Lathe Features

General

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
NC File Output • • • • •
List NC Code • • • • •
Post Processor Selection • • • • •
Printer/Plotter Output • • • • •
Insert Existing Drawing File   • • • •
Input NC Code as Geometry or Tool Paths   • • • •
Input Raster Image Files   • • • •
Report Creator and ALPHACAM | Designer ( * ALPHACAM | Designer requires a valid ALPHACAM maintenance contract )   *• *• *• *•
Open/Save Drawing Template       • •
User Definable ALPHACAM Text Fonts       • •

CAD File Input Translators

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
DXF, DWG   • • • •
IGES as Surfaces   • • • •
IGES Healing   OPT OPT OPT OPT
Rhino     • • •
STL     • • •
STEP     • • •
IGES as Solids       • •
ACIS, CADL, VDA, ANVIL       • •
3D XYZ Points       • •
Part Modeler       • •
SolidWorks       • •
Solid Edge       • •
Autodesk Inventor       • •
Parasolid       • •
VISI       • •
NX       OPT OPT
Catia 4       OPT OPT
Catia 5       OPT OPT
Creo Parametrics       OPT OPT

CAD File Output Translators

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
DXF, IGES   • • • •
WMF, EMF       • •
STL, VDA, Parasolid, Rhino, ACIS       • •

Views

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Show Material Cut • • • • •
Show Breaks • • • • •
Single Step Mode • • • • •
Show Both Sides • • • • •
Draw Rapid Moves • • • • •
Draw Tool Holder   • • • •
Draw Material/Fixtures as Solids     • • •
Draw Surfaces in Layer Color     • • •
Draw Solid Bodies as Wireframe       • •
Show Sync Points       • •
Show Tool Angles         •

CAD Geometry

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Fast Geometry   • • • •
Edit/List Geometry   • • • •
Construction Mode   • • • •
Text Creation and Editing   • • • •
Digitizing (On Screen and Tablet)   • • • •
Line, Rectangle   • • • •
Arcs, Circles   • • • •
Polygon, Ellipse     • • •
Slots or Holes     • • •
Equal Spaced Holes     • • •
Enclosing Rectangle     • • •
3D Polyline     • • •
Spline Creation and Editing     • • •
Convert Spline to Lines/Arcs     • • •
Assign Image to Geometry     • • •
Involute Curve       • •
Geometry Macro Recorder       • •

Surface Creation/Edition

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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)   • • • •
Change Object Types   • • • •
Geometry Query Manager   • • • •
2D Array, Scale, Stretch, Skew   • • • •
2D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate   • • • •
Grouping/Ungrouping   • • • •
3D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate     • • •
Auto 2D/3D Mode     • • •
Definable Cutting Start Point     • • •
Manual/Automatic Cut Ordering       • •
AutoQueries       • •

3D

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Select Part     • • •
Select Billet     • • •
Set Work Volume     • • •
Make Local Axis Horizontal     • • •
Set Sub-Spindle Shift     • • •
Set Geometry Z Levels     • • •
Create Sections     • • •
3D Part Rotation     • • •
Project 3D to 2D     • • •
Reverse Tool Side (On Surfaces)     • • •
Edit 3D Polyline     • • •
3D Project to Surface, STL or Plane - 3 Axis     • • •
Wrap on Surface - 3 Axis     • • •
Wrap Around Geometry - 3 Axis (Around Cardinal Planes)     • • •
3D Project to Solid - 3 Axis       • •
Wrap on Solid - 3 Axis       • •
Set Milling Material       • •
Edit Geometry Z Point by Point       • •
3D Project to Surface, Solid, STL or Plane - 4/5 Axis         •
Wrap on Surface/Solid - 4/5 Axis         •
Wrap Around Geometry - 4/5 Axis         •

Work Planes

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Browse/Select Work Planes •   • • •
Conventional 2-Axis Turning   • • • •
Developed Side View     • • •
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     • • •
2-Axis Turning (Sub-Spindle)       • •
From Solid Model Face       • •

Utilities

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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   • • • •
Join Parts with Bridge       • •
Link Adjacent Circles       • •
Undo •        
Redo •        

