BobCAD is now offering mulitaxis tool path, the question is do you need to have a 4 or 5 axis machine to benefit from these new tool path options?

No, if you are a tool and die or mold shop these new tool path options

• Parallel Cuts
• Cuts along a curve
• Morph between 2 curves
• Parallel to multiple curves
• Project curves
• Morph between surfaces
• Parallel to surface

Can be used in a 3 axis environment.

Sample Part:


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Before we offered Multiaxis you had limited options for cutting this part. 1, you would not be able to machine the undercut, 2, you could not drive a tool path to machine just the radius on the compound curve.


Tool path options like undercutting and flowline can be done by using the 7 new surface based multiaxis tool paths.


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You can post these tool paths in 3 4 or 5 axis....