MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has released 6.0.387 version of VisualCAD/CAM 2017 the latest version of their flagship standalone CNC programming software.

VisualCAM along with VisualCAD is MecSoft’s standalone CAD/CAM package that is considered the best valued CAD/CAM system on the market today. VisualCAD/CAM features MecSoft’s FREE and easy-to-use CAD program VisualCAD, which is the host platform for the VisualCAM and Visual3DPRINT plug-in products. VisualCAM is MecSoft’s flagship CAM product that addresses the CNC machining market needs with modules VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST, and VisualART to address specific needs of various CNC manufacturing processes.

Release Highlights

- Feature detection and Feature Based milling have been introduced. Machining features such as 3 Axis Pockets, Prismatic Pockets, Slots, Planar Faces, and Bosses can now be detected in Solid models (both surface and meshes) and toolpath methods applied to these features.

- New 4 Axis Drive Surface Operation for true 4 Axis Milling has been introduced.

- New Slot Milling Operation for single line and trochoidal machining of slots has been introduced.

- Feed rate slowdown in corners has been implemented in the toolpath editor.

- Tooltip help and algebraic operations in all dialogs have been implemented.