CAD Utilities

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
User Layers • • • • •
ALPHACAM Layers • • • • •
Dimensions • • • • •
Hatch   • • • •
Set Line Type   • • • •
Edit Line Type   • • • •
Line Properties   • • • •
Hide Parts   • • • •
Show All Parts   • • • •
Move Dimensions     • • •
Magnify     • • •

Constrained Parametric Sketching

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Fix       • •
Horizontal       • •
Vertical       • •
Length       • •
Radius       • •
Coincident       • •
Perpendicular       • •
Tangent       • •
Distance       • •
Angle       • •
Equal Distance       • •
Equal Length       • •
Parallel       • •
Concentric       • •
Midpoint       • •
Drag       • •
Constrain Z Levels       • •
View Constraints       • •
Constrain Work Plane       • •
Delete All Constraints       • •
Delete All Variables       • •
Auto Constrain       • •
Edit Variables       • •
New Parameter       • •
New Equation       • •
Import Variables       • •
Insert Constrained Drawing       • •
Parametric Rules       • •

Solid Model Extraction

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Automatic Extraction       • •
Drillable Hole Extraction       • •
Hole Chamfer Extraction       • •
Contour from Picked Edges       • •
Contour Around Picked Edges       • •
Contour Through Current Work Plane       • •
Edge for Sawing       • •
Surfaces from Faces       • •
Projected Face Outline to Work Plane       • •
Z-Level Section       • •
3D Edge Extraction       • •
Edges from Face Outlines       • •
Profiles from Extended Edges       • •
Extract Solid Body Outlines       • •
Spun Outline Extraction       • •

Solid Model Utilities

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Offset Faces       • •
Cap Holes       • •
Create Bounding Work Volume       • •
Remove Contours Defined as Holes       • •
Reset Geometry Z-Levels       • •
Reverse View       • •
Set View Down Normal       • •
Auto-Align Part       • •
Align Part       • •
Set Face Color       • •
Paint Faces       • •
Face/Edge/Point Details       • •
Check/Repair Part       • •

STL Utilities

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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     • • •

General Machining

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Machining Styles   • • • •
User Definable/Editable Tools   • • • •
User Definable Threads   • • • •
Set Tool Change Position   • • • •
Go to Tool Change Position   • • • •
Set Tool Directions (On Geometry)   • • • •
Set Start Point Automatically on Closed Geometries   • • • •
Automatic Rapid Positioning Move Selection   • • • •
Select Material     • • •
Insert User Defined Code     • • •
Set/Unset Open Elements       • •
Twin Turret Balanced Roughing and Finishing       • •

Conventional Turning

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Facing   • • • •
Roughing   • • • •
Pocketing   • • • •
Finishing   • • • •
Grooving   • • • •
Threading   • • • •
Center Line Drilling   • • • •
Center Line Tapping   • • • •
Manual Tool Path   • • • •
Part-Off   • • • •
Lead-In/Out Moves   • • • •

C-Axis Machining

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Set Work Area for Y-Axis     • • •
Rotate Y-Axis Work Area     • • •
Route All Geometries     • • •
Route Selected Geometries     • • •
Route Partial Geometry     • • •
Route Using Vertical Sides     • • •
Pocket All Geometries     • • •
Pocket Selected Geometries     • • •
Pocket Using Vertical Sides     • • •
Residual Pocketing     • • •
Pocket with Additional Rough/Finish Pass     • • •
3D Engraving     • • •
Manual Tool Path     • • •
Lead-In/Out Moves     • • •
Drill/Tap Holes     • • •
Drill/Tap Holes with Auto Z     • • •
Chamfer Holes     • • •
Chamfer Holes with Auto Z     • • •
Route Using Sloping Sides     • • •
Route with Auto Z     • • •
Pocket with Auto Z     • • •
Residual Routing     • • •
Helical Interpolation     • • •
Pocket Using Sloping Sides     • • •
3-Axis Spline/Polyline Machining     • • •
Route Using Definable Profiled Sides     • • •
Pocket Using Definable Profiled Sides     • • •
Pocket Using Z Contour Roughing Strategy, Including Waveform     • • •
Set Overlap on Open Elements       • •
Machine Holes       • •
Machine Holes with Auto Z       • •
Pocket Holes       • •
Pocket Holes with Auto Z       • •
3D Lead-In/Out Moves       • •
3D Approach Moves       • •
4/5-Axis Spline/Polyline Machining         •
Cut Between Two Geometries         •
Thread Milling         +

