Reduced Secondary Work
The capabilities of PowerMILL can be very well demonstrated by the quality of the toolpaths it writes.
Toolpaths that not only look good from a distance but close up.
Example: Hard die milling
Due to the very nature of hard die milling, the part surface tends to be very reflective and shiny. This allows you to see even minute imperfections from a distance. This is partially what makes the process so difficult. PowerMILL's exceptional accuracy is not something you need to turn on, or something you need to set. It comes along by default with every toolpath you write.
Because of the quality of the code produced by PowerMILL, hand polishing is greatly minimized. Seams and other surface imperfections left by lesser systems are reduced or totally eliminated. Minimizing polishing also insures that close tolerance parts will not be polished out of tolerance.
As-Cut surface finishes can be improved by two other methods; Using the correct tooling and NURB Spline optimization.
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