corrected an issue which prevented tools from appearing in the NC Editor without simulating the job before launching the editor.