C-Axis 3D Surface Machining

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform     • • •
3-Axis     • • •
Along Intersection       • •
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Fixed Vertical Tool Angle)       • •
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Tilted Tool Angle Support)         •
5-Axis         •
Machine Surface with Tool Side         •

C-Axis 3D Surface Machining Strategies

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Parallel     • • •
Cylindrical Parallel       • •
Parameter Lines       • •
Horizontal Z Contours       • •
Projected Contour       • •
Radial       • •
Spiral       • •
Rest Machining       • •
Drive Curves       • •
Flat Area Offset       • •
Helical Z       • •
Constant Cusp       • •
Z Contours + Flat Area Offset         •
Z Contours - Steep Slopes         •
Parallel - Shallow Slopes         •
Parallel - Steep Slopes         •
Cylindrical Profiling         •

C-Axis 3D STL Machining

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform     • • •
3-Axis     • • •

C-Axis 3D STL Machining Strategies

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Parallel     • • •

C-Axis 3D Solid/STL Machining

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Z Contour Roughing, Including Waveform       • •
3-Axis       • •
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Fixed Vertical Tool Angle)       • •
4-Axis (XY/XZ/YZ rot with Tilted Tool Angle Support)         •
5-Axis         •

C-Axis 3D Solid/STL Machining Strategies

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Horizontal Z Contours       • •
Parallel       • •
Projected Contour       • •
Radial       • •
Spiral       • •
Rest Machining       • •
Drive Curves       • •
Flat Area Offset       • •
Helical Z       • •
Cylindrical Parallel       • •
Constant Cusp       • •
Z Contours + Flat Area Offset         •
Z Contours - Steep Slopes         •
Parallel - Shallow Slopes         •
Parallel - Steep Slopes         •
Cylindrical Profiling         •

Machine Data Editing

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Order/Renumber Operations via Project Manager • • • • •
Tool Path Data • • • • •
Quick Edit Machine Data • • • • •
Edit Operations via Project Manager   • • • •
Special Edits Manager via Project Manager   • • • •
Tool Path Updating (Associativity)   • • • •
Update Individual Operations via Project Manager   • • • •
Copy an Existing Operation via Project Manager   • • • •
Move Machined Geometry to Own Operation via Project Manager   • • • •
Adjust Rapid Positioning Moves   • • • •
Editable Approach/Retract Rapid Positioning   • • • •
Reverse Tool Path     • • •
Edit Feed Rate at Point Along Tool Path     • • •
Edit Z Point by Point Along Tool Path     • • •
Set Pocketing Start Point(s)     • • •
Add/Remove Support Tags       • •
Adjust Feed Rate Around Corners       • •
Convert 3D Tool Path to Helical Arcs       • •
Edit Tool Angle         •
Edit 5-Axis Tool Path         •
Smooth 5-Axis Tool Path         •

C-Axis Tool Axis Conversion

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Convert to Vertical or Work Plane         •
3-Axis         •
4-Axis (XZ/YZ rot)         •
5-Axis         •
Through Point         •
Through Axis         •
Confine with Boundary         •
Normal to Curve(s)         •
Normal to Surfaces         •
Normal to Solid Model Bodies         •
Normal to Solid Model Faces         •

Fixtures

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Define Fixtures     • • •
Move Fixtures       • •
Edit Fixtures       • •
Set Initial Position       • •

Machine Configuration

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Open/Save Machine       • •
Clear Machine       • •
Set/Reset Default Machine       • •
Define Machine Configuration (Main Spindle and Sub Spindle)       • •

Simulation

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
Shaded Simulation • • • • •
Solid Simulation •   • • •
Sectioning in XY, Z •   • • •
Full Machine Simulation       • •

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

  Shop Floor Essential Standard Advanced Ultimate
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
+: Add-In