Wire Features

General

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
NC File Output	•	•	•
List NC Code	•	•	•
Post Processor Selection	•	•	•
Printer/Plotter Output	•	•	•
Insert Existing Drawing File		•	•
Input NC Code as Geometry or Tool Paths		•	•
Input Raster Image Files		•	•
Report Creator and ALPHACAM \| Designer ( * ALPHACAM \| Designer requires a valid ALPHACAM maintenance contract )		*•	*•
Convert Raster to Vector		•	•
Open/Save Drawing Template		•	•
User Definable ALPHACAM Text Fonts		•	•

CAD File Input Translators

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
DXF, DWG		•	•
IGES as Surfaces		•	•
IGES Healing		OPT	OPT
Rhino		•	•
STL		•	•
STEP		•	•
CADL, VDA, ANVIL			•
3D XYZ Points			•
IGES as Solids			•
ACIS			•
Part Modeler			•
SolidWorks			•
Solid Edge			•
Autodesk Inventor			•
Parasolid			•
VISI			•
NX			OPT
Catia 4			OPT
Catia 5			OPT
Creo Parametrics			OPT

CAD File Output Translators

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
DXF, IGES		•	•
WMF, EMF			•
STL, VDA, Rhino			•
Parasolid, ACIS			•

Views

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Dockable Project Manager	•	•	•
Dynamic 3D View	•	•	•
Reverse View	•	•	•
Shading/Wireframe Mode	•	•	•
Zooming (All, In/Out, Window, etc)	•	•	•
Zoom In/Out with Scroll Wheel	•	•	•
Panning	•	•	•
Panning with Middle Mouse Button	•	•	•
Set Limits	•	•	•
Change Background Color	•	•	•
Savable View Perspectives	•	•	•
Selectable View Perspectives	•	•	•
New View Window	•	•	•
Multiple/Dockable View Windows	•	•	•

Display Options

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Show Material Cut	•	•	•
Show Breaks	•	•	•
Single Step Mode	•	•	•
Draw Rapid Moves	•	•	•
Draw Surfaces in Layer Color		•	•
Draw Solid Bodies as Wireframe			•

CAD Geometry

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Fast Geometry		•	•
Edit/List Geometry		•	•
Construction Mode		•	•
Text Creation and Editing		•	•
Digitizing (On Screen and Tablet)		•	•
Line, Rectangle		•	•
Arcs, Circles		•	•
Polygon, Ellipse		•	•
Bolt Hole Circle		•	•
Involute Curve		•	•
Slot		•	•
Equal Spaced Holes		•	•
Enclosing Rectangle		•	•
Spline Creation and Editing		•	•
Convert Spline to Lines/Arcs		•	•
Assign Image to Geometry		•	•
3D Polyline		•	•
Geometry Macro Recorder		•	•

Surface Creation/Edition

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Surface from Sections		•	•
Swept Surface from 2 Curves		•	•
Swept Surface from 3 Curves		•	•
Coons Patch from 3 Curves		•	•
Coons Patch from 4 Curves		•	•
Ruled Surface		•	•
Surface of Revolution		•	•
Fillet Between 2 Surfaces		•	•
Tri-Corner Fillet		•	•
Extruded Surface		•	•
Flat Surface		•	•
Break Intersecting Surfaces		•	•
Edit Surface Control Points		•	•
Un-Trim Surfaces		•	•
Extend Surface		•	•
Surface Finder		•	•
Extract Edge from Surfaces		•	•
Convert to STL Facets		•	•

Geometry/Tool Path Editing

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Undo		•	•
Redo		•	•
Fabricate (Cut, Crop, Delete Area, Subtract, Unite, Overlapping, Intersecting, Loop, Paneling)		•	•
Break, Join		•	•
Break at Distance		•	•
Trim, Extend		•	•
Extend by Distance		•	•
Fillet, Chamfer		•	•
Offset (Element and/or Path)		•	•
Grouping/Ungrouping		•	•
Definable Cutting Start Point		•	•
Manual/Automatic Cut Ordering		•	•
Geometry Query Manager		•	•
Change Object Types		•	•
2D Array, Scale, Stretch, Skew		•	•
2D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate		•	•
3D Move, Copy, Mirror, Rotate		•	•
Auto 2D/3D Mode		•	•
AutoQueries			•

3D

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Set Work Volume		•	•
Create Sections		•	•
3D Part Rotation		•	•
Project 3D to 2D		•	•
Reverse Tool Side (On Surfaces)		•	•
Edit 3D Polyline		•	•
3D Project to Suface, STL or Plane - 3 Axis		•	•
Wrap on Surface - 3 Axis		•	•
Wrap Around Geometry		•	•
Make Local Axis Horizontal		•	•

