SPowerMILL is the world's leading specialist NC CAM software for the manufacture of the complex shapes typically found in the toolmaking, automotive and aerospace industries. Key features include a wide range of strategies, including the latest high-efficiency roughing, high-speed finishing, and 5-axis machining techniques, exceptionally fast calculation times and powerful editing tools to ensure optimum performance on the machine tool. Changes have been made to the Graphic User Interface(GUI) in PowerMILL 10 enabling users to:

• Continue working as normal when a toolpath is being processed in the background.
• Calculate two toolpaths simultaneously, one in the background and one in the foreground.
• Calculate toolpaths in the background and use a fresh allocation of memory (Up to 3GB on 32bit Windows and 4GB on 64bit Windows).

PowerMILL 10 adds multi-threading capabilities to the toolpath creation algorithms. This significantly reduces the time required to calculate complex toolpaths when computed on a multi core/processor PC.
t is now possible to lock the block to any workplane in PowerMILL 10. Dynamically resizing and moving the block is also available from the new block editor with constant feedback on the size of the block from the intelligent cursor.

Tool Database Improvements

PowerMILL 10.0 incorporates many enhancements to the tool database. These include:

• Independent holder support.
• Mix and match tool and holder.
• Unlimited shank definition.
• Routing and form tool suppor