ModuleWorks 2024.12 software components

ModuleWorks has unveiled the 2024.12 release of its software components for digital manufacturing and digital factory. This latest release of the ModuleWorks SDK includes various new and enhanced features aimed at increasing safety, toolpath generation efficiency and part quality. These features contain enhancements across multiple components, ranging from multi-axis surface finishing to simulation and many more.

For example, the four-axis swarf mode has seen a significant improvement to achieve optimal geometric accuracy. This enhancement addresses the challenge of machining complex surfaces, such as cylindrical cams, using flank milling on a cost-effective four-axis machine. Traditionally, aligning the tool with the surfaces when using a tool smaller than the slot has been difficult. However, the new algorithm now accounts for kinematic limitations during the initial toolpath calculation, eliminating the need for four-axis enforcement in post-processing and reducing the risk of inaccuracies.

With the ModuleWorks 2024.12 release, this enhancement brings several benefits, including improved component accuracy, reduced machining costs and greater flexibility in selecting tool diameters.

Another upgrade involves multi-axis deburring. Until now, it was difficult for users to eliminate all the simultaneous five-axis moves from a 3+2-axis deburring toolpath. This issue would result in unpredictable motion on the machine tool during operation. In the 2024.12 release, ModuleWorks has improved 3+2-axis deburring to provide 3+2 orientation with minimum five-axis motion. As a result, users benefit from enhanced machining safety and accuracy.

Also worthy of note is an enhancement that focuses on three-axis finishing, where users often struggle to manually identify and define areas that can be machined by different sections of barrel tools. A new feature in ModuleWorks 2024.12 assists users by automatically identifying the steep and shallow areas on the part.

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