Gibbs to Preview GibbsCAM 2011 at IMTS 2010

By DE Editors

Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM software for programming CNC machine tools, will preview GibbsCAM 2011 enhancements to the automatic and feature-based programming capabilities of GibbsCAM at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 13-18 in Chicago.

Demonstrations of the new GibbsCAM 2011 capabilities will include:

• New Auto Wizard within Hole Manager will allow storing default settings for reuse at any time, and the Auto Wizard button will allow invoking the Hole Wizard multiple times quickly.
• Attribute Manager and Feature Manager includes new tagging capabilities for querying, creation, modification, sorting and filtering of elements and element sets by user-defined and system metadata tags, called attributes. When importing models, GibbsCAM users will be able to control whether and how to import attributes and geometry.
• Color Modes: When a part contains user-defined features, or when any of its elements are tagged with a color attribute, users will be able to switch among color modes.
• New Hole Capabilities will be included for selecting, recognizing and drilling holes. Several new Variable Peck cycles and various options for user defined Custom Drill cycles will be available, and a new check box will enable reverse-order drilling. Hole Features will be selectable by face (or set of faces), or by coordinate system to which the Hole Feature is aligned.
• Imported Feature and Color Recognition/Preservation: In opening models from SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, and other major CAD/CAM packages, GibbsCAM will now read model attributes, then recognize and preserve them as attributes in the GibbsCAM part file.

For more information, visit GibbsCAM. 

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.