Integrated CAD/CAM At Its Best 

TopSolid'Design is a fully integrated and associative CAD software enabling the operator to draft and design products more efficiently. Discover here the principal improvements of the 2008 version, among the many new functions this version has to offer:

• Slave parts
• Components server
• Complete integration with TopSolid'Pdm
• More powerful and stable 2D draft generation
• Improved ergonomy
• New sheet metal features
• New interfaces

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Machine simulation, collision check, spindle synchronization, raw part updating and visualization of material removal are important elements of TopSolid'Cam for tool path programming. Discover here what's new in TopSolid'Cam 2008: the preferred solution of manufacturers and sub-contractors in the aerospace, automobile, machine-tool and general mechanical engineering fields.

• Reproduction of an operations plan on a different part
• Management of angular strokes in 5 axis machines
• Mouse facing with management of tool paths leaning on faces or profiles
• Edition of the geometry of drilling cycles
• Automatic recognition of drillings for axial and radial operations
• New plunge roughing finishing cycle for deep parts
• New functions for 3D machining cycles

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TopSolid'Mold offers powerful design and manufacturing solutions designed to meet the highly specialized needs of mold makers and tool & die specialists. TopSolid'Cam, which is completely integrated with TopSolid'Mold, enables the automatic generation of the machining schedule of the mold. All manufacturing data produced by TopSolid'Mold will be understood by TopSolid'Cam, notably the drilling procedures for components. Here are some of the major improvements of TopSolid'Mold 2008.

• Parting line creation assistance
• Management of mold data
• Possibility to manage molds with several versions
• Facilitated movement
• Improved components
• Mold optimisation
• Rheological analysis

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In addition to incorporating all those functions standard to TopSolid, TopSolid'Progress enables the successful blanking of a sheet metal part and the design of the strip in half the time needed by a standard CAD software. Take a closer look at the principal improvements of the 2008 version, among the many new functions this version has to offer.

• Advanced calculation functions for intermediary unstamping stages
• Copy an unfolded part with symmetry or rotation
• Possibility to invert the strip direction
• Strip layout creation from 3D to 2D for the treatment of complex parts
• Strip layout creation for transfer tools
• Cutting operations that conserve the strip loss
• New methodology for forces analysis
• Improved performance for components calculation
• Team Design Wizard for collaborative work

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TopSolid'Wood is an integrated design, manufacturing and management software specialised for wood processing. It is a uniquely integrated CAD/CAM wood solution that meets the needs of designers, manufacturers and sub-contractors in the wood working sector.

• Increased assembly automation
• Global interchangeability of edges
• Easily change assembly operations
• Property configuration editor
• Advanced wood hatching
• Universal communication interface for 2 ½ D machining
• More complex machining functions

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TopSolid'Fold and TopSolid'PunchCut represent the TopSolid integrated solution for the sheet metal industry. These 2 dedicated sheet metal CAD/CAM solutions manage the unfolding of sheet metal parts as well as the programming of complex punching, laser cutting and combined machines. Discover here the principal improvements of the 2008 version.

• Slave parts
• Multi-document importation
• Improved Task Manager
• Tool speed and strike rate management in the operator file
• Colour parameters to differentiate cut and marked curves
• Cutting parameters viewer

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You are a TopSolid operator and you would like some tips on what your software is capable of doing. Each newsletter will include a highlight of the month accompanied by an avi of a TopSolid module.
This month let's take a look at a new tip for TopSolid'Wood 2008.

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Matter configuration

This function allows the user to quickly modify the material and/or the coating of one or many parts according to different selection criteria. The material management allows the operator to assign physical attributes (material and coating) to all parts in an assembly. In a few clicks, you can modify, for example, the material of edges or the colour of panels.

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