Alphacad Features

General

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Printer/Plotter Output •
Insert Existing Drawing File •
Input Raster Image Files •
Convert Raster to Vector •
Open/Save Drawing Template •
User Definable ALPHACAM Text Fonts •

CAD File Input Translators

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DXF, DWG •
IGES as Surfaces •
IGES Healing OPT
Rhino •
STL •
CADL, VDA, ANVIL •

CAD File Output Translators

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DXF, IGES •
WMF, EMF •
STL, VDA, Parasolid, Rhino •

Views

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Dockable Project Manager •
Dynamic 3D View •
Reverse View •
Shading/Wireframe Mode •
Zooming (All, In/Out, Window, etc) •
Zoom In/Out with Scroll Wheel •
Panning •
Panning with Middle Mouse Button •
Set Limits •
Change Background Color •
Savable View Perspectives •
Selectable View Perspectives •
New View Window •
Multiple/Dockable View Windows •

Display Options

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Show Material Cut •
Show Breaks •
Single Step Mode •
Draw Rapid Moves •
Draw Tool Holder •
Draw Material/Fixtures as Solids •
Draw Surfaces in Layer Color •
Draw Solid Bodies as Wireframe •

CAD Geometry

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Fast Geometry •
Edit/List Geometry •
Construction Mode •
Text Creation and Editing •
Digitizing (On Screen and Tablet) •
Line, Rectangle •
Arcs, Circles •
Polygon, Ellipse •
Bolt Hole Circle •
Involute Curve •
Slot •
Equal Spaced Holes •
Enclosing Rectangle •
Spline Creation and Editing •
Convert Spline to Lines/Arcs •
Assign Image to Geometry •
3D Polyline •
Geometry Macro Recorder •

Surface Creation/Edition

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Surface from Sections •
Swept Surface from 2 Curves •
Swept Surface from 3 Curves •
Coons Patch from 3 Curves •
Coons Patch from 4 Curves •
Ruled Surface •
Surface of Revolution •
Fillet Between 2 Surfaces •
Tri-Corner Fillet •
Extruded Surface •
Flat Surface •
Break Intersecting Surfaces •
Edit Surface Control Points •
Un-Trim Surfaces •
Extend Surface •
Surface Finder •
Extract Edge from Surfaces •
Convert to STL Facets •

Geometry/Tool Path Editing

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Undo •
Redo •
Fabricate (Cut, Crop, Delete Area, Subtract, Unite, Overlapping, Intersecting, Loop, Paneling) •
Break, Join •
Break at Distance •
Trim, Extend •
Extend by Distance •
Fillet, Chamfer •
Offset (Element and/or Path) •
Grouping/Ungrouping •
Definable Cutting Start Point •
Manual/Automatic Cut Ordering •
Change Object Types •
2D Array, Scale, Stretch, Skew •
2D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate •
3D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate •
Auto 2D/3D Mode •

3D

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Set Materials •
Set Work Volume •
Make Local Axis Horizontal •
Specify Panel •
Show Panel Edges •
Select Panel Edge •
Set Geometry Z Levels •
Create Sections •
3D Part Rotation •
Project 3D to 2D •
Reverse Tool Side (On Surfaces) •
Edit 3D Polyline •
3D Project to Suface or Plane •
Wrap on Surface •
Wrap Around Geometry •
Edit Geometry Z Point by Point •

Work Planes

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Browse/Select Work Planes •
Slice Through Work Volume •
2 Lines for X and Y Axes •
Exiting Geometry •
Parallel to Current Work Plane •
Perpendicular to Current Work Plane •
Reverse Current Plane •
As Current Plane, Different Origin •
By Name •
Best Fit Plane Through Points •
By Line Element Vector •
Normal to View •
Set Work Plane Origin •
Work Plane Properties •
Order Work Planes •
Cancel Work Plane •
From Solid Model Face •

Utilities

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Distance/Angle between Points •
Report Coordinates of a Point •
Radius of a Arc/Circle •
Snap to Same X, Y or Z as… •
Snap Points •
Auto Snap Points •
Points to Lines/Arcs •
Auto-Close Contours •
Common Line Removal •
Fold/Unfold •
Develop to Flat •
Join Parts with Bridge •
Link Adjacent Circles •

CAD Utilities

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User Layers •
ALPHACAM Layers •
Dimensions •
Hatch •
Set Line Type •
Edit Line Type •
Line Properties •
Hide Parts •
Show All Parts •
Move Dimensions •
Magnify •

STL Utilities

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Convert STL Facets to Polylines •
Delete STL Facets •
Chop STL into Sections •
Reverse Face Colors •
Extract 3D Edges •
Project Edges to Current Work Plane •
Create Enclosing Rectangle •

Simulation

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Shaded Simulation •

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

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Turn Add-Ins On/Off •
Run Macros •
Open VBA Project for Running •
Open VBA Project for Editing •
Create New VBA Project •
Open VBA Post for Editing •
Integrated VBA Editor •
OPT: Extra Cost Option
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