JETCAM recently launched updated versions of its Jetcam Expert and Jetcam Orders Controller (JOC) programs for CNC machining process set-up and management, with various new features and function enhancements.
Jetcam Expert v20.31.00 includes several interface enhancements, including a new Screen Macro Recording feature that allows users to assign menu options or keyboard shortcuts to strings of commands: the effect is to reduce significantly the time needed to perform common functions. For example, the new, "unlimited UNDO/REDO" will allow the user to step back through multiple actions, as may be required.
Logic improvements across the board in areas such as fly cutting and common cutting also will reduce CNC machine runtime, the developers noted.
Jetcam Orders Controller (JOC) 3.37 now includes enhanced static nest ordering, so machine programmers may select one or more nests in the "nests" screen to determine if these may be used to fulfill parts in the orders list. Then, the user can modify the number of runs of each nest, in order to see the optimal number required to fulfil the orders list.
Also, JOC can create image thumbnails of components during the CAD import sequence. These images then may be used by third-party systems (e.g., MRP) to show an image against a component. To assist customers where network stability and performance are sub-optimal, JOC now makes multiple attempts to ready component data, ensuring that temporary network glitches will not impede processes.
There are "hundreds of other improvements and fixes throughout both applications," according to the developers.
“These releases focus on the user experience, with features such as Screen Macro Recording in Jetcam Expert and Static Nest Ordering in JOC both allowing users to perform tasks much quicker than before," according to Martin Bailey, general manager.
He continued: "We’ve also made significant ‘under the hood’ enhancements to many of our automation technologies, so not only do they take less time to run but they also deliver improvements in CNC machine and material efficiency on the shop floor.”
Videos of new functions are available to view in the Jetcam online video tutorial ‘University’, which is free for all Jetcam customers. Both products are available for immediate download for free for all customers with a current maintenance contract.
Learn more at www.jetcam.com
