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VisCAM Help 4.0
VisCAM RP Increase the productivity of your RP data preparation
Setup
Build
Hatch
Support
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RP Setup supports you at the RP build preparation and the assembly of
your build jobs. Parts can easily be oriented, scaled or duplicated. You
can convert each part to a shell model with internal hollow structures for
lightweight applications or just to reduce the build time. The parts can be
oriented, placed and nested on the build platform either automatically or
interactively. You can then estimate the build time and costs for your
build jobs. An integrated database with more than 150 RP machines will
provide you with adjustable settings to arrange and project your build
jobs.
RP Build offers you the generation and processing of slice data. Slices can
also be imported from and exported to an unrivalled number of different
slice file formats. All slices can be visualised, verified and partly edited.
The calculation of variable slice thicknesses, the automated placement
and nesting of parts, a detailed build time and cost calculation as well as
the step-wise animation of the build progress gives you the ability to
generate and assemble build files and control them before they are
exported to your RP machine.
RP Hatch is available as an optional add-on module to the RP Build
module. It will offer you the calculation of hatches for laser and jet based
RP techniques like laser sintering, stereolithography or fused deposition
modeling. Several different hatching methods for the calculation of
standard, skin fill, offset and inner cavity hatches are available. The
calculated hatches can be visualised and exported to a big variety of
different slice file formats available through the RP Build module.
RP Support is available as an optional add-on module to the RP Build
module. It will offer you the generation of an optimized support structure
for stereolithography systems based on slice data. The generated support
structure has a minimal part contact through the use of very fine support
pins. The dynamic thinning approach will create a support structure with
variable cell sizes. This will finally result in an optimized support volume
with less material consumption and easy removal.
VisCAM Import Optional interfaces for direct CAD data import
CAD
Import CAD enables you to directly process IGES and VDA-FS files with
VisCAM. The imported CAD models are automatically converted into
closed triangle mesh models (STL file). The resulting model accuracy can
be controlled by changing the surface and boundary resolution of the CAD
models during import.