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VisualMill is ideal for mold, die and tooling, wood working, rapid-prototyping and general machining markets.
This product boasts of powerful toolpath generation strategies coupled with tools for efficiently controlling the cutting tool for detailed machining capabilities, while not sacrificing ease of use. Suitable for demanding users with sophisticated manufacturing requirements.
Available file imports include: IGES, Rhino, DXF, DWG, STL, VRML, RAW, Point Cloud, optional Parasolid, SolidWorks, Solid Edge.
| CAD Creation / Editing Tools |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| 2D and 3D CAD Creation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Layers |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unlimited Undo/Redo |
Yes |
Yes |
| Clipboard |
Yes |
Yes |
| True Type Font Text |
Yes |
Yes |
| 2-1/2 Axis Milling |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Pocketing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Profiling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Engraving |
Yes |
Yes |
| Facing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Re-Machining |
Yes |
- |
| V-Carving |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hole Milling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Thread Milling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Pocketing |
Yes |
- |
| Advanced Profiling |
Yes |
- |
| 3 Axis Milling |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Horizontal Roughing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Parallel Finishing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Horizontal Finishing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plunge Roughing |
Yes |
- |
| Horizontal Re-Roughing |
Yes |
- |
| Plunge Re-Roughing |
Yes |
- |
| 3 Axis Pocketing |
Yes |
- |
| Pencil Tracing, including Flat Mills |
Yes |
- |
| Valley Re-Machining, along the cuts |
Yes |
- |
| Plateau Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Steep Area Parallel Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Steep Area Horizontal Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Curve Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Spiral Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Radial Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Between 2 Curves Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Reverse Post Machining |
Yes |
- |
| Horizontal Hill Machining |
Yes |
- |
| 4 Axis Milling |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| 4-Axis Indexed Machining |
Yes |
- |
| 4-Axis Continuous Rotary Machining |
Yes |
- |
| 4-Axis Continuous Rotary Engraving |
Yes |
- |
| 4-Axis Parallel Roughing |
Yes |
- |
| 5 Axis Milling |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Indexing |
Yes |
- |
| Hole Making |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Automatic Hole Selection, Sorting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drilling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tapping |
Yes |
- |
| Boring |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reverse Boring |
Yes |
Yes |
| User defined drilling cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
| Toolpath Simulation |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Toolpath Animation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cut Material Simulation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Cut Material Simulation |
Yes |
- |
| Tools |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Thread Mill |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tool Holder Simulation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Form Tools |
Yes |
- |
| Toolpath Editing |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Toolpath Graphical Editing |
Yes |
- |
| Toolpath Instancing |
Yes |
- |
| Toolpath Arc Fitting |
Yes |
- |
| Post-Processor Generator |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| User customizable post-processor generator |
Yes |
Yes |
| 5-Axis |
- |
- |
| User defined cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
| Helix Output |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spiral Output |
Yes |
Yes |
| Simulate Cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi DNC |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| Direct numerical control |
Yes |
Yes |
| MetaCut Utilities |
VisualMill 5.0 |
VisualMill Basic |
| GCode Analysis Verification Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
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