Work Planes

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Browse/Select Work Planes	•	•	•
Slice Through Work Volume		•	•
2 Lines for X and Y Axes		•	•
Exiting Geometry		•	•
Parallel to Current Work Plane		•	•
Perpendicular to Current Work Plane		•	•
Reverse Current Plane		•	•
As Current Plane, Different Origin		•	•
By Name		•	•
Best Fit Plane Through Points		•	•
By Line Element Vector		•	•
Normal to View		•	•
Set Work Plane Origin		•	•
Work Plane Properties		•	•
Order Work Planes		•	•
Cancel Work Plane		•	•
From Solid Model Face			•

Utilities

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Distance/Angle between Points	•	•	•
Report Coordinates of a Point	•	•	•
Radius of a Arc/Circle	•	•	•
Snap to Same X, Y or Z as…		•	•
Snap Points		•	•
Auto Snap Points		•	•
Points to Lines/Arcs		•	•
Auto-Close Contours		•	•
Common Line Removal		•	•
Fold/Unfold		•	•
Develop to Flat		•	•
Join Parts with Bridge		•	•
Link Adjacent Circles		•	•
Undo	•
Redo	•

CAD Utilities

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
User Layers	•	•	•
ALPHACAM Layers	•	•	•
Dimensions	•	•	•
Hatch		•	•
Set Line Type		•	•
Edit Line Type		•	•
Line Properties		•	•
Hide Parts		•	•
Show All Parts		•	•
Move Dimensions		•	•
Magnify		•	•

Constrained Parametric Sketching

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Fix			•
Horizontal			•
Vertical			•
Length			•
Radius			•
Coincident			•
Perpendicular			•
Tangent			•
Distance			•
Angle			•
Equal Distance			•
Equal Length			•
Parallel			•
Concentric			•
Midpoint			•
Drag			•
Constrain Z Levels			•
View Constraints			•
Constrain Work Plane			•
Delete All Constraints			•
Delete All Variables			•
Auto Constrain			•
Edit Variables			•
New Parameter			•
New Equation			•
Import Variables			•
Insert Constrained Drawing			•
Parametric Rules			•

Solid Model Extraction

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Automatic Extraction			•
Drillable Hole Extraction			•
Hole Chamfer Extraction			•
Contour from Picked Edges			•
Contour Around Picked Edges			•
Contour Through Current Work Plane			•
Edge for Sawing			•
Surfaces from Faces			•
Projected Face Outline to Work Plane			•
Z-Level Section			•
3D Edge Extraction			•
Edges from Face Outlines			•
Profiles from Extended Edges			•
Extract Solid Body Outlines			•
Spun Outline Extraction			•

Solid Model Utilities

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Offset Faces			•
Cap Holes			•
Create Bounding Work Volume			•
Remove Contours Defined as Holes			•
Reset Geometry Z-Levels			•
Reverse View			•
Set View Down Normal			•
Auto-Align Part			•
Align Part			•
Set Face Color			•
Paint Faces			•
Face/Edge/Point Details			•
Check/Repair Part			•

STL Utilities

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Convert STL Facets to Polylines		•	•
Delete STL Facets		•	•
Chop STL into Sections		•	•
Reverse Face Colors		•	•
Extract 3D Edges		•	•
Project Edges to Current Work Plane		•	•
Create Enclosing Rectangle		•	•

Nesting

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
On Screen True Shape Nesting		•	•
On Screen Rectangular Nesting		•	•
Nesting of Geometries		•	•
Nesting of Tool Paths		•	•
Manual Nesting		•	•
Onion Skinning		•	•
Create/Edit Nest Lists		•	•
Nesting from Nest Lists		•	•
Display Nesting Information		•	•
Sheet Database		•	•
Save Off-Cut to Sheet Database		•	•
Area Estimate from Part or Sheet		•	•
Nesting Zones		•	•

General Machining

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Set Cut Directions (On Geometry)		•	•
Set Start Point Automatically on Closed Geometries		•	•
Prepare Geometry for Cutting		•	•
Cut 2-Axis Shapes		•	•
Cut 4-Axis Shapes		•	•
Cut 4-Axis Shapes on Work Planes		•	•
Conic Cuts		•	•
Clear Area		•	•
Lead-In/Out Moves		•	•
Insert/Delete Program Stops		•	•
Machining Styles		•	•

Machine Data Editing

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Order/Renumber Operations via Project Manager	•	•	•
Order Operations in Nested Sheets	•	•	•
Tool Path Data	•	•	•
Quick Edit Machine Data	•	•	•
Edit Clear Area Operations via Project Manager		•	•
Edit 2-Axis and 4-Axis Operations via Project Manager		•	•
Special Edits Manager via Project Manager		•	•
Adjust Rapid Positioning Moves		•	•
Tool Path Updating (Associativity)		•	•
Update Individual Operations via Project Manager		•	•
Copy an Existing Operation via Project Manager		•	•
Move Machined Geometry to Own Operation via Project Manager		•	•

Simulation

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Shaded Simulation	•	•	•

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

	Shop Floor	Standard	Advanced
Turn Add-Ins On/Off		•	•
Run Macros		•	•
Open VBA Project for Running		•	•
Open VBA Project for Editing			•
Create New VBA Project			•
Open VBA Post for Editing			•
Integrated VBA Editor			